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

February 7, 2010

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.

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