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Is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City being remade?

You may have heard through the proverbial wine vine rumours that a “modified”, “multi-platform” Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is on Rockstar Games’ agenda. This rating, published on the Australian government’s Classification Database yesterday, has led many to wonder whether a PSN port of the said title is in production. Could it be true?

Leaked info hints at PS2 / Dreamcast games on PS3

Details recently scoured from SEGA’s PR FTP site have unveiled some interesting nuggets of information regarding future Sony plans, including the potential revelation that PS2 titles will soon be coming to the PlayStation Store.
PS2 emulator for PS3 (confidential)

SCEA wants to sell all PS2 titles on PSN (GTA Vice City/Sonic/etc)
For co Marketing money show PS3 controller [...]

Backwards Compatibility Plans Laid to Rest

John Koller, Sony’s Director of Hardware Marketing, has been kind enough to address a number of frequently-asked questions that have passed gamers’ lips of late (concentrating on the approaching PS3 Slim, unsurprisingly) in an interview with Ars Technica. 
We’ll leave you to have a read for yourselves, rather than detail Koller’s words in full here. However, [...]

Sony Patent Emotion Engine Emulation (Key to Backwards Compatibility)

The emotion engine is the CPU chip in PS2s and the first backwards compatible PS3s. It essentially enables the playing of PS2 games. So, if Sony patent emulation of this emotion engine, it logically leads to speculation that PS2 backwards compatibility is on it’s way to a PS3 near you, via firmware updates.
Exciting news, but [...]