RAGDOLL ABUSE, ASTEROIDS and terrestrial and space based racing games are the first 3D titles for Sony's Playstation 3, available to download for free with every purchase of an £1,800 40-inch Sony KDL-HX803 telly, the only Sony 3D TV set available from Saturday 12 June.

But don't forget the active shutter glasses and associated transmitter to go with those specs. All PS3's can play 3D games says Sony, but to start playing them you will need to dash out and buy the expensive telly and at selected stores the battery powered shutter glasses and the transmitter. Yes, a transmitter to synchronise the telly and glasses polarisation action. Prices for the glasses and transmitter were unavailable and we don't know if batteries are included. Probably not.

Once you have shelled out over £1,800 for all this kit you can finally plug in your PS3 and download the four games that were available on the Playstation network from Friday 11 June.

Those games are Wipeout HD a space based racing game, Superstardust the asteroids remake, Pain, where players fling a ragdoll from a catapult to inflict injury for laughs, and a single track demo of the racing game sequel Motorstorm Pacific Rift.

Sony told The INQUIRER that plans for future 3D game titles will be revealed at the E3 show. Some of those could be 3D action movie related, and Sony said that a firmware update for PS3's to play 3D Blu-ray discs is to be released imminently. Sony's first 3D movie released on Blu-ray is Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

As for those interweb rumours about a 3D PlayStation Portable, Sony says there are no plans for 3D versions of the PSP. Meatballs indeed. µ