PS3 Weekend Warrior: firmware 2.70 lands, Sony makes sooper announcement, sackboy does the Matt dance

GDC’s over and done, but news is still pouring in. Ok, some of them are just April Fools jokes, but there are a lot of really really real news too.

The biggest news this week is that Firmware 2.70 has hit with a bunch of new features in tow. There’s also some moans of despair when Sony finally announced their oober dooper announcement, which turned out to be a PS2 price cut. Well, it was great news for those who’ve been wanting to buy a PS2 I guess.

GDC’s over and done, but news is still pouring in. Ok, some of them are just April Fools jokes, but there are a lot of really really real news too.

The biggest news this week is that Firmware 2.70 has hit with a bunch of new features in tow. There’s also some moans of despair when Sony finally announced their oober dooper announcement, which turned out to be a PS2 price cut. Well, it was great news for those who’ve been wanting to buy a PS2 I guess.

Let’s get started!

Random Stuff:

• PlayStation 3 Firmware v2.70 delivers new Text Chat feature and more! Link.
• Those who use PS2-PS3 game adapters have been having trouble with 2.70 though. Link.
• For those who DON’T want to update, someone has come up with a way to connect to PSN even while you’re on a lower PS3 firmware. Link.
• PlayStation Home gets in on April Fools with … hamster costumes? Link.
• When Hideo Kojima plays an April Fools’ Joke, far be it from me not to consider it as newsworthy. Link.
• Sony doubts OnLive can deliver. Of course, they plug the PlayStation 3 at the same time. Link.
• Sony reveals its sooper dooper announcement! It’s… a PS2 price cut. Whoopee. Link.
• Despite people criticizing Sony for not introducing a PS3 price cut as well, they stand by their decision. Link.
• PlayStation Home is still comfy in Beta stage. So comfy it might permanently be in Beta. Link.
• Kudos to Sony being the greenest of the console manufacturers, according to Greenpeace. Link.
• Sony has registered the name “PS Cloud.” Other than a basic description, we can only speculate as to what this PS Cloud could eventually be. Link.

Game News:

• Will Kojima announce the next Metal Gear game in E3? Link.
• Gran Turismo 5 will be released “when it makes the most sense,” says SCEA. Which means we still don’t know when it’ll be released. Link.
• The PlayStation 3 demo of Final Fantasy XIII will be an old version of the final product, so you should expect more once the game finally comes out. Link.
• Final Fantasy XIII will utilize 100% of the PS3’s power, something even Killzone 2 wasn’t able to do. Link.
• Do the Matt Dance with sackboy! LittleBigPlanet celebrates getting more than 500,000 user-generated levels. Link.
• Here’s something new and mysterious to look forward to: a PSN game dubbed “Project V” from developer Just Add Water. Link.
• Can Killzone 2 be done on the Xbox 360? An ex-Bungie dev says, “Totally”. Link.
  

And that’s it for this week folks. Sayonara, Adios, Aloha, Ciao, Au Revoir, Paalam, Hasta La Vista. See ya.