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A lot of these goodies were released during Nintendo’s media summit, but there are a couple of new bits along the way. GoldMetalSonic was nice enough to collect every single bit of art/screenshot and drop them into a Picasa folder. Hit up the link below to sift through all the goodies!

#bioware It you thought Mos Eisley was a wretched hive of scum and villainy, wait until you get a load of Belsavis, the Republic prison planet that houses some of the most fearsome criminals in the Star Wars: The Old Republic galaxy. More »

#gdc As I mentioned in my review of Dante's Hell, I loved the scoring and sound of Visceral's take on hell. More »

Hi, PlayStation.Blog readers,

As you may have seen, a brand new trailer for Gran Turismo 5 was debuted on the God of War III Blu-ray disc. So for those of you who saw unofficial copies of it, I want to share that trailer in HD, which can also be found on the official Gran Turismo website along with all of the latest and greatest Gran Turismo news. Fans who purchase God of War III will also be able to view the trailer as a part of the Blu-ray when it is available on store shelves beginning this Tuesday, March 16.

I’m sure you noticed the teaser footage for night racing in this trailer. This feature was first revealed in the February issue of PlayStation The Official Magazine, as part of their 10-page cover story on GT5, but this trailer is the first opportunity fans have to see it in action. Night racing is just one of many new GT5 features.

The game will not only include improved features, but also a host of exciting new ones that will be revealed in the coming months. To whet your appetite even further, here are a few new GT5 screenshots that just came in. Check the gallery on the GT website to see the rest.

As you may have heard, our Senior VP of Marketing and PSN, Peter Dille, announced at the GDC press conference that Gran Turismo 5 will be hitting store shelves this year. There’s lots in store for GT5 this year, so stay tuned here on the PS blog and the official GT website for the latest news and info on the game.

Pokemon Ranger and .hack//Link lead the software charts.

Pokemon Ranger and .hack//Link lead the software charts.

There is one drawback to seeing Uncharted 2's co-lead designer, Richard Lemarchand, unfurl the development process behind the most successful and most ambitious game in the studio's history. A post-mortem panel, held on Thursday afternoon at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, delved into developer Naughty Dog's pre-production process, its production pipeline and the climactic rush to a spectacular end. It also highlighted some of the studio's misjudgments, which resulted in a difficult crunch time toward the end of development.

And now, every time I play that incredible train level -- "an evil monster of a level," Lemarchand said -- for my personal enjoyment, I'll pull back the curtain and see programmers hunching over keyboards and nodding off into icy cups of coffee. Thankfully, Lemarchand painted a warmer picture, firm in his belief that the development team's intrinsic motivation to produce a character-driven blockbuster helped it overcome the final hurdles.

An important pre-production phase dominated the first six months of Uncharted 2's 22-month creation. "Messing it up often means messing up the whole project," Lemarchand noted. There were no deadlines or deliverables during this period, and the team was free to seek inspiration and consider the individual moments they wanted to explore in Drake's second outing. A single image would portend much of the game's direction: A photograph of the Tiger's Nest Monastery in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

#clips Capcom's nifty little retro commercial for Mega Man 10, now available on the PlayStation Network, features a near-perfect recreation of what my bedroom looked like in the mid-80's. More »

Good news for Trekkers.

#gdc Our guy in Tokyo has descended upon San Francisco's Game Developers Conference. We asked him for a report. This is what we got. More »

Kids and parents will love visiting Friendship Valley and Hugsville this spring.

Medieval tabletop game of kings prepares for leap into modern gaming.

Animal park simulation takes PC players to the African savanna.

It's logical, biological.

#gdc This batch of Fable III screenshots from the Game Developers Conference are indeed all mine, at least in the 'underground area where ore is extracted from the earth' definition of the word. More »

Standalone multiplayer expansion out now.

Game developer Press Play takes home accolade and $10,000 prize courtesy of Direct2Drive.

Having printed and shipped more than 3 million copies of BioShock 2 across the seas, publisher Take-Two is clearly leaning on its sequel to provide a strong sale wind to push the company through another successful quarter. Following its February 9 release, the Xbox 360 version of BioShock 2 cruised up the US sales charts, anchoring in the peak position, according to the NPD's monthly report. For the PS3 version, the journey was not such a breeze, as it appeared to have come up against some bad weather.

Despite the Xbox 360 edition's #1 ranking in US February game sales, the PS3 version of BioShock 2 was curiously absent from the top ten listing. An NPD representative told Joystiq that the PS3 game recorded roughly 190.5k units sold last month, "just outside the top 10 at #11." If anything's to blame for this somewhat modest debut month, it's Heavy Rain. In just one week of retail availability, the PS3-exclusive "Western Interactive Novel" had enough of an impact, with 219.3k units sold, to seemingly alter the sales course of BioShock 2 for PS3.

Now, just image how much trouble a rampaging "murder carousel" could stir up for BioShock 2 PS3 sales this month!

Zoom to the future.

#apple Apple is now taking preorders for its "revolutionary" new shiny thing everyone must own. Will you succumb to the large, vibrant screen of the iPad, or are you made of sterner stuff? More »

#screengrab Two year's ago Sony's Playstation Blogger Lounge was packed with "No In-Shirt Cross Media Bar" shirts. This year's shirt? Each printed with neat name tags for Kevin Butler, VP of all things PS3. More »

Telltale offering free shipping for orders over $50 while plundering the store.

Release the hounds.

Defend the little people.

Lady Gaga was already announced for Rock Band's DLC update next week -- but she's bringing friends along. The pop sensation will be joined by some, ahem, actual rock bands.

Check out next week's full list of releases after the break.

Plus a special South Park track, The Subways and more.

#gdc Will Wright, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind The Sims, took to the stage at last night's Game Developers Choice Awards to present John Carmack, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind Doom, with a lifetime achievement award. Guess what he talked about? More »