Sony‘s big success at this year’s E3 came by announcing two things consumers are very anxious to hear about new hardware: a date, and a price. With motion control on everyone’s lips, Sony didn’t make too much of a big thing about PlayStation Move, instead focussing on the other “big deal” of this year’s E3: 3D.
- By March 2011, at least twenty games will be launched supporting 3D gaming, including PAIN, MotorStorm Pacific Rift, Super Stardust HD and Wipeout HD.
- Killzone 3 will also be in 3D, launching in February 2011 and with dynamic new weapons and vehicles (including a jetpack.) The game will be Move compatible from launch.
- Other 3D games to include Motorstorm Apocalypse, Gran Turismo 5, The Sly Raccoon Collection, with 3D content from other developers including Mortal Kombat 9, Shaun White Skateboarding and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.
- Sorcery, a new PlayStation Move game, puts players in control of a magical apprentice: the Move controller acts as a magic wand, due out Spring 2011.
- Tiger Woods: PGA Tour boasts one-to-one movement, with the Move controller corresponding with a golf club.
- Heroes On The Move is a working title for a new game which will have all the PlayStation mascots in one place: what little gameplay was shown looked like a platforming action game.
- Coca-Cola will be entering into a branding and sponsorship deal to promote PlayStation Move.
- PlayStation Move will be available in Europe on September 15th; USA on September 19th.
- Costs (in Euro) are €39.99 for the motion controller; €29.99 for the navigation controller; €29.99 for the PlayStation Eye camera. Optional extras that weren’t announced at the conference include a charging station (€29.99) and shooting attachment €14.99.)
- Move-supported games include Killzone 3, SOCOM 4, SingStar Dance, Time Crisis: Razing Storm
- Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition and Heavy Rain will both feature updates to make them Move compatible.
- New PSP marketing features the Kevin Butler character (who also appeared at the press conference) and Marcus, a kid urging Sony to Step Their Game Up.
- PSP new releases include God Of War: Ghost Of Sparta, Patapon 3 and Invizimals (making use of the PSP camera attachment to hunt for invisible monsters.)
- LittleBigPlanet 2 got shown off, featuring all-new gameplay modes: the game now includes the ability to create racing and puzzle games, with mini-game multi-player modes. LBP2 will also feature “movie” recording and editing features.
- PlayStation Plus announced, a paid-for subscription service to the PlayStation Network. Membership costs €49.99/$49.99 for a year, or $17.99/€14.99 for three months. Membership of PlayStation Plus will involve a variety of free games, exclusive downloadable content, discounts on content and early access to demos and betas.
- A variety of EA games will have exclusive PS3 content and packages: Medal Of Honor includes a HD version of Medal Of Honor: Frontline and Dead Space 2 will include a PlayStation Move version of Dead Space: Extraction.
- Gabe Newell announced that Portal 2 will be available on PS3, providing what he thinks will be the best console experience for the game.
- Final Fantasy XIV remains a PS3 MMO exclusive.
- Gran Turismo 5 will be in 3D, launching November 2nd, 2010.
- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood will have exclusive DLC for PS3 with a multiplayer beta only on PS3.
- inFamous 2 features a redesigned Cole, melee weapons, potential ice-powers and is due in 2011.
- The Sony conference ended with a clown-driven ice-cream truck driving on-stage and a demo of Twisted Metal featuring car combat, destructable environments and helicopters.
Sony‘s announcements also include a new surround sound system for the PS3 available later this year for €199/$199.
You can also check out our coverage of Nintendo and Microsoft‘s conferences.
Nice. Way more on this for my tastes than in the Nintendo conference.
Not the Move, that things stupid but more games.
Good games, but delivery wasn’t wonderful, in my opinion. A bit too much showing off things through ads, not enough demos or actual features/pieces about the games themselves. That, and no The Last Guardian too, which was really disappointing.