Tuesday, June 2, 2009

E3 2009: Sony's Presentation

Highlights:
  • The PlayStation business grew by 40% in 2008, and 364 games are being released this year.
  • Over 35 PlayStation exclusive games will be released in 2009
  • Uncharted 2 was shown; the action is chaotic and the vistas in the game are very impressive.
  • Massive Action Game (MAG) was shown, 256 players online in a single session!
  • New PSP Go! was shown (specs were previously posted here)
  • Media Go - allows you to access the PlayStation Store from a PC
  • Video and Gaming content can now be downloaded directly via the PSP
  • Gran Turismo PSP was shown, and was referred to a full scale Gran Turismo, not a watered down version.
  • Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker announced for PSP; the story takes place in the 1970's. It's a true MGS-franchise sequel, and not a side story.
  • Resident Evil announced for PSP
  • Little Big Planet trailer was shown for PSP
  • Final Fantasy VII announced on PSN
  • PlayStation Home was shown
  • Agent was announced, a new game from RockStar and will be exclusive to PS3
  • Assassin's Creed 2 and Assassin's Creed Bloodlines for PSP; PSP to PS3 integration.
  • Final Fantasy XIII shown, and Final Fantasy XIV announced as a PS3 exclusive.
  • Motion-based controller for PS3!!! A demo is shown, and it seems that for games like shooters, it seems a like better equipped than Microsoft's device. The device will launch in Spring of 2010!
  • ModNation Racers was announced, and it is the kart racing equivalent of Little Big Planet. ModNation Racers embraces the same Create, Play and Share mechanism used by LBP. The game's editor was demoed, and the creation of race tracks is very easy, yet the editor seems to be extremely powerful.
  • Team ICO's latest game was shown; previously referred to as Project TrICO, it is now known as The Last Guardian. The game plays like a re-imagined Prince of Persia with vastly superior graphics when compared to most games in existence.
  • Gran Turismo 5 was shown
  • God of War 3 was shown

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