Weekend Essentials - Issue 3

Modern Warfare 2 explodes onto PlayStation 3, fire up those proton packs as Ghostbusters comes to PSP, three minis land in PlayStation Store and heaps more.

Answer the call of duty

Fans of first-person shooters might be difficult to contact this weekend. Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to 2007 blockbuster, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, is out on PlayStation 3. Set immediately after the events of the previous game, the single player portion provides a gripping, cinematic story taking in fictional battlefields across Russia, Brazil and other war-torn locations. Like its predecessor, it also features addictive multiplayer modes and an array of unlockable perks.

For PSP owners there are three minis titles - Circles Circles Circles, D-Cube Planet and Bubble Trubble - available for download. You can also get a sneak peek at Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier by downloading the demo from PlayStation Store.

More than just a Fantasy

Looking forward to epic PlayStation 3 role-playing game, FINAL FANTASY XIII? Well, the game's developer, SQUARE ENIX, is due to unveil details about the game, show off new footage and reveal some tantalising new information. The FINAL FANTASY XIII Special Presentation video is where it will all come to light - and you can watch this exciting presentation right here at au.playstation.com and PlayStation.Blog, on Saturday, November 14, 2009, after 3am (AEST).

Fire up those proton packs

Halloween may be over, but there are plenty of ghosts left to zap and trap in Ghostbusters: The Video Game on PSP. Written by the original Ghostbusters movie creators, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, you can bust ghosts on the move with the best of them with an upgradeable proton pack, powerful ghost traps and PKE meter. Ghostbusters: The Video Game is out now on PSP.

Superpowers are now more affordable

Unravel an evolving mystery, experience fame and/or infamy and battle powerful, iconic villains, all the while giving you the feeling of becoming a modern day superhero. inFamous, from the creators of the award-winning Sly Cooper series Sucker Punch, bring you inFamous - now at a more affordable price thanks to the game reaching Platinum status. Will you save Empire City from annihilation or bring it to its knees?

The latest Blu-ray disc movies

This year audiences were thrilled at the triumphant voyage of the Starship Enterprise and her young and vibrant crew in movie theaters across the planet, and now STAR TREK has hit with a whopping three-disc Blu-ray with digital copy, from Paramount Home Entertainment. Featuring extraordinary visual effects, and a whole new take on Star Trek adventure, this Blu-ray set is a must for any sci-fi movie fans.

Experience the very first chapter of the high-octane X-Men saga through the eyes of a true Marvel legend with the arrival of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Blu-ray disc, with bonus Digital Copy, thanks to Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The team behind the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code returns for the highly anticipated Angels and Demons, based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. And now it's yours to own on Blu-ray disc, courtesy of Sony Pictures.