Missed out Thursday and Friday but I am back. Not too much going on but here are just some highlights:

SONY

• LBP MGS expansion pack
• WipEout HD trial version to be released
• Interview with Home developers at Developmag
• Bandai-Namco spaces for Home
  
• Killzone 2 FAQ
  
• Fallout3 patched to fix bugs and add trophies
  
• Trophy bug to be fixed

MICROSOFT

• Possible Zune and Xbox intergration?
• Crackdown2 in development?
• NXE on iPhone
  

NINTENDO

• Nintend 09 line-up revealed
  

PUBLISHERS / DEVELOPERS / OTHER

With the Spike VGA awards now over,

So much news that it is hard to keep track of it on a weekly basis…so I will attempt smaller daily updates to make the weekly review much easier to post.

Sony

• Home officially launches
• Sony BMG settles child privacy violation for 1million.
• Sony Picture wins mobile programming award.
• PlayStation Store Update
• Killzone 2 AI Interview
• FlOwer trailer
• Interview with John Kohler

Microsoft

• Yahoo search deal
• Microsoft to show more at E3 2009
• Zune Mobile?
• What is the purpose of Home?
• NXE spawned more sales and more friends

Nintendo

• 800k Wiis sold week of Black Friday
• MADWORLD official site launches
• 2million Wii’s sold in November NPD

Publishers / Developers

There has been lots of info this week. It is becomming difficult to keep track of so much. Here are some items that peaked my interest:

Sony

• Killzone 2 tech interviews
• Uncharted 2 Teaser Trailer
• SackBoy starring in Lumines Supernova
• Killzone 2 dated
• Red Bull looking to come Home
• Trine announced for PSN/PC
• Everyday Shooter and Super Stardust for PSP

Microsoft

• Microsoft clothing line?
• 360 beats PS3 on Black Friday
• Meteos Wars and PowerUP for XBLA

Publisher / Developer

• God of War 3, Uncharted and more to premier at VGA
• Mirrors Edge DLC announced
• Redman sells Midway stock
• Namco unleashes Surge, a game label for the West
• PlaySega, a web game portal, announced
• SCi changes name to Eidos
• Resident Evil 5 co-op play
• Game Connection registration open
• CEO of Realtime Worlds to make keynote at GameHorizon Conf

Podcasts

Just a few things I have read around the web.

Microsoft

• GTAIV DLC on Disc?
• Gears of War 2 Patch released
• Jasper models now shipping

Sony

• Super Stardust Portable Coming
• Home interview and thoughts
• Destroy All Humans cancelled only available in Europe
  
• SonyInsider.com founders on Sony Electronics Blog Podcast

Nintendo

• New DS Bundles
  
• Details on Wii Speak

Other

• Gearbox layoffs
• 4% of games are profitable
• Tomb Raider sales lead on PS3
• Monster Games hard at work on secret project
• Assassins Creed 2 In Development
• Sling.com goes live
  
• 10,000 iPhone Apps

I want to try to at least provide a weekly update on things I find interesting so here goes:

Sony

• Playstation.Blog Update
• Playstation.com Redesign
• Playstation Ad Campaign
• Trophies Required starting Jan 09.
• LBP Level Challenge
• Sony looses patent lawsuit
• Home 1.0
• Crackle.com to feature web shows
• 14 Million PSN users

Here are a couple of the forums I read (lurk) daily. There are tons more that I have in my Google Reader but I’m sure you don’t want to know all of it:

http://www.neogaf.com: I am a member but not an authorized member. I doubt I ever will be one as it has been over a year since registration and more than that since lurking. Even so, I find it is a good forum.

http://www.beyond3d.com: Another good technical forum. Be ready to get your geek on or topics will simply fly over your head. I love this forum, and I make a few brain dead posts but I mostly lurk. I enjoy doing that.

http://blog.us.playstation.com: Duh!

http://www.edge-online.com: Another good read for industry news and discussion.

http://www.officesnapshots.com: Simply because I love to see where people work and the layout!

That is all for now, I will be back with more at another time. Happy lurking!