Sony's press conferences started us off with a video montage of their titles and the statement "2008 is the year of the PS3." After what seemed to be a slow start the conference took a turn and led us into ton of great announcements. Could it really be their year to shine?

Here are all the crucial highlights:
Sony got the ball rolling with an intense game play trailer of Resistance 2. It is said to offer more than any other shooter in 2008!
We got a look at how unique the game play of Little Big Planet is. Sony's usually boring statistics were then presented in a LBP level created for the presentation.
Greatest Hits for the PS3! Yes, greatest hits titles at the wonderful price of 29.99 are coming to the PS3. Currently these titles include: Resistance, Warhawk, MotorStorm, COD3, Need for Speed Carbon, Rainbow Six Vegas, Assassin's Creed, Oblivion, and Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
New Playstation 2 bundle including Lego Batman and the movie Justice League: The New Frontier. After the continued success of the PS2 they are releasing this new bundle this holiday season at $149!
Finally, another look at the Playstation Network's Home. We are assured that our waiting will be well worth it. You will be able to chat with friends, interact with friends (i.e. bowling), customize your character as well as your very own space, and visit custom game related areas.
New to the Playstation Store will be the movie and tv download service as of Tuesday. It had seemed on Monday that Microsoft's partnership with Netflix for XBL gave them an advantage over the Playstation Network, but they managed to pull of their very own service. They partnered with companies like MGM, Fox, Disney, Warner, Paramount, and Lionsgates. Movies and television episodes will be available in SD and HD for purchase or rent through the new tab in the Playstation Store. Rental prices range from $1.99 - 5.99 and $9.99 - 14.99. Not only can you have your downloaded movies on your PS3 but all your content can be transfered to your PSP! What could be better than being able to watch a movie you've rented on the go!
New on the PSP will be a Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters bundle, Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2, and Super Stardust Portable. The new R&C bundle will include the silver slim PSP, 1gb memory stick, Nation Treasure 2 on UMD, and a PSN voucher Echo Chrome, all for $199.
Also, Resistance: Retribution announced for the PSP! This all new third person shooter will join the Resistance line.
Finally more onDC Universe Onlinean MMO for PS3. Comic book artist Jim Lee introduces DCUO as a dream project that they have been working on for three years now. Nerds everywhere must rejoice for we will soon be fighting crime along side Batman and Superman. If not you'll be storming the Bat Cave with your fellow villains. This game brings nothing but giddiness to my big nerd heart! Some of the famous character featured are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Joker, and Bizzaro. This game really deserves hype!
Price drop for the Playstation 3 coming in September for the new 80gig core pack. It will be $399 and will feature the 80 gig model with the same functionality as the 40 gig with a Duelshock 3 controller.
By now almost everyone had to have been antsy just waiting for a look at GOD OF WAR 3! I was frantically biting my nails... the anticipation was killing me...but finally a video montage of more games to come rolls into a dark and stormy trailer. You hear the familiar narration style and you just know! Talk about a teaser trailer... Kratos has apparently stormed Olympus and in the end "There will only be CHAOS"! Still, there is no date for this title.
Then comes a look at the new title inFamous. In this game you play a character with newly discovered powers. You are given the choice to a heroes path or destroy the very city your in.
As the conference came to an end we were presented with on last trailer. MAG aka Massive Action Game is a 256 player game... Yes, 256. Players are broken up into squads of 8 players. It looks to be a great multiplayer battle experience by Zipper Interactive. It will feature character growth as well as several character types that include: Medics, commandos, and field demolition.
You can find more on Sony's E3 announcements here: Playstation/ E3
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WOOT good job Heather and welcome again. The press conference went well even if it really didn't have any BIG surprises, but over all I think they did well. The game I'm actually looking forward to is a psn game known as FAT PRINCESS lol. I saw a few clips of it during the conference and it looked awesome. 16 Vs 16 online is gonna be fun !! =)
i must say the big 3's conferences were not as evenfull or exciting as i hoped for. but i personaly think that Sony's was more rounded. Nintendo stuck to their "casual gamer" guns(never thought i would say this, but i'd rather see Reggie up there then the lady they had doing most of the talking this year, was i the only one that wanted to smack Mrs. Soccer mom in the face and tell her to shut her pie hole?) and Microsoft showed off things we have seen before. some of thier games and features looked erriely like others on the market(lipps, if you dont say that is a blatent clone of SINGSTAR, you're blind and we wont start on the avitars) Sony, seemed to show stuff that would cover all the bases and still showed off some hardcore games.
the LBP presentation was a great use of the game. could you imagine actually using this in a true business setting?
I wish they would have dated HOME, that seems to be their main stumbling point is never telling us when we will finally have a chance to use HOME. I cant say i have the highest interest in HOME , but i might use it every now and then.
both x360 and ps3 have great games coming out on them can't wait
Sony's press conference was decent I thought. What worries me is that many of these games have no concrete release dates. Sure, a lot of new stuff was shown, but they're most likely not coming out this year. Or next year. Possibly 2010. DC Universe Online caught my attention, but with no release date, I can't get too excited about it. Infamous looks boring and generic. Nothing special. MAG has a lot of potential, but can they pull off the 256 player games and upgrade system? Once again, with no release date, we'll have to wait indefinitely to see. And oh yeah, Heather, it's Call of Duty 3, not 4, which will be a Greatest Hits game.
MAG is going to be a really sweet game if they pull it off. But seeing as how they made the announcement
*continued* of the game I'm sure they can pull it off.
Congratz on you first GG blog Heather :)
For what i have seen on many blogs and diferent sources it seems that sony has the leading, many good news, GoW3 will ROCK. As for the DC Universe *drools*. It is great to have a price drop on ps3, but that wont affect me sine i already have one, the only thing that i have to say is congratulations to all of those lucky bastards that will enjoy the price drop (lol).
Sony definitely was great on E3, but i still have my hope for Microsoft and Nintendo, i know that they wont let me down in the end (i love the 3 companies a lot and equally).
Nice blog Heather, keep up the good work.
Yeah, I will definitely agree with you on the release dates. Its hopeful and discouraging at the same time. :[
Yah DC Universe is what I'm looking forward to as well. Nothing like fighting crime with the DARK KNIGHT(which by the way I will watch tomorrow at MIDNIGHT,very excited) So I just wanna know what the combat is like and just trying to see if its just COH but in DC universe
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Awesome coverage Heather!!
Jack Tretton said during the conference that most of the games announced were sceduled for an 08 release, while saying 09 would be the time for GoW3 and Resistance: Ret. Don't recall hearing anything about the release scedule of DCOU or MAG, but most everything else mentioned at the conference was 08.
good job heather!
i would like to start this off w/ who the shitstick is Heather??? all these new ppl coming is becoming overwhelming. like good LAWD! anywho.......iv already adressed my thoughts in Raychuls MS forgetting its hardcore fans thread. sony had the best show (not b/c its SONY), but b/c they came through w/ announcing brand new, never b4 seen ps3/ psp games, showed the 1st ever screening of GOW3, R&C Booty/ psp titles, was creative w/ their presentation (the LBP effect which as a double whammy put a big smile on my face), had the Video/ TV service they showed off available THAT day (when i get my paycheck 2morrow, some Afro Samurai, Basilisk and Trinity Blood episodes might find a new home). 256 online multiplayer by the team who made Socom will be nothing short of epic.
first footage of DC Univerce was shown as well (looks REALLY cool. same w/ The Agency. not sure which 1 i want)
The DC MMO looks nice but somethign about the combat animations seemed odd to me. I am a Marvel fan at heart but anytihing that has to do with Batman is cool in my book. I still don't know if I will play this one though. The Agency seems more appealing to me right now.
all in all, it was an ok press conference but it's hard to get excited when more than half of what was shown doesn't have any kind of date attached to it. God knows when most of that stuff will come out.
I probably won't care about MAG, even though I agree that what they are trying to do is impressive. Good luck to the dev team. I hope they make a good game for those who like this sort of thing. I can only play so many shooters before getting bored though.
Too bad Sony doesn't seem to be focusing onn RPGs this time around. The only RPGs the PS3 has so far an until the end of the year seem to be ports from other consoles. Still, there are many cool games coming out. Good times.
I have both the 360 & PS3. Lookin' foward to all the games comin' out. But, I think Sony blew MS up with their announcements. 256 PLAYERS??!! DC MMO??!! Imindere!!
Patapon 2 nuff said and im glad they are finally doing greatest hits, i just bought my PS3 and am i need of a new game after i beat GTA4
Good job Heather!
At this point who cares!!! THE DARK KNIGHT at MIDNIGHT
Agreed. This is all obsolete... The Dark Knight owns all.
MIDNIGHT im dead excited. You gonna do a review on it Heather?
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Sony sucks at everything they have ever done, except making a television and the same system over and over and over and over again. the psp is the same as the ps2 except portable. the ps2 is the same thing as the ps1 with a dvd player. the ps3 is the SAME EXACT SYSTEM as the ps2.
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