PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

There’s a lot to read here this week, though I’ll understand if you wait an hour or so to get started. The US is in the Confederations Cup Final… who saw that coming??

As usual, feel free to submit any stories we may have missed in the comments below.

The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of June 22, 2009)

• Blood and gore: The Punisher: No Mercy has plenty of it – Destructoid
• Blockbuster selling high-end PS3 bundles – Joystiq
• Quantum Game Design Questions Answered By Tecmo – Siliconera
• Harvey Nicks’ streetfighter-esque ads – Wonderland
• ‘Drake’s Fortune’ set for big screen – THR.com
• BlazBlue PS3 Version Unlocks Remote Play – One Last Continue
• Bethesda gives a status update on Fallout 3 DLC for PS3 – Destructoid
• Sony’s Edward Talks PlayStation Home As It Hits 7 Million Users – Gamasutra
• Sony to talk ‘a lot more’ about motion controller at Develop Conference – Joystiq
• Demon’s Souls Direct-Feed Walkthrough – G4tv.com
• Bethesda says first Fallout 3 PS3 DLC almost done – Joystiq
• The best PS1 games on PSP – GamePro.com
• The King of Games unveils sexy Pixeljunk t-shirts – Destructoid
• Official Platform Nation Best of E3 Awards – Platform Nation
• Sony PSP Go: First Look video – Crave (CNET)
• Sony touts benefits of Blu-ray for PS3 – THR.com
• ‘Uncharted 2’ finds Game Critics bounty – USATODAY.com
• Analyst: PlayStation Motion Controller better for core gamers than Natal – Joystiq
• Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures Studies Fallout, Physics, Also Beer
• Take Two CEO Drops The Details On Spy-Game Agent – G4tv.com
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Review – PlayStation Universe
• Analysis: May 2009’s PlayStation Network Hits, Misses – GamerBytes
• Don’t Ride Bicycles Over Killzone 2 Chalk Drawings – Kotaku
• Curve’s Explodemon! coming to PSP, PSPGo – Destructoid
• Tales of Vesperia PS3’s New Dungeon, PSP Connectivity – SCRAWL
• “Damnation” Timberclad PS3 – Brass Goggles
• Final Fantasy VII PSN Release Results In Over 100,000 New Aeris Deaths – Kotaku
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Releases Today – Capcom Unity
• Street Fighter IV and Killzone 2 among top 7 best games of 2009 (so far) – GamesRadar
• Batman: Arkham Asylum Invisible Predator Hands-On – GameSpot
• Tekken 6 enters ring October 27 – GameSpot
• Final Fantasy VII is Really, Really Popular – IGN
• Uncharted 2 Takes Best of Show in E3 Game Critics Awards – Kotaku
• Online Service Battle: Network Outstripping Live – PSXExtreme
• Strikers 1945 hitting PSP as a download exclusive – Joystiq
• Meet the characters of Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time – Joystiq
• PS3 Deals on Amazon Gold Box – Amazon.com
• Uncharted 2 Closed Beta Multiplayer Impressions – GamePro
• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to PSP – Kotaku