Sony unveils academic PS3 dev kit

Speaking at the Games/Edu strand of the Develop Conference 2009, SCEE R&D’s Sarah Lemarie has confirmed that a PS3 dev kit designed for academia is now in closed beta.

"I have exciting news. We have started a PS3 Academic Development Programme, and we’re refering to the dev kits as mini-dev kits, which I can best described as being in a closed beta stage at present. We’ll be opening this beta up slowly," confirmed Lemarie, who works as as SCEE R&Ds education contact and support infrastructure development team manager