The ESA board must have been reduced to tears of joy yesterday - to them, I'm sure, they now believe there is a god. This week, the Swedish court has found the four operators of torrent site The Pirate Bay guilty as charged for copyright infringement and illegal activities (digitally distributing illegal copies of games and media content). Of course, ESA is more than happy with this victory against the ongoing war on piracy - so happy, in fact, that they had to come up with an official press release about it!

Yet again, we hear from John Koller. He's been everywhere since yesterday. He already said that he wanted Ready At Dawn back for PSP development, and now, it looks like he doesn't want to let go of Rockstar Games too. Well, who wouldn't? Koller reveals that there are talks to get Rockstar back into PSP development for another GTA game (which gives the GTA: San Andreas Stories rumor some backing). In other Rockstar-related matters, he also reacts to GTA4's Xbox 360-exclusive DLC and the release of GTA Chinatown Wars on the DS.

The PSP started the year with a bang, and then it quickly cooled off. The DS never really peaked, but a constant stream of gaming goodness flowed forth. Not really a banner year for either platform, but there were quite a few gems. Oh, and one game seems to have clobbered the rest into submission...

What's next? That's the question we usually ask our favorite developers and guess whose turn it is now? Ready at Dawn, makers of PlayStation Portable titles Daxter and God of War: Chains of Olympus. According to a post on the official website, the intrepid developers will be delving into new projects for other consoles. There's more, click the link below.

 At the moment, Ready at Dawn studios is working on maxing out the capabilities of God of War: Chains of Olympus for the Sony PSP. But while Kratos readies for his next journey of blood, guts, and glory on the handheld, it appears that the developers are gearing up for bigger fish. More details are available in the full article.