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Well, until I had seen the trailer for Ironman, the movie with Robert Downey, Jr. in it, I would have been asking who could play the character of Ironman. I think Robert is a good choice for the movie and I can’t wait to see the movie as well as try my hand at the game.

With that said, Ironman is coming to your PS3, PSP, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii and DS.

The game play looks pretty good, but standard affair. Fly, shoot, toss, and destroy; all in a days work for Ironman.

Check out the Ironman contest, as seen on the YouTube video posted above: Machinima. The contest runs April 7 - May 18 for some cool prizes.

The update for Warhawk is out and you will want to get the V1.3 patch!

The updates will give you five cool upgrades! The first two are a must for any Warhawk fans.

1. You won’t need any elbow grease to use this monkey wrench! The Mechanic’s Field Wrench is a welcome addition and it allows for you can use as a weapon with a one-hit kill against an enemy but it does much more! Oh yes, it’ll also fix your broken down vehicles real fast as well as sabotaging an enemy’s vehicles damaging it!

2. Heal your wounds with the Bio-Field Generator! This cool item will heal your wounds as well as an allies. You can stick this the Bio-Field Generator anywhere and as long as an ally is standing within the generator field, it’ll regenerate their health! The cooler news is that the generator will also damage an enemy that is within the Bio-Field Generator! The Bio-Field Generators will also be color coded.

3. Launch your own Warhawk Server! You can set up games for your friends and allow your friends to view or make it public for anyone to see your games.

4. You gotta chat with your friends and what better way to play Warhawk then to be able to communicate with your team? The new upgrade will allow for VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocal) so start yapping away.

5. Decorate your Nemesis and Warhawk with pretty colors, paint schemes, & insignias; secretly you’ve been wanting to custom decorate them in that Cadillac Pink with pretty flower decorations, now’s your chance to submit them in the contest!

Get your patch from Playstation.

A great question was asked about the Hard Drive speed and storage size limit on Product-Review.

With the capabilities of the PS3 to accept external hard drives via the USB port, is speed a factor to consider or mobility?

The other great question asked was whether the PS3 needs a firmware update to support NTFS instead of the FAT file structure so that the PS3 can support file sizes larger than 4GBs.

Both great questions as speed might effect the playback of High Definition quality video and larger files sizes that would be required to play back HD movies that are larger than 4GB could be an issue.

Sony has announced a launch of a “Satin Silver” version of the PS3 with matching DualShock 3 controller for the Japanese market.

The Satin Silver model follows suit after the launch of the Ceramic White PS3 in Japan and now confirmed launch of the Ceramic White version for launch in the US. I’m sure the Satin Silver will follow it’s White version to the US as well.

The 40GB Satin Silver will not have any extras included in the launch or any special features. The PS3 is the same as any of the other PS3 40GB versions.

No announcements have been made for the UK for any special colored versions of the PS3 except the standard Black color.

The cost of the Satin Silver PS3 will be 39,000 Yen.

If you’ve ever flipped through the pages of T3, you’d know it’s all about the gear we all want.

Well, T3 has an interesting article and speculation of a possible new version of the PS3 coming out.

One of T3’s secret sources are mentioning a slimmer version of the PS3 possibly launching by this Autumn.

As the article mentions, speculation or not, Sony has done their slimming on previous versions of the PS1, PS2, and the PSP; with those facts, it is certainly possible to see a slimmer version of a PS3.

With the rumors of the 80Gb PS3 going away and being replaced with a 120/160Gb PS3, T3’s claims that it could possibly be the slim PS3 makes sense.

My part of the speculation will be that the first slim version will be Ceramic White, as it seems to be Sony’s favorite color, though they’ll probably release the black version as well…

Read the article by T3: T3 PS3

As much as I like playing with wireless controllers such as the SixAxis controllers for my PS3, my hands do start to cramp up.

Such times, I often dream of playing at the arcades with the large buttons and joystick control.

There have been fans of arcade games that have built their own custom arcades with a PC/Mac based system and MAME.

I love the idea of custom arcade cabinets but I like the idea behind this Korean company’s product. The Saulabi 4K Arcade Stick is compatible for use on a Windows PC as well as your PS3.

The Saulabi has some good reviews and looks to be built for some punishment.

Saulabi Korean Site: iSaulabi

European owners of the PS3 may cry foul against retailers for jacking up the price of the popular game series “Devil May Cry 4.”

The cost of the PS3 version of DMC 4 is £10 more than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 version in Europe while the prices for DMC 4 in the US is the same.

Videogamer had a quote from a Capcom Spokesperson.

“We don’t set the prices of our games, that’s at the discretion of the retailer. In this specific instance, the process has resulted in a price difference, but the process itself is not something we completely control.”

Grand Theft Auto 4 was expected to be released last fall but was delayed for a release in 2008.

The speculation was that it was a PS3 issue with development for it.

Rockstar announced today that they would be releasing the game on April 29, 2008.

“We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV,” said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. “We’ve pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment.”

Jeronimo Barerra, the Rockstar product development VP addressed the issue on MTV.com.

“It’s really no surprise to anybody that the PS3 was definitely a contributing factor to that. Now, we’re neck and neck. That’s not an issue anymore. But back then that was something we were taking into account. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with the PS3 version. It’s awesome. They’re both identical.”

Also mentioned in the MTV feature is that, on occasion, certain portions of GTA 4 will not require the use of a hard drive on Xbox 360 systems.

You’ll need another controller for your ceramic white PS3 and with the reviews that this controller is getting, it’ll be well worth it.

The DualShock 3 controller is a bit heftier and battery life is the same. The battery used is a 300maA compared to the regular controller’s battery which uses 30maA.

The rumble feature is back in this controller and playing games like Unreal Tournament 3 and Uncharted are better with the rumble feature of the controller.

Get your DualShock 3 in Black or White.

The PS3 is coming in another flavor; White. The once available color only available in Japan will be released to the US market.

The question is when will it be released?

The ceremic White PS3 that was available in Japan since November of 2007 is a 40GB unit that comes with a white Dualshock 3 controller.

PSXextreme posts that Sony Japan had filed with the FCC and the American Telecommunications Certification Body in October of last year but had asked that it be kept quite until the release.

For more info check out PSXextreme.

More interesting is the rumor spreading that Sony could be selling their PS3 for $299, the magic price point as soon as Jan. 28, 2008. With Sony’s report that the cost of manufacturing the PS3 is cut in half, a price point of $299 is certainly doable.

At that price, I can afford to buy extra PS3s for my bedroom, garage, attic, restroom, etc… Highly exaggerating but you can see the benefits of the price cut.

With the Blu-ray capabilities and wifi streaming, I can manage to stream music to every nook and cranny of my home and play games or watch movies where the whim hits me.

If Slickdeals is correct, it will certainly not be the first time their predictions about price cuts for the gaming systems have been accurate. Slickdeals had predicted the price cuts for the Xbox360 and PS3 a few weeks before it happened. Check out Slickdeals.

If the rumor is true, then you can afford to purchase a Black and White PS3 at that price.