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.

After their departure from PSP development, it looks like Ready At Dawn will be going down the multiplatform route for their next game.

(Editor's Note: QuickPeek's getting huge! And no wonder, we're nearing QuickPeek's first anniversary!)

Lots of news and updates this week, gamers! Think last week's QuickPeek was long? Hold on to your hats! We have the skinny on everything from the upcoming episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV, the huge Apple event where they revealed the 3G iPhone, and of course, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots!

Two months ago, Kratos made his first appearance on the PSP in God of War: Chains of Olympus. Unfortunately, it might also be his last. In a recent interview, Ready at Dawn's creative director remarked that the studio probably won't be developing games for the PSP in the near future. The PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms were mentioned though, and they might shift their attention towards the consoles. More in the full article.

The console wars is once again in full swing thanks to the Xbox 360 price cut in Europe and, more recently, the PlayStation 3's victory in the market last month. We've heard what the analysts have to say about it, but it never hurts to have a different perspective on things. One developer, Daidier Malenfant - head of the studio that developer God of War: Chains of Olympus - recently gave his thoughts on the matter. Read about it in the full article.

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.

(Editor's note: With the Comment of the Week compendium over and done with, we've got a lot more in store for you guys! Another special edition is already brewing on the side, but that'll come soon enough. for now, more regular weekly updates!)

QuickPeek 33 was a good issue to set the chess pieces for this week. New Dark AleX homebrew, some GTA4 updates, and oh, what's this? Toshiba withdrawing support? Oooh. Juicy.

 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.

It's nice to see game developers with a little flexibility for their intended target market. Aside from catering to a wider audience of gamers, it's just good business sense. This was probably what was going through Ready at Dawn's mind when they followed up their very wholesome platformer, Daxter, with the upcoming mythological hack-and-slash game, God of War: Chains of Olympus.

With the God of War series already infamous for its bloody appeal to gamers everywhere, you have to wonder, especially with the growing attention people have been giving to violence in media, if there's any hope for violent games left in the video game market. Ru Weerasuriya, founder and vice president of Ready at Dawn, wrote an article on the subject, giving his opinion on the effect of violence in media.

He focuses on the inevitably bloody theme of God of War: Chains of Olympus and how it compares to the many violent games being criticized in the market (and of course the name of Mr. Jack Thompson just had to come up in his article). He says that because the game is based on Greek mythology, it is inevitable that the theme of violence and sordid tales will be inserted into God of War. In introspect, the violence the game depicts is tame compared to the actual mythology and even the history of Greece.

Of course, you can't help but insert the advocacy of freedom of expression when defending a medium which you find yourself prolific in and a majority of Weerasuriya's arguments focus mainly on such. Saying that the advent of the interactive entertainment industry cannot be blamed just because some feel threatened of the way such medium is presented that offends them and threatens their comfortable way of living.

The full article along with Mr. Ru Weerasuriya's stirring comments on violence on video games after the jump!