From August 3rd (today) until August 9th (next Monday), North American PlayStation Network users will be able to take advantage of price reductions on a bunch of downloadable games, thanks to a week-long ‘Summer Sale’ on the PlayStation Store.

Highlights of the special offers include price reductions on Fat Princess and PixelJunk Shooter for PS3, ecoshift, Patchwork Heroes and Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars for PSP, as well as the minis Tetris and Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess.

There are quite a few more offers though, a few of which may take your fancy, so have a look:

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After taking a bit of a gamble on publishing mature titles such as The Conduit and MadWorld on the Wii, and seeing poor sales of those titles as a result of the seemingly impenetrable and unpredictable market surrounding the console, SEGA has decided not to pursue the development of any further non family-friendly titles for the Wii.

According to SEGA of America’s studio director, Constantine Hantzopoulos, and once again speaking to the guys of the ‘4 Guys 1Up’ podcast, the publisher will “probably not” develop or publish any more mature Wii titles. Hantzopoulos said:

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In this first Grand Theft Auto game on the DS Rockstar have gone all out to make it a proper entry in the franchise, and they’ve gone and surprised everyone with a game that captures the spirit of the previous games on a handheld that isn’t known for its power. It’s clear from the start that this is not a “ride-the-DS-wave” cash-in developed on a small budget for a younger audience, but is instead a carefully designed game that should satisfy any long time GTA fan as well as draw in new ones.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) website has revealed that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has been slapped with an 18 age rating.

Although no cuts have been made to the game, the BBFC does warn that it “contains very strong language and drug references.” It also reveals that we can look forward to almost three hours of video in the game, more specifically two hours of supplementary cutscenes and 48 minutes of supplementary gameplay footage.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is the first Nintendo DS installment in the series. It is scheduled to be released on the 17th of March in the US and 20th of March in Europe.