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#ps3 Starting next week PS3 owners will be the first Netflix customer to be able to stream their movies with 5.1-channel surround sound. More »

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If you instantly watch movies and TV shows from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/netflix/">Netflix</a> on your PS3, here is the news you’ve been waiting for: starting Monday, October 18 you’ll be able to instantly watch movies and TV shows without inserting an instant streaming disc into your console.

In addition to eliminating the disc, there is a new user interface that brings a much richer and faster browsing experience, content search directly on the device, and dramatic improvements in how fast playback starts.

<p class="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/5079611440/" title="Netflix PS3 by PlayStation.Blog, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5079611440_7dae801ba8.jpg" width="480" height="500" alt="Netflix PS3" /></a></p>

There is even more good news for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ps3/">PS3</a> owners: starting on Monday you’ll be able to instantly watch some movies and TV shows in 1080i high definition, listen to Dolby 5.1 channel surround sound, and view an increasing portion of our content library with subtitles. This will bring the home theater experience right to your living room and make instantly watching movies even more enjoyable. Here’s a <a href="http://www.netflix.com/MediaCenter">news release</a> from Netflix and Dolby with details.

Check out these improvements and continue to enjoy watching TV shows and movies streamed from <a href="http://www.netflix.com/ps3">Netflix</a>.

#namcobandai After 69 days of being trapped over 2,000 feet underground, the thirty-three Chilean miners have been rescued. Namco Bandai is marking the historic occasion with, yes, Mr. Driller. More »

In Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, there's an in-game social suite called Autolog. It allows players to compare progress and connect through various features -- actually, the people who created it would do a better job describing it, so head past the break for a brief video overview.

#screengrab People always ask why there hasn't been a Zelda movie. I always wonder why there hasn't been a Zelda cartoon. That looks like this. By Genzoman, via Rampaged Reality. More »

Thanks to this video after the break, you can (virtually) be there at the New York Comic-Con to experience Keiji Inafune's surprise reveal of Mega Man Legends 3 Project for yourself. Inafune asks the audience to help design the rocket to rescue Mega Man from Elysium (where he was stranded at the end of Mega Man Legends 2), introduces the semi-democratic design process Capcom is trying out, and even ... puts out a "help wanted" sign.

If you love Mega Man, read fluent Japanese, and want to live in San Mateo, CA, you could be Capcom's Developer Room Liaison! It would be a nice way to pick up some money for a 3DS, at least.

#testdrive Ah, driving games. They all end up feeling so similar, and increasingly boring to many, but the graphics, they just keep getting prettier. More »

Starting this Saturday, the PlayStation Store will update with one free movie rental as part of its "Midnight Movies" promotion. But, there's a catch! You'll need to sign on to the PSN between 8PM and 6AM EST. This weekend's movie will be Bram Stroker's Dracula. If you're up late playing some games on a Saturday night, might as well get a free movie download, right?

#legal If it's not the advent of digital game that could kill bricks-and-mortar game retailers, it might be the law. A recent Federal appeals court ruling could impact how used games are bought and sold. More »

Already available in Europe, Eko Software's Aqua Panic! is finally going to wash up on North American shores on October 19 -- a little behind the originally anticipated May release. The game, which sprang from the PSP release Downstream Panic!, has players controlling the flow of water in order to guide presumably panicked creatures to safety.

Browse the gallery below to wet whet your appetite for the game's cutesy art style.

#art Deciding to see how minimalist he could get before iconic video game characters became unrecognisable, artist Alexander Shen limited himself to a 5x5 pixel block. As you can see, even at such low resolution, you can still pick 'em. More »

#goichisuda Earlier this year, Tokyo-based Grasshopper Manufacture snagged Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame from Konami. This month, it also signed two more "name" developers. More »

The problem with old technology is that it's ... well, it's usually pretty old, by definition. We get spoiled by the new stuff -- things like wirelessness, ergonomitude and tactical feedbackery. Well, in the case of the latter, it would seem we now have someone to look up to: Andy Goetz.

He's gone ahead and added rumble functionality to the classic NES controller, which you can see above. Sure, it's not the most efficient mod -- caveat: Goetz can't really control when the controller provides feedback, so it's not a perfect union -- but we applaud his entry in the Oregon State University Engineering Expo nonetheless. We've been trying to fix the past for years -- who knew trying to build a time machine and finding somebody named Kyle Reese who's willing to use it was the wrong way to go?

[Thanks, @kreese]

Finalizing more complicated systems is taking time, says producer.

#indie As a kid, I loved pandas. My teddy bear was a panda. I thought they were adorable. It's not until I got older that I found out they can be mean. More »

#film In July 1937, author F. Scott Fitzgerald arrived in Hollywood, California. Fitzgerald was at the tail-end of his writing career and hoped to pick up some extra scratch penning screenplays. More »

Are you hungering for additional, curvy roads upon which you can hurtle yourself while riding upon a dangerously narrow sliver of plastic and metal? If so, you should probably be on suicide watch -- or, you should turn your attention to a recently released DLC pack for MotoGP 09/10, which adds Istanbul Park and the Shanghai International Circuit to the title's catalog of tracks.

Both tracks, which are modeled after real life MotoGP circuits, are apparently renowned for their difficulty, so amateur bikers need not apply. Well, we guess they can, but they're probably going to run into a whole bunch of walls and trees and stuff, which might make them regret paying the pack's 400 Microsoft Point ($4.99) entry fee.

#gt5 Toyota's stand at this year's Australian International Motor Show in Sydney will be playing host to a 24-hour race of Gran Turismo 5, beginning at 3pm next Tuesday, October 19, and running until 3pm the following day. More »

#japan On September 18, Pokemon: Black and White went on sale in Japan. Even in October, the game continues to barrel through the sales charts. Hot cakes, folks, hot cakes! More »

You may think you're the biggest Naruto fan in the world, buying headbands, attending conventions, learning rudimentary Japanese and pirating every episode of the show ever. But unfortunately, you still can't compete with the team at CyberConnect2. Why? Look at that manga collection! This dev diary explains their passion for the brand.

#videogames Most video games, even the craziest ones, are about very real things. Driving. Shooting. Flying. And the more you play these games, you more you learn about those things. More »

#nsfw Motion-sensing peripherals are all the rage. This year, both Microsoft and Sony are releasing new motion-sensing devices that put players in the game. But what about when the game is an erotic game? More »

Oral arguments for the Schwarzenegger v. EMA Supreme Court case are set to begin on November 2. In the run up to the historic court battle, which could result in the restriction of sales of violent video games, the Entertainment Consumers Association is planning to organize a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court itself. The event is set to take place on November 2 at 9:00 am at the US Supreme Court Building, with the ECA calling on gamers to join the rally "in support of free speech."

If you're planning on going, why not organize a carpool in the comments? After that, read through our litany of coverage on the issue, from its humble beginnings as a failed California state law to its upcoming moment in the spotlight before the Supreme Court. After all, we're sure it's a long ride to D.C. Might as well bone up on current events, right?

#pc Duke Nukem: Next-Gen, that ambitious attempt to remake the original Duke Nukem 3D using the Unreal Engine, has been granted a "personal non-commercial license" by Gearbox Studios. Meaning it may actually be released. More »

Some games had too many religious symbols. Some games had characters that didn’t exist outside of Japan. Some games were just too strange for American consumers to understand. These are the tales of localized NES games. Back in the days when Nintendo was extremely strict with what could/couldn’t appear on the [...]

#granturismo5 Driving simulator Gran Turismo 5 was penciled in for a November 2 release. Good thing that was pencil. The game has been delayed, and its creator has taken to Twitter to explain why. More »

There's not much to say. It's Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal Edition. In other words, it's Adult Swim's Robot Unicorn Attack, only set in Hell with metal background music from Blind Guardian, and it's only $0.99 for a limited time. What are you waiting for?

#film The Prince of Persia movie, which was great by virtue of not sucking, could have been a little better had the production team stuck to the original script handed in by the game's original creator, Jordan Mechner. More »

#bowlin A Florida man whose home was notoriously raided by undercover detectives who stopped to play Wii bowling has agreed to a plea bargain that will send him to prison for three years. More »