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#rumor A Dutch listing for a Driver: San Francisco Collector's Edition gives up more details on Ubisoft's car-chase sequel with out-of-body experiences. More »

Riot Games' League of Legends has been winning accolades and fans since it released last year for a few different reasons. It's a highly polished version of Defense of the Ancients, the company has supported the game with continuous updates and new content, and oh yeah -- it's a free-to-play title.

Lately, Riot has been working on a major update they're calling "Season One," designed to make the game a little more compatible with competitive play, as well as implement some of the most requested features for the game. The update should be out within a few weeks, they told us, but on the floor of E3, we got to see some of the new tweaks in action.

#contest Kotaku commenter Jessifer's correct answer to our trivia giveaway was chosen at random from 291 correct entries, winning her the coveted Shank maquette signed by the game's creators, Jamie Cheng and Jeffrey Agala. More »

We’re still catching our breath after a wild E3 week, but look for a lot more developer interviews and game details for at least the next several days here on the Blog, including an epic David Jaffe/Scott Campbell conversation.

Just a few things to link to this week; we tried to capture at least one story on every title we showed at E3, but feel free to link everyone to anything you think we missed.

Oh, and Happy Fathers’ Day!

The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of June 14, 2010)

• Time Crisis: Razing Storm Is Three Games In One – Siliconera
• 60 Seconds With The 3rd Birthday – Siliconera
• Sly Cooper Collection Has Triple The Platinum Trophies, New PlayStation Move Mini-Games – Siliconera
• Kratos Is Good With A Spear & Shield In Ghost of Sparta – Kotaku
• PixelJunk Shooter 2 Plays With Light And Acid – Kotaku
• InFamous 2 Brings Lightning-Spewing Tornadoes To The Big Easy – Kotaku
• E3 10: Ready at Dawn raises the bar for PSP with God of War: Ghost of Sparta – Destructoid
• E3 10: Jimpressions of Killzone 3 OMG JETPACKS! – Destructoid
• Preview: inFamous 2 – Joystiq
• Preview: Echochrome 2 – Joystiq
• Interview: Media Molecule’s Alex Evans, on LittleBigPlanet 2 – Joystiq
• Video interview: Sony’s John Koller, on PlayStation Plus, Steamworks and more – Joystiq
• LittleBigPlanet 2 for PlayStation 3 preview – G4tv.com
• E3 2010: Portal 2 Teaser – G4tv.com
• E3 2010: Patapon 3 Preview – IGN
• E3 2010: God of War: Ghost of Sparta Preview – PlayStation Portable Preview at IGN
• Mysterious Journey Reboots Tiny Humans’ Awe Sensors – GameLife | Wired.com
• Preview: Slam Bolt Scrappers – Joystiq
• E3 2010: What 3D Brings to Racing Games – IGN
• PlayStation Move’s Ball Is ‘Really, Really Crucial’ – MTV Multiplayer
• Playstation Move supports Dualshock and Sixaxis – Examiner
• Hands-on: Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Resident Evil 5 with Move – Ars Technica
• E3 2010: Fat Princess Patch and DLC Preview – IGN
• E3 2010: Little Big Planet 2 due in Nov., Move support confirmed – GameSpot
• PlayStation Move bundle up for pre-order at Best Buy and GameStop – Engadget
• PlayStation Move Goes Pew! Pew! Pew! With New Gun Shell – Gizmodo
• E3 2010: Portal 2 Coming to PS3 – IGN
• Sony to launch PlayStation Plus subscription service later this month – CNET
• E3 2010: Sony Announce A “Proper” Game For Move: Sorcery – Kombo
• E3 2010: Killzone 3 lands February 2011 – GameSpot
• E3 Show Floor in PlayStation Home is Pretty Awesome – PlayStation LifeStyle
• Video Interview: Sony’s John Koller, on PSP Go, PSN and PS3 – Joystiq
• It’s now Sony’s 3D world – CrunchGear
• E3 2010: Why We’re (FINALLY) Excited About PlayStation Move – IGN
• E3 2010: Behind the wheel of ‘Gran Turismo 5′ – USA Today
• EyePet: What A Difference The PlayStation Move Makes – Kotaku
• PlayStation 3D Now Available – FoxBusiness.com
• E3 10: Preview: Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip – Gamervision
• E3 10: Kojima Crashes Sony Blog Meetup, Brings Gifts – Gamervision

#nhl Catching up on some E3 news, last week EA Sports put up - then removed - a page depicting Chicago Blackhawk Jonathan Toews in a definite cover art pose. Operation Sports snagged that screengrab before it was taken down. More »

Want to go crazy like this lady? With Ubisoft's Just Dance 2, you'll be able to do just that -- with up to 7 other friends as well. Promising 40 new songs, the sequel features new modes like "Just Sweat," Duets, and Face-Offs. Ubisoft will start raking in the millions when it releases in stores on October 14th.

#e32010 The first Kane & Lynch was much like its antihero protagonists - someone whose potential was washed out by dysfunctional and self-destructive traits. IO Interactive's sent the series to rehab and vows it's gotten clean with Kane & Lynch 2. More »

You know what the best part about E3 2010 is? Hearing game industry analysts and journalists calling out Nintendo as having not only the best show this year, but the best show the Big N has had in a long time. That’s exactly what you want to hear from the media at large. [...]

I worried as I walked to the Spike Games booth for my E3 appointment to check out Deadliest Warrior that I might have been undeservedly kind to the game when I first saw it at GDC. Is it possible I liked the game so much because it was surprisingly un-terrible? Did I enjoy the game solely because I have a thing for preposterous juxtaposition in video games? Was I perhaps tainted from the start by the game's entertaining, edging-on-silly debut trailer?

After my second getting my hands on the game, which was recently dated and priced at July 17 for 800 Microsoft Points (the PSN version will come shortly thereafter), I feel confident in saying that I was totally right the first time around. Moreso, the delight I experienced the first time I played the game was only expounded by the arrival a few new anachronistic combatants.

#photoshop McWhertor spied this list of Rock Band songs covering a wall at Harmonix' E3 booth, and many readers spied a surefire 'Shop Contest. Even if you did 'Shop early, you're not exempt from today's assignment. Gurfinki, I'm looking at you. More »

Reserve Lucha Libre AAA Heroes of the Ring and receive a Lucha Libre wrestling mask. Available online and in-store while supplies last.

Even Pac-Man got down with the booth babes at E3 2010. That’s why he’s been eating those power pellets. He needs to look good for the ladies!

I really like the Sonic Colors artwork that hit the most recent issue of Nintendo Power. Nice and clean, Sonic with a bit of an attitude, and an overall image that makes me think fun. Thankfully, that’s the experience I had when I played Sonic Colors at E3!

When it was first announced we were less than enthused about the Battlestar Galactica series being developed into a free-to-play browser-based MMO. Although we're still scratching our heads at the direction the license-holder's decided to go in, what we saw of the "still in development" title has calmed our nerves. Slightly.

#offtopic While I've just gotten back from Los Angeles, my folks have hit the road for their first true vacation in years. More »

It only took me a few minutes into my E3 appointment with High Voltage Software -- a company I am admittedly not too familiar with -- to understand the inspirations behind the PS3 and Wii versions of the studio's upcoming project, The Grinder. I didn't pay too much attention to the game when it was announced as a first-person shooter for the Wii. Imagine my surprise when I learned that, on the other two platforms, it's actually a current-gen iteration of one of my favorite games from the generation past -- one I spent countless nights during my high school career playing with three friends, occasionally from start to finish in a single, rapturous sitting.

"You know what game this really reminds me of," I stated to the game's on-hand developers. "Hunter: The Reckoning."

"Yeah," one of them replied, "we made that game."

"Oh? Awesome."

#bwwwwwaaaaaaa We're two weeks into the World Cup and the obnoxious drone of the vuvuzela hasn't abated. Fear not, Stardock, which published Sins of a Solar Empire, made a free app that strips the horn's noise from streaming broadcasts. More »