PlayStation 3 to regain footing this year, Motorstorm 2 release, secret game in the works

The Sony PlayStation 3 certainly had its share of ups and lows last year, but this year the black console may have more ups and less downs. In the recent GDC 2008 event, BBC blogger Darren Waters shares what Sony representatives revealed to him: MotorStorm 2‘s release window, and a secret game in the works. More details in the full article.

Sony‘s PlayStation 3 may have started off with not-so-good standing in the gaming industry, but the shiny black console looks like it’s starting to regain its footing, and 2008 may very well become the Year of the PS3. This was according to BBC‘s Darren Waters in his blog, dot.life.

Several major Sony PS3 titles are slated to be released soon, with the highly anticipated Unreal Tournament 3 recently released in the UK. Unreal Tournament 3 will no doubt be a big thing, judging by Epic Games vice president Mark Rein‘s enthusiastic remark: “We’ve surpassed what Halo 3 offered.”

Epic Games’ FPS isn’t the only big thing in store for PlayStation 3 fans, of course. Motorstorm 2, which will be released in the upcoming holidays, will finally include four-player split-screen multiplayer mode. Resistance 2, another much-awaited title, will have online multiplayer gameplay that can accommodate as much as 60 players.

Waters was also shown a secret PS3 game currently in development during the GDC 2008 event. While he wasn’t at liberty to reveal any pertinent information about this Sony PS3 title, his words indicated how big the game will be:

If the footage I was shown truly is “in game,” as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion.