E3 2008: Sony

Overall, a pretty good show from Sony. They showed off games for all three platforms. Here are the highlights:

- New media for several announced games like Resistance 2
- LittleBigPlanet looks amazing, and it pretty much the reason to buy a PS3.
- Rachet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty. A new R&C game for the PS Network. More focus on physics puzzles.
- New bundles for PS2 and PSP.
- 80 GB PS3 dropping to $400, replacing 40 GB model
- DC Universe Online, God of War 3 shown
- M.A.G announced – MMO action game with 256 player battles.

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Like the other two conferences, we’ll be liveblogging this through the 4cr Twitter.

The latest posts appear here. For the whole deal, see the twitter or wait for our summary at the end.

* Conference over! Thanks for following the 4cr liveblogs! less than a minute ago
* Trailer looks crazy. 2 minutes ago
* Ongoing faction-based campaigns. 4 minutes ago
* 8-player squads led by “officer” players who have to coordinate the battle together. 4 minutes ago
* Battles of up to 256 players 5 minutes ago
* MAG (Massive Action Game) announced. MMO action game. 5 minutes ago
* Cool mixture of comic book art and gameplay. 7 minutes ago
* Infamous trailer. I’m pretty interested in this. 7 minutes ago
* No gameplay footage. Just some CG and a groan-inducing voiceover. 8 minutes ago
* God of War 3 confirmed! Trailer being shown. 9 minutes ago
* Mirror’s Edge also looks fantastic. 11 minutes ago
* I will say it again, Prince of Persia looks utterly amazing. 16 minutes ago
* Now on to developer testimonials. 17 minutes ago
* 40 GB PS3 being dropped. 80 GB PS3 dropped to $400. 18 minutes ago
* Wow, it looks.. Not good. Animations look awkward and the graphics are ugly. 19 minutes ago
* “Imagine being a villain and helping unleash the Arkham inmates on the batcave” 21 minutes ago
* Create your own hero or villain and join the DC universe. 22 minutes ago
* DC Universe Online preview. Jim Lee coming on stage to show it off. 24 minutes ago
* Sony Online Entertainment time! 24 minutes ago
* Things like uploading videos to Youtube. 25 minutes ago
* Google services spread through Sony products. 26 minutes ago
* More PSP montage – Lego Batman, Patapon 2, Buzz, Valkyria Chronicles (sweet) 28 minutes ago
* Super Stardust Portable also looks great. 29 minutes ago
* Loco Roco 2 looks awesome. 29 minutes ago
* Oh boy, Madden for PSP. 30 minutes ago
* Force Unleashed PSP trailer. 30 minutes ago
* Resistance: Retribution for PSP. Nice graphics. 31 minutes ago
* R&C Pack comes with R&C game, National Treasure 2 on UMD, and a voucher for Echochrome 33 minutes ago
* PSP Madden Entertainment Pack and Rachet & Clank Entertainment Packs 33 minutes ago
* Content will be available tonight. 35 minutes ago
* Content is portable to PSP. 41 minutes ago
* $1.99 per episode. Movies $2.99-5.99 for rentals and $9.99-up for downloads. 41 minutes ago
* Movies/tv coming to Playstation Network. Sony Pictures (wow, really?), Fox, MGM, Lionsgate, Warner, DIsney, Paramount, Turner, Funamation. 41 minutes ago
* Home is looking pretty awesome. Includes minigames (pool, bowling) and rooms based on games. 43 minutes ago
* Tretton asks for patience until Home comes out. 44 minutes ago
* Discussing trophies now. 45 minutes ago
* Exclusive content, like a look into Ferrari’s headquarters. 47 minutes ago
* Gran Turismo TV: PPV motor-sports content in-game. 48 minutes ago
* Also, Rag Doll Kungfu 49 minutes ago
* PSN montage – Quest for Booty, Crash Commando, Fat Princess (wtf?), Pixel Junk, Pain Amusement Park, Flower, Siren Blood Curse 50 minutes ago
* Coming this summer – $14.99 52 minutes ago
* More puzzle based, wrench that can pick up and move objects (think gravity gun). 53 minutes ago
* Just like the full game, but slightly smaller focus. 53 minutes ago
* Rachet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty. A new R&C game for the PS Network. 54 minutes ago
* 180 million downloads through Playstation Network to date. 55 minutes ago
* All Playstation users will have a single login for PC/PS3/PSP 56 minutes ago
* New bundle – PS2 with Lego Batman and Justice League: New Frontier (movie) – $149 58 minutes ago
* DLC theme packs for Buzz PS3 59 minutes ago
* Buzz for PSP and PS3. 59 minutes ago
* Montage – Warriors Orochi 2, Yakuza 2, Mercenaries 2, Madden about an hour ago
* Talking about PS2 now – 130 titles in 2008. about an hour ago
* LittleBigPlanet in October. This looks like the reason to own a PS3. about an hour ago
* Greatest Hits – Resistance, Motorstorm, Warhawk, Call of Duty 3, Fight Night, Need for Speed, Oblivion, Assassan’s Creed, Ninja Gaiden – $30 about an hour ago
* Information included as pictures on walls, and as part of the level. about an hour ago
* Instead of giving a slideshow, they are navigating Sack Boy through a level. If he leaps on a box, it rises to become part of a bar graph. about an hour ago
* They created a level modeled after their E3 stage. about an hour ago
* Posed as the game for all ages. about an hour ago
* LittleBigPlanet! about an hour ago
* I’m not overwhelmed by the game, but I do enjoy the “alternate-history” approach. about an hour ago
* New Resistance 2 trailer being shown. New level – Twin Falls, Idaho. about an hour ago
* 8 player online co-op, 60 player online competitive about an hour ago
* Looked pretty cool, but not as graphically impressive as Gears. about an hour ago
* Giant alien boss. Seems to be the new big thing in shooters. about an hour ago
* Resistance 2 being shown. about an hour ago
* Alright, quit talking and show some games. about an hour ago
* “Exclusive games are what makes up consumer’s minds.” Claims that they have more exclusive titles than anyone else. about an hour ago
* Many games “only possible through bluray.” Right, because multiple DVDs is impossible. about an hour ago
* Over a million PS3 users signed up for Folding@home. Largest distributed computing system ever. about an hour ago
* Discussing history of the “Playstation brand” about an hour ago
* Jack Tretton takes the stage. “E3 is stressful.” about an hour ago
* Montage of gaming footage. Resident Evil 5, Bioshock, others. about an hour ago
* Are we getting started? I was about to take a nap. about an hour ago
* A few more minutes before we begin. about an hour ago
* Interested in how Sony will react to the FF XIII announcement. about 2 hours ago
* Waiting on the Sony conference to begin. 20 minutes or so left. about 2 hours ago