This past week, Sony announced the re-release of the revered hits God of War, and God of War 2 together on a single Blu-Ray Disc. Each game will be remastered, and feature full trophy support. The God of War: Collection is now available for pre-order.
VG247: Whoops. SCEE's just confirmed to VG247 that God of War I and II won't release for PS3 in Europe this year.
HellDescent writes: "Since the recent announcement of God Of War 1 and 2 being ported into the HD world for the PS3 on Blu-ray, many people have already started to wonder, "What other games will get this treatment?" We all know Sony have dropped backwards compatibility for some time now and has no plans to ever bring it back. But could re-releasing a game series in Blu-ray become a new trend?
Struggling to stay afloat, Take-Two decided to ship Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with a sex scene in the game and later lied to investors to cover up their decision, according to the suit settled today.
Texas-based Blast Factor developer Bluepoint helps switch PS2 titles to PS3.
The complete Final Fantasy XI experience is to be made available on one disc over in Japan. "The Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Collection 2" consists of every Final Fantasy XI expansion released in stores to date in addition to the recently released downloadable expansions, on disc for the first time.
Russ tells of console sales and other RPG deals as he begins, "September may have a lot of games coming out for it, so it is a good thing the prices of the 360 and PS3 dropped. Plus you still might be able to grab a decent computer during the back to school sales. Gaming triple play ahoy!"
Music artist who criticise Rock Band and other music games of distracting kids from playing real instruments are taking "a narrow perspective of things", says Harmonix's John Drake.
Grand Theft Auto dominates the list, but some suprise entries from Need for Speed and Medal of Honor lower down the list...
TripleChat writes that the popular PS3 franchise, Motorstorm, officially marks its debut on the PSP in late September - the 29th to be exact. For folks who are picking up a PSPgo on October 1, Motorstorm will be available day one from the PlayStation Store. The PS2 version has no set release date but SCEA reports that it is due later this Fall.