GamesCom Megathread -- GT5 Playable!!! -- Firmware 3 to be announced???

[mobius387]

GamesCom
August 19-23
Cologne, Germany​

Sony's Confirmed Lineup:

* Heavy Rain
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
* God of War III
* MAG
* EyePet
* Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time
* SingStar
* Buzz!
* White Knight Chronicles
* DC Universe

You’ll be seeing the following for PSP:

* Gran Turismo
* Invizimals
* MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
* LittleBigPlanet
* Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
* SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3

Services and others confirmed are:

* “Lots of PlayStation Network games,” including Gravity Crash
* VidZone
* PlayStation Home
* PSP go

Namco line-up (PS3 only):
Tekken 6 (Playstation 3)
Dragon Ball: Rising Blast (Playstation 3)
Katamari Forever (Playstation 3)

Capcom Line-up (PS3 only):
Dark Void
Lost Planet 2
MotoGP 09/10

Square Enix Line-up
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIV
Front Mission Evolved
Mini Ninjas
Nier

EA's Line-up
APB
Army of Two: The 40th Day
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Brutal Legend
Command & Conquer 4
Crysis 2
Dante's Inferno
Dead Space Extraction
Dragon Age: Origins
FIFA 10
Mass Effect 2
MySims Agents
Need for Speed SHIFT
Need for Speed NITRO
NHL
RAGE
The Beatles: Rock Band
The Saboteur
Tiger Woods Online

Activision (PS3 only)
Bakugan
Band Hero
Blur
DJ Hero
Guitar Hero 5
Modern Warfare 2
Tony Hawk RIDE


http://projectgamers.com/2009/08/15/gamescom-2009-line-ups/

 

[mobius387]

Firmware 3 announced at Gamescom???

Not even hours before the anticipated Sony conference at GamesCom Germany, even more suspicions peek from the horizon. At the present time, several sources are reporting that the Playstation Network is down, and will be down for the duration of Sony's 2009 press conference at GamesCom. Coincidence? Sure. Enough food to feed conspiracy theorists for years? Most definitely. Most people will just chalk this up to coincidence, but others have gone rampant in thinking that the outage could be preparing for a major firmware update announcement. It's easy to get excited over the smallest of details, especially when we're just hours away from the event, but you can understand why, I hope.

source: analoghype.com/playstation-3/news/ps3-firmware-3-announced-at-gamescom/

 

[mobius387]

Cologne 2009: Dante’s Inferno dated

EA’s Dante’s Inferno will launch Febuary 9th 2010 in the US and Febuary 12th 2010 in the EU, a similar timeframe to the provisional date for it’s rival God of War III which launches March 2010.

EA showcased the 6th circle of Hell at GC and a new ‘Richeousness’ feature, where you can choose to either absolve or punish the souls you find as you descend through Hell.

source: goonlinegames.net/2009/08/18/cologne-2009-dantes-inferno-dated/

 

[DaMexiRican]

Thx for the updates Airmax. Keep em coming!

 

[mobius387]

sorry guys, no live video feed. but i am watching it on the playstation blog via written updates. i will post new info as it comes (only the good stuff tho). the whole conference will be posted on home, however, shortly after it finishes

 

[mobius387]

Live updates from the playstation blog:

via Jem Alexander

FOR FASTER UPDATES, CHECK OUT THE PG WEBSITE: http://projectgamers.com/2009/08/18/sonys-2009-gamescom-convention/ refresh continuously as I will post them as I read them

• House has just announced Firmware 3.0 -- animated themes, a What's New section and some other great interface changes.
  
• There will also be direct links to various TV services on the XMB -- for example, iPlayer in the UK (for those interested, the battery meter has been moved in Firmware 3.0)
  
• PSN cards are also coming! We see 50 euro and 20 euro versions. They'll be available in September
  
• Digital Comics will be available — hundreds at launch. “Biggest names in the comics world (including Marvel” Graphic Novels, Indie comics and local comics too: Spider Man, X-Men, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Tho. “More publishers to be announced soon…”
  
• Loco Roco Midnight Carnival and Eye of Judgement PSP are playable here on the show floor.
  
• We’re announcing Minis. Smaller games, taking advantage of the smaller development cost on the PSP. These will be exclusive to the PSN Store and will have a 100MB size limit.
  
• 15 new games available at launch on 1st October. 50 titles coming in 2009. Tetris and Fieldrunners, are two examples. Also spotted Hero of Sparta and MiniGore.
  
• To celebrate the launch of PSP Go, people who register their Gos between the 1st and the 10th of October will get a free digital copy of GT PSP.
  
• EyePet will be retailing for just under 50 euros and will be bundled with the PlayStation Eye.
  
• New Uncharted 2 trailer??? From Jem Alexander "You guys are going to love this trailer."
  
• New Heavy Rain character introduced; trailer shown; "Heavy Rain is not based on repetitive patterns and violence -- hoping for it to be a milestone in this new industry direction."
  
• Motion Controllers will be fully shown at TGS later this year. Until then, a "developer's update" to whet our appetite. There are some great examples of upcoming motion controller content being shown off. Everything from party games, to adventure games, to toys

NEW PS3 SLIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will be available for 299 euros, 299 dollars and 29,980 yen, also price drop announced on all current PS3's active immediately.

 

[jefXfree]

SingStar Space coming to Home

17:59
Jem Alexander:
Includes a music quiz, a video jukeboz, an interactive dance floor and "more to come..."
17:59
Jem Alexander:
In fact, SingStar is coming to Home. Andrew House is showing us the new space.

 

[jefXfree]

Audi Space in Home

18:00
Jem Alexander: Audi's also bringing some stuff to Home in September, with a full Audi space coming before the end of the year.

 

[jefXfree]

VidZone is being expanded

18:05
Jem Alexander: The news keeps coming! VidZone is being expanded to new territories across Europe later this year

 

[jefXfree]

New Digital Reader

18:12
Jem Alexander: The Digital Reader isn't just comics, though -- more on that at a later date.
18:12
Jem Alexander:
"More publishers to be announced soon..."
18:11
Jem Alexander: Spider Man, X-Men, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Thor
18:10
Jem Alexander:
Now we're seeing the service in action.
18:10
Jem Alexander: He's talking up Marvel's legacy. They've made a LOT of comics.
18:09
Jem Alexander: (But who knows, I could be wrong!)
18:09
Jem Alexander: He's from Marvel, and I'm fairly sure he's no relation of Jeff's.
18:09
Jem Alexander: Ira Rubenstein now takes the stage to discuss the Digital Comics service
18:08
Jem Alexander:
Graphic Novels, Indie comics and local comics too
18:08
Jem Alexander: Digital Comics will be available -- hundreds at launch. "Biggest names in the comics world (including Marvel"
18:07
Jem Alexander: Now Andrew House is introducing the Digital Reader -- coming to US and EU in December.

 

[jefXfree]

Minis (small PSP games)

18:16
Jem Alexander:
Also spotted Hero of Sparta and MiniGore.
18:15
Jem Alexander:
Tetris and Fieldrunners, are two examples.
18:15
Jem Alexander:
15 new games available at launch on 1st October. 50 titles coming in 2009.
18:14
Jem Alexander: These will be exclusive to the PSN Store and will have a 100MB size limit.
18:14
Jem Alexander: We're announcing Minis. Smaller games, taking advantage of the smaller development cost on the PSP.

 

[Wreck]

good sh!t

 

[mobius387]

here it comes!!!!!!!!

PS3 SLIM UNVEILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dboy99]

wow sony killing it right now slimp price cut and new psn stuff omg. dont call it a comeback they been here for years rockign there pears ans leaving suckers in fear making the the tears rain down like a monsune.