PS3 Weekend Warrior: hacks, demos, assets, and DLC

We saw a flurry of activity from PS3 exclusives this week. There were plenty of new assets from God of War III, DLC for Uncharted 2, and word on a Heavy Rain demo. Perhaps the biggest news came just a few hours ago, though: somebody has apparently hacked the PS3.

We saw a flurry of activity from PS3 exclusives this week. There were plenty of new assets from God of War III, DLC for Uncharted 2, and word on a Heavy Rain demo. Perhaps the biggest news came just a few hours ago, though: somebody has apparently hacked the PS3.

The Hardware:

• Venezuelan president: PlayStation is Poison. Link
• Check out this over cool PS3 slim mod. Link
• PlayStation finally arrives in Vietnam. Link
• PS3 motion controller
  • PS3 motion controller is called Arc? Link
  • PS3 motion controller slips past Spring 2010 launch window. Link
• Sony’s PS3 DVR add-on lets you earn trophies just by watching TV shows. Link
• God of War III and Heavy Rain PS3 bundles coming to Europe. Link
• PS3 hacked by iPhone dev? Link

The Games:

• Tekken 6 patch 1.03 now live, Scenario Campaign now has online co-op. Link
• Fat Princess patch 1.04 coming tomorrow with free map. Link
• Zipper: We’d be surprised if anyone else can do what we did with MAG. Link
• Capcom to continue 2.5D for fighting games. Link
• Watch: How the new Aliens vs. Predator stands up against the original. Link
• Assassin’s Creed II DLC out next week. Link
• God of War III
  • Watch: teaser for God of War III “Unearthing the Legend”. Link
  • God of War III all clear for release in Australia. Link
  • Sony: No God of War III trailer today, but there are new assets. Link
  • Sony Santa Monica: God of War won’t end with III. Link
  • Watch: a quick look at the making of God of War III. Link
• Final Fantasy XIII
  • Report: Italian GameStop site reveals Final Fantasy XIII Collector’s Edition. Link
• Heavy Rain
  • What’s up with the Japanese Heavy Rain boxart? Link
  • Heavy Rain DLC lets you play as the Origami Killer. Link
  • Heavy Rain demo dated. Link
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  • New package and awesome Uncharted 2 DLC en route to Japan. Link
  • Uncharted 2 multiplayer skin pack on US and EU PS Store next week. Link
• Watch: Nier is Square Enix’s “next great story”. Link

The Network:

• More Trophy hackers running loose on PSN. Link
• The Tester: PSN’s very own reality series. Link
• Euro PSN Store update 01/21. Link