Unlike last year, we will not be live blogging Sony’s Press Conference. Frankly, we don’t see the point seeing as half the gaming community will be doing it for us. Instead, be sure to check out XTREME PS3 throughout the day on the major announcements coming straight from the Expo. If you are interested in checking out a live blog, check out the links below.
The E3 trailer of Metal Gear Solid Rising has been released by Kojima Productions. The title was announced exactly a year ago at Microsoft’s E3 2009 Press Conference. Check out the video below which shows the first gameplay footage of the game as well as displayed the game’s primary gameplay mechanic where the player can literally ‘cut anything’. Raiden was shown cutting enemies, walls, vehicles and watermelons.
For those of you that haven’t seen it already, check out the brand spanking new DC Universe Online trailer. Developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), DC Universe Online is a MMORPG set in the DC Universe. SOE is working to make DC Universe Online more interactive than standard MMORPGs, while trying to keep key elements of RPGs, which include a leveling system, raid instances, endgame progression and inventories.
Find out when Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are having their press conference this week below. Microsoft will be the first company to have their press conference later today followed by Nintendo and Sony on Tuesday. You can watch the press conferences online, with a number of websites streaming live – details below.
The US PlayStation Website suggests that new hardware will be revealed at E3 this week. The website states, “The E3 expo is coming! Meet us here to find out what awesome PlayStation games and hardware are being revealed.” In addition, CVG has learned that Sony is set to reveal two new PS3 SKUs this week which will come bundled with the Move motion controller.
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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.
