Today in Joystiq: September 4, 2007

Check out this awesome Samus Aran figurine being modeled by IGN forum user red3183 (via The Wiicast). If he stopped now, we'd still sit this high on our shelf of nerdy paraphernalia. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Readers pick best webcomic: To Catch a Predator

News
PS3 gets firmware 1.92
Quake Wars demo due this month
Call of Duty 4 devs 'going after' Halo 3
SCi/Eidos admits takeover talks
Reminder: Gears of War maps now free
Veterans protest America's Army
33% of UK game stores in 'financial danger'
Kane and Lynch movie gets fast-tracked
Forty PS3 titles to be playable at TGS
Finally: Master P and Seth Green team for RPG
Mercenaries 2 slips to '08 -- happy delay
Xbox 360 HD DVD getting Euro price cut
Harvey Birdman gets on Wii's case Nov. 13
Wii Guitar Hero III gets no online initially
Motorstorm gets patched to 2.0
Sony raising money for PlayStation division with insurance unit IPO
Uncharted sidekick gets a dye job
WSJ: Sony prepping plunge into video download service
Nintendo trademarks Body Controller, others

Rumors & Speculation
Analysts believe 80GB to go $499 this year

Culture & Community
Survey: British (male) gamers not peeved by in-game ads
Heavenly Sword animated series: Part V