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• PS Vita playable at gamescom

  A Sony PR representative has confirmed to VG247 that members of the public will get their first hands-on opportunity with the company’s shiny, new handheld at gamescom next month.

• GamesCom attendence pegged at over 245,000, GC 2010 also dated

  Koelnmesse has announced that this year’s attendance for GamesCom came in at a staggering 245,000 visitors. Obviously, a lot more then Leipzig this year anyways. They’ve also confirmed that next year’s dates will be from August 18-22 2010. We already have the flights booked. PR is after the jump.

• VG247 podcast #5 - Pachter, Bramwell and Menne on GamesCom

  Will Sony drop PS3’s price and introduce Slim at GamesCom in Cologne next week? We thought we’d ask some experts. Super-analyst Michael Pachter, Eurogamer.net editor Tom Bramwell and Eurogamer.de editor Tanja Menne were all kind enough to join us to talk about the new German show, in what turned into an illuminating discussion involving a […]

• More than 420 exhibitors from 30 countries expected at GamesCom

  More than 420 exhibitors from 30 countries are expected to descend upon Cologne for GamesCom. Loads of premieres, events and entertainment are expected along with seminars on Youth Protection. According to the press release issued by organizers, stands are already being set-up at the over 120K square meters or exhibition space. It’s gonna be huge, […]

• Sony's Afrika Europe bound?

  French site Play3-live reckons that Sony’s game of the year candidate, Afrika, will be coming to Europe after all. Apparently there was a Sony stand at Photokina in Cologne last week, showing the safari photo-bonanza in English. When inquisitive journalists inquired about it, they were told that the game would be releasing in Europe in […]