PS3 Weekend Warrior: more game news and a new GT5 release date

In this week’s edition of the PS3 Weekend Warrior, we have some news on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, DLC for Dante’s Inferno, more God of War III details, and another release date for Gran Turismo 5. All that and more after the jump.

In this week’s edition of the PS3 Weekend Warrior, we have some news on Final Fantasy Versus XIII, DLC for Dante’s Inferno, more God of War III details, and another release date for Gran Turismo 5. All that and more below.

The Hardware:

• Analyst: PS3 to keep December momentum, January Wii sales affected by shortages. Link
• Sony quarterly financials: PS3 up; PS2, PSP down. Link

The Games:

• Watch the PlayStation Heroes in Uncharted 2. Link
• Final Fantasy Versus XIII details arriving this month. Link
• Watch: Dante’s Inferno DLC will have co-op. Link
• No more downloadable full PS3 games for PSN “any time soon”. Link
• Mass Effect 2
  
  • Mass Effect 2 PS3 rumor resurfaces, thanks to source code. Link
  • BioWare: There is no Mass Effect 2 for PS3. Link
• Watch: How to pump your weapon up and gain confidence in 3D Dot Game Heroes. Link
• Fallout: New Vegas drops this fall, debut trailer released. Link
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4
  • Project Needlemouse unveiled as Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I. Link
  • Rumor: Sonic 4 coming this July, game also iPhone-bound. Link
• Heavy Rain graphics “even better” than Uncharted 2. Link
• Gran Turismo 5
  • Gran Turismo 5 set for this fall, says SCEE. Link
  • Gran Turismo 5 Indy Cars putters out. Link
• Final Fantasy XIII
  
  • Kitase: We had to make separate engines for FFXIII’s PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Link
  • Lightning and company to speak traditional Chinese. Link
• Brock Lesnar is the face of UFC Undisputed 2010. Link
• God of War III
  • God of War III heads off to NASCAR. Link
  • God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition’s ultimate box. Link

The Network:

• The Tester coming to the PlayStation Network this month for free. Link
• EU PlayStation Store update 02/04. Link
• Peter Dille: Sony “actively thinking” of charging for PSN. Link
• US PSN Store update 02/04. Link
• US PSN Video Store update: ZombieLand, Halloween, Orgazmo. Link