French video game company Ubisoft recently filed a trademark for a "Play CamCam" gaming device. From the name alone, this suggests that Ubisoft will be trying out a new line of games which will include some sort of motion capture support. You can read more about the new trademarked device in our full article after the jump.

A quick search at the official website of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will inform you about Sony Computer Entertainment's future plans for its consumers base. New patents found include those that refer to downloadable games over at the Playstation Network that will utilize the peripheral PlayStation Eye.

While we are still quite uncertain as to what exactly these are, some of their descriptions read "computer games apparatus adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor." The patents for the yet-to-be announced software include Ember, SkyBlue, Carriage Return, Race Day, and Strings Attached.

Quite interestingly, SCEJ also patented a new trademark known as the Broadcasting Engine. Reading its accompanying description, it seems that this particular engine is more for hardware rather than software. The patent mentioned that it will be dealing with cellular phones, video cameras, DVD players, and video game machines among others.

The description for the Broadcasting Engine further revealed that this product will be used for downloadable media. It should be remembered that Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer mentioned before that they are currently devising a way that will allow all Sony products to interact with each other.

Keep checking back here at QJ.NET for the latest development on this matter!

Sony is set to give the PlayStation Network User Agreement an update that will definitely have an impact on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners. The said change will occur on October 30 and will launch PSN v2.0. Most of the updates refer to uploading materials on the online service.

We are still uncertain what effect this will have on gamers, but it seems that this is already setting the stage for the release of the PlayStation Eye. The changes also seem to pave the way for official game modifications and user content mods such as those on the upcoming Unreal Tournament 3. A part of the new agreement reads:

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.

This includes but is not limited to, any content or communication that SCEA in its sole discretion deems racially, ethnically, religiously, or sexually offensive, libelous, defaming, threatening, bullying or stalking.

Aside from that, it seems that Sony will activate a feature on the PlayStation Network that will allow gamers to share official material such as screenshots of a game:

You hereby authorize SCEA to use, distribute, copy, display, and publish information relating to your game play for gaming purposes including tournaments and ranking, without payment to you.

In addition, you will have the option to post, stream or transmit pictures, photographs, game related materials, or other information through PSN to share with the PSN community ("User Material"), provided no rights of others are violated.

The remaining details discussed in the new contract involve viruses, malwares, and other malicious attacks. We believe that violating these new rules will have consequences so you might want to check the whole changes via our Read link below.

QJ.NET would like to thank lazycrazyboi for the heads up!

As if the presence of a lot of game companies like Capcom, THQ, Foundation 9, and Codemasters isn't enough, we've received news that Sony will also be attending the Comic-Con International 2007 with a stellar line-up of games and activities. The Comic-Con 2007 will be held at the San Diego Convention Center from July 26 to 29.

Occupying Booth # 4401, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will get to brandish a couple of games like SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike, the trading card game The Eye of Judgement, Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow, God Of War: Chains of Olympus, and Parappa the Rapper, to name a few. These games will be showing off the prowess of the Sony PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation Eye.

To have an idea of what Sony has up its sleeve, take a look at the company's itinerary for the Comic-Con in San Diego:

July 26, Thursday

• Booth, all day - Jeanne d'Arc voice actress Kari Wahlgren will be at the booth to sign autographs, while Parappa the Rapper will also be hanging out all day for photo ops.
• Location upon request, 2 PM to 3 PM - Hands-on tutorial of the PS3 game The Eye of Judgement. (Media-only event)

July 27, Friday

• Booth, 12 PM to 6 PM - Photo op with real weapons and pose suggestion from real-life U.S. Navy SEALs for the game SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike. Parappa the Rapper still hanging out for more photo ops.
• Location upon request, 4 PM to 6 PM - Sony PlayStation cocktail reception outside of the San Diego Convention Center. Sony will be showing off new video games for the PSP such as Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike, God Of War: Chains of Olympus, Jeanne d’Arc, and Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice. (Media-only event)

July 28, Saturday

• Booth, 12 PM to 6 PM - Photo op with real weapons and pose suggestion from real-life U.S. Navy SEALs for the game SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike. Parappa the Rapper will still be at the booth.
• Booth, 3 PM to 5 PM - Meet and greet and autograph signing of Limited Edition Comic Book Covers with Greg Rucka Syphon, graphic novelist and co-writer for Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow, and John Garvin, Creative Director of SCE's Bend Studio.

July 29, Sunday

• Booth, all day – PaRappa the Rapper will still be there for more photo op.
• Panel Room #3, 10:30 AM to 11:30 PM - Tech and Trading Cards: THE EYE OF JUDGEMENT for PlayStation 3 Panel, attended by the creators and advisers from Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, and SCEA.