Two 'huge' Sony announcements coming tomorrow

GamerZines writes:

Whilst E3 may not be kicking off until Sunday night, it would seem that Sony are set to make two 'huge' announcements tomorrow.

[Godmars290]

Sorry, but what day is "tomorrow?"

Just saying, what's someone who reads this two days from now going to think?

[MaideninBlack]

lol

[the-show-stopper]

their not trying to keep secrets
thier purposely revealing these titles to gardner all the attention
besides now nobody is expecting them to surprise so if they do go for a surprise its gonna be 10x bigger then if they didnt announce these titles

[WildArmed]

I'm betting on a firmware update.
They do that often.. announce the features of the fw with a video before hand.
And maybe something else along with it?
GT5 release Date?! lol

Either way, the weekend is gonna be exciting.. and next week is gonna be a blast!

[Hideo_Kojima]

just announce the games and not show anything until E3...

[WildArmed]

Just cause they announced the game b4 E3 doesn't mean they can't show badass gameplay.

Why do i have to keep reminding people of Uncharted 2 in action last E3.
It kicked ass! even though people KNEW it was coming, when they saw it in action.

The crowd just died xD

[Conloles]

A game with Wii support probably.

[Cajun Chicken]

Well, it should be Saturday. It is in the UK anyhow.

[MexicanAppleThief]

It's friday in the UK. Not saturday....

[Marceles]

that's what Cajun said, the day of "tomorrow" is Saturday in the UK

[Cajun Chicken]

No no, I mean tomorrow, probably typed in the wrong tense. I was replying to #1.

[WhittO]

lol no, its Saturday tomorrow, wow some people on here don't even know what comes after Friday in the week!

[jack_burt0n]

look all i know is its the day before e3 starts f**k what its called :P and 2nd day of world cup

@hungphat

that was some awesome stuff right there

[MexicanAppleThief]

Wait lol my fault lol, I thought Cajun was trying to say that today was saturday, but he was replying to Godmars290.

[rezzah]

All this is confusing ^

[danfry]

Errm, it's Saturday now in the UK... 04:01 Saturday morning. But yesterday (when your posts were posted) it was Friday. E3 Officially starts on Sunday, which is now tomorrow.

[deadreckoning666]

PSN Premium and price drop

"Wow Sony might win e3 even before it started (:"

OH MAN! There giving out trophies this year!? When did the E3 committee announce this?

[HungPHAT]

Don't say that ! The little MS guys might cry , there used to buying the Win Opps I mean suprising up with new IP's ! Oh I know how there going to win ! Exclusive gamer pics !!!! Whooooo I'll run right out to Best Buy right now BAMMMMMMM

[hamoor]

MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS??? And e3 is not here yet!!!
Wow Sony might win e3 even before it started (:

[morganfell]

Sony did win and so did we...the day they launched the PS3.

[blumatt]

PS2 Classics and PSP2! Boom to the power of Boom! lol And you can play PS2 classics and PS1 classics on the PSP2. That would be insane! GTA San Andreas on a portable system!

[sikbeta]

Something Awesome Like that Must Be on The E3 and not before, same with PS2 Games on PSN, PSN Premium, New IPs and new price-tags or Models of Current Gaming Devices...

[ChronoJoe]

The article is dated, it's not without context.

Not to mention that this article will sink by the time whatever Sony have up there sleeve is announced.

[PoSTedUP]

sony must be over loaded with awesomeness, much more then Microsoft and Nintendo it seems. hey they ARE sony after all and they DID dominate 2 generations in a row, i expect nothing less from them, they really are an amazingly talented company

dun care what they have in store, i just want my GT5!!!! a PSP2 would be cool though : D

[sinncross]

I'm excited to see what e3 brings for Sony. With all these new software announcements they must have something to surprise us with: they usually have fairly consistent showings at e3.

that said, i hope these 2 'huge' announcements are not overkill... I mean their pre-e3 hype is heavily in their favour as it stands: no need to overkill it with e3 around the corner.

oh well, cant wait to see what these are :D

[princejb134]

mayb there announcing all these games now because they have so many titles to announce E3 aint long enough for their presentation

[NYPunk88]

they'll look at the date on the article and make the correct assumption? Holy shit I'm excited! Are you excited! woo-haaa!

[vhero]

Well I know they saving the PS2 announcement for E3 :p

[notmushroom]

Saturday by the sound of it.

[RayRay36]

Either Sonys E3 is going to be like the Christmas day where you opened all your presents on Christmas Eve, & your really disappoitned you opened'em. Or its going to be one hell of a fuc*in E3. Has anything like this happened before? All these big announcements right before E3. I really dont get it.

[Death2494]

control to make any success Natal has at it's pre-E3 show, look mediocre. It's strategic warfare at it's best. Right now, all we're talking about is Sony and all their big game announcements. But there is a chance of this backfiring though, because if they only show us things they've already announced then it's going to be just as you stated. But it would be foolish to think Microsoft didn't have something amazing up their sleeves with Natal. It's also a rumor buzzing around about a Hulu exclusive deal. I would call this the relaunching E3, simply because Sony and Microsoft both, seem to be relaunching their systems.

[jack_burt0n]

Yeah the Microsoft version is to record their show and broadcast it on mtv while the Sony conference is happening.

Not very subtle but effective warfare.

@chrono
So why are Microsoft doing it then... by chance?... not a day later or two hours after the show or after the sony show or after their own conference?

Its not true most gamers watch all three shows no matter what consoles they own average consumers dont care but reception is important for word of mouth.

[ChronoJoe]

@jackburton what use is that, the average consumer won't watch E3 anyway, post E3 media coverage and marketing influences sales and hype, not the E3 presentation itself.

[jaredhart]

Can't wait to hear their announcements during E3!

[Focker420]

I think Sony are going to put me into a coma before E3 even starts. I'm still in shock from the last 5 announcements. What could they possibly have next??

[Cloudberry]

A new game / IP?

A sequel?

PS : Hi everyone. This is my first post in N4G. : )

[R2D2]

I took one of your bubbles and gave you a disagree because thats what N4G is all about.

Just kidding - I did not give you that disagree by the way. : )

Edit: Never played any of the Yakuza games but I've herd good thing about the game so I will pick them up over the weekend - do you think I should pick up Yakuza 1,2,3 or if just one, which one do you reccomned? I loved Shenmue - is Yakuza any thing like that game?

[Cloudberry]

I have actually viewed N4G for a long time.

I don't know why, but today is the day I finally join in this site.

One of the reason is, for Yakuza 4 info & "advertising", lol.

+

I don't care about the "Agree" & "Disagree" system anyway.

EDIT : I am a Yakuza series fan.

Just look at my avatar! Lol.

If anyone have any questions about Yakuza 3 & future Yakuza 4, I would be glad to help.

[ChronoJoe]

Get Y3, it includes all the cutscenes from Y1 and Y2 so you can catch up if you wish to, Y3s story doesn't really relate significantly to previous iterations either, so it's a good one to pick up the series with.

[Cloudberry]

"do you think I should pick up Yakuza 1,2,3 or if just one, which one do you reccomned?"

If you still have a healthy PS2, I could recommended to rent / try Yakuza 1 & 2 first.

And download the Yakuza 3 demo via PSN.

"I loved Shenmue - is Yakuza any thing like that game?"

Yakuza series is the spiritual successor of Shenmue series. : )

If you love Shenmue, you have higher chance to like Yakuza series.

Get it!!!

[The Wood]

that dude on the beach in Yakuza 3 keeps effin me up. I have to buy copious amounts of ramen just so i can get thru the beating... I stay away from the beaches now........ Please help

.....this is the part where you edit in some wonderful tips....you have about 15 minutes left

[Boody-Bandit]

"I took one of your bubbles and gave you a disagree because thats what N4G is all about."

Welcome to N4G Cloudberry
I gave you a +bubble to offset just the thought of R2D2 taking a bubble away because he is a jeckass! <- quote from Happy Gilmore j/k

E3 is going to be insane. A ton of my friends are going but I couldn't make the trip and now I am kicking myself! I knew it would once the day hit. I am texting with one of them now and I was breaking his balls telling him it's going to suck. I had him going for a bit but ended up telling him he is going to have the time of his life and I am just messing with him because I'm bitter I didn't commit to going with them.

I can't wait for Monday to hit. I know MS is having a press conference Sunday but their main one is Monday I am not expecting any bombs Sunday although anything is possible.

This is the time of the year we can plan out our gaming budgets for the remainder of the year. This year is going to cost me a ton more than the past couple years because I am putting together a new gaming setup, my 4th, just for 3D gaming. I need to get a new display and a few upgrades to my sound system, on top of the dozens of games I am going to purchase.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

but you are wrong... lol

Sony will announce two new hardware sku's. a 250GB at $299 price and 500GB at $399

[R2D2]

I already own 2 PS3's but my bathroom can use one - if true then I will be sh!tting and gaming at the same time.

At Jolly, thanks for the info. I am not much of a tech guy so can you answer some questions -

1.Is it hard to install a bigger hard drive on the PS3 - any programing or opening of the PS3 required?

2. I have a PS3 fat and a PS3 slim - do I have to buy two diffrent hard drives?

I will google this information later but just wanted a quick response.

[JOLLY1]

I don't get it r2. Why don't you just get another ps3 now and add a 500 gig hd? That is the same thing...

[himdeel]

...but every time you turn on the lights it warps back to where it was last.

[Boody-Bandit]

I think that is why their supply has been limited the past few months.

What I want from Sony is a new bluetooth headset. The one that came with Socom works great but it's uncomfortable. I tried other more expensive headsets but the official Sony one works best for me as far as clarity goes.

I would be awesome if they bundled their headset with a new Move controller but I know that is asking too much.

[jack_burt0n]

Welcome Cloud,

the PS4 is releasing next wednesday they are already at retailers.

[soul899er]

Welcome ^-^

[callahan09]

Welcome to N4G.

[Acquiescence]

It's a good laugh. I like the user who moonlights as Quagmire and hounds all the cosplay stories.

[slave2Dcontroller]

to N4G sir. I gave you a "Disagree" as a welcoming gift. Get use to them. XD

[JoySticksFTW]

Now pick a side and start trolling!

Just throw in the occasional level-headed comment to show your true gamer colors please :)

[TheBand1t]

Cloudberry, run. Run while you still can.

[Cajun Chicken]

Hmm, Studio Liverpool and Cambridge haven't said anything yet. That would be ideal for EU Blog to announce.

[jack_burt0n]

cambridge are doing TV superstars and the Shoot I cant remember if it was all of them but a good few.

edit
Yep that was good stuff and so many incredible IP's have come out of psygnosis and most of the smaller companies doing Move games are splinters of other studios and some ex liverpool and soho.

Would be nice to see some big budget titles coming out of the uk studios. Colony wars!!! Gpolice!!! medievil!!

[Cajun Chicken]

Shame. They should be doing stuff like Medievil again. I mean, did you know that Studio Cambridge used to be Millennium Interactive that made the James Pond series?

[hi2]

plz!

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

doubt it because that would be for US PS Blog, not EU.

[Dragunov]

I hope its not anything move related

[keysy420]

that's all you hear and now there is more. holy sh1t

[Mr Vengeance]

Just had to ask mate. On topic; I think a F/W update is a possibility and the other will probably be a sequel announcement - Starhawk, the getaway or maybe syphon filter. Either way Sony rarely dissapiont, gonna be an awesome week - World Cup and the bedt E3 ever. Go AUSSIES!! Go SONY!!

[silkrevolver]

....aren’t they saving ANYTHING For the conference? I know they are, and it will be sick... but you have to admit... the conference would be even better if they just made it a little longer and they announced Infamous 2, Killzone 3, LBP2 and Motorstorm: Apocalypse all together....

[Pennywise]

No way will everything be revealed. Sony is just flexing their muscles.

[remanutd55]

and thats exactly what i was waiting for sony to do , to put all that in house power to the test , to flex all that muscle that i know they have and with all these recent announcements and with all the new franchises they have created this generation i still think i havent seen the best of them just yet , even though i have played some unique games on the system, im waiting for more , there must be more , its playstation for christ sake , i want more new IPs before this generation is over sony , u can do it

[nikkisixx2]

STARHAWK PLZZZZZZZZZZZ

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Sony have more than 20 Exclusives games for the show.

They can announce more if they want and still having big games to reveal.

[Qui-Gon Jim]

That's how this is starting to sound.

[crapgamer]

Sony must really be planning on taking a lot of time for Move. It's such a way to ruin the build up to E3. They have little to nothing to "Wow" anyone with. They are competing against a Slim 360, Natal, all the 360 exclusives. Possible Portable Xbox, the 3DS, possible Wii HD and all those Wii first party games. Sony is in danger of finishing dead last by the weekend.

[Pennywise]

I am WOWed... How could you not be WOWed? Oh, because your a crapgamer. I get it.

[Mr_Bun]

You would think that with all the trolling you do, you would get better at it. Maybe you should find another career as you seem to be piss-poor at this one

[Blackcanary]

Since when did MS say they are bringing out a Slim 360 who keeps making this stuff up really now.

[USEYOURFIST]

trolls do

[The Iron Sheik]

I love how the slim 360 is already confirmed in 360 fanboys heads but Natal's $150 price tag is "just a rumour".

[KingME]

I don't love how the "slim 360 is already confirmed in 360 fanboys heads but natal's 150 price tag is just rumour"..."IN YOUR HEAD".

Stop generalizing. A broad statement like that could only be taken as fanboy banter.

[vhero]

I agree sheik KingMe he is stating facts leave him alone . The 150$ price tag has been confirmed by a ton of retailers now and the slim is just a guess by 360 lovers who want it to happen. So its not about generalizing here its about facts.

[guitarded77]

LOLOLOL!!! Oh man, that is funny... Oh wait you're serious... LOLOLOLOL!!!! Now back under your bridge silly troll.

[Spydr07]

Crapgamer,
Do me a favor and check Metacritic for all 360 exclusives that have a 90+ score. I think you'll be surprised at what you find. You'll find 3 games. Two are shooters. The only one I'd want is ME.

[zorglub]

@spy : and ME is not even exclusive, I played it... on my PC.

360 = useless console, already dead except in the UK and in the US.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Sony probably is rolling out some price / sku announcements just in time for Fathers day and pre-E3. Probably phasing out the 120GB slim and ushering in the 250GB as its replacement at the same cost.

[Kingdom Come]

Might be related to the GTTV Pre-E3 Show, as it is refering to UK Time and over here it will be Saturday when GTTV go's Live.

[JANF]

E3 Sony's conference will be all on "Move". This E3 will be based on motion control. It suck!

[bjornbear]

of your claim liar.

[Blackcanary]

Sony have a crap load of new IP up there sleeve, its a good time to be a gamer.

With not reallly knowing whats happening with Nintendo and MS i can't wait for E3 all 3 company's are gonna blow us gamers away this year.

[jay2]

The Getaway and 8 days to return?
Or one of them and the new London IP, let's not forget TG3 and 8D were confirmed NOT to be dead, and in the same interview a new IP from London Studios was confirmed (but no info was provided at the time.)

http://playstationlifestyle...

[tiamat5]

Yay,more games. Sony's strategy this E3 is to avalanche the competition with games. All these exclusives plus the multiplats and everything in between is almost ludacris.

[xcroptic]

Its EU Blog right? so my first guess is London Studios, there where a little quiet after Eyepet.. so it might be The Getaway 3 or maybe Eight Days?

[jay2]

Snap, they're making a new IP as well.

[xcroptic]

Im Getting exited as hell! This year E3 is going to be AWESOME!

[BlackIceJoe]

I would love to see Eight Days & the Getaway 3.

Sony did say they would rework on them after they were done with Eyepet & got more stuff in Home. So I would like to see both games. I think Eight Days looked like one awesome co-op game. The Getaway 3 would have been a cool open world game. Plus I think being able to explore an Open World version of London would be pretty neat.

[xcroptic]

Bubbles Up Buddy :)

[silvacrest]

even more announcements just before E3

i really wonder what sony are up to

PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE PSP2, the not knowing is starting to hurt...

[va_bank]

I think a lot of people will be disappointed.

What's SONY up to? Annpuncing the E3 games early to generate buzz and then provide some detailss at E3 while veryone is already hyped for the games. This opposite of previous years where all games were announced at once, detracting from the hype. This time they want all eyes on each game. One week Killzone 3, next Motrostorm 3, etc.

Anyone who is expecting a few BIG reveals, will be disappointed.

[silvacrest]

you have a point

but unless you have proof i will continue to be optimistic

[Bellcross]

if it's another price drop, with rumors floating around about the 360 getting one it's possible.

[zoks310]

And they did it in a way that did not cause a total info black out, all they simply did was reveal their pre e3 lineup before any one else did. This tells me that they saw all the anticipation that lead up to all the leaks from E3 2009 and they decided to capitalize on it for E3 2010.

I love it how Sony got together this year and took total control of the whole Pre-E3 anticipation for their products. We should all give them a hand because they did a great job over the weeks keeping their fans and blogers alike busy for the past month.

[axeblade1]

Lair 2 with Move support, online CO-OP and multiplayer battles. Wishful thinking but that would be cool.

[USEYOURFIST]

sony has improved alot in terms of how they play the media game over the last few years its just such a shame that the USA media follows the xbox so blindly

cant wait for the sony conference but am watching cypress hill when it airs in uk so hopefully i can find a vid download of the whole thing

[va_bank]

It's not "blindly". MANY media outlets are partnered with Microsoft, or subsidiaries of Microsoft partners. It's just business.

[rob6021]

If there was a price drop in store they'd announce it early, so it wouldn't be looking like it was a 'reaction' to Microsoft's imminent price drop at E3.

[frankymv]

Expect Sony to drop several megatons at E3.

[PS360PCROCKS]

More? They've already announced, Motorstorm 3, KZ3, LBP2, Infamous 2 and they have more? wow...

[Optical_Matrix]

Nice. That's definitely UK time. It's 7pm here in the UK now so, the announcements will be tomorrow morning for us and I assume late evening/early morning for you Americans. I wonder what they are. And wtf Sony....save it for E3

[BlackIceJoe]

I would like Tomba 3, Drakan 3, Legend of Dragoon 2 or a new Colony Wars. Any of these games would be awesome announcements for me.

[MurerDk]

New Psn+ and GT5 demo. place: LE MANS car: Sony sponcored Peugeot LMP1 , with live timening so you can race online against live stage time... (DREAMING!!!!)

[rezzah]

I wonder what it could be.

[telekineticmantis]

Ok but where am I supposed to keep my eyes peeled to. The internet, G4, Spike?

[Quagland]

1- "We have run out of announcements for E3"

2- "Sorry."

[Skyreno]

WHAT THE ******* Sony!!!, what the ***** you have for E3 ???

[Bellcross]

It's probably trailers for the games already revealed,Killzone 3,Infamous 2, Motorstorm Apocalypse etc.
which would be sure to cause a lot of noise. :D

[xc7x]

so there is a E3 this year right? we know there is because Microsoft is bringing their circus act (that's what goes on in E3 right?) but Sony announced so many games before E3 that i'm wondering if they just bypass it lol,their conference will have a movie instead haha.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

I don't even know what's going on anymore.

[yojoe26]

Dang. More big announcements from Sony?! Seriously Sony you guys need to chill out. E3 is only four days away. Can't you wait? In reality though I'm excited and I know that Sony knows this business better than anybody else. They know what they're doing. I agree with some of you guys though I don't really want to hear anymore about move. Give me a Starhawk, or Twisted Metal announcement. That'd get me going. Bring it Sony!! We are counting on you to thrash the competition this year and beyond!

[boysenberry]

I really can't wait for E3 now. I hope it's Eight Days and The Getaway. :)

[ForzaGT]

this is starting to get ridiculous, how many games are sony trying to throw at us,

hope its Getaway - a great game on the PS2, plz sony make a sequel

[Snoogins]

Gran Turismo 5 release date (which may be revealed tonight on GTTV)
Firmware update

[Britney Spears]

not surprised they are going hard in 2010.if you remember jack tretton basically hinted that they will have a huge E3. Already revealed:

SOCOM 4
LBP2
Killzone 3
Infamous 2
Motorstorm:Apocalypse
Yakuza 4

[N4BmpS]

Apparently not too many people understand this move (no pun) but it's rather simple.

[SephireX]

The first will be premium PSN service. The second will be PSP2.

[xg-ei8ht]

PS4 with 2gb ram, backwards compatible,removal of other other os features. PSP3.5D, New sun glasses that emit holgraphic images in 4d, gow4,butler for president. Trainers that make you walk faster then ever before. Skateboards that think while your riding, cars that drive under water and connect to the psn for MNR tracks.

[tinezedw]

e3 is just a few days away,why can't they just wait till then.

[bjornbear]

i expect trailers of all the big games, some release dates, maybe some PSP and PSN stuff and then maybe 1 big new announcement.

this is great, because an announced game is NOTHING without gameplay trailer.

to me saying infamous2 is hear is only half of what I feel when I actually see gameplay footage.

[EpicFailGuy]

why announce stuff like this before e3, this is why sony sucks so much

[HolyGrail]

you fail at acting like a fanboi, we all know your excited

[saimcheeda]

Microsoft has announced 5 things to show, Nintendo 9 while SONY have announced 22 by now!

[Freak of Nature]

Last guardian release date?

LBP2 shows off move and in 3D?

Studio Cambridge bringing Medievil back....

Dark cloud 3,and or Kingdom hearts 3 announcements? Probably too incredible all at once.

GT5 release date? Bungie announcing Multi-plat game for PS3 before the Microsoft show?

Insomniac showing the NC Studio's new IP?

A first look at Uncharted 3?

Oddworld returns?

Beyond good and evil 2 is for real?

An all new Triple A IP using Move in 3D...?

I'll take any of the above please...

[CaptainPunch]

I'm hoping for a new firmware update with cool features.

[fOrlOnhOpe57]

and decide to hold their own E3 early? After all their game announcements over the last few weeks, I'm expecting something of truly epic proportions when they take the stage.

[Ether]

It's today, hopefully it'll be out soon.

[darkdoom3000]

Is it tommorow yet?

[divideby0]

sony has so much to potentially show...
premium PSN, Motion, 3D, possible a PsP (doubt it)....they have way to much to show...... and oh yea..... games also

[disco_UK]

I do hope its more than the KZ3 and SOCOM footage, if it is, then I'm going to have to seriously relook at the definition of "huge".

[SupeerSteebbi]

I live in Iceland. Can someone tell me how many hours it is after the countdown? Thanks.

[silkrevolver]

...today is, tomorrow. I want to hear some announcements!