There hasn’t been any price drop news or Slim news for that matter on this site as it’s all been hearsay up til now. But it is official folks, PS3 Slim has been announced at the GamesCom show and is going to hit at $299 with a 120 GB hard drive capacity. All of this will be comin’ at you in September with the 299 pricetag across the board for both new slim and fat versions.

I’m kind of jealous of this new tidy slim version, as my current fatty PS3 bloats my energy bill and turns into a toaster oven if my entertainment cabinet door is closed. Oh well at least I’m rocking some backwards compatibility…

a closer look from cnet