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Sony has been keynoting their buns off this year as they held a special event to announce the PlayStation 4 earlier this year in New York City and officially unveiled the console and its pricing during E3 2013. Understandably, it looks like Sony won’t be holding a keynote at Gamescom, but word on the street is the company will be holding a keynote during this year’s Tokyo Game Show on September 19. (more…)

PS4 Keynote Taking Place During Tokyo Game Show 2013 original content from Ubergizmo.

Geotagging your photos? Old hat — Neurowear wants to geotag your mood. The folks that brought animated cat ears to the human race is now using NeuroSky’s brainwave-reading headgear to suss out your emotional state and share it with your friends. We dropped in on the group at Tokyo Game Show to take a look at an early prototype. After strapping a familiar Mindwave mobile headset to this editor’s skull, a companion iPhone app sprung to life, reading off relaxation levels and assigning cartoon faces to the user’s mood. The reading could then be recorded on a map, tagging how the user felt at a given location and time and allowing them to share that information with their friends. Had a great time at a new coffee shop? Now you can prove it, and encourage your social contacts to join you. It’s an interesting idea, but its still a long way from hitting the app store — the demo we were given was only a concept app, and the geotagging portion of the demonstration was simulated. It may be awhile before you can tweet your feelings directly. Need another way to express yourself? Don’t worry — Nerosky is adding a brainwave controlled tail, dubbed Shippo, to its line of cranium controlled animal parts. Check it out (as well as our quick neurotagging demo) after the break.

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Neurowear wants to read your mind, geotag your feelings (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When it comes to the current generation video game consoles, which camp do you support? Microsoft’s Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, or the Sony PS3? Well, some of us do not really care just which platform one purchases, as long as the games on it are worth playing, and others have all three without getting bogged down by things like fanboy-ism. Well, for folks who are thinking about picking up a Sony PS3, you might want to hold off your purchase for a little while longer, as at the Tokyo Game Show earlier this morning, Sony announced the availability of the new Sony PS3 which comes in a slimmer form factor, where you can choose from two capacities – namely 250GB and 500GB.

The external cosmetics make it easy for you to tell whether you have the new PS3 or not, as it comes in a smaller and more streamlined design, which will surely be more than decent to look at in any living room. In fact, Sony has sent the previous PS3 to the fat house by reducing its form factor by around 20% in size, resulting in it ending up as 25% lighter compared to its predecessor.

Of course, the two models will not just be released like that without any fanfare. In fact, the 250GB PS3 will be available later this month (on September 25th to be exact) for $269.99 a pop, where it will also carry along with it a limited edition bundle that will boast of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception: Game of the Year Edition as well as a voucher that carries over $30 worth of bonus digital content for the highly acclaimed digital title, DUST 514. In total, this particular bundle would offer more than $70 in total combined value.

As for folks who feel that they obviously will not be able to do much with 250GB of storage space, there is always the new 500GB PS3 model that should be able to cater to your storage needs, where it too, will come in a limited edition bundle, although you will have to exercise additional patience as the release date is October 30th in conjunction with the release of Assassin’s Creed III, yet another more of less guaranteed blockbuster title for the PS3 platform.

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[ Sony unveils super slim PS3 at Tokyo Game Show copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Sony’s PS3 / Vita cross-buy program might not be as simple as “buy one, get one” after all. Taking the stage at its pre-TGS press event, Sony announced a new Hot Shots Golf game as one of the program’s first adopters — citing a price reduction, rather then a free game, for users who pick up either the PS3 / Vita version of the title. In contrast, Sony stated at Gamescom that buyers of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault would receive a second copy of the game for free upon purchase, indicating that cross-buy discounts may vary from title to title. Remember kids: just because you bought it once, doesn’t mean you won’t have to buy it again.

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PS Vita and PS3 cross-buy: more discounts, less freebies originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If Sony’s handheld wonder lacks the visual pop your discerning sense of style craves, you’re in luck: the Vita’s getting a new look. Sony teased a rainbow of colorful handhelds at TGS last year, but opted to launch the handheld in a classic black facade and added a white version back at E3 that is slated for October. Now, the outfit has revealed two new options: “cosmic red” and “sapphire blue.” The details on pricing and availability are still coming in, but the pair will hit shelves in Japan on November 15th. In the meantime we’ll offer details for US and Europe as soon as they become available.

Sean Buckley contributed to this report.

Sony announces Cosmic Red and Sapphire Blue PlayStation Vita variants, arriving in Japan November 15th originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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