PS3 Weekend Warrior – Sony is on the Move

It’s always a busy week on the PS3 blog, but with Sony’s announcement of the PlayStation Move this week, let’s just say that we’ve got more than a handful for today. Those aren’t the only points of interest here, though. It’s quite a whopper so sit tight and dig in.

It’s always a busy week on the PS3 blog, but with Sony’s announcement of the PlayStation Move this week, let’s just say that we’ve got more than a handful for today. Those aren’t the only points of interest here, though. It’s quite a whopper so sit tight and dig in.

The Games

• Gene Simmons hinting at Guitar Hero: KISS? Link
• God of War Trilogy Japanese packshot. Link
• BioShock 2
  
  • Is BioShock 2’s first paid DLC an unlock key? Link
  • 2K Games explains: BioShock 2 DLC is in disc all along. Link
• Yakuza 3 riddled with cut content, missing more than a dozen sub-missions. Link
• New Gran Turismo 5 trailer revealed, release date announcement soon. Link
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
  
  • Guardian of Light is not the next main Tomb Raider. Link
  • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light gets priced, Summer release set. Link
  • Guardian of Light has co-op, is very arcade-y. Link
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
  • Second Bad Company 2 VIP map pack dated. Link
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PS3 patch incoming, Xbox 360 and PC issues addressed. Link
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tops UK charts. Link
  • BFBC2 server issues due to overwhelming server demand – 400% more than expected. Link
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 server update… issues still persist. Link
• Medal of Honor not necesarily revolutionary but will be highly polished. Link
• Watch: Rei does some combos in Fist of the North Star. Link
• Next Red Faction coming March 2011, game going back to franchise roots. Link
• Rock Band
  • Green Day: Rock Band release date announced. Link
  • Rock Band 3 confirmed. coming holidays 2010. Link
  • Lady Gaga and Eric Cartman coming to Rock Band. Link
• Sony Santa Monica has two new projects in the works. Link
• Watch: Hakan rounds up Super Street Fighter IV lineup. Link
• Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition DLC all bundled together. Link
• Final Fantasy XIII
  • Toriyama: Next Final Fantasy will be more open than FFXIII. Link
  • 5 million copies of Final Fantasy XIII shipped worldwide. Link
  • Buy Final Fantasy XIII, get a chance to beta test XIV. Link
  • FFXIII street date broken in the Netherlands. Link
• White Knight Chronicles getting free quests every week until June. Link
• Modern Warfare 2
  • 25 million have played Modern Warfare 2. Link
  • First Modern Warfare 2 map pack to arrive this month. Link
• Need for Speed Shift getting more supercars via DLC. Link
• Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce getting free DLC. Link
• God of War III
  • It took US$ 44 million to make God of War III. Link
  • God of War III unboxed. Link
  • God of War III devs: It’s always been about outdoing ourselves, not threatened by immitators. Link
• Mega Man 3 coming to PSN. Link
• David Jaffe smells copyright infringement. Link

The Network

• PlayStation Home now has 12 million users. Link
• PSN US – video content update – 03/12 Link
• PlayStation Store update – March 11, 2010. Link
• PSN EU – PlayStation Store update – 03/11. Link
• PlayStation Home update 1.35 launches tomorrow. Link
• Square Enix details Final Fantasy XIII Home items. Link

The Industry

• Evan Wells: sequels are a good thing. Link
• Valve hired three ex-Naughty Dog devs. Link
• The Infinity Ward controversy
  
  • Creative Arts Agency snaps up IW’s West, Zampella. Link
  • Rumor: All that’s keeping Infinity Ward employees from jumping ship are unpaid royalties. Link
• Square Enix starts development on next gen game engine. Link
• Rumor: Insomniac moving on to multiplatform development. Link
• Sony: 13 million PS3 sold by end of March. Link
• Japanese hardware sales from March 1 to 7: PSP sales jump, still on top of the charts. Link
• Rumor: Lighter PS3 units on the way, Bright Yellow PSP-300 to be discontinued. Link
• Rumor: PS3 Firmware with 3D support coming in June? Link

The PlayStation Move

• SCEA: PlayStation Move is so precise you can use it for StarCraft. Link
• Fils-Aime “embarrassed” by Sony, Microsoft’s motion control attempts. Link
• Molyneux: PlayStation Move not as big a step as Natal. Link
• Toy Story 3 to groove with PlayStation Move. Link
• These are the third-party publishers developing games for PlayStation Move. Link
• The PS move subcontroller is NOT the nunchuk. Link
• GDC 2010: Video Overload Part 1: Sony introduces the PlayStation Move, move-enhanced games demoed. Link
• GDC 2010: Video Overload Part 2: More games showcased using the PlayStation Move. Link
• Tretton: No game is incompatible with Move. Link
• GDC 2010: PS3 motion controller now officially called “PlayStation Move”, coming this fall. Link
• Watch: Up close and personal with Sony’s motion controller. Link
• PlayStation Arc button configuration detailed. Link
• Suda51: Natal is great, Sony’s Arc isn’t exciting. Link