Today in Joystiq: October 4, 2005

What a day for Halo fans - geek God (and avid gamer) Peter Jackson has agreed to give his magic touch to the Halo movie, and now you can wear your Halo pride with the most adorable of Master Chief graphics. Here is a quick recap of everything that happened today:

• Paramount goes Blu-Ray, cites PS3 as reason

• In-game advertising works well, according to study

• Say Halo Kitty!

• Halo 3 script surfaces along with multiplayer details

• Nintendo goes "Game On" in Turkey

• EA offers "Work Around" for Madden PSP crash

• Peter Jackson to executive produce Halo movie

• Sony announces new *longer charge* PSP battery

• Xbox-Adidas alliance will include pre-installed content on Xbox 360 hard drives

• BioWare's Mass Effect revealed—exclusive trilogy

• Joystiq interviews David Reid, Director of Platform Marketing for Xbox

• Xbox 360 guru to give lecture at Japanese college

• The problem with "feature creeping"

• A cheeky guide to the latest PSP firmware updates