Sony Europe boss Andrew House was joined by Kaz Hirai in Cologne, Germany this evening to deliver the platform holder's gamescom keynote and finally unveil the PS3 Slim.

We also saw graphs, heard that Gran Turismo PSP will be free to people registering PSPgo, got a date for the European video rental service, heard about a new PSP Minis dev tool and witnessed even more besides.

Read on for our full live coverage of Sony's 2009 gamescom conference. The earliest updates are presented first.