E3 2012: Sony Press Conference Wrap Up

Everything you need to know from Sony’s E3 2012 press conference today. SCEE of America head Jack Tretton taook to the stage.

 “Every announcement and everything that is said will be scrutinised.”

The Last Of Us

• Has been a very highly anticipated game & now that we’ve got our hands on some gameplay, it looks awesome cannot wait! The gameplay looks fun, graphics look beautiful and the game seems well scripted

Beyond : Two Souls

• Being developed by Quantic Dream, the same developers who made ‘Heavy Rain.’
• Female character ‘Jodie’ is played by Ellen Page.
• You’ll play through a story that follows her over 15 years of her life. “You’ll go through happy and difficult times,” said a Quantic Dream representative.

God Of War: Ascension

• Release date 12 March 2013.
• Kratos is looking more bad ass than ever!

PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale

• Also be available on Vita. The PS3 & PS Vita copies are both cross-play & cross-save compatible.
• Two newly revealed characters are: Nathan Drake & Big Daddy.
• Available Christmas 2012.

PlayStation Plus

• North Americans get 12 more games this month.
• PSone Classics coming to Vita – Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy VII and more.

Call of Duty: Declassified

• Call of Duty: Declassified being built for the PS Vita from the ground up – coming to PS Vita Christmas 2012.

Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation

• AC III: Liberation built from the ground up for the PS Vita.
• “First EVER female Assassin.”
• You’ll be able to unlock items in Liberation using your ACIII save.
• New bundle pack will be available with a Crystal-White PS Vita and 4GB of memory, plus Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation.

Assassin’s Creed III

Gameplay for AC III was first revealed during the Ubisoft press conference but a few extra gameplay scenes were shown during the Playstation conference.

• You’ll control a ship on the high seas.
• A bundle pack with a copy of ACIII, the game, & DLC exclusive to PS3.

Far Cry 3

• Four -player co-op has been confirmed for Far Cry 3.
• Game will also feature a map editor
• Free exclusive DLC  for the PS3 gamers will be attached to Far Cry 3.

Wonderbook

• The book peripheral gets an  augmented reality layer placed over its TV image.
• Diggs Nightcrawler one of the first titles for Wonderbook.
• Book of Spells is the first Wonderbook, and by J K Rowling
• You’ll use the Move wand as your magic wand as you read.
• It doesn’t seem to work extremely well; the live demo had far more hiccups than expected.
• Wonderbook is coming in Q3.

PlayStation Suite

• Available for Android smartphones & tablets.
• HTC has become the first partner in the PlayStation Certified program. (First Certified phone – ‘HTC One’)
• Officially, the PlayStation Suite has been renamed PlayStation Mobile.