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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
News

New PlayStation 3 Firmware Adds Photo Gallery, Smile Sorting, More DivX Support

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Your PlayStation 3 is about to graduate to version 2.60, as new firmware for the console is coming soon (read: actually really soon). What’s it add? New multimedia features and “guest access.” More »
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Is PlayStation 3 Backwards Compatibility Dead? Maybe Not

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | The one version of the PlayStation 3 that currently supports PlayStation 2 software—via emulation of the “Emotion Engine”—looks like it’s about to go the way of the dodo. Exactly how crushed should those of us be, should we want to experience PS2 classics on our future PS3s? Oh, totally crushed for now, but the future may provide a glimmer of hope, backing us away from the ledge. PlayStation Network director Eric Lempell says there are “possibilities” the PS2 playing capabilities could come back to the gutted PS3 in the most recent issue of EGM. More »
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