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Just a small update. There was much confusion of Beautiful Katamari showing up on various promotional material that it will appear on PS3 and even the Wii. In fact it's been covered and corrected many times over that Beautiful will indeed be only for Xbox 360. 1up brings clarification that a new Katamari game will be coming our way soon to the PS3, according to Beautiful Katamari director Jun Morikawa at the Tokyo Game Show 2007. Likely not an exact port of Beautiful to the PS3 but some variation (and the name probably won't be the same). Morikawa also "hinted at" a Wii version. So once again, PS3 version, definitely. Wii version, maybe. All I can say is yes, more please -- at least until I get tired of it (which isn't now).

In related news, 1up also has a preview of Beautiful Katamari on the Xbox 360 from TGS2007 and cites, among other things, the 1080p eye-popping factor and fun minigame sections during the reduced loadtimes. Online/downloadable content will apparently be a big focus of the game as well. Read the full preview here.

• via 1up.com

If there's anything that gets me back to gaming, it's wacky and charming games like Katamari Damacy. Ever since its first release three years ago, it has turned into a series, milked by Namco (now Namco Bandai) with 2 sequels, both of which I have played. Admittedly, while I go against creator Keita Takahashi's wishes of keeping the game contained to one fling, I join many fans that think it's just too good of a thing to pass on more Katamari.

So after the rumors and musings have been gone around on the wires for some time, Silconera posted a company fact sheet apparently confirming that the latest game in the series, Beautiful Katamari, will be an Xbox 360 exclusive title. This is more info that seems to be in line with what N'Gai Croal of Newsweek mentioned only a day before.

In any case, I can only hope that it is not true. Main reason being that I don't have an Xbox 360. (collective gasps in horror)

Yes, it's true, no Xbox 360 in my game room. Maybe this will finally be the last straw -- it's been hard enough holding out on Guitar Hero II with the 360's downloadable tracks and all. Now there's a game with a big enough difference between platforms, albeit a bit unfair in console age(PS2 versus 360).