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.

"EA launched the game in 2008 and is working on the second and third installments." This is the line from Variety's piece on the Dead Space film that got tongues wagging as to whether or not Electronic Arts is indeed concurrently developing parts 2 and 3. Hold off on those speculations till you read the rest of the article after the jump.

Is the ambitious episodic series project of Microsoft, in partnership with Peter Jackson, canceled? The director characterized the endeavor at the Comic-Con event as "no longer happening" while Microsoft refuses to call it quits, saying instead that it is "on hold."

Ubisoft Community Developers take us into another trip over to San Diego, where the Comic-Con has its eyes set on Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Xbox 360, PC). If you loved the first but had a few bones to pick with it, then this vid might just have a few bits of good news for you.

At the New York Comic-Con last year, Top Cow Productions teased gamers with the possibility that the follow-up to their shooter, The Darkness (PS3 and Xbox 360), is in the works. But we didn't hear anything from them regarding this for a while (15 long months to be exact), until this year's Comic-Con, that is.

Sony has moved to clarify reports that a secret feature included in firmware 2.80 opened up more of the PS3's memory to developers, most likely stemming from a reduction in the console's OS footprint. Details after the jump.

A report circulated earlier on the web about a possible mandatory installation required to play the upcoming  PS3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, but thanks to Twitter, Naughty Dog quickly put an end to the speculation and officially stated that there will be no mandatory installation for the game.

For the longest time, Dead Space: Extraction has been known to be exclusive for the Wii. That is now about to change, so it seems, as Electronic Arts teased at the Comic-Con that it is Wiixclusive "right now."

If you're working on a game that highlights the nine circles of hell, you may very well expect debauchery to ensue, at least as far as the storyline or gameplay will go. But having said that, it does not necessarily follow that you'll have a free pass here on Earth when marketing such said game. Electronic Arts should have probably known that from the onset, but I guess they were busy getting all excited about sinning to win. Their newest marketing ploy for Dante's Inferno (PS3, PSP, Xbox 360) launched at the Comic-Con was quite a controversial one, requiring them to make an apology to the offended public.

It may not sound like much, but anyone who's ever gone through name studies before would find that the simple task of coming up with a name is actually quite a handful. Back at the Comic-Con, South Park Digital's Chris Brion tells his story and how the South Park TD game was named the way we know it now - South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! Article contains language unsuitable for minors.