According to the Official PlayStation Blog "Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty will be available for download on the PlayStation Network Store on August 21st for $14.99." Great news for PS3 owners and 'R&C' fans!

The Entry goes on to say:

As for the gameplay, Q4B focuses heavily on exploration and platforming, along with some of new experimental action for the franchise. For example, Ratchet will use the new kinetic tether on his Wrench to manipulate the environment, and he'll use elements such as light and shadows to his advantage.

I, for one, am anxious to see how I can handle DOWNLOADING an A-list title. I love having a physical copy of a game... it's why I bought the store version of 'Gran Turismo: Prologue.' Let's see how this goes...

LINK TO THE PS BLOG

Posted by: Max | August 21, 2008 10:53 AM

Here's a few of the big announcements at E3 in quick bullet-list form:

Xbox 360 announcements:

• New Xbox interface coming this Fall. Gone are the blades, now we get a weird combination of the PS3's interface (animated icons) and Wii's Mii generator (Microsoft calls them "avatars"). See it in action here.

• Lots of games announced for Xbox 360 including the much-rumored 'Lips' karaoke game. 'Guitar Hero 4' and 'Rock Band 2'... now with Metallica (zzzzz). 'Halo Wars', 'Gears of War 2', 'Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise', 'Fable 2', 'Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts', 'Resident Evil 5' and 'Too Human' were some of the other games shown (we already knew they were coming out)

• 'You're in the Movies' uses the Xbox 360 camera to make fools of your party guests. Looks half-way funny... the jury is still out on this one.

• Downloadable content for 'Grand Theft Auto IV' coming this Fall.

• 'Portal: Still Alive' for Xbox Live Arcade coming this Fall with new levels and achievements.

• 'Geometry Wars 2' will be available on Xbox Live Arcade next month (YEA!).

• 'Galaga Legions' from the same team that made the awesome 'Pac Man CE' will be out on the Arcade soon. It looks totally cool.

• 'Final Fantasy XII' will be available on the 360 as well as three other Square/Enix games. Kinda cool.

• Simultaneous online movie watching is coming to the 360 via Netflix. You and an online friend can watch the same movie at the same time and talk to each other.

• Check all the official Xbox announcements: HERE and HERE.

Nintendo announcements:

• 'Animal Crossing: City Folk' is coming out on the Wii (YEEEEAAAA!). See it in action HERE

• 'Clone Wars' will finally let Wii users battle with a Light Saber! Coming this holiday.

• MASSIVE NEWS: 'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown' is coming out for the... wait for it... DS! Wha?!

• More 'Guitar Hero' content for the DS is set to be released with the ability to trade songs... hmmmmmm.

• New Wii game, 'Wii Sports Resort' is releasing this fall with a NEW Wii-mote add on that will increase the controllers sensitivity to 1:1 accuracy. I didn't know what that meant, but supposedly it's able to tell exactly where you are in 3-D space. It comes out next Spring.

• 'Wii Music' is announced with the ability for gamers to play 50+ instruments on their Wii... without the need of anything more that the standard Wii controllers. It will be out this year. See it in action HERE

• Nintendo's E3 coverage HERE

Sony announcements:

• PSP movie feature will be available TONIGHT!!! Movies can be download via PS3 or PC.

• 'Resistance' for PSP!!! Spring '09... awwww.

• 'Patapon 2', 'Loco Roco 2', 'Madden 09' and 'Lego Batman' soon for PSP.

• 'Resistance 2' for PS3 will have 8 player co-op and 60 player competitive online modes. 60 PLAYERS!

• The next 'Ratchet and Clank' for PS3 will be $14.99 and will be available from the PlayStation store... 'Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty.'

• 'Gran Turismo TV' coming to 'Gran Turismo 5 Prologue'. Will feature clips from the BBC show "Top Gear"... AWESOME!

• 'DC Universe Online' MMO for PS3 announced.

• 80 gig Core PS3 this fall for $399.

• The standard PS3 announcements for 'Far Cry 2', 'The Force Unleashed', 'Prince of Persia', 'Call of Duty World at War', 'Madden NFL 09', 'Fallout 3', 'LittleBigPlanet', 'MotorStorm Pacific Rift', '007 Quantum of Solace', 'SOCOM Confrontation', 'Ghostbusters', 'Soul Calibur IV', 'Resistance 2', 'The Agency', 'Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm', 'Mirror's Edge', 'Resident Evil 5', 'Singstar', 'Guitar Hero World Tour', 'NBA '09' 'Killzone 2' and 'Valkyria Chronicles.'

• 'God of War III' announced!!!

• A new PS3 futuristic war game called 'Mag' with 256 player online campaigns!!!

Posted by: Dallasfanboy | July 15, 2008 10:37 PM

By the time you read this, the 2.4.1 firmware update for the PS3 should be available.

This will hopefully unbrick some of the unlucky consoles that downloaded 2.4.0.

According to Kotaku, looks like some consoles might not be so lucky... a trip to the repair center may be necessary.

Here's the official PlayStation blog with the announcement.