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March is a big month for the PlayStation 3 with three top exclusive franchises coming home to roost, and a fourth formerly-exclusive franchise appearing for the first time on the system.

On the exclusive front we have the critically acclaimed MLB'10 The Show from Sony on March 2nd, Yakuza 3 from SEGA on March 9th, and the vengeance-filled rage-fest God of War III on March 16th. MLB'09 The Show was called "a true pinnacle of sports gaming" by the creative director of the Madden team last year, so Major League Baseball 2k10 has a high bar to reach for this year. Yakuza 3 brings an English-subtitled version of the very popular Japanese GTA-style open world game sans a couple of heavily Japanese aspects like a trivia game and so-called hostess clubs -- and this one is notable because melee seems to be the game's strong suit while GTA typically falls down very flat in that department. God of War III really needs no introduction and seriously, if you think it does, go pick up the God of War Collection to see where Kratos is coming from.

The PSP isn't slacking off this month, either, with an enhanced remake of Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, the late-but-could-be-great Dante's Inferno port, handheld ports of MLB'10 The Show and Major League Baseball 2k10, and oddly enough a port of BlazBlue Calamity Trigger. Lunar has already gotten high praise and an 8.0 from Gamespot, and I have to say that the PlayStation Store demo's combat system, effects, and decent story charmed me, despite my normal complete disdain for JRPGs and anime. Chris Roper had positive, Chains-of-Olympus-like things to say about the early build of Dante's Inferno he had seen for the PSP, so there is hope there for action fans. That's all I can say about the PSP, so back to the PS3. Read more »

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Halfbrick Studios' second offering in the Mini category is Blast Off, a game with a simple premise. You are a small cartoon 1950s style rocket jetting around a 2d environment Asteroids-style to pick up stranded astronauts and then pop through a warp gate to safety. Read more »

Skype hit the PSP just about two years ago, so why isn't it on the PS3? We've got the Playstation Eye for video chat and as a mic, we have headsets of various USB and bluetooth flavors we can use, and we have a broadband internet connection. From an economic standpoint, Sony would just cough up the cash for initial development and then run on Skype's servers, no muss no fuss. Heck, maybe Skype would cover the costs themselves. Read more »

The PS3/PSP Minis game Blast Off has done well in reviews, and Halfbrick's recent video demonstrating how to download it (or any other Mini) and play it on your PS3 must be working. Read more »