PS3 Weekend Warrior: of PSOne classics, E3 teasing, and when “Final” doesn’t really mean “final”

The QJ.NET PS3 blog was chock full of big gaming news again this week, thanks to a whole load of bits about Final Fantasy XIII. Western game devs also jumped into the fray with details from the Sony exclusives inFamous, God of War 3, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. They even managed to sneak in a little Sly Cooper teaser in the inFamous demo. With E3 less than a month away, we also saw publishers starting to hype up their offerings for the yearly gaming expo. All that and more in this week’s PS3 Weekend Warrior.

The QJ.NET PS3 blog was chock full of big gaming news again this week, thanks to a whole load of bits about Final Fantasy XIII. Western game devs also jumped into the fray with details from the Sony exclusives inFamous, God of War 3, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. They even managed to sneak in a little Sly Cooper teaser in the inFamous demo. With E3 less than a month away, we also saw publishers starting to hype up their offerings for the yearly gaming expo. All that and more in this week’s PS3 Weekend Warrior.

The Hardware:

• PS3 Remote Play reverse engineering update, beta out by Friday? Link.
• A Mac OS X beta for Open Remote Play v1.0 barely made it to this week’s PS3 WW. Link.
• THQ CEO expects PS3 price cut, but not at E3. Link.
• Life with Playstation v1.1 update brings Expert Mode for Folding@Home, new United Village channel. Link.

The Games:

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves:
• Video: More co-op details for Uncharted 2, DLC confirmed. Link.
• Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta vouchers to be handed out to QORE subscribers. Link.
• inFamous:
• UK gets inFamous Special Edition, Uncharted 2 beta not included. Link.
• inFamous demo video shows why it’s famous. Link.
• Final Fantasy XIII:
• Hope floats: Final Fantasy XIII may come to Europe “sooner than a year after Japan”. Link.
• Blu-ray FFXIII demo not going west; but PSN/XBL demo possible. Link.
• Playing favorites: Final Fantasy XIII to be best FF game ever. Link.
• Square Enix holds Final Fantasy Q&A. Link.
• God of War III in E3 ’09: lots of footage, motion control to be revealed. Link.
• Metal Gear Online Race Mission and Patriot details, launch date announced. Link.
• Famitsu reveals new Yakuza game, new RPG for PS3. Link.
• Sly Cooper 4 teaser found in inFamous demo. Link.

PSN:

• Five more PSOne Classics spotted on ESRB. Link.
• Capcom planning to release 20 to 40 PSOne and PSP games on PSN this year. Link.
• Playstation Home getting Ghostbusters content. Link.

E3 Teasers:

• Ubisoft’s E3 ’09 lineup: Assassin’s Creed 2, new games, special guests. Link.
• Capcom’s full E3 ’09 line-up revealed with two mystery games. Link.
• Sega confirms Alpha Protocol, Bayonetta, four more games for E3 appearance. Link.

See you again next week for another PS3 Weekend Warrior issue!