Erik Estavillo is one avid gamer. So avid in fact, that he will not hesitate to take you to court if you get in the way of his pursuit of happiness with his games. The folks he's taking to court: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

Sony has lofty goals for this fiscal year. Banking on the recent success of the PS3 Slim and the round of PS3 price cuts, Sony executive vice president Kaz Hirai has revealed that they plan to hit 13 million PS3s sold worldwide in FY09. They also expect the PlayStation Network to pull in revenues roughly thrice the profits they made last year. More after the jump.

A lot of eyes were on Sony at the Media Investor Conference quite recently, where the company revealed their plans of world domination increasing profit in 2010. The interwebs got an unpleasant jolt of "WTF?!" yesterday when they spotted a line that read "new revenue stream from subscription" under PSN in the Sony presentation. SCE head Kaz Hirai quickly moves to soothe the angry mob, saying that the current PlayStation Network services will remain free.

We've seen a lot of "confirmations" for the much-rumored and believed-to-be-impending arrival of cross-game chat to the Sony PS3. Here's another, this time from someone pretty high up the PSN chain of command. The comment's sudden disappearance has also added another tantalizing layer to the whole thing. Ooh, tantalizing!


Thanks to Naroon for the tip!

Heads up to all PlayStation 3 owners! Sony has just revealed some more details about the upcoming PS3 firmware update version 3.10 which is scheduled to arrive "soon". The latest update will incorporate Facebook functionality into the console.

More news from the BMO Capital Markets Forums. It looks like Activision's got something up their sleeves for Call of Duty online players. More fees to be paid.

Aksys Games has announced a release window for Record of Agarest War, an SRPG developed by Compiled Heart, RED Entertainment, and Idea Factory. They also have some good news for Xbox 360 owners: you're getting the game too.

GameStop may not be threatened yet by digital distribution, but they're certainly taking steps to profit from it as soon as they can. The retail giant has revealed that they plan to start selling console DLC in-store starting next year. Details after the jump.

Pelfast loves giving us great free updates, and they're following up on that again big time. A free update for the tower defense creepfest is now available for download on the PlayStation Network, adding new Resurgence levels, new Battle maps, and even a tougher difficulty setting to really put your tower build to the test. Video and update notes after the jump.

Inspired by the classic arcade basketball game of the 90's, TECMO together with developer A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games has announced NBA Unrivaled, a retro styled arcade basketball game for the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network.