The Weekly Recap (January 17-23) « PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net

The Weekly Recap (January 17-23)

This Week
Quite a bit this week (though, no major game announcements). First off, Trev wrote another review, this one for Assassin’s Creed II. Darrin has another pretty popular opinion piece as well (as always). here’s also been some rumors flying around, like GTA getting another possible episode (though, many feel the game isn’t popular enough to warrant one anymore). And the appearance of Cloud (of Final Fantasy fame) possibly making an appearance in a future game.

One piece of news that did surface, though, is that the PS3′s Motion Controller has been delayed until Fall, so it’s going to be out there around the same time Natal is supposedly going to be out as well (though, interestingly, Microsoft decided to drop the hardware processing within the camera to opt for a software solution, so it may not be as powerful as previously thought, considering it’s going to take up some of the processing power from the console now).

There’s also been some Gran Turismo stuff out there as well, including the game possibly already making a profit and some real versus in-game stuff (from both Trev and I).

Other than that, be sure to check out Eddie’s article on the brain and his article about the PS3 supposedly being hacked.

Also note, we’ve got quite a few more QuickNews articles in this week, so if you happen to miss those smaller news stories, be sure to check them out in the QuickNews tab. You can also comment on those stories as well (on the side bar, just click on the #).

Hopefully this coming week will prove to be a little more eventful, though, seeing as we’re constantly getting closer and closer to the big release window!

Community News

Alrighty, this week in the community, I’m sure most of you have noticed that the Shoutbox (the Live Chat) has been updated. This was mainly in response to spam flooding the chat over the past few days (or, at least, I assume so). Beyond the look, it now also shows your Gravatars, notifies you when there’s a new response, and allows for the ability to private message other people.

I’ve also taken the liberty to update a few weekly articles with the Tab feature (well, a couple; the New Game Releases and the PlayStation Store Global Update), which allows for a cleaner look. I like it a LOT more than the “Read the Rest of this Story” link.

Anyway, not much else going on in the community. Just keep in mind we like the community to get involved, so please register and become an active member! We also appreciate it if you guys would sign up to submit news as well. Well, here are the recognitions this week (22 total)

Contributor of the Week