Update: Firmware has been released. Grab it via Network Update or use this direct download link.

PS3 owners: it’ll soon be time to fire up Network Update, as Sony has announced that a firmware update is due for release soon. According to PSN director Eric Lempel, firmware 2.76 will simply improve “the playback quality of some PS3 format software.”

No other changes beyond that were noted, making this update rather uneventful, but still essential. As always, we’ll post an update once it goes live, likely by tonight or tomorrow morning.

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