Early this February, a rumor broke out that Syphon Filter 5 was cooking in the kitchens of Sony Bend. This came about after a job posting over at their site, coupled with a post from PCB Production's site for a Facial Motion Capture credits for the game. Back then, Isaac C. posited that it may very well have been just an innocent typo. Turns out he was spot on.

A PSP price drop? A new comic book and graphic novel service from Sony? Edible PSPs? We heard all about that stuff this week, along with some news that Capcom has been digging around in its PSOne game catalog and will be releasing more classics on the PSN soon enough. It was busy in the software side as well, especially with Resistance: Retribution's launch. That's not to say that other games didn't get their chances in the spotlight. In fact, we heard more about upcoming software releases this week than in the last couple of weeks. Count how many times I said "week". Anyway. On to the show!

So whatever happened during the dev chat scheduled a few days ago for Resistance: Retribution? Well, most of it had generic questions from the fans - talk of Infected Mode and whether it's actually part of story canon (watch the ending!), plans for DLC (none!), PSP-to-PS3 connectivity, and other matters, etc., etc. - but some interesting parts of the chat had the devs commenting on the issue of people pirating their games, and another one on the cheaters roaming around online matches.

Yes, beloved QJ readers, the PSP Weekend Warrior is back! Did you miss it? Well, even if you didn't, here it is. Collectibles, videos, and a whole lot of homebrew figure prominently in this first outing of the relaunched PSP Weekend Warrior. Read on!

Originally posted 20 Feb 2009 at 08:40PM

Played the demo yet? It sure feels so cool when you realize that you're playing Resistance on the PSP. That's exactly what the guys at Sony Bend were aiming for. They wanted to get that intense Resistance gameplay that we know so well from the PS3 and put it into Resistance: Retribution. Video coming up after the link.

Syphon Filter 5 anyone? The game is the subject of the latest rumor circulating the Intarwebs. It seems that one of Kotaku's readers spotted a couple of hints that led to speculation that the Sony Bend studio is busy cooking up the latest entry to the franchise.

Sony has made many promises before on raising PSP and PS3 interconnectivity. Unfortunately, that probably doesn't include more games - aside from Resistance: Retribution - being able to use the PSP via the DualShock 3. A Sony rep said they aren't even considering the possibilities yet.

Aww damn, and there are so many possibilities...

Want to join the resistance for.. *ahem* some retribution? Sony Bend's upcoming game will be hitting retail very soon, but if you can't wait to trash some alien scum, why not do it homebrew style in a side-scrolling space shooter?

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I admit, I have ulterior motives for wanting Resistance: Retribution to get released as soon as possible (new Syphon Filter!), but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate it as what it is: a great-looking game from what is probably the foremost studio when it comes to PSP third-person shooters. See it in action in the CES 2009 trailer found after the jump.

Though Killzone 2 on the PS3 might be coming in a few days earlier in Europe than in North America, it's another story (a very familiar story, at that) for Resistance: Retribution. The good news is that the PSP shooter has finally gotten a release date for Europe. The bad news is that Europe comes in last of the release pipeline.