PS3 Weekend Warrior: Sony’s going 3D, is Square Enix doing it too??

Sony’s really going full-tilt with bringing 3D gaming to the PS3. Even Square Enix is starting to warm to the idea, with the company expressing interest in a 3D-supported Final Fantasy XIII. Speaking of Final Fantasy, Square Enix may be pulling out all the stops for the next major game in the franchise, but chances of us seeing HD remakes of older entries in the series aren’t looking so good.

 

 

 

Sony’s really going full-tilt with bringing 3D gaming to the PS3. Even Square Enix is starting to warm to the idea, with the company expressing interest in a 3D-supported Final Fantasy XIII. Speaking of Final Fantasy, Square Enix may be pulling out all the stops for the next major game in the franchise, but chances of us seeing HD remakes of older entries in the series aren’t looking so good.

 

The Hardware:

 

• 2K Marin: Console wars is silly. Link
• Peter Moore excited for PS3 “Arc”, not so much for OnLive. Link
• Activision: hardware sales decline is PS2’s fault. Link
• PS3 3D firmware update due this summer? Link

 

The Games:

 

• Nomura to make Kingdom Hearts III a reality ‘as quickly as possible’. Link
• GT5 release date spotted at Target? Link
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars announced for Autumn 2010. Link
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for under 20 bucks? Link
• Square Enix: FF7 remake “a huge, huge task”. Link
• The Sims 3 coming to consoles and handhelds. Link
• New Ghost Recon announced. Link
• Last two Mercenaries Reunion characters revealed. Link
• Dante’s Inferno DLC release schedule. Link
• Ezio will be killing Templars in Rome in the next Assassin’s Creed. Link
• Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul console development confirmed. Link
• Just Add Water announces Vektar Beat for PS3, PSP. Link
• Rumor: Killzone 3 reveal coming in the next few months. Link
• Sony: We’ve got more up our sleeves. Link
• IGN: “Very good (PS3) game” getting a Trophy patch soon. Link
• God of War III
  • Spike TV casting call for God of War reality show. Link
  • New God of War III pre-order bonus from GameStop, new trailer premieres tonight. Link
  • Watch: God of War III – “Chaos will Rise” trailer. Link
• Crysis to take full advantage of PS3’s power. Link
• MGS4 and Valkyria Chronicles down to US$ 20. Link
• Today only: flOw is free-flowing. Link
• The “very good PS3 game” to get Trophies is Uncharted 2. Link
• Heavy Rain
  • Heavy Rain ad splashes on the streets. Link
  • Heavy Rain demo coming this thursday. Link
  • Video leak: Heavy Rain finger-cutting gameplay. Link
  • You’re in control when Heavy Rain gets hot and heavy. Link
• Final Fantasy XIII
  • Square Enix profits up almost 50 percent, FFXIII sells 1.8M units in Japan. Link
  • Square Enix interested in Final Fantasy XIII in 3D. Link
  • Watch: More Final Fantasy XIII questions answered. Link
  • Watch: Kitase and Toriyama on FFXIII US version. Link
  • Square Enix clarifies FFXIII screenshots controversy. Link

 

The Network:

 

• PlayStation Store US Update – 02/11/10. Link