PS3 Weekend Warrior: a countdown for a countdown for what could be another countdown

I wouldn’t want to get lost in Hideo Kojima‘s mind. Judging by the twists and turns he’s constantly presenting in his games his mind must be some kind of labyrinthine maze where even a piece of string tied to the entrance won’t help you find your way back. By my estimation, the Hideo Kojima tag is the one that’s seen the most use on our PlayStation 3 blog this week, thanks to all the hubbub surrounding his next project. For more on this week’s crop of PS3 news, read on for the latest edition of the PlayStation 3 Weekend Warrior. It’s Hideo-rific!

I wouldn’t want to get lost in Hideo Kojima‘s mind. Judging by the twists and turns he’s constantly presenting in his games his mind must be some kind of labyrinthine maze where even a piece of string tied to the entrance won’t help you find your way back.

By my estimation, the Hideo Kojima tag is the one that’s seen the most use on our PlayStation 3 blog this week, thanks to all the hubbub surrounding his next project. For more on this week’s crop of PS3 news, read on for the latest edition of the PlayStation 3 Weekend Warrior. It’s Hideo-rific!

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The Kojima Saga:

• Rumor: Trophies, playable Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots DLC. Link.
• Countdown starts on Kojima Productions teaser site. Link.
• Pressurized: Hideo Kojima on continuing Metal Gear series. Link.
• New Metal Gear game to be featured in Famitsu PSP+PS3? Link.
• The countdown continues – 120 more hours of waiting for Kojima’s new game. Link.
• Is Hideo Kojima working on Lord of Shadow? Link.

The Homebrew:

• Homebrew: Open Remote Play v1.1 Beta for Windows, Mac OS X. Link.

The Hardware:

• Father’s Day sale: give the old man a PS3 game. Link.
• Hold it! Engadget issued a Cease and Desist by mystery Chinese firm for PS3 Slim leaked pics. Link.
• Euro patent examiners ditch the mouse-and-keyboard for DualShock 2. Link.

The Games:

• Tecmo reveals E3 lineup, Quantum Theory and Undead Knights coming to US. Link.
• Falling out of exclusivity: PS3 Fallout 3 DLC confirmed, new DLC for all three platforms.Link.
• ‘I’ll try!’ – Square Enix on Final Fantasy XIII’s release within this fiscal year.Link.
• PSN details for Zombie Apocalypse revealed. Link.
• Video: Is this Team ICO’s next game? Link.
• Demon’s Souls coming to US thanks to Atlus. Link.
• The end is not nigh – Watchmen to be included in the Blu-ray movie. Link.
• Finally, some Heavy Rain gameplay footage. Link.
• inFamous
• inFamous proves famous: breaks street date in Middle East. Link.
• inFamous on the big screen care of John Connor, prequel comic now available, PSN demo on Thursday. Link.
• Killzone 2:
• Killzone 2 spends its first month outside the NPD US software top 20. Link.
• Second downloadable Killzone 2 map pack detailed. Link.
• LittleBigPlanet:
• Have a monsterrific good time at LBP this week with the LBP Originals and new Monster Kit. Link.
• Insomniac hints Ratchet pack for LBP, little bit bigger than MGS. Link.
• Sony confirms Ratchet & Clank content for LittleBigPlanet. Link.
• Web-based portal coming to LittleBigPlanet. Link.

Network News:

• Is Sony planning to add music downloads to PSN? Link.
• PlayStation Home:
• Playstation Home: patch v1.21 this week, picture frames soon, and a plea to stop Home-hopping. Link.
• Resistance goes Home: Resistance Space now open.Link.
• PSOne Classics:
• Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil rated for PSN by ESRB. Link.
• Resident Evil: Director’s Cut PSN release confirmed, dated, and priced. Link.

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And that’s it for this week folks. Look forward to another edition of the PlayStation 3 Weekend Warrior next week. Hopefully by then all these countdowns will have run out. Oh, and enjoy the Resident Evil: Director’s Cut intro above. Woohoo for acting chops! Damn, this makes me wanna play Night Trap.