Disgaea 3 coming... And other new PS3 titles announced

[Mr. Gundam]

For the PS3. Looks like a PS2 game.

[Himu]

Jesus Christ. Suiko may not end up on the Wii after all.

[Mr. Gundam]

There's a PS3 show in Tokyo today, so lots of new stuff is leaking out over there.

New info on White Knight Story, the creator of Katamari Damacy has a new IP for PS3, and Sega announced Valkyrie of the Battlefield, which is from the creator of Ryu ga Gotokou and RED (Sakura Taisen team).

edit: Dynasty Warriors 6 for the PS3, and will be at TGS '07. More than likely on the 360, too, but this is a Sony show.

[Candyflip]

LOL TEH PS3 GRAPHIX ARE BETTER WII LOOKS SO LAST GEN

Holy shit that is fugly.

[abrader]

Ill pass - but this news will make many happy.

I just dont dig this guys RPG's.

[Himu]

nippon ichi

[Mondain]

nice to see publishers shun that waggle bullshit

hope this lo-tech look won't make it problematic for the game to be released on PS3 in NA, though

[Himu]

nice to see publishers shun that waggle bullshit

who knows. this is a SONY conference. for all we know, it could be on all three.

[Mr. Gundam]

The Disgaea 3 info didn't come from the Sony show today, it was from a separate press release in PDF format, in which only the PS3 was mentioned.

As for the Sony show:

Playstation Premiere 2007 Unveils New Products in Japan
Crisis Core limited edition PSP, MGS4 realtime demonstration and more!
By Yoshi Sato, 07/17/2007
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan held the Playstation Premiere 2007 event in Tokyo.

While most of us have already seen the new slimline PSP during E3 last week, this is the first time it was unveiled to the Japanese audience. The new unit will be released in that territory on September 20. In addition to the white, black and silver colors shown earlier, Japan will get 3 extra colors, Rose Pink, Lavender Purple and Felicia Blue.

Furthermore, Japanese gamers can get the slim PSP a week early if they decide to buy the Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII: 10th Anniversary Limited bundle which comes with a special silver PSP slim unit (with translucent buttons), game software (with a variant cover) and strap with Cloud's signature bastard sword. Only 77,777 units are produced so importers better keep an eye on this item.

For the Playstation 3, some new titles were shown including Sega's new project from the developers of Yakuza and Sakura Wars titled Valkyrja of the Battlefield(that is a variant spelling to Valkyrie apparently), Keita Takahashi's (Katamari Damacy series) new game titled Nobi Nobi Boy and Hideo Kojima showing a realtime demonstration of Metal Gear Solid 4. We will have more on the event in a short while so stay tuned!

UPDATE: According to reports from gpara.com, Polyphony Digital president Kazunori Yamauchi announced in the event that it will release Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in October and will also be featured at the Tokyo Motor Show on the same month.

Keita Takahashi's new game Nobi Nobi Boy did not show any actual gameplay footage but a character animation of a worm-like creature.

Sega's new project Valkyrja of the Battlefield is developed by the team behind Sakura Wars series and uses a special water color like effect called Canvas. Producer Toshiro Nagoshi (Yakuza) has a different project for PS3 but was not shown at the event. However, it will be announced at Sega's private event this coming September.

Koei has announced Dynasty Warrior 6, the latest installment in the series to be released for the PS3 platform. A playable demo will be at the Tokyo Game Show and a release is expected sometime during fall of this year.

And here's what everyone's been waiting for. Hideo Kojima demonstrated the gameplay segment of Metal Gear Solid 4 on actual PS3 hardware for the first time. Kojima showed Snake using his camo suit to disguise himself as a bronze statue, hide in barrels and trash cans. He also showed Snake knocking down enemies rolling the barrel while he is still inside it. After feeling some discomfort, Snake "revives" as he is given a female idol magazine. The producer also revealed that an online multiplayer mode will be in the game and more details will be announced at the 20th Anniversary Party next week.

Lastly, Square-Enix showed new footage for Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. This will be shown at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show event and a realtime demonstration will be expected sometime next year.

So that's quite a lot of things they showed at the Sony event. If E3 felt like it was quite lacking, looks like we can all look forward to Tokyo Game Show where we can expect to see most of the titles shown today.

PlayStation Premier: Yakuza Producer Brings Two to PS3
New games announced from Sega.
by Anoop Gantayat
July 17, 2007 - Sony brought out the third parties at the PlayStation Premier press conference in Tokyo today, and they responded with a bunch of big PS3 announcements. Sega was no different as legendary producer Toshihiro Nagoshi took the stage to announce a handful of new games.

First up was an original IP from key members of the Sakura Taisen development staff. Senjou no Valkyrie (roughly translated to English as Battle Field Valkyrie) is a new PlayStation 3 game that combines action, strategy and RPG elements. The focus of the game is on drama and visual style, with a new graphical technique, referred to by Nagoshi as "Canvas," giving the visuals the look of a water color painting. We'll get a closer look at the game at the Tokyo Game Show in September.

Next up was an update on Imabikisou, a sound novel from Chunsoft that was first unveiled a few months back. The big news at the event was a release date. Sega will publish the movie-heavy digital novel on 10/25.

Nagoshi closed off the event with hints on not one, but two PS3 games with which he's personally involved. How personally? Well, did we forget to mention that Nagoshi showed up at the event in robes and flanked by two geisha girls? This cosplay was actually a hint at Nagoshi's next game.

In development for the PS3 from the team that made Yakuza, Nagoshi described the game, whose name was not announced, as "my biggest production since I started working on consumer games." He expects it to exceed Yakuza in its ability to move players. An official unveiling will take place on September 14th, with a release planned for Spring.

As for the second game, Nagoshi was only able to say "I believe we'll be able to announce it in the not-so-distant future." We can't wait to see what he wears then

[Mr. Gundam]

Nagoshi's new game, which will be unveiled the week before TGS, is strongly rumored to be Ryu ga Gotokou (Yakuza) 3 for the PS3.

[Himu]

They DID pay for the rights for one last gen sequel and one next gen sequel

[ferrarimanf355]

Nagoshi's new game, which will be unveiled the week before TGS, is strongly rumored to be Ryu ga Gotokou (Yakuza) 3 for the PS3.

Dammit. I was hoping that Nagoshi would revisit his shining moment.

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[Mr. Gundam]

They DID pay for the rights for one last gen sequel and one next gen sequel

Who's "they?" Are you talking about Disgaea still?

It's an odd move to see Disgaea 3 on the PS3, as it would probably sell more on the PS2. But, I guess they need to force people to move on at some point.

[MrAngryFace]

Disgaea 3 makes me a LITTLE bit happy to have a ps3

[Himu]

They DID pay for the rights for one last gen sequel and one next gen sequel

Who's "they?" Are you talking about Disgaea still?

It's an odd move to see Disgaea 3 on the PS3, as it would probably sell more on the PS2. But, I guess they need to force people to move on at some point.

sega and the ryu ga gotoku ip

[Mr. Gundam]

 

Since he'd have a PS3, he could just import it, since the system and games are region free.

And then complain about not being able to understand it!

[Himu]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[Rman]

nice to see publishers shun that waggle bullshit

hope this lo-tech look won't make it problematic for the game to be released on PS3 in NA, though

Dude, it was a PlayStation event.

I'm looking forward to the Katamari's designer game.  As much as I loved the two PS2 games its nice to see something different from him.