Sony Online Entertainment’s title, The Agency, has been talked about for a long time now but not much footage has been released. Sony has announcements planned for the game this week at E3, and they’ve also released a new trailer. The PlayStation Exclusive title looks more polished in the new trailer, which you can check out below.
It’s trailer galore this weekend with yet another new game trailer. This time, Zipper Interactive has released a new trailer of SOCOM Special Forces, featuring the first gameplay footage for the title. In the trailer you’re going to see first hand the new features we’re bringing to the SOCOM series, including destructible environments, dynamic cover and an all-new tactical AI system.
A new patch for Red Dead Redemption is now available to download. The automatic update fixes various gameplay issues and connection problems with the title, and a complete changelog can be found below. Rockstar has also confirmed that a new playlist has also been added by popular demand: Hardcore Free Roam supporting only expert aim.
Sony and Guerrilla Games have released the first gameplay trailer for Killzone 3, make completely out of in-game footage, taken from the game’s fourth mission, called “Frozen Shores.” Killzone 3 will take you to dangerous new corners of the Helghast home planet, and reveal that its environments are far more diverse than ISA Command had previously believed.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s CEO has admitted that the PSPgo wasn’t exactly what consumers were looking for, and implied that it was a grand experiment aimed at determining what, in fact, they are looking for. Analysts in the industry predict that digital content would eventually replace physical media (like Blu-ray discs), and this was an attempt by Sony to see if it would work.
E3 2010 kicks of this week and Sony has already unveiled some of the biggest upcoming games ahead of the Press Conference, including Dead Nation, MotorStorm Apocalypse, inFAMOUS 2, Killzone 3, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, LittleBigPlanet 2, and more. Sony has also released a new trailer for Gran Turismo 5, which was shown on GameTrailers and Spike TV a few days ago.
Now that 3D gaming is available on the PlayStation 3, the next step for Sony is to enable 3D Blu-ray movie compatibility. As announced by Sony earlier, the PlayStation 3 will require another firmware update to enable 3D Blu-ray playback, which has now been scheduled for September.
At E3 next week, Sony is set to officially announce the premium PlayStation Network service. The service will cost lest than £50 a year, and will be called PSN+. The service is said to feature a streaming music application that’s similar to Spotify which can run in the background while playing games, as well as the option to offer subscribers one free PSN title from a choice of “two to four” every month.
Sony’s first set of 3D games – dubbed the ‘stereoscopic collection’ – is now available to download from the PlayStation Store, including titles like WipEout HD and Super Stardust HD. In a interview with CVG, UK PlayStation boss Ray Maguire confirmed that majority of first-party games will be 3D in the future.
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Super Stardust HD was originally at full HD resolution was it was released a few years ago, running at full 1080p resolution. With the 3D update, running the game in 3D mode only runs at 720p but at a whopping 120fps (60fps per eye). Luckily, full HD resolution is retained on a normal HDTV.
