Written for the week of 1/23/11 - 1/29/11

 Hey all. It's another edition of This Week in Gaming! Did everyone have a good week? Good to hear! Alright, enough chit-chat, let's get newsin. The biggest news of this week? I'll give you 3 guesses. 

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News

Sony Announcement's

Sony  announced PlayStation Suite! Oh, Andriod-based PlayStation gaming not good enough for you? You don't like being able to play  PlayStation 1  games on your Andriod phone?  Alright, the real  announcement  at Sony's Event in Tokyo was the official reveal of their next portable handheld gaming device, Next Generation Portable, or  NGP , or PSP2 as the cool people call it. I'm not cool so I'll call it NGP. It is a bit bigger than the PSP-1000, two analog sticks not nubs, 5 inch OLED front touch screen and rear touch panel, new OS called LiveArea, front and rear cameras, Six-Axis motion sensing similar to the PS3 controller, GPS, Wi-FI and 3G, and games come on a flash memory based card. The games shown at the event, like: WipEout, Resistance, and Uncharted, look amazing. Let's hope we see some more amazing stuff, including a release date and price (I say around $300-$400) in the near future. You can watch the whole press conference, in six parts, on SCEA's official YouTube channel, starting right here. The NGP looks like an interesting piece of hardware. With so much technology crammed into it, it is said to look as good as PS3 games. I take this as, for example, Uncharted looks as good on a PSP as it would on a PS3, not really the same on both consoles, but good on their own individual consoles. Wither way I'm excited to see what Sony has to bring to the table with this new hardware.

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth

Quick Fire

• DC Universe Online sells very well for it's first few weeks. Sony Online Entertainment's President John Smeldy tweeted that DCUO was their "fastest selling game ever".
• Disney Interactive laid-off almost half of it's staff, including some from Junction Point, creators of Disney's Epic Mickey, but no word on if Black Rock Studios, creators of Split/Second, was affected. my condolences go out to those affected.
• On the day Dead Space 2 was released, Visceral Games announced Dead Space 2 is getting some DLC. Named "Severed', you will play was Dead Space: Extraction character Gabe Weller, a Sprawl security guard, as he tries to get himself and fellow Extraction character Lexine Murdoch to safety. It will release later this year.
• MAG, Sony's exclusive 256 online shooter, turned one this week. Happy Birthday to them.
• The Resistance series is set to receive a novel. The novel, named Resistance: A Hole in the Sky, will bridge the gap between Resistance 2's ending and the beginning of Resistance 3. More info in the Playstation Blog.
• Platinum Games has announced Max Anarchy, featuring Jack from Madworld. No other details were announced.
• The Nintendo 3DS eShop will not open it's doors until May. Apparently, they are trying to fix the interface in which users find and download games. Looks like this train is stuck in it's station until then.
• Plants vs Zombies has found it's way onto the PSN. Jeff Green of Popcap Games, has more details on the PS Blog.
• Everyone get ready, QuakeCon 2011 has a date. QuakeCon 2011 will be held in Dallas, TX on August 4-7

1. L.A Noire will come out May 17, 2011 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
2. Brink will release on May 20, 2011 for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
3. SOCOM 4 comes out April 19, 2011 exclusively on the PS3.
4. Darkspore releases March 29, 2011 for the PC.
5. Conduit 2 has been delayed until April 19, 2011.