PlayStation 3

Sony has unveiled its latest iteration of PS3, which sports a new design and significantly smaller form factor.

Here are a few titles revealed at Gamescom 2012 that are poised to change the way games are played.

It’s been a strangely long time coming, but the PS3 is finally getting a dedicated YouTube app, which can be controlled via a smartphone.

GameKlip is a simple-yet-elegant way of maximizing the gaming potential from Android smartphones.

Game developer, Quantic Dream, showed off an impressive short film at GDC 2012 to demonstrate its new motion capture technology, which was rendered by a PS3 in real time.

To promote the upcoming video game, Twisted Metal, a new website has opened that will let users remotely fire a M249-SAW machine gun at an ice cream truck using their computers.

The GAEMS G155 case protects and secures your game console, and provides an HD LED screen while on the go.

The new XANTHOS Stereo Console Gaming Headset from Speedlink is compatible with Sony's PS3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and PC, and incorporates some sophisticated connector technology that caters for simultaneous playback through a TV.

The Nissan Playstation Academy experiment has gained further credibility with the immediate success of the second Academy (2010) winner Jordan Tresson. Last Sunday, 2010 winner Tresson won his class at the Spa 24 hour race driving a Nissan 370Z.

In yet another hiccup for the PSN, an exploit that allows hackers to change a user's password using the very information that was stolen last month has surfaced.

At some stage between the 17th and 19th of April, a hacker gained access to Sony's systems, and retrieved the personal information of 77 million PSN accounts.

Killzone 3 shows that the PlayStation Move is not just a gimmick bound to gather dust in the cupboard.