Archive for June 2, 2009

E3 2009: Final Fantasy XIII Shown at Sony Event in English

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

final-fantasy-xiii-4We’re aware there was a demo of the game during the MS conference in English, but we never got to see it. So forgive us if you think we’re catching up.

Sony showed a brand new trailer of Final Fantasy XIII tonight during it’s E3 conference, and simply put, the mix of CGI, RT cutscenes and gameplay wowed us, it even wowed us more by being in English.

This was the trailer Nomura was referring to last week during Famitsu.

We’ll have it up soon here on GO.

It’s being aimed for a Spring 2010 release for PS3 & 360 in the West, it’s out in time for Christmas for PS3 in Japan. The trailer came just before the stunning announcement of Final Fantasy XIV.

E3 2009: Sony Announce Motion Controller for PS3

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

playstation-3At their press conference tonight, Sony announced a brand new motion controller for the PLAYSTATION 3. It’s simply known at this as the “PLAYSTATION 3 Motion Controller”.

It was shown as a prototype, and is subject to change. The games shown for it include Sword play, planning battlefields and showing what the controller can do, like hold a sword, baseball bat to play baseball games and hold guns. It also showed a First Person perspective for the remote, during a gun demo and a battlefield demo (Ed note: not EA’s Battlefield, we must stress).

It was mentioned that it could be out by Spring 2010 for PLAYSTATION 3, according to SCEA’s Jack Tretton. Richard Parks, the creator of the EyeToy on PS2, showed off the controller.

E3 2009: CONFIRMED: VidZone Coming on June 11th for PS3

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

ps3Sony’s just announced that VidZone will be coming on June 11th to all SCEE regions.

More soon.

E3 2009: CONFIRMED: Lost Planet 2 Heading to PS3 in 2010

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

lost-planet-2Sony announced tonight at it’s press conference that Xbox 360 wont just be the only one’s to get Lost Planet 2. Yes, after rumor and speculation, Lost Planet 2 is coming to the PLAYSTATION 3.

It was announced at Sony’s press conference at E3, but no more then that. The E3 trailer’s been released, we’ll get that up soon.

SCEA’s Jack Tretton confirmed it’ll be out next year.

The game’s being produced by Resident Evil 5 producer, Jun Takeuchi.

E3 2009: CONFIRMED: Metal Gear Solid: Rising is Coming to PLAYSTATION 3 (Pt. 2)

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 with tags , , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

RisingIf you were in any doubt as to if Metal Gear Solid: Rising wouldnt be appearing on PS3, worry no more, it’s coming to PLAYSTATION 3 as well as Xbox 360.

Spoke to [Jack] Tretton [President of SCEA] – he confirmed Metal Gear Rising is absolutely coming to PS3 alongside Xbox 360.

Thats according to a from GTTV’s Geoff Keighley. So there you have it.

It was sensationally announced at Microsoft’s E3 briefing last night by Hideo Kojima. It will most likely be at the Konami press conference tomorrow.

E3 2009: CONFIRMED: God of War III Releases in March 2010

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

god-of-war-iiiJust like they did at E3 2007, with Killzone 2, Sony rounded off their press conference at E3 with one of the PlayStation’s biggest flagship titles: God of War III. The game was the last one demoed tonight during what already was an incredible conference.

After the demo abruptly ending (thanks to the devs, and awws and boos from the crowd), God of War III director Stig Asmussen announced that God of War III will be out in March 2010 for the PLAYSTATION 3. We’ll be sure to get the demo gameplay up as soon as possible.

E3 2009: MEGATON!: Rockstar PS3 Game Announced – Agent

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

RockstarAt Sony’s press conference tonight at E3, they announced the first details of the exclusive game they have for the PLAYSTATION 3 with Rockstar Games – Agent.

It will take place in the late 1970’s, involving secret agents and assassins. Other then that, not much else was given, 2010 release we think.

Jack Tretton, the President of SCEA who was hosting a majority of the conference, stated that this game has the potential to become another Grand Theft Auto in terms of importance with it being on the PLAYSTATION 3, like GTA did when it was on the PS1.

Thats all we know at this point.

E3 2009: MEGATON!: Gran Turismo 5 Shown

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

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Polyphony Digital has finally shown Gran Turismo 5 to the world for the first time. What was shown wasnt a teaser, as Sony put it at their press conference, it was a full blooded trailer. It has NASCAR, it has the World Rally Championship (the first time thats been in a game since the exclusive PS2 games) and, after 11 years of bitching, it has damage.

Yes, damage!

It was shown after Polyphony’s studio head, Kazunori Yamauchi showed Gran Turismo Mobile for the brand new PSP! Go, due at the PSP! Go’s European and US launch of October 1st.

2010 is when GT5 is due.

More soon.

E3 2009: MEGATON!: Team ICO Reveal The Last Guardian

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

TRICOAbout time!

At Sony’s press conference at E3 tonight, Sony announced The Last Guardian, the brand new game from Team ICO. It’s trICO, but under a new name now. The trailer is already out and you can catch it after the jump.

The trailer shown was mostly the same as the leaked trailer PlayStation Lifestyle had 2 weeks ago, only longer… and had The Last Guardian on it, not Project trICO. The part of the trailer we didnt from two weeks ago that we did see was enemies.

Oh yeah!

Plus, much improved graphics.

2010. Trailer, jump, speechless.

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E3 2009: GIGATON!!!: Final Fantasy XIV Shown and Announced as a PS3 Exclusive

Posted in E3 2009, PlayStation 3 with tags , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Jonathan Cullen

Final Fantasy XIV

Stunned.

Absolutely stunned is our reaction to this.

Sony have announced Final Fantasy XIV at their press conference, it will be an MMO, but the biggest of them all? Coming in 2010, exclusive to PLAYSTATION 3. It was shown just after a jaw-dropping trailer of Final Fantasy XIII.

We got the PR after the jump.

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