Phil Harrison’s GDC Keynote “PlayStation 3: Beyond the Box”
Phil Harrison, Executive Vice President of Sony Computer Entertainment, will be giving his keynote speach at the Game Developers Conference today. Entitled “Beyond the Box”, Phils speech will most likely be shedding some light on some of the much anticipated features of the PS3. Scheduled to start at 10:30am PST today, we hope to catch some more in-depth information on the PS3’s online infrastructure which is unofficially being called the “PlayStation HUB”. We will continue to bring you up to the minute news and details of Phil’s keynote throughout its duration, so stay tuned to this post!
Update 10:36am – The speech begins
Update 10:41am – God of War director David Jaffe takes the stage and shows a trailer for God of War II: Devine Retribution for the PS2.
Update 10:49am – A vibrant, cartoony Loco Roco clip is shown to the audience
Update 10:51am – A new duck demo on the PS3 is shown similar to last years E3 demo
Update 10:57am – A demo showing many knights, possibly thousands, getting blasted and bodies scattering
Update 10:59am – Another clip is shown, this one of a grey sports car in a desert
Update 11:02am – A demo for Getaway is shown, this demo shows the camera being moved around in real time
Update 11:03am – Warhawk is shown, showing off the water effects and scattering of gunfire and clouds
Update 11:13am – Another demo is shown, this time of the racing game Motor Storm.
Update 11:16am – Ted Price from Insomniac Games steps onto the stage.
Update 11:23am – A clip showing a futuristic city is ran, displaying a blimp with the words Ratchet and Clank on the side. The camera pans down through the site with enemy robots and flying vehicles overhead. It has been revealed that I-8, their first PS3 project, is now called Resistance: Fall of Man and looks “incredible”. Price speaks a bit more about the hardware at hand.
Update 11:32am – Some style of karaoke game is shown, with close to 35 variations of this game in Europe.It features a number of fully licensed tunes, including Rolling Stones and Celine Dion. Showed off a bit of game community with this title.
11:34 AM PDT- Keynote concludes. Still no word on the price point. .
Phil Harrison, Executive Vice President of Sony Computer Entertainment, will be giving his keynote speach at the Game Developers Conference today. Entitled “Beyond the Box”, Phils speech will most likely be shedding some light on some of the much anticipated features of the PS3. Scheduled to start at 10:30am PST today, we hope to catch some more in-depth information on the PS3’s online infrastructure which is unofficially being called the “PlayStation HUB”. We will continue to bring you up to the minute news and details of Phil’s keynote throughout its duration, so stay tuned to this post!
Update 10:36am – The speech begins
Update 10:41am – God of War director David Jaffe takes the stage and shows a trailer for God of War II: Devine Retribution for the PS2.
Update 10:49am – A vibrant, cartoony Loco Roco clip is shown to the audience
Update 10:51am – A new duck demo on the PS3 is shown similar to last years E3 demo
Update 10:57am – A demo showing many knights, possibly thousands, getting blasted and bodies scattering
Update 10:59am – Another clip is shown, this one of a grey sports car in a desert
Update 11:02am – A demo for Getaway is shown, this demo shows the camera being moved around in real time
Update 11:03am – Warhawk is shown, showing off the water effects and scattering of gunfire and clouds
Update 11:13am – Another demo is shown, this time of the racing game Motor Storm.
Update 11:16am – Ted Price from Insomniac Games steps onto the stage.
Update 11:23am – A clip showing a futuristic city is ran, displaying a blimp with the words Ratchet and Clank on the side. The camera pans down through the site with enemy robots and flying vehicles overhead. It has been revealed that I-8, their first PS3 project, is now called Resistance: Fall of Man and looks “incredible”. Price speaks a bit more about the hardware at hand.
Update 11:32am – Some style of karaoke game is shown, with close to 35 variations of this game in Europe.It features a number of fully licensed tunes, including Rolling Stones and Celine Dion. Showed off a bit of game community with this title.
11:34 AM PDT- Keynote concludes. Still no word on the price point. .
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