With Sony Europe's developer relations manager George Bain announcing that it's no longer necessary for developers to submit upcoming titles to Sony for content approval, don't expect the PS2 to die off anytime soon. The platform is now open, and this action will certain spur on a spate of low-cost titles. Bain cited territories like Russia and India that are now able to "create low-development cost titles and release them in their market”. Dev kits are still an necessity, but there are no longer PS2 licensing fees. "This has never been done before," notes Bain. "This is something we're actively promoting."

Representatives of Hades, Infernos, Inc. are releasing a statement correlating with Sony's open-development initiative, "We're happy to announce that in the greater scheme of things, the underworld is taking new steps with a newer, greener outlook. In addition to cutting our fuel usage across the board, we're investing in carbon futures and alternative energy sources." When asked about staff downsizing, Hell's CTOs responded, "We're looking at raising the entry requirements to minimize growth and lessen our space requirements and the correlating staff."

So yes, you will have to behave more evilly to go to Hell, although ironically, working for Sony is still evil enough. "Have you not heard about the rootkits?" Old Scratch himself added, "That's just insane. We can't wait to try our new solar furnace on some of those guys. We're still about maddening suffering, after all."