If you heard a sound last night, it was likely the Internet collectively shitting itself over the first news of Chrono Trigger DS. Word is it's more of a port than a remake -- it will utilize the dual screens, touchscreen functionality and add wireless play, but won't receive a 3D overhaul like FF3 or 4. On one hand, that may be for the best as the limitations of the DS hardware would make the game look worse in 3D. On the other hand, it offers less reason to play though a game I've already played a half dozen times. The requisite bonus dungeon doesn't really sweeten the deal.

It will be interesting (read: horrible) to see how they retcon in filling the Schala plot hole and other Chrono Cross references.

Industry and multi-console news

New media: DC Universe Online first screenshots, Pure gameplay footage, Saints Row 2 trailer

• This is Vegas has been delayed to 2009.
• The Entertainment Merchants Association reports that game sales surpassed DVD sales in 2007.
• Yet another Resident Evil movie could be in the works.
• Gamestop confirms that they have acquired The Gamesman.
• Desite initial reports, EA has corrected to say that Europe has no official date for Rock Band 2 just yet.
• X-Play may have leaked the first songs appearing in Rock Band 2. Someone at the ScoreHero forums also claims to have playtested the game and listed more tracks.
• This week's Zero Punctuation video tells you how to make a video game webcomic. If you think he's making up the bit about ham-handed drama, you are tragically misinformed.
• Capcom has endowed GamesRadar with 150 pieces of high-resolution old school Mega Man artwork.
• EA says each version of FIFA 09 will be unique to the platform it's on.
• Wired has a list of the worst movie games ever, including one that turned Hayao Miyazaki off games forever.
• Government officials in Cyprus plan to regulate violent video game sales. Now, if I only knew where Cyprus was.
• 1up talks to female gaming spokespeople about all that trouble with having a vagina while working around video games. It's apparently a real hassle because someone writes an article about it every two Goddamn weeks.
• Joystiq can't nail down whether Rock Band guitars work with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith or not. They've got a poll and right now the votes are evenly split between "yes it does" and "no it doesn't."
• Police have started using online games to catch pedophiles. They mention using GTA4 as one of the places "where children are," so parents are really sticking to those ESRB ratings.
• Centerville Ohio's Washington-Centerville Public Library has begun loaning video games.
• EGM reports the rumor that the next Tony Hawk will use a peripheral and not be developed by Neversoft.
• Capcom USA says they are "investigating" the possibility of an American release for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.

PC and mobile news

New content:Rainbow Six Vegas 2 1.03 patch, World in Conflict 1.0.0.9 patch

• The next Team Fortress 2 update will focus on the Heavy, and the official TF2 blog goes into detail as to how the team approaches the design issues when making these updates.
• Gamecock titles are being added to Steam, starting with Insecticide Part 1 and Stronghold Crusader Extreme.
• Diablo III's producer has responded to whinging about the art style.
• LucasArts and Sony have announced an online Star Wars Galaxies collectible card game.
• Diablo II jumped back into Amazon's top ten PC games sales charts after the announcement of Diablo III.
• Kotaku Australia argues why hybrid classes don't work.
• James Wallis attempts to measure how big Azeroth is using science and a lot of free time.
• GameTap denies rumors they're going out of business.
• I imagine if they were, they wouldn't be doing odd things like this: GameTap plans to make each episode of American McGee's Grimm free for the first 24 hours.
• Fallout 3 production director Ashley Cheng says he's "disappointed that Blizzard has stayed on the conservative side in terms of design with their updates to Diablo and Starcraft."

Nintendo news

• Majesco has announced the puzzle game Marker Man Adventures for the DS.
• Instructables tells you how to make a 1up mushroom veggie burger, but be warned that it is pretty gross looking.
• Amazon has the famously hideous Target Terror for $11.21.

Sony news

New content: Super Stardust HD team expansion

• Sony has pulled firmware 2.4 on word that it's causing boot problems for many users.
• A security firm warns that hackers have placed unauthorized code on the official Playstation site which gives users a phony virus scan warning in attempt to sell a counterfeit security product.
• LittleBigPlanet will use a simple grief report system to deal with objectionable user-created content. This system will also work for copyrighted material.
• Design Lesson 101 looks at what can be learned from the original Ratchet & Clank.
• Ultimately, every old PS3 game will get trophies. Sometime.
• Insomniac, however, says there are currently no plans to add trophies to Resistance 1 or Ratchet & Clank Future, with the studio instead focused on finished Resistance 2.
• The August issue of GamePro offers the chance to get Resistance 2 beta codes.
• Dissidia: Final Fantasy's script is twice the size of the one for Crisis Core.
• Namco Bandai has denied rumors that Soul Calibur 4 has a hefty install size and 2 gig save file. They wouldn't, however, say how big either actually is.
• Amazon's deal of the day is Turok for $19.99.

Microsoft news

New Live Arcade title: Soul Calibur

• There will be several Halo Wars demo stations at E3.
• Inside My Gamer Card claims to have the list of Geometry Wars Evolved 2 achievements.
• George Romero apparently isn't aware of Dead Rising, suggesting that the lawsuit by Dawn of the Dead rights holders MKR Group against Capcom has more to do with lawyers than any real creative infringement.
• Amazon's deal of the day is Turok for $19.99.