Eagle-eyed GameStop employees have spotted a change in Microsoft’s box-art for the Xbox 360 Arcade, the most obvious difference being the removal of the Xbox 360 Pro from the comparison chart.  As you can see in the image below (old box on the left, new box on the right), only two Xbox 360 packages are now listed, with Microsoft seemingly intending to discontinue their “entry” model.

With Toshiba slipping out of their mourning clothes and readying a Blu-ray player, it seemed as good a time as any to check whether their erstwhile HD-DVD partner Microsoft had reconsidered their “no Blu-ray for Xbox 360!” attitude.

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Not, perhaps, the sort of thing most SlashGear readers will be able to try at home, but if you’ve ever wanted to see a 15 tonne hydraulic grapple controlled by a humble Wiimote then here’s the video for you.  Simon Wittber of Australian firm Transmin is lucky enough to have not one but two remote-controlled grapple arms, each toting a vicious looking six-claw pincer, and so he and his team decided to link up Nintendo’s controller for some afternoon entertainment.

Time to roll out the old render, as news emerges about what could be considered the true PSP2.  According to Eurogamer Spain, they’ve acquired the spec-sheet for Sony’s in-development successor to the current PSP, a long leap ahead of what’s on offer with the PSPGo.

Don’t you just love a cellphone teaser campaign?  The answer you’re looking for is “No, Chris, we don’t” but sadly news of that fact is yet to reach LG.  After the success of their Chocolate series of cellphones, the company is unsurprisingly looking to milk that enthusiasm for all it’s worth: hence the shadowy preview photos and the PR hyperbole that the new LG Chocolate “will be a disruptive force in conventional mobile screens”.

Long-time readers may remember Sega Toys’ robotic cat that stole my heart, Yume Neko Smile; now the company is back with an upgraded version [pdf link] of the electronic-kitty.

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Is a “no comment” statement even more of a confirmation than a staunch denial ever could be? That certainly seems to be the case with Foxconn, who have declined to comment on rumors that they’ve been picked as an OEM supplier of the much-rumored slimline PS3 by citing “customer confidentiality”.