Have any burning PS3/PSP questions? Good, because that's where our weekly Saturday columns come in. Ask PS3 Fanboy will answer all your PS3 questions. Guess what Ask PSP Fanboy is all about? Every week we'll answer your most burning questions, and our community has responded pretty well. Let us know if you need anything answered!

New Pages

• Resistance 2 [PS3]
  
• Resistance Retribution [PSP]

Reviews

• N+ [PSP]
  "Without a doubt the best version of N+ available. With content already available for download from the community, we're eager to see more players jump online and share their creations. Do not let this title go unnoticed, PSP fans."

After a long dry spell for major PC games this summer, we are looking forward to playing a lot of cool titles in the next three months. In the meantime let's look on the first week of September and see what we can come up with for news, downloads and our exclusive features:
Exclusive features

• Spore: It ships to stores today in the US so make sure you check out our coverage of Will Wright's magnum opus, including our five reasons we thing we will love this game, our first out of the box experience and some interesting Spore related advertisements.
• Champions Online: We get a hands-on look at the Snake Gulch zone for Cryptic Studios's upcoming super hero MMO title.
• Reviews: Our latest review takes a look at the next chapter for American McGee's Grimm, Godfather Death.
• Team Fortress 2 Comprehensive Achievement Guide: If you want to see detailed descriptions of every achievement in Valve's multiplayer shooter there's no better place to look.
• Big Ideas: Our latest column on game themes takes a look at being a hero in an MMO title.
• MacMonday: Our latest column on Mac gaming takes a look at the action horror game Larva Mortus.
• Alt-Tab: Our latest feature gallery column takes a hands-on look at Gas Powered's upcoming title Demigod.
• Freeware Friday: Our latest look at free games checks out the recent adventure game remake Quest for Glory 2.

We've got some great features and other original content that went down on the Nintendo Fanboys over the past week. Below, you'll find some great content to jam into your eyeballs from the world of Nintendo, so skip this unimportant text and hit the links below to check out our best stuff from the last week.

DS Stuff

• Bury the Shovelware: Drake and Josh Talent Showdown
  We play the bad games, so you don't have to!
• Gaming to Go: Elite Beat Agents
  Our weekly feature on the best pick-up-and-play DS games out there
• DS Fanboy Review: N+
  Go, ninja, go!
• Show and Tell: Dress from the best
  Our weekly features looks at cosplay
• 'A' for optimism, 'D' for style: The Red Bull BC One DS
  A new limited edition handheld hits the scene

Wii Stuff

• Mod that: 5 of our favorite Wii consoles
  The cream of the crop of Wii mods
• Born for Wii: Sam and Max Hit the Road
  We tell you why we want it on Wii
• Wii Fanboy Review: Mario Super Sluggers
  Hit the diamond with Mario and co.
• Top 5: Games for your day off
  Our weekly list feature checks out 5 great games for your day off
• It's-a Mario World: In the batter's box
  We celebrate Mario Super Sluggers in our weekly feature
• Revolutionary: Most Deceptive Kontraction
  The man, the myth, the legend, Mike Sylvester, works his magic
• Point/Counterpoint: Does Clone Wars need MotionPlus?
  Two bloggers square off and debate the issue

While adventuring to PAX 2008, the team at Big Download recorded three special edition episodes. While the audio quality in the first was laughably bad, the episode is a hilarious look into the minds of tired Warhammer Online developers, Paul Barnett, Jeff Hickman and Josh Drescher. Give it a listen, if you can! In the second special edition, GameDaily's Robin Yang joined the team to discuss everyone's favorite titles at the show. In the final installment of the special series, former 1UP editorial director and co-founder of WhatTheyPlay.com, John Davison, went into some detail on the sex and violence in games debate. Check out the episodes if you get a chance -- we assure you the first audio hiccup was corrected in episodes two and three.

Like PlayStation? Like doughnuts? PS3 Fanboy loves both, so a PlayStation Blog PAX meetup at a local doughnut cafe in Seattle seemed like a match made in heaven. Check out the PS3 Fanboy photo gallery from the event, which shows off the many attendees, competitive WipEout Pulse players (one of whom won a MGS4 PS3) and swag. Did we mention there were many free and tasty doughnuts as well?

Happy Labor Day Weekend! Big Download has been laboring for the last week of August to give you some cool exclusive features and here's a quickie look back at the week that was:

Exclusive Features

• Big Download's Most Anticipated Fall 2008 PC Games: Check out our picks for the games we want to play the most in the busy fall/holiday season.
• Big Download's Penny Arcade Expo 2008 gallery: Check out our own gallery of images from PAX 2008
• Guide to Team Fortress 2 Heavy Achievements: It's an extensive look at all of the new achievements you can get while playing the Heavy class in Valve's multiplayer shooter. Check out part one, part two, part three, part four and part five.
• Reviews: Take a look at reviews of Tank Universal and the latest American McGee's Grimm installment. Plus a look at some new PC accessories from Razer.
• Independent Minds: This new column on indie game development takes a look at how devs should take criticism of their work
  
• Big Iron: Our latest hardware column takes a look at PC cooling systems.
• Big Ideas: Our gaming themes column takes a look at whether classic games should be revamped.
• MacMonday: Our look at Macintosh gaming takes a gander at the classic Maelstrom.
• Alt-Tab: This week's feature gallery column concerns Valve's ideas about games.
• Five reasons we think we will love Mercenaries 2: The title says it all in this new gallery feature.
• Freeware Friday: It's our latest free game; the sandbox title Survival Crisis Z
• BigCast: We have our regular weekly podcast plus extra ones from PAX 2008 with team members from Warhammer Online and one with AOL Game Daily's Robin Yang.
  

Feeling that we didn't do it enough justice the first time, we've updated the Pink Godzilla booth tour gallery from this year's PAX. Click on the golden NES for more.

While discussion on Warhammer Online is conspicuously lacking, Mythic Entertainment designer Paul Barnett and producers Jeff Hickman and Josh Drescher managed to to venture into some strange, hilarious and very NSFW territory on BigDownload's BigCast PAX special. Listen to the podcast (again, it's NSFW) here.

It's time for yet another X3F Week in Review, girls and boys. It's been a Silicon Knights week here at X3F, with our own Xav de Matos spending some quality time at the company's headquarters in Ontario. We've got tons of coverage from a Silicon Knights studio tour to an interview discussing the fate of Eternal Darkness. These have been floating around Joystiq for a few days, but if you haven't already, you should definitely check them out.

Finally, there's still a chance to win Castle Crashers if you hurry!

Community

• Xbox 360 Fancast 081 -- Pacifism is a Strange Word
  Interview with Matthew McCarthy, writer of the Geometry Wars song
• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Castle Crashers
  The beat 'em up lives again
• Ask X3F: That Virtua Feeling edition
  Soul Calibur or Virtua Fighter?
• X3F Presents: Silicon Knights studio tour
  No one ever knights us
• X3F TV: Denis Dyack, "Origin of the Knights" interview
  Remember Legacy of Kain?
• X3F TV: Denis Dyack, "Too Human" interview
  Denis discusses Too Human's reception
• Denis Dyack, "Future Knights" Interview
  On the future of Silicon Knights
• Fanswag: Win a copy of Castle Crashers
  You will probably win, I bet.

It's a shame to see someone ditching their Nintendo 64 on the railroad tracks next to broken dreams and two empty Sprite bottles, especially when there's 17 versions of Rock Band 2 to look forward to.

[Thanks, Mike]

News

• Wrath sound files point to World Event
  Heavy spoilers here: before we step into the new expansion, our old world is going to change a bit.
• Wrath cinematic trailer unveiled
  Blizzard showed the cinematic for the first time at Leipzig. Arthas has left his throne and now he's summoning dragons.
• Sylvanas finally gets her makeover
  The most famous (former) High Elf in the game now looks the part.
• Engineering fun builds up in Beta
  Some excellent Engineering crafted items make their debut.
• Blizzard announces pre-Wrath content patch
  We're going to get a look at Wrath on the live realms even before the game comes out.

Features

• Ten things I hate about the Wrath beta
  Not in the beta? Here's a few reasons why you might want to wait for the live realms anyway.
• WoW Insider and WoW TCG Loot give away a Tabard of Flame
  All this week is your chance to win a hot (pun intended) in-game tabard.
• Ask a Beta Tester: Don't want to look like a clown edition
  AABT is our one-stop shop for all your beta testing questions.
• Hybrid Theory: Yet another Spell Power discussion
  Spell Power is one of the biggest changes coming -- find out exactly what it means to hybrids.
• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: When words are insufficient
  Our Warrior writer is speechless with joy over what's happening to his class in the expansion.

This week's big game on PS3 Fanboy? A little gem called EyePet, which actually generated four times more traffic than Heavy Rain. We don't think anyone here (or at SCEE) could've predicted the incredible response for this cuddly critter. On the PSP, everyone focused on the newly announced PSP Brite, but we're itching to learn more about the other big announcement: Everyday Shooter -- on the go?! Where do we sign up?

New Pages

• Everyday Shooter [PSP]
  
• Heavy Rain [PS3]

Previews

• Pipemania [PSP]
• Pure [PS3]
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed [PS3]
• Yggdra Union [PSP]

Reviews:

• Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty [PS3]

Games Convention generated a ton of new HD trailers for upcoming PC games and we have them ready to download, along with a ton of original content and news stories. Indeed, there were a lot of new PC games announcements this week (more than at E3). Take a look at all of them on our site:

Exclusive Features

• Reviews: Check out our reviews of the PC version of Bionic Commando Rearmed and the latest chapter of American McGee's Grimm.
• Hands-on previews: Check out our hands-on impressions of Aion, Battleforge and Battlefield Heroes
• BigVersus: Our latest game comparison column takes a look at the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Bionic Commando Rearmed.
• Big Iron: Our latest PC hardware column takes a look at power . . . power supplies for your rig that is.
• Big Ideas: Our latest column on themes in gaming takes a look at the so called "new games journalism."
• Alt-Tab: Our newest column takes a look at RTS gameplay conventions and how Relic could change them with Dawn of War II.
• Freeware Friday: Our latest look at free PC games is the classic Nethack.
• BigCast: It's our regular podcast with team members chatting about all things PC gaming.

In honor of the new PSP Brite moniker, we present the Lite Brite. Here's what we'll be playing this weekend. Be sure to let us know what games will be occupying your time!

• Alexander Sliwinski: Well, after a debilitating incident where some new RAM killed my PC weeks ago, I should have my baby back to me today with several new upgrades. First up: Some glorious all-levels-on-max Sins of a Solar Empire. Also making some headway with the Fable II Pub games (without cheating) and some Civ Rev multiplayer.
• Andrew Yoon: Finally, I'm going to spend some alone time with Braid. <3
• Christopher Grant: I've got a full plate of partially played games – I need to hunker down, pick one, and make some progress. Too Human, Fable 1, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Pixel Junk Eden, and Siren. Oh, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed should be in my hands next week, so I don't have much time to take care of all this. Why is life so hard?
• Griffin McElroy: I'm still working on Final Fantasy IV, which I've purposefully slowed progress on as I approach one of the saddest moments in video game history. I don't want to get all misty-eyed in public, you see. Perhaps I'll play a little more Geometry Wars 2 as well, if Justin can finally manage to beat my score on Pacifism (the only reason I could be persuaded to return to that unforgiving grid).
• Kevin Kelly: Fable 2 Pub Games for me, plus I'm demoing a tabletop game called Monsterpocalypse that looks like a ton of fun. And I'm still finding a way to cram Halo 3 into the nooks and crannies of my free time, and I'm looking to have that addiction checked out soon.
• Kyle Orland: Now that I'm done with "Moving to Pittsburgh: The Game" I'll be practicing my drumming for the impending Rock Band 2 release. I'm also still struggling to get those last few puzzle pieces in Braid and resisting the urge to use an FAQ because Jonathan Blow doesn't want me to.
• James Ransom-Wiley: Jonesing to finish up Bionic Commando Rearmed, but I'm headed out of town ... why is Remote Play so laggy? Thinking I might cop Bangai-O Spirits...
• Jason Dobson: With one week to go till I move across the country, the consoles are packed and the only game I'm playing is fighting with the moving company to make sure my stuff is there when I arrive. I've lost two men so far.
• Justin McElroy: If there's a merciful God in heaven above I'll be able to solve the Too Human game tape and finally move on with my life.
• Ludwig Kietzmann: With a patch on the way, I've decided to halt my progress through Alone in the Dark. I still have a survival-horror itch to be scratched and/or violently torn out, so I'll return to Silent Hill: Origins on my soon-to-be-outdated PSP Slim. While I'm there, I'll kill Crisis Core's final boss and close the chapter on that time-sucking mess of side missions. Lastly, I'll try and make some time for No More Heroes, which I've neglected for far too long.
• Randy Nelson: I'm off on a Quest for Booty this weekend – after I've finally gotten my fill of saving the same several hundred people over and over (and over) again in The Last Guy demo.
  
• Ross Miller: I'm taking a break from the ION drum set until I can try it with Rock Band 2 (the verdict with RB1 wouldn't be so good, as the cymbals don't register without some serious drum thwacking). Instead, I will be working through his first week of homework (one more semester to go!) and, when time permits, run through The Force Unleashed demo. Maybe I'll pick up Too Human and see what all the fuss is about.