PS3 Weekend Warrior: a fiery Titan, a bright future, and a brazen challenge

Big things are afoot for the PlayStation 3, now that Sony‘s revealed their plans for the PlayStation Network. The news has just been pouring in this week; we got news on new release dates and fake release dates, we got delayed games but we also got new stuff for PS Home, and finally, it seems Sony has itself a challenge. Microsoft says they have something better than Killzone 2. O rly?

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Big things are afoot for the PlayStation 3, now that Sony‘s revealed their plans for the PlayStation Network. The news has just been pouring in this week; we got news on new release dates and fake release dates, we got delayed games but we also got new stuff for PS Home, and finally, it seems Sony has itself a challenge. Microsoft says they have something better than Killzone 2. O rly?

Let’s get started with this week’s PS3 Weekend Warrior. Here are the biggest things that happened this week, all lined up pretty-like, just for you:

Game News

• Metal Gear Online‘s SCENE expansion gets a release date, and new details. Link.
• The Titan DLC Pack for the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 gets delayed. Link.
• Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena demo for the PS3 also gets delayed. Link.
• InFamous gets a release window for this June, but the demo date hasn’t been confirmed yet. Link.
• Killzone 2 gets a patch to improve stability. Link.
• God of War III September 25 release date is a fake, but we will find out the real release date on E3. Link.
• But we do get new awesome new concept art of GoW III‘s Fire Titan. Link.

PlayStation Network and PlayStation Home

• PSN updated with some new stuff, including Street Fighter IV items for PS Home, as well as new game demos. Link.
• Big things in store for the PlayStation Network, which will be integrated into other Sony products, as part of the company’s restructuring. Link.
• PlayStation Home Resident Evil 5 Space launched. Link.
• Other upcoming content for PS Home. Link.

Homebrew and… stuff

• PS3 Media Server gets major update, and now has DTS Streaming. Link.
• A clarification on the PS3 HDD Decryption. It was decrypted. Sorta. Link.
• Someone got StarCraft to run on the PlayStation 3 using Yellow Dog Linux. Link.

Just because

• Microsoft says they have something better than Killzone 2. O RLY? Link.

And that’s it for this week, gamers. What do you think Microsoft has up its sleeve? A new Gears game? A new IP perhaps? And how are they planning to compete with the PS3’s Blu-ray capabilities? And will Batman ever escape the Joker’s fiendish plot? Kapow! Waitaminnit… anyway, see you all in next week’s Warrior!