After extremely high demand I’m pleased to confirm that we will be providing a live video stream of the SCEE press conference at gamescom. I invite you to join us at the Gurzenich Köln on:
Tuesday 16 August 2011 at 19:00 CET / 18:00 BST / 03:00 Sydney (Wed)
What’s more, we’re giving you four ways to watch the event:
PlayStation.Blog Watch it here on the web and dissect the announcements in the comments.
PlayStation App. The video feed is mobile compatible so you can watch it on your IOS or Android phone via the official PlayStation App.
PlayStation Home Dress smart and watch the conference on the big screens in the PlayStation Home gamescom Space.
Facebook Watch it live with a bunch of people you used to go to school with on facebook.
The video stream will be available on demand for 24 hours after it ends and I’ll be there to write the whole thing up, take pictures and crawl the show floor in search of news and interviews
We’re excited about what we have to show at gamescom 2011- how will you be watching?
45 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:13 pm by spatsnaz
On the PlayStation app too? That’s more like it SCEE. Can’t wait.
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:30 pm by James Gallagher
Yup, we’ve worked hard to make it available to as many people as we can.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:17 pm by loadstone007
Love it!!!
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:17 pm by Globox_82
So awesome, and finally!
You better start doing this each year from now on.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:19 pm by lcmnick
I demand Polyphony show us some DLC
No, no, don’t worry, I’m not really demanding that. We all know it takes Polyphony Digital years to do anything.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:21 pm by loadstone007
Looking forward to a FIFA 12 PS Vita announcement!
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:23 pm by DARREN200COOK
Err.. I’ll dress in a tuxedo and watch it on Home thankyouplease.
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:31 pm by James Gallagher
There will be a What’s New link on the XMB that will take you direct to the gamescom Home space to make it dead easy.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:23 pm by tommasoted
Who’ll host the conference? House? He’s been promoted to SCEI president, will he still hold the mic for an EU conference?
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:31 pm by James Gallagher
Tune in and find out.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:24 pm by enormhi
Great news! Thank you!
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:24 pm by andy08ps
hopefully more of starhawk maybe some gameplay
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:26 pm by orton131
I’ll watch it on the blog through my PS3, thank you James!
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:35 pm by James Gallagher
I’m afraid we haven’t been able to get the feed to work on the PS3 browser – trust me, we have tried really hard. However, if you want to watch it on PS3 then there will be a What’s New icon that will take you direct to the gamescom Space in PlayStation Home where it will be shown live.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:35 pm by spatsnaz
@tommasoted Ken Kutaragi. He’ll make a surprise appearance and announce he’ll take the helm again.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:36 pm by Pesico
Awesome, I’ll watch it on the Blog!
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:40 pm by mushroomnoob
I’ll be there on Saturday xD. Just one question, is it true that you have to pay when you enter Cologne with a car?
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:48 pm by superkoei
I’ll be in the train to Cologne, hoping they will have free internet in there, because my internet doesn’t work across the border, which I will cross around 19:20
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 12:54 pm by PHILYPOT08
SWEET
yh same orton131 ill be watching it through the blog on my ps3 but wht time isit on in england ?? i get confused with all this BST stuff cheers
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:32 pm by James Gallagher
BST is the time in England.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:02 pm by GuttermouthSIN
I know it’s off topic, and I probably won’t get a reply, but my iPlayer/4oD/ITV Player and My Channels icons are STILL missing on my PS3 after the update.
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:32 pm by James Gallagher
They do come back with time but we have found that if you boot up PlayStation Home and then quit out, that seems to speed things up.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:09 pm by undergroundgr
nice.7 cet is 9 local for me so ,its the perfect time.hope we can get cool news and why not a price reduction for the ps3.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by hjm50
@ 15
Try booting up Home, Life with Playstation or the PS Store.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:15 pm by GuttermouthSIN
@17
Thank you, but I’ve tried it all and still no luck
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:17 pm by OttoT
Great! But why is it only availeble 24 hours after the presentation and not longer? I´m sure a lot of people are going to mis it.
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:33 pm by James Gallagher
After the 24 hours we’ll have the file and will upload it to YouTube where it will live as long as the Internet lives.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:23 pm by CRASHBASHUK
woo cant wait
i gess the store will have a facelift and could htere ba a new ps3 slim?
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:36 pm by almighty-slayer
YES! I’m on holiday next week and thought i would have to miss the excitement. You have no idea how happy i am that i can watch it all on my phone
Thanks for setting this up for us
(oh and have fun there, James)
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:43 pm by James Gallagher
Glad to be of service. Just bear in mind we’ve found that it will work way better on your phone with a wifi conncection as opposed to 3G.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:42 pm by Hasquarl
Will the conference be in English or German? Or both?
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:42 pm by James Gallagher
English only.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 1:58 pm by TalllPaul
Awesome stuff
Can’t wait for Gamescom and now I can watch it from the warmth of my home, in Home. 
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:08 pm by KONTR
Where are the DLC’s in Russian PlayStation Store???? When it will be released???
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:09 pm by KONTR
MORTAL KOMBAT DLC. It’s about a half of the month it’s just disappeared!
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:12 pm by RockTwist
“Facebook: Watch it live with a bunch of people you used to go to school with on facebook.”
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:13 pm by Sp4reNL
funny to watch it in PS home. Maybe I’ll install home again
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:19 pm by KONTR
I write here because I don’t have any links to contact developers or support and our Russian store belongs to this blog!
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:24 pm by DKShadow
Hoping to meet you down there this year, James!
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:36 pm by James Gallagher
I’ll be there! Do you use twitter? If you do then dropping me a line via @jallagher might be the best way to get in touch when I’m on my feet.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:26 pm by GuttermouthSIN
Thanks James, but I really have tried everything multiple times since the update hit. The longer it goes on the more I’m worried they won’t appear at all. Hope it sorts itself soon.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:31 pm by MayRocks8
do we have to watch it live if it’s on the blog? or can we just watch it anytime?
Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:34 pm by James Gallagher
It’s live on Tuesday, then it will repeat over and over on a continuous loop for the next 24 hours. After that we will get hold of the video file and I’ll upload it to YouTube as soon as I can.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:49 pm by DKShadow
Yeah, I’m @DKShadow – Let’s see if we can find openings at the same time then
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 2:57 pm by Hell-Raiser-85
Thats great news. I remember watching a stream of it last year. Some guy done it from hes phone but it had bad video & sound. Thanks James
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 3:11 pm by Jesse-Blue
Great news.
I am excited and hope Sony will have some cool secret announcement.
And Thursday I will see and play for myself at GamesCom. Yay.
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 3:14 pm by Carl-G
Cool;) I can’t wait. Oh and SONY do a £199 PS3 to PLEASE ;P
+ How will i be watching it? As usual…Naked… JOKE!!! ;D
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Posted on 12 August, 2011 at 3:31 pm by Stonesthrow
I’m watching on the blog for sure..
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Posted on 14 August, 2011 at 11:46 am by MazzingerZ
Mmmmh I’ll be busy then…I wonder if a replay will be available, at least via HOME like in the past? it just kept Rolling so anyone could just jump in and watch it…otherwise it doesn’t matter, great job!
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Posted on 14 August, 2011 at 3:34 pm by obiadekanobi1980
awsome get some bf3 exclusive footage please james as there jack all on the web except whats there already and i have all the e3 footage on my ps3 so PLEASE and ill never say a bad word on the blog again
DEAL???????
hope so….
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Posted on 14 August, 2011 at 4:21 pm by MazzingerZ
Just read the main post and my answer was there. GREAT!…my mobile didn’t show the whole thing when I first read it.
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Posted on 15 August, 2011 at 10:07 am by Krisp1989
Great work. I’ll probably be watching.
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Posted on 15 August, 2011 at 2:33 pm by HaRRy-HatCHeT
Has anyone else had problems syncing their trophies???
I’m not a Plus member & I don’t know why but since I updated to 3.70 it either takes ages to synce my trophies, they don’t sync or it comes up with this error code (80022D68). Please help cause I’m a huge trophy buff 
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Posted on 15 August, 2011 at 11:53 pm by gunman1212
Sorry for the dumb question, I’ve just not used my Ps3 for home.
To watch this, what exactly must I do on my PS3? Again sorry for the dumb question.
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Posted on 16 August, 2011 at 12:36 am by vherostar
I’ll be working so I can actually buy games! Got over £400 worth of pre-orders before christmas lol hope Sony don’t add to my misery
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Posted on 18 August, 2011 at 3:14 pm by bcpower_08
hey. playstation, its has gone 24 hrs and the video of gamescom, isnt here still, i really wanted to watch it, since i have missed it on the other night. please hurry.
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