If you and your buddies nurse ambitions of making it in the world of video games development, then this latest announcement from Sony might interest you: the company will give ten thousand pounds to five teams to create a prototype game for the PSN in the first three months of 2009. Should the games be good enough, they've got a chance of getting funding for release on the PSN. Sony's planning on holding a free workshop in the UK where you'll be able to find out more about the competition, as well as get a chance to pitch your game to Sony execs.

The PSN has done a better job recently of differentiating itself from Xbox Live. While Sony's selection of casual content might not match what Microsoft has, the PSN's got a better selection of more substantial hardcore fare. It still lags behind in the indie games stakes though, which is a shame. The more Sony can get developers used to using the PS3 architecture the better

gamesindustry.biz via PS3Fanboy

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