Sony's PlayStation 3 is a multimedia powerhouse, juggling the playback demands of Blu-ray, DVD and DivX with ease. But while on-demand content is growing in popularity, there remain a vast number of people who watch regularly scheduled, over-the-air broadcasts. So it's not surprising to see Sony enter the market with PlayTV, a new £80 device that will let you watch and record digital TV on your PlayStation 3.

Utilising a USB tuner, plus the included software, PlayTV will allow users to play, record and stream free-to-air digital programming. These types of broadcast are common across Europe, where the open DVB standard has been incorporated into such services as TDF in France and Freeview in the UK. Our colleagues at GameSpot UK sat down with a prerelease version of the device at a recent Sony event and used the occasion to put our questions to Cambridge-based developer Mark Bunting.  Click here for more

It would be hard to deny the PSP has one of the best displays on any portable device -- its only real rivals are some of the Cowon devices and the holy iPhone from the church of St Steve. It seems logical that you'd want to use it to watch video, and with Sony's UMD movie format being such a miserable, wretched failure, the company needs to look elsewhere.

So, you're a mega-national company with a penchant for evil DRM, where do you look for some nefarious DRM-able content? The answer is Sky TV, no stranger to closed systems and restrictive viewing practices. From this summer you'll be able to subscribe to a package or download pay-per-view content on your PSP.  Click here for more

Yesterday among the detritus of spam and nonsense in our inbox we noticed that with only minor fanfare the PlayStation 3 is set to support DTS-HD Master Audio. Previously the console didn't have the best audio support, but now it can decode a DTS-HD source and send it to your AV equipment as uncompressed multi-channel PCM sound.

Some people will be upset that the PS3 won't send the raw DTS-HD MA bitstream via HDMI, but as long as your equipment can handle a PCM stream it really makes little difference where the decoding happens, be it in the PS3 or your amplifier. We're just thrilled to see such complete support for all Blu-ray features.  Click here for more

Without videogames, many of us would have lives, children and permanent jobs. They're terrific ways to forget that in real-life, like gardens, commitments require regular attention. They can't all be glorious, action-packed tours de force, however -- many videogames are nothing more than half-baked rejects, the 'D' students of the electronic world.

But these particular 30 dunces weren't merely bad -- they were never given a chance at success because they suffered epic fails from the moment their titles were conceived. A truly abysmal name might strangle a game's chances, but it's prime chuckle material and we've lassoed two-and-a-half dozen for your rib-tickling pleasure. Click here for more

This morning at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco, Alex St John, the CEO of WildTangent, announced a new version of the company's gaming software that he hopes will make people think twice about buying a videogame console.

Taking a cue from the growing number of casual gamers buying consoles, St John -- who is most famous for helping create the Direct X specification for Microsoft -- believes that people are itching to get their hands on videogames, but that they shouldn't have to buy a proprietary piece of hardware and pricey software titles, or even relegate gaming to one room in the house. Click here for more

Twice a year something exciting happens that gets everyone wondering what their Xbox 360 is going to be able to do that it couldn't before. That's right, it's time for the autumn update -- obviously Microsoft refer to it as 'fall' -- which is rumoured to be happening on 4 December.

There are two reasons to be happy about this if you live in Europe. Firstly, we're finally getting the movie rental download service that the Americans have had for some time now. Movies are delivered in high definition, with a resolution of 1,280x720 pixels, and you get 14 days to start watching it. Once you begin, you have to finish in 24 hours.  Click here for more

For some people online flash games are a passing distraction to fill the hours between lunch and home time. For others online flash games are a passionate hobby that keeps them up until the early hours while they try and beat their last score.

Whatever your reason for playing them, we love them so much, we've put together a list of the top ten best flash games ever, in no particular order. From very simple puzzles to complex plaformers, these should keep you entertained all day long.  Click here for more

Surely the most eagerly anticipated game of the year hit the UK last night, with a massive celebrity-studded launch event at London's IMAX cinema for Halo 3.

Rapper Pharrell Williams, of The Neptunes and N*E*R*D fame, was on hand to show off his fragging skills -- or lack of them, as it turned out -- on the vast IMAX screen.

Showcasing the game's online multiplayer capabilities, Williams took on other celebrities and competition winners from around Europe. Click here for more

Crave US: When Nintendo announced the Wii Zapper at July's E3 show, the company promised the add-on would be bundled with a game (a 'pack-in', in gamer parlance). And the Mario Factory has made good on the pledge: the Zapper will include Link's Crossbow Training, a Zelda-themed target shooter.

The game will progress from simple bull's-eyes to moving targets (including enemies from the Zelda series), and -- while we wouldn't expect much more than a glorified "how to use the Zapper" tutorial -- something tells us Crossbow Training could be as infectious as Wii Sports. It's got plenty to live up to, mind -- the original NES Zapper was bundled with the classic Duck Hunt.  Click here for more

With the sleeker and slimmer PSP set for a UK release on 10 September, Sony hopes to prove there's plenty of life left in its speedy little handheld. It might not have lived up to its initial promise -- there's no arguing the PSP has been eclipsed by Nintendo's DS in the software stakes -- but there's still plenty going on.

Here we pick out the PlayStation Portable's current top games, in no particular order, and offer some tips on what to look out for in the future. Click on the titles for more info from our sister site, GameSpot UK. Click here for more