Star Trek and Transfromers: Revenge of the Fallen headline this week's Video Store update, backed by a mob of blood-drenched killers -- Hitman, the unrated version of Ichi the Killer, and those little orphans in Monster's Kinderheim 511. They also have a nice helping of free stuff for the the more budget-conscious out there. Hit the jump for the full list of new arrivals.

Sony has lofty goals for this fiscal year. Banking on the recent success of the PS3 Slim and the round of PS3 price cuts, Sony executive vice president Kaz Hirai has revealed that they plan to hit 13 million PS3s sold worldwide in FY09. They also expect the PlayStation Network to pull in revenues roughly thrice the profits they made last year. More after the jump.

Electronic Arts will be shifting to a higher gear this December with the release of the first downloadable add-on pack for Need for Speed: Shift's PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Even better, it's gonna be free.

Here's a quick follow-up to the rather detailed Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition (PS3 and Xbox 360) post we recently put up. We now have a North American launch schedule for the DLC. Hit the jump for details.

Bioware is looking to replicate the success of the Warden's Keep DLC with a new Dragon Age: Origins downloadable pack coming this winter. Details past  the jump.

A lot of eyes were on Sony at the Media Investor Conference quite recently, where the company revealed their plans of world domination increasing profit in 2010. The interwebs got an unpleasant jolt of "WTF?!" yesterday when they spotted a line that read "new revenue stream from subscription" under PSN in the Sony presentation. SCE head Kaz Hirai quickly moves to soothe the angry mob, saying that the current PlayStation Network services will remain free.

Now that the PS3 has turned three years old, Sony has something big to celebrate with. Heads up, Sony has now confirmed that FW 3.10 will be going live today, after being announced only two days ago. Now that's fast. By tomorrow, your Facebook news feed will be jam-packed with download news and Trophy-whoring.

*UPDATE* It's now live.

We've seen a lot of "confirmations" for the much-rumored and believed-to-be-impending arrival of cross-game chat to the Sony PS3. Here's another, this time from someone pretty high up the PSN chain of command. The comment's sudden disappearance has also added another tantalizing layer to the whole thing. Ooh, tantalizing!


Thanks to Naroon for the tip!

Here's some good news for gamers in Europe. Konami Germany has apparently sent out a press release announcing the arrival of Metal Gear Solid on the European PSN this week.

Modern Warfare 2 came out this week. You know what that means. Lots of news about what is being claimed as the biggest entertainment launch of all time. From the good to the bad, the funny to the infuriating, it's in the PS3 Weekend Warrior. But that's not the only big news this week. Square Enix had been building up hype throughout the week for a Final Fantasy XIII announcement, and when that announcement came, well, it didn't disappoint. All this and more past the jump.