According to various internet reports, new copies of the exploitable Lumines PSP game title are being patched and shipping with a v3.50 requirement. Looks like Sony are firing on all cylinders when it comes to trying to block out homebrew as quickly as possible on the PSP format.

C4eva has a released a new firmware for the Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L dvd-rom unit for the Xbox 360. For those of you getting errors at the end of the batch file of the last release, this build should rectify it.

[UPDATE] Today, Sony confirmed to If Its Games that a fusillade of reports from US retailers had augured last week. As of July 9, the PlayStation 3’s North American price point is going south. The next-generation console will cost $499 in the US and $549 in Canada, the same price as the discontinued 20GB model. […]

Gamespot is reporting that the rumoured price drop from earlier this week is a reality. Starting on July 10th, the current 60GB model will sell for $499. Coming to US shores in August is the 80GB version only available in South Korea at the moment, which will retail for $599. They’re bundling that unit with […]

AnandTech has a look at the performance PC gamers can expect see under Windows Vista with DirectX 10. Unfortunately, it isn’t pretty. Despite the power of the new 10-compliant graphics cards, the choices made in developing this technology have resulted in a significant gap between what is possible and what is actually obtainable from commercial […]