Have you heard? The PS3's manufacturing costs are now down by around 70%. Will Sony be able to parlay it into a price cut? Nobody knows except for the company's bigwigs, and they aren't telling us anything. Not yet anyway. Hey, at least we know that there'll be new controller colors come October. That, and the fact that there are still loads of great PS3 titles lined up, some of which made waves on the PS3 blog this week. Read all about 'em in the PS3 Weekend Warrior after the jump.

The Hardware:

• SCEE: No secret memory-increasing feature in PS3 FW 2.80. Link
• New PS3 controller colors coming in October. Link
• PS3 manufacturing costs down by around 70%. Link

The Games:

• Harpy harassment - God of War III gameplay vid. Link
• Fat Princess coming to PSN this week. Link
• US getting EyePet this year as well. Link
• Aksys to bring Record of Agarest War to US via PSN. Link
• White Knight Chronicles sequel under way. Link
• Sony picks up inFamous movie pitch. Link
• Sony: MAG internal beta now ongoing. Link
• Indie platformer Braid coming to PS3. Link
• Comic-Con 09: more Uncharted 2: Among Thieves details from Naughty Dog. Link
• LittleBigPlanet:
• Sackboy to get Marvel costumes. Link
• Sackboy goes inFamous next week. Link
• Media Molecule planning to enhance LittleBigPlanet as a creation tool. Link
• Time to hit the sack...boy. Link
• PSP-PS3 connectivity confirmed for LittleBigPlanet. Link
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope:
• Rumor revived: Star Ocean: The Last Hope on PS3. Link
• Square Enix: Star Ocean: The Last Hope PS3 listing was an error. Link

The Network:

• PSN Cards finally coming to Europe? Link
• PlayStation Home update: ten-screen theater, MotorStorm, Fat Princess, more. Link
• PSN US - PlayStation Store Update 07/30. Link
• Euro PSN release list for July 30 now available. Link

And there you have, another PS3 Weekend Warrior edition in the can. Keep it locked here for more PS3 news and catch the next edition of the PS3 Weekend Warrior in seven days' time.