Over in Japan, Tecmo has announced an official release date for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, the PlayStation 3 version of Ninja Gaiden 2. They're also prepping a couple of special editions for the game. Details after the jump.

Insomiac has revealed some of the pre-order goodies for Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time. The bonus items will be available starting today at Amazon.com, Best Buy, Game Crazy, GameStop and other participating retailers. Each retailer will offer an exclusive package so better check them first before pre-ordering your game.

The Palazzo Medici is a Renaissance palace located in Florence, Italy. It's famous. It's also one of Ezio's playgrounds in Assassin's Creed 2, provided you pre-order either the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of the game.

Despite fears that the on-going trend of digital distribution may be bad for retailers, analyst Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee believes that retailers and walk-in stores have nothing to worry about. At least not yet. Meeting with four key GameStop execs, the analyst shares his thoughts and predictions regarding digital downloads.

Looks like Sony is still continuing their practice of putting out PS3 bundles in lieu of price cuts. According to Joystiq, a new PS3 bundle is reportedly being readied for a June 14 release by Walmart.

This is the last PS3 Weekend Warrior before we go into full-on E3 2009 mode. Most companies are still trying to keep whatever info they're revealing at E3 under wraps, but thankfully we still got a few big updates the past week, otherwise this edition of the Weekend Warrior would consist only of one bullet point telling everybody to watch out for our E3 coverage (which you should totally watch out for, by the way). Anyway, read on for the rest of the PS3 Weekend Warrior.

Just in case you haven't given in to temptation and pirated the crap out of FF7ACC, here's a cool bundle for you. Joystiq has gotten word from GameStop that the retailer is gonna have 80 GB PS3s bundled with Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete. More info after the jump.

Peripherals have made Activision a lot of money recently, and so they're also making one for the next Tony Hawk game. While there hasn't been an official announcement for the game and skateboard combo yet, it seems that GameStop knows something about it.

When you hear that GameStop got swarmed, you'd think they broke the date on Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Xbox 360), but then again, that game barely has a date. Anyway, unfortunately for the GameStop outlet in the Union Square Park area, it wasn't a swarm of customers looking to see if they've got inFamous, it was literally a swarm of bees that surely gave the Memorial Day Weekend quite a buzz.

Answering an earnings call, GameStop exec David W. Carlson reveals the release of four major titles by October and November. Noting that GameStop is a US retailer, the only conclusion we can make out of the info is that the release margins are for the US, and we can only speculate on how it's gonna be for other regions. More info after the jump.