Here's a roundup of today's top stories from elsewhere on the internet:

PlayStation Eye motion controller coming first half 2010 (Times Online) - In an interview with UK newspaper The Times, PlayStation boss Kazuo Hirai revealed that Sony's new motion controller peripheral (which debuted at E3 2009) is slated for release in "spring 2010". That's northern hemisphere spring, so think sometime between March and May next year. If it doesn't get delayed.

Gran Turismo 5’s Q4 2009 Release Date "Confirmed" (gtplanet) - Several Gran Turismo fan sites are claiming they have proof that the long, long, long awaited GT5 will be released by the end of 2009, after looking at an apparently official brochure for the game which was handed out at Gamescom last week. The brochure, which was in German, listed the game's release date as "4th Quarter, 2009". Sony has not made any official announcement, so we're putting this one firmly in the "believe it when we see it" basket for now.

NPD: PS3 price cut to boost sales by 40 - 60 per cent (Gamesindustry.biz) - Data analysts at The NPD Group believe the PlayStation 3's price cut and launch of the 'slim' PS3 could boost sales by up to 60 per cent in September. We assume they're talking about the US market, where it will be selling for US$299 ($440), because in NZ it will still set punters back a solid $600. "The USD 299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market," NPD reckons.

Hollenshead: Microsoft "in the best position" to release next-gen hardware (Gamesindustry.biz) - id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead told a VG247 interviewer that he believes we're more likely to see a new Xbox before a PlayStation 4 or a Wii 2, because Microsoft has "recouped a lot of the costs of their console." We think Nintendo probably has, too, but anyhow. Hollenshead said he thinks that while MS may keep the Xbox 360 going until its sixth or seventh year (2011 or 2012), "I've got to believe that they're already planning the transition now, and they have their eye on the ball as to what it is, because I think they see that there are some weaknesses that they can exploit with what's going on at Sony."

Gamescom becomes world's largest games event (Gamesindustry.biz) - Over 245,000 people went through the halls of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany over the last weekend. The organisers were "very happy" with the numbers, and staked their claim to being the largest games fair in the world, having exceeded the 195,000 attendees at last year's Tokyo Game Show. Both events are open to the public, in contrast to June's E3 event in Los Angeles, which attracted 41,000 people but required games industry credentials.

Average gamer '35, overweight, sad' (Stuff) - A study by the US government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that, from a 2006 survey of 552 people aged 19-90 living near Seattle, Washington, the average video gamer was aged 35, was more likely to be overweight, was more antisocial and had a greater number of "poor mental health days" compared to non-gamers.

First US gaming addiction clinic opens (GameSpot) - The reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program is now offering, for the sum of US$14,500 ($21,000), to cure Americans of their addiction to video games, the Internet or texting with "psychotherapy, 12-step group counseling, 'nutritional education', personalised fitness plans and 'high adventure outings' around the facility's rural forested landscape" near Seattle, Washington. The "45-day abstinence" programme, which costs the equivalent of more than 80 years worth of World of Warcraft subscriptions, "exposes participants to a variety of activities and everyday life skills, which are often avoided or underdeveloped as a result of excessive ongoing computer, video game play, and Internet use."