Sony updated their User Agreement today, revealing some new features that are coming to the PS3 and PSP. You can read the whole User Agreement here, but we’ll summarize all the new happenings. The User Agreement indicates these changes take effect on October 30th, 2007.

There are many instances in the new User Agreement that refer to uploading materials to the PlayStation Network. Here’s a couple excerpts:

You may not upload, post, stream, or otherwise transmit any content that contains any viruses, worms, spyware, time bombs, or other computer programs that may damage, interfere with, or disrupt PSN.

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You may not take any action, or upload, post, stream, or otherwise transmit any content, language, images or sounds in any forum, communication, public profile, or other publicly viewable areas or in the creation of any Online ID that SCEA, in its sole discretion, finds offensive, hateful, or vulgar.

With the PlayStation Eye coming out soon, this doesn’t seem too surprising. This could also be covering user content being shared over the PlayStation Network, as we know Unreal Tournament 3 will allow mods and sharing a content.

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Earlier we brought you screen from the Tartarus level of God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP. Now we have screenshots of the Attica level.

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Sony sent over some new screenshots for their upcoming PSP title, God of War: Chains of Olympus. The screens show off the Tartarurs level of the game. This is definitely one of, if not the best looking PSP game.

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Nintendo announced this morning that you will be able to download DS demos via your Wii in the comfort of your own home instead of having to go to a download station in an official Nintendo store. This is an awesome feature that is long overdo, now Nintendo needs to pony up and get with some remote play action like Sony is trying. I will definitely use my DS more if I can try out games and see what they are like before going out to buy them.

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Another contest is coming at you from your friends at Loot Ninja. We’re giving away three PS3 games in this contest. Yes, that’s right, three games together! The games are: Heavenly Sword, Lair, and NBA 08. We want to thank Sony for sponsoring this contest by providing the prizes!

To enter, all you have to do is leave a comment in this post stating your current favorite feature of the PS3 and what they’d like to see most out of the PS3 in the future. This is limited to things achievable with a firmware update only, not “more games” or anything hardware related.

The contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Wednesday November 7th. That gives you a full 4 weeks to enter. Only one entry per person per day is allowed, and a winner will be chosen at random after the contest is finished.
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After hearing of a lot of people bowing out of the lastest edition of E for All (looks at Sony and MS), it looks like Nintendo is looking to capitalize their monopoly at the E for All Expo now. If you happen to be in the in the Los Angeles area from October 18 to the 20th, you might want to stop by the Convention Center to check out the newest installment of Nintendo games, especially Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy.

In addition, Nintendo will host a daily Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. Competitors get a free Wii-themed T-shirt, and a different T-shirt will be available each day of the show.

Although the lineup is subject to change, the complete list of games for Nintendo systems scheduled to appear at E for All include:

Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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I have to say, I think will move will bite Sony in the ass. In a statement to CVG, Sony stated they plan to stop supporting Backwards Compatibility in future PlayStation products.

I’m a big user of BC on my PS3. I put PS2 games in there all the time. With the Xbox 360 and Wii, it’s not so much. But with a large number of good PS2 games still coming out, it’s hard to completely get away from the system.

With the introduction of the 40GB PS3 in Europe, which does not support even software BC of PS2 titles, users will be forced to pull the PS2 out of the closet (or even possibly buy a new one) if they wish to play any titles from the last-gen console. Sony will be phasing out the current 60GB model in Europe and only leaving the 40GB PS3 (which includes everything from the 60GB model except no backwards compatiblity, no memory card readers, and only 2 USB ports).

I think the market may demand that Sony change their mind. Since the BC is software based anyway, it’s not like it would be hard to add this feature back into the system. If Sony tries to implement this in the US, I hope they have a plan to deal with the enormous back-lash they’ll face. If they’re trying to save their image and the system, this isn’t the way.

If you still want the backwards compatible version of the PS3, it is still out there. Looks like Amazon is sitting on a few 60 Gb consoles and ready to unload.

Another tip thanks to Fragloser, busy readers are our friends!

One of our readers sent us this tip via Engadget, thanks to Fragloser.

Looks like someone has uncovered a few Best Buy documents showing a $399 Playstation 3 with a 40GB HDD and Spiderman 3 bundle with an “In Stock Date” of October 28. Why pick Spider Man 3, go with 300!

Although these documents look real enough they are still very much a rumor at this point, but keep your eyes pealed as Sony might be looking to drop a new bundle as a surprise to us all. No official street date has been named, but lets see what else Best Buy lets out of the bag.

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If you have a burning desire to have a disc version of Warhawk and don’t want to spend the extra money for the bluetooth headset, you’ll now have an option to pick up the game at retail for $40 without the headset.

Sony confirmed to N’Gai Croal that we’ll see this new SKU for the game later this month. If you haven’t picked up the game yet, I highly suggest grabbing it. It’s one of the best online experiences you’ll have on any platform.