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A Sony PR representative has confirmed to VG247 that members of the public will get their first hands-on opportunity with the company’s shiny, new handheld at gamescom next month.

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Koelnmesse has announced that this year’s attendance for GamesCom came in at a staggering 245,000 visitors.

Obviously, a lot more then Leipzig this year anyways.

They’ve also confirmed that next year’s dates will be from August 18-22 2010.

We already have the flights booked.

PR is after the jump.

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Will Sony drop PS3′s price and introduce Slim at GamesCom in Cologne next week? We thought we’d ask some experts.

Super-analyst Michael Pachter, Eurogamer.net editor Tom Bramwell and Eurogamer.de editor Tanja Menne were all kind enough to join us to talk about the new German show, in what turned into an illuminating discussion involving a lot of shouting and swearing.

You’d be a fool to miss it. Get it below.

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More than 420 exhibitors from 30 countries are expected to descend upon Cologne for GamesCom.

Loads of premieres, events and entertainment are expected along with seminars on Youth Protection.

According to the press release issued by organizers, stands are already being set-up at the over 120K square meters or exhibition space.

It’s gonna be huge, and we will be there for the entire thing August 19-23.

Full thing through the break.

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French site Play3-live reckons that Sony’s game of the year candidate, Afrika, will be coming to Europe after all.

Apparently there was a Sony stand at Photokina in Cologne last week, showing the safari photo-bonanza in English. When inquisitive journalists inquired about it, they were told that the game would be releasing in Europe in 2009.

We find this news rather annoying as we’ve just ordered the import. We’ll check with Sony.

By Mike Bowden