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Sony's annual press conference at the E3 unveiled a
line-up of PlayStation content for PlayStation Vita and
PlayStation 3 systems, new products that leverage the
motion control features of the PlayStation Move, an
enhancement to the PlayStation Plus membership program,
and a partnership with HTC to support PlayStation
Mobile.
PlayStation Vita
Starting on October 30th, the Assassin's Creed III
Liberation PS Vita Bundle will be available featuring a
white PS Vita Wi-Fi system, 4GB Memory Card and
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III Liberation game on a PS
Vita game card.
SCEA showcased a collection of software titles developed
exclusively for the PS Vita system. Featured titles
including Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, LittleBigPlanet,
and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
For the first time in the franchise's 10 year history,
fans can now take Sly Cooper with them outside of the
home via Cross-Save functionality. With this
interoperable compatibility between the PS3 and PS Vita
systems, users can save their progress and take their
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time campaign on the road to
continue.
Also making use of PS Vita's feature set,
LittleBigPlanet allows users to Play, Create and Share
like never before with the system?s front touch screen
and rear touch pad, tilt capabilities, microphone, and
its front and rear cameras in this new mobile adventure
for Sackboy.
Finally, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale brings
together first and third party PlayStation
characters for the first time in a classic brawler that
allows players to take their PS Vita system and battle
PS3 gamers in real time through the title's Cross-Play
functionality.
This is part of Sony's plans to bolster
the Vita's use with PlayStation 3 consoles by making use
of its front and back touch screens and giving different
players different perspectives in the same game. The
"PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale" allows PS Vita
players to fight PlayStation 3 players over the Internet
in real time. The use of a second screen with a
controller mimics plans by Nintendo to sell a
tablet-like touchscreen controller with its Wii U, which
is expected to launch later this year. It also resembles
Microsoft's SmartGlass feature, unveiled earlier Monday,
which makes use of smartphones to control video content.
The Cross-Goods functionality allows users to enjoy
various content such as purchased downloaded content and
user generated content on both PS3 and PS Vita by
transferring to other platform, by sharing between both
platforms, or by other ways.
The Remote Play feature allows PS Vita users to remotely
access their PS3 to enjoy content including games and
videos.
Adding to this selection of games, SCEA featured a
collection of PS Vita titles that will be available
including Sound Shapes, Smart As, Soul Sacrifice,
PulzAR, and Table Top Tanks, and also announced that
PlayStation one Classics will be supported on PS Vita
following a system software update, scheduled for this
summer.
PlayStation 3
Expanding the PS3 system's catalog of games, SCEA
presented a selection of new entries from fan-favorite
series featuring full stereoscopic 3D support including
God of War: Ascension and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.
PS3 owners can also look forward to exclusive AAA
content in the form of BEYOND: Two Souls, The Last of
Us, LittleBigPlanet Karting and PlayStation All-Stars
Battle Royale, along with unique PlayStation Network and
indie games, including Sound Shapes, When Vikings
Attack, Journey Collection, and The Unfinished Swan.
Additionally, LittleBigPlanet 2 will be debuting its
cross-control functionality that will allow players to
experience the game in a brand new way. LittleBigPlanet
2 owners can now use the PS Vita system as an enhanced
controller for the PS3 system, enabling them to Play,
Create and Share with their PS3 and PS Vita systems at
home together.
SCEA also announced the availability of the Assassin's
Creed III PlayStation 3 bundle at major retailers across
the U.S. this October, which brings together the PS3
system with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III game on
Blu-ray disc.
Jack Tretton, the president and CEO of Sony Computer
Entertainment America, suggested it may be a few more
years before a new PlayStation console is due. He told a
packed Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena that Sony's
6-year-old machine "continues to shatter expectations"
and called it "the industry's most powerful palate" for
game-makers.
PlayStation Move
In addition to new software lineup, SCE today announced
Wonderbook: Book of Spells, the first title that uses
Wonderbook, the new PS3 peripheral to incorporate
augmented reality as a unique way to tell and share
stories for children and families.
The first product from Sony's partnership with
Pottermore, Book of Spells brings wizardry to life,
featuring exclusive content written by J.K. Rowling and
introducing players to the Harry Potter universe using
the PlayStation Move (PS Move) and the PlayStation Eye
camera.
SCE also unveiled the upcoming availability of the
PlayStation Move Racing Wheel, a new peripheral for PS3
that will work with the PS Move motion controller. The
PlayStation Move Racing Wheel features folding
motorcycle handlebars with twist grip throttle, fast
access paddle shifters, and enhanced vibration feedback.
Available this Fall for $39.99 (MSRP), the PlayStation
Move Racing Wheel will support recently announced titles
such as LittleBigPlanet Karting in addition to PS3
favorites like MotorStorm Apocalypse, Gran Turismo 5,
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Burnout Paradise and many
more.
Moreover, SCEA featured Sports Champions 2, the sequel
to the PS Move title Sports Champions, which features
six pulse-pounding events, including five new games and
an update to the fan-favorite Archery event from the
first title.
PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Network announced an enhancement to its
PlayStation Plus premium membership, providing consumers
with an instant game collection for less than $5 a
month. As of June 5th at 2:00pm PT, titles like Ratchet
& Clank: All 4 One, inFAMOUS 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, and
many more from first-and-third party partners, will be
part of a library of games instantly available to
PlayStation Plus members.
PlayStation Plus can be purchased through PlayStation
Store on the PS3 system by clicking on the PlayStation
Plus category. One-year memberships are available for
$49.99 (MSRP) and three-month memberships cost just
$17.99 (MSRP).
HTC Partnership for PlayStation Mobile
SCE also announced HTC will join the PlayStation
Certified license program. By collaborating with HTC, a
global designer of smartphones, SCE aims to deliver the
PlayStation experience to even more users around the
world.
In addition to third party developers and publishers as
well as a wide range of content developers who have
agreed to develop content for PlayStation Suite, SCE
Worldwide Studios is developing attractive games.
SCE plans to grow the world of PlayStation across mobile
devices with the progress of content development and the
expansion of PlayStation Certified devices. In
conjunction with this development, SCE will rename
PlayStation Suite to PlayStation Mobile, and position it
as a new platform.
AT E3, Sony also announced a milestone for the God of
War franchise - the award-winning series has now
surpassed 21 million units sold as of May 30, 2012. |
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