PSP2

Sony's forthcoming PlayStation Vita handheld may be used as a PS3 controller for certain games if comments from a Sony rep at the recent Develop conference are to be believed.

Sony's new PS Vita will reportedly be powered by a Samsung manufactured CPU, according to Japanese trade newspaper Semiconductor Industry News.

But no official confirmation from Sony

First look at WipEout, Super Stardust and Uncharted

Sony has dropped certain features that it originally wanted to have in the forthcoming NGP handheld gaming console in order to keep the pricing down, according to a Sony studios boss.

Leading UK games developer Rebellion has announced that it is set to reveal a mystery third person shooter game for Sony's forthcoming new Next Generation Portable handheld console soon.

We poll UK devs, analysts and editors

Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has insisted that he will not be lured into a war of words over the newly announced Sony NGP, after a joke about the iPad was used against him last year.

Sony has confirmed that despite the mountain of cutting-edge technology inside the Sony NGP it won't be in the same price league as the PlayStation 3.

Opinion Editor Patrick Goss is all flustered and flushed