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Tidbits from today's SCEE PlayStation Day [update]
Samit Sarkar
\\ 05.06.2008
45 comments

If you’re reading this and are anywhere near London, why aren’t you at The O2? Sony Europe is currently holding its “PlayStation Day” there, so — oh, wait, never mind; it’s press-only. Apparently, they’ve got a number of upcoming PS3 games playable there. Anyway, the press conference that kicked off the event ended recently, and we’ve got a few juicy morsels of Sony-related information for you, courtesy of Eurogamer’s liveblog.

Up above, you can view the first trailer for EA DICE’s Mirror’s Edge, a first-person action/adventure title. It’s got a female protagonist who reminded me of Jade from Beyond Good & Evil at first glance. I’m worried about running and jumping around a city without being able to see where my feet are (unless I look down), but it certainly looks impressive so far — according to the trailer, it’s all in-game footage.

Unfortunately, there’s also some bad news. Trigger-happy PS3 owners will be sad to hear this: Reeves offhandedly announced that Guerrilla’s highly anticipated FPS, Killzone 2, has been delayed yet again; it will now be out in February 2009. Another PS3 exclusive title that gamers have been waiting for with bated breath is LittleBigPlanet. Sadly, we’re going to have to wait just a tad longer; it’s been pushed back a month into October.

Early on in the show, Reeves introduced Kaz Hirai; he talked about a number of things, including PlayStation Home. He stressed that he would not release the Second Life-esque online world until he’s “completely happy with it.” Apparently, Home will be “open to the public towards the end of the year” — I just hope he’s talking about the full product as opposed to a public beta.

Hit the jump for more.

[Via Eurogamer — thanks, wardrox!]

[Update: As a clarification, there’s no official word yet on whether the LittleBigPlanet delay applies to Europe only, or is a worldwide delay. For now, we’re just going to assume that it’s being delayed in Europe alone.]

Reeves also brought out Insomniac’s Ted Price, who gave an in-depth discussion of the multiplayer component (60 players!!!1!) of Resistance 2. The idea, he says, is to create smaller, more intense pitched skirmishes within the larger scope of the battlefield. MyResistance.net will also be upgraded with “the kind of social features you'll find in sites like Facebook.” Next up was Paul Hollywood, the creative director of MotorStorm 2, who hyped up that game pretty well. For a link to the first screens of the game that aren’t scans from a magazine, as well as an interview with the game’s director, hit up Nick’s post from earlier today.

Here’s one last intriguing bit: Reeves announced that more PS3s have been sold in Europe than 360s, which is pretty impressive when you consider the fifteen-month head start that Microsoft’s machine had. As for the delays, they’re sad to hear about, but as Dtoid tipster extraordinaire Joe Burling puts it, “I always welcome a delay if that means it will be a better game.” What do you guys think?



45 COMMENTS, LATEST BY Demtor
I can't wait to see what other environments they bust out in that game! I doubt the entire thing is based on roof tops... though that would be an interesting way to go, it would get old after a f... -    view discussion




There are 45 comments about this post:
mistic's Avatar
wow man that video looka unbelievably awesome I can't wait to give that a go! it looks so frigging sweet! ( and she's HOT! )
jpitner's Avatar
You really like that "bated breath" line don't you Samit? lol
Drksan's Avatar
It looks pretty damn good. At first I was like "no way this is really in-game".
13thDragon's Avatar
It's probably like Assassin's Creeds free run system, i.e. you probably just hold down a button and the game does everything for you automatically. But, it does look pretty damn cool.
ceark's Avatar
I don't mind delays either. delayed games will come out eventually. it's not like we're decrepit old men with only a few years left to live.

mirror's edge looks fantastic. on a technical aspect, it's actually not that much different then alot of other current gen games. It only looks more amazing due to it's fantastic art direction (the shading is alot of baked ambient occlusion maps, which is visually obvious and pleasing on all the simple whites and saturated surfaces).

and on the ps3 selling more, I guess Europeans are just smarter at investing their money in reliable hardware. american culture has too of the "things are disposable" mentality.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
@jpitner: Yes. Yes I do.

@13thDragon: It would have to work in a manner similar to that, because all this parkour stuff is going to be impossible if you can’t see your body (i.e., without a third-person viewpoint).

@ceark: Uh...baked ambient occlusion maps FTW! Also, from what I understand, the PlayStation brand has always been very strong in Europe, and the PS3 is something of a status symbol — I’m sure those two things have a lot to do with the console’s success in that region.
Matthew Blake's Avatar
Freaking awesome trailer- can I get a "Hells ya!"?

...Please?
ElfShotTheFood's Avatar
Killzone 2 would probably be out already if they'd stop making phony trailers and screenshots for it.
Genfuyung's Avatar
Wow mirrors edge looks great in motion. Im surprised how fluid it looks.
Reaprar's Avatar
I somewhat doubt how much of that is in-game.
jpitner's Avatar
Dang, Genfu, I always watch your avatar for 5 runthroughs or so every time I see a post of yours lol
wardrox's Avatar
Mirror’s Edge looks like the sex. Impressive it's all in-game.
Tash's Avatar
Mirror's edge looks pretty sweet. Hooray for blue skies! Liked the music too.
Corak's Avatar
Killzone delayed again huh. I was looking forward to it somewhat but I guess I'll have to wait longer now. Also boo on the LBP delay, but a month isn't that bad as long as they get it right.
loki d20's Avatar
Dislike due to first-person perspective. The game itself looks like a more open-world, simpler idea I've had for designing a Jacki Chan stunt game that utilizes world objects in many ways to defeat or escape various opponents. The sliding, climbing, wall jumping, balancing stuff is spot on for that type of game, but first-person view just ruins it completely for me.
loki d20's Avatar
Oh, and I'm guessing that the color is coordinated with a button for performing the action needed, so some later puzzles might require switching quickly between yellow, red, blue, and green to perform certain stunts.
liquidninja's Avatar
Mirrors Edge looks beautiful and I always though it'd be cool to learn Parkour. But I have too many memories of games that look really good but then for one reason or another they blow elephant balls.
Tiff's Avatar
I call dibs on the Faith halloween cosplay this year. I already have her haircut, just need a few tattoos and some cargo pants! She's like the AZN Leeloo.
13thDragon's Avatar
@loki d20

Huh, I didn't even notice the colors the first time I watched it. Your idea does make a lot of sense, that's probably what it is. On "red" objects, press B, etc.
mabman's Avatar
that actually looks fun
wonky360's Avatar
Looks nice, it amazes me though that more sony exclusive titles are slipping, sure this looks good but it will be on the xbox too.
PS3 needs EXCLUSIVES.
ironmanrules1333's Avatar
god that looks awesome but wtf's up with the main character?
She like she was taped together from a bunch of character designs.
Dexter345's Avatar
Mirror's Edge looks totally rad.
brainderailment's Avatar
I knew that KZ2 Was delayed when they failed to list it in their "big lineups" comments regarding console sales numbers.

Mirrors edge looks cool, but I doubt it'll hook me considering all the buildings you cross looks like a single path must be taken and I don't like that much linearity.

Good EU sales ftw.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
@Tiff: Sounds sweet...though I wouldn’t mind seeing a Leeloo cosplay from you, either ;)
Sharpless's Avatar
I've always wanted to have a Tiff sim.
Christina Faith Winterburn's Avatar
FAITH! FAITH! FAITH! BEST NAME EVARRRRR!

I love DICE. They have the best writer ever. :)
king3vbo's Avatar
Mirrors Edge looks unbelievable
Corak's Avatar
Wow just watched that vid, definatly looks like fun. Doesn't look like anything I'd be totally into, but just from a graphical standpoint it looks amazing. Who knows, will definatly have to keep watch on this one.
Narishma's Avatar
I think they delayed Killzone 2 to avoid it competing with their other FPS Resistance 2.
Heretic's Avatar
Killzone 2 is highly anticipated? Really? Has anyone played Killzone 1 before?
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Narishma has the right idea.
Drift64's Avatar
WOW, finally DICE makes something that is not Battlefield...
T0mmyB0yW90's Avatar
Anyone know what the music is? sounds sweet
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
It doesnt surprise me that they have sold more ps3's than 360's. Europe has always been very loyal to sony. It would be interesting to see it broken up by region and see how the united kingdom in particular differs from the rest of europe.

Mirrors Edge looks interesting though i will reserve my judgement until we have some hands on impressions. It may look nice but is it fun? A female protaganist is good if she is more like Jade from BG&E rather than tits with a gun. Hmm, actually a tits with gun game might be quite good. They could use the new Unreal meatcube physics engine.

I don't think many people would argue that late good games are not better than early crap games. No matter how excited you are for a games release there will always be plenty of stuff to play in the mean time.

I guess there has to be a limit though. At one point you have to consider the game to be what it is and ship it rather than constantly fixing every minute detail that in turn makes very little impact on the enjoyment of the game (this refers to those perfectionist developers that want to the game to be EXACTLY like their mental image). It's tough though because sometimes those little things make all the difference. Hmm, i can how sometimes it can be a tough decision, deciding to delay a game.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
*see how
RaiRed's Avatar
Never seen Mirror's Edge before, but that blew me away.
Sharpless's Avatar
@Heretic
I'm pretty sure that, largely, the only people who are truly anticipating Killzone 2 are hardcore Sony fanboys. It just looks like a generic shooter, at this point. Pretty, but generic. If I were them, I'd be more apt to keep an eye on Haze.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Mirror's Edge looks like it could be something special. It could also be a tech demo though. In my experience, a game with action that fluid and beautiful in a trailer is never that fluid and beautiful when you have a controller in your hand. That said, it looks like it's got style, and the music was f'n beautiful. Looking forward to seeing more.

As for Killzone, pfeh. I don't know why they're pretending it's that exciting, when the original game does not have the kind of pedigree to justify it. The ridiculous delays (this was announced before the PS3 was anywhere near released) do not inspire me with confidence.

The PS3 outselling the 360, however, is impressive, if a little predictable. We love our Sony products here in Europe, and I think Sony deserves it after not fucking us over with region locks and having a platform with a lot more timely Euro releases than before. Good stuff.
Kayka's Avatar
Hey guys, I just creamed my pants.
Jakysan's Avatar
That.. was awesome. I want to play that game RIGHT NOW! Oh and the 'female protagonist' is so hot.. want to touch the hiney.
Sharpless's Avatar
@Jim Sterling
Let's not forget, the Half-Life 2 games are also all tech demos. It's not always a bad thing.
Kapkomi's Avatar
I got chills when watching that trailer

I pray that this game doesn't end up being first person Assassin's Creed
Wedge's Avatar
Seriously. Please be everything Assassin's Creed couldn't be.
Demtor's Avatar
I can't wait to see what other environments they bust out in that game! I doubt the entire thing is based on roof tops... though that would be an interesting way to go, it would get old after a few hours of play.

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