Electronic Entertainment Expose [E3] 2008 News

  • Yoshida-san confirms Rat Race has been scrapped

    President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has issued a status update on Rat Race, confirming that the PlayStation Network episodic title has in fact been cancelled. Speaking in an interview with PS3fanboy, Yoshida commented that the team were ultimately not happy w...

  • 80GB PS3 and Platinum range confirmed for Oz

    Sony Australia has confirmed that the 40GB PlayStation 3 will be phased out and replaced by an 80GB SKU, just as announced for North America yesterday. The spokesperson couldn't give a release window or price, although hopefully the latter will remain the same as the current 40GB. He did, however...

  • Soul Calibur IV goes gold

    Namco Bandai Games has confirmed that its highly anticipated fighter Soul Calibur IV has gone gold, and will be released across North America as scheduled on July 29, 2008. Due out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the fourth instalment in the critically acclaimed beat ‘em up franchise introdu...

  • Square details FFXIII's Lightning character

    Square-Enix has shed some light on the mysterious female character present in the recent E3 2008 trailer for Final Fantasy XIII. Speaking briefly with IGN this week, Producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed that the character goes by the alias of “Lightning,” and that she initially refuses...

  • 130 titles coming to PlayStation 2 in 2008

    Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has announced that over 130 titles will be released for the PlayStation 2 in 2008, bringing the total number of available games on the system to over 10,000 by the year’s end. Among the list of titles due this year include SEGA’s Yakuza 2, Ko...

  • Tomb Raider: Underworld gameplay footage released

    Eidos has released over three minutes worth of gameplay footage for its upcoming action/adventure title, Tomb Raider: Underworld. The video focuses predominantly on an underwater section of the game, depicting heroine Lara Croft fending of an attacking shark and traversing a large underwater cave...

  • Tretton: MGS4 not possible on other consoles

    CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Jack Tretton has proclaimed that Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is “only possible” on the PlayStation 3. Speaking at the company’s press conference at E3 this week, Tretton noted that the critically acclaimed st...

  • MAG debut trailer released

    The debut trailer for Zipper Interactive’s online shooter Massive Action Game (MAG) is now available for viewing following its unveiling at Sony’s E3 press conference yesterday.     Currently in development for the PlayStation 3, MAG offers an intense online comp...

  • Tuesday US PSN update; July 15

    With Sony planning a slew of updates this week revolving around the E3 extravaganza here in Los Angeles, today's seems to be a nice start to the week of content. SSHD users can finally get that last trophy through the Team Mode add-on, while Rock Band players can get their rock on with The Who's alb...

  • New disaster game from Ubisoft, I Am Alive

    I hope I'm alive in time to play I Am Alive. Frankly, it would kind of suck if I wasn't, because the upcoming Ubisoft disaster game is set to come out in Spring 2009. In I Am Alive, you're forced to navigate a Chicago "left in ruins" after a major catastrophe in the form of a devastati...

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