Official PS3 E3 Press Release For Third-Party Game Line Up

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) held its annual press conference today at the E3 Media & Business Summit, making a series of announcements that demonstrated the strength and innovation of the PlayStation® family of products.

PlayStation fans will have further reason to get excited about growing their game libraries as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and industry veterans Epic Games announced a multi-stage agreement.

As a result of the agreement, Midway and Epic Games will make the platform debut of Unreal Tournament 3 exclusively on PS3 this fall.

"The raw power of PS3 and Unreal Engine 3 allow us to provide gamers the full Unreal Tournament 3 first-person shooter experience normally found only on a PC," said Mark Rein, Vice President, Epic Games. "The PS3 is the ideal platform for us to deliver stunning visuals and awesome gameplay.

Also, releasing this fall, legendary PlayStation development team Free Radical Design and leading publisher Ubisoft have teamed up to deliver the mind-altering, technologically superior game HAZE exclusively for PS3 this holiday season.

Set for a simultaneous worldwide launch in early 2008 exclusively on PS3, a new trailer for Metal Gear Solid ® 4: Guns of the Patriots also was unveiled during the press conference.