Isaiah's Tech

If you weren't at GamesCom this year, then you probably missed out on a bunch of gaming news. Thankfully, there are sites like Joystiq and Kotaku to help you catch up on what you missed. At GamesCom this year, Square Enix was kind enough to show off some Final Fantasy XIV gameplay footage. You can watch chickens get slaughtered below.



[Joystiq]

There are just so many rumours floating around about the PS3 Slim right now, so I'm warning you to just take every single one with a grain of salt - this one included. We saw the Best Buy ad yesterday and now we're seeing a PS3 Slim ad in a Kmart flyer. This one is a little bit different, it's a 120GB PS3 Slim model for $299.99. Apparently, it'll be available "in a few weeks." It's only five more days until Sony's GamesCon press conference, so let's hope that we don't get disappointed.

[Gizmodo]

Tired of the PS3 Slim rumours yet? Well, here's a lot of things that could be taken as a hint towards a new PS3 Slim. According to the image above - that I can't read - the 80GB PS3 models in Japan are going to be discontinued starting on August 9th. This could give way to the future PS3 Slim. Waddaya think?

Moving along, it looks like the PS3 Slim announcement could come as early as August 18th at the GamesCom expo in Cologne, Germany. Now according to Telegraph, the PS3 Slim will come in two models, a 40GB / 80GB; it's expected to cost around £260 ($441 USD). Amazon already had their little fiasco with the PS3 Slim just a couple of days ago and they've just slashed $50 USD off of their 160GB PS3 bundle. Come on Sony, spill the beans already!

Update: According to Tech Radar, there are also rumours swirling around about a planned €100 ($144 USD) price drop for the 80GB model PS3 all across Europe on August 18th.

[Engadget, Crunch Gear, VG247]