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Kaz Hirai on the need to listen and collaborate.

Sony has announced that the PlayStation Portable firmware has been updated to version 3.70 in Japan and Europe, with the US due to follow soon.

Valve Corporation expects to continue working with Electronic Arts once it ships The Orange Box in October

2K Boston's Ken Levine has responded to concerns about the PC version of BioShock and quashed speculation that a PS3 version is in development

On PS3, Sky video rentals, greater focus on PSP games, and more.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has no plans to cut the price of PlayStation 3 according to president David Reeves, but the company will introduce new bundles with different games to help drive sales.

Epic Games vice president Mark Rein has defended Unreal Engine 3 support against claims made by Silicon Knights, saying: "We deliver fantastic support. You just need to talk to our licensees."

Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack has said that he believes "justice will be done" when his company's case against Epic Games over an alleged lack of Unreal Engine 3 support is heard.

Epic Games' Mark Rein says that if Unreal Engine 3 games look alike then it's probably just because the art directors share similar ideals.

Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack says that increased competition between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo is among a number of factors that mean a unified console format is inevitable - and soon.

Stormfront president Don Daglow has encouraged developers to look beyond graphics and processing power when assessing a machine or a software title's right to be considered "next-generation".

Factor 5's Julian Eggebrecht has said that games are facing censorship because the ESRB doesn't accept them as art, while encouraging developers to include more sex in games

id Software's Steve Nix on Rage, Quake Zero, team two and relationships with Nintendo and Sony.

Sony has said it will refund consumers who bought PSone titles Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer and MediEvil from the PlayStation Store.

Funcom and Eidos' upcoming PC MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has been delayed until March of next year.

Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 may be the choice for a large number of PS3 and Xbox 360 developers, but id Software's Steve Nix claims that when it comes to engines id keeps its eyes straight ahead.

id Software's Steve Nix on the birth and development of id Tech 5.

Games Convention Asia 2007 will host the signing of a Memorandum of Intent between the national game associations of 12 countries and regions in Asia Pacific.

A study commissioned by in-game ad firm Massive Inc points to significant improvements in brand familiarity and purchase consideration among gamers exposed to adverts within videogames.

Valve and id Software may be facing a problem with their previously announced plans to link up, after keen-eyed community members spotted a potentially illegal flaw in the new Steam offerings.

Sony has now withdrawn Spyro 2 and Crash Bandicoot 2 from the PlayStation Network - having already pulled MediEvil - and says it will be "communicating directly" with people who bought the games "within the next 10 days".

id unveil new games and John Carmack explores game development in a packed QuakeCon event in Texas.

John Carmack has unveiled id's new game, Rage, and said a new team within the company will create a free, browser-based version of Quake 3 Arena called Quake Zero

id Software stands at a creative crossroads, but which way will it turn?