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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves has told our sister site, GamesIndustry.biz, that PlayStation 3 will be the clear leader in the next-gen console battle within nine months.

Sony will not be cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 in Europe or releasing a 80GB model - instead it will be offering a Starter Pack containing the console, two games and an extra controller for GBP 425, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

GSC Game World has whipped the radioactive cover off its expansion to the sprawling first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at an E3 roundtable, SCEA president Jack Tretton addressed the issue of some games looking better on the 360 than they do on the PS3.

Phil Harrison says Killzone 2 is important to Sony because the level of anticipation has been set so high. Picking through the wreckage of the first in-game screenshot, which popped up in a US newspaper just prior to E3, it's easier to read it the other way: Killzone 2 is important to Sony because the level of cynicism has been set so high. MotorStorm, another E3 2005 graduate, overcame the stigma by delivering on the concept rather than the graphics. Settling into a screening room beneath a Sushi bar on the streets of Santa Monica last night, we got our first chance to see whether Killzone 2 could hope to do likewise.

Take-Two has demonstrated several of its upcoming titles at an E3 press conference, including the first live public demo of GTA IV.

Harmonix and MTV will be offering entire albums worth of downloadable content for the forthcoming Rock Band, with new material promised every week following launch.

id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead believes Nintendo will have difficulty breaking down the psychological barrier that separates veteran gamers from novice gamers, following Satoru Iwata's pledge to do so yesterday.

id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has confirmed to Eurogamer that Orcs & Elves, the company's mobile phone action role-player, is in development for DS.

Vivendi Games has turned off the lights again and announced a new F.E.A.R. expansion pack for PC and Xbox 360.

Top Spin 3 is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 in Spring 2008, 2K Sports has revealed.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be coming to the PlayStation Network later this year, Sony announced at its E3 conference yesterday evening.

A day after Microsoft's E3 2007 press conference, Eurogamer sits down with the man who did most of the talking and asks about how he felt the conferences went, his current view on pricing, exclusivity deals, why things still aren't working out in Japan, the recent absorption of a billion-dollar cost for extending Xbox 360's warranty, and what happens beyond 2007. Over to you, Peter.

Midway has confirmed to Eurogamer that Stranglehold will be available in Europe on 7th September, followed a week later by Blacksite on the 14th.

Konami has finally taken the spooky wraps off next-generation chiller Silent Hill V.

Nintendo has finally confirmed a solid date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl on Wii.

Nintendo's US boss Reggie Fils-Aime today declared that now is Nintendo's time to lead as he brought to a climax an E3 conference that saw firm release dates for Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a new Mario Kart game, several new Wii peripherals and a pledge from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata "to destroy the psychological barrier that separates veteran gamers from novice gamers".

It's not hard to imagine that nerves were on edge in the Sony Computer Entertainment camp this morning. Memories of last year's E3 conference and the reaction to it must have been fresh in their minds - and the evidence would suggest so, judging by Jack Tretton's "Riiiiiidge Racer" reference.

You may have noticed a rather large game show just getting under way in Santa Monica at the moment. It gives publishers a chance to show off their goods to hungry and salivating press packs lurking on every new-look corner. Each company will be under close inspection in the coming days, but none more so then Goliath of the games industry, Electronic Arts.

SEGA has revealed more information for its "chilling" upcoming science fiction role-playing game Space Siege.

NCsoft Europe CEO Geoff Heath has told GamesIndustry.biz that the games the company plans to release for PlayStation platforms are also likely to be released for PC.

Microsoft has said that the European price relationship between Xbox 360 Elite and Premium will be similar to the relationship between the two SKUs in North America.

Sony eventually got around to exclusive games at its E3 conference earlier today, revealing a new superhero-themed title from Sucker Punch, developers of the Sly Cooper series.

Sony announced a unique partnership with Epic Games at its E3 conference earlier today, no doubt in an effort to sully the tabloid grabbing relationship Microsoft has enjoyed with the Gears of War developer in the past.

Sony announced at its E3 conference earlier this evening that NCsoft will be making games for the PlayStation Network.

It may only be days since Sony announced a USD 100 price cut for the PlayStation 3, but according to SCEA boss Jack Tretton sales have doubled in North America, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

Earlier this evening Sony America boss Jack Tretton reconfirmed Metal Gear Solid 4 as an exclusive PS3 title.

Hold onto your hats, ducks, and giant enemy crabs! Tonight is the night that Sony takes a bow at the Culver City Studios in Los Angeles to reveal its future plans to the packed auditorium of slavering videogaming hounds.

Sony has unveiled a new model PSP at its E3 conference in Los Angeles, with the redesigned handheld launching worldwide this September, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting.

This afternoon at 17:00 BST (09:00 PST) Nintendo will take to the stage at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica to deliver its E3 conference, and Tom will be in the audience providing you with full Live Text commentary of the whole event. And hopefully not talking about how uncomfortable his bottom is on the thinly cushioned seat this time.