Here are sony's GDC 07 details.
Monday, March 5:
Phil Harrison to Open Conference With Keynote Speech, 'Game 3.0 Developing and Creating for the 3rd Age of Videogames' will kick off the conference on
March 7th, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PST. The speech will focus on the
key components of Game 3.0 -- community, user-generated content,
collaboration and commerce -- all highlighted through live demonstrations
of previously un-announced services and games for PLAYSTATION(R)3
(PS3(TM)).
Hit jump for full details.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.
Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.
This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality
..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....
...Really???
PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.
Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.
He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
Link doesn't seem to work...might be a problem my end.. Yeah works now lol
Exciting times. Might see some stuff from Naughty Dog's uncharted hopefully... And Heavenly Sword. I want to see some impressive things otherwise I shall be disappointed.
my end, here's some more details.
"This is a very exciting time to be part of the game development
community. Advancements in technology combined with new consumer trends
mean the industry has a great opportunity to create engaging new
entertainment experiences for the world," said Phil Harrison, president of
Worldwide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment. "I believe we're at the
threshold of a new era in creative game development that's destined to
drive our industry growth through the next decade or more."
Following the keynote presentation, the SCEA booth will be a central
focus at GDC as the company introduces new development tools and
technologies designed specifically for PS3 and the PLAYSTATION(R)Network,
as well as PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) handheld entertainment system.
The SCEA booth -- Booth #410, West Hall -- will offer visitors a sneak-peek
at:
-- Tuner for PS3 -- Developed by SN Systems, a subsidiary of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc., the Tuner is a profiling tool that enables
developers to quickly highlight bottlenecks and conflicts in source
code, helping them improve code performance. The Tuner is a software
application, so there is no special hardware required, which enables
developers to create high performance games with less guesswork.
-- Unreal(R) Engine 3 -- Epic's next-generation game engine technology
targets a diverse set of genres from fighting games to shooters to
Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
-- High-Level Graphics Package -- PSSG (a PS3 optimized cross-platform
graphics engine and tool-chain) production-ready extensible scene-graph
framework that is written to take advantage of PS3 strengths
-- Pioneering profiling and analysis tools and physics technologies
-- Developing with Linux on PS3
-- Demonstration of downloadable titles from the PLAYSTATION Network, such
as flOw, Blast Factor(TM) and Calling all Cars(TM)
Additionally, SCE developers, engineers, and other specialists will be
hosting a variety of educational panels in an effort to support and
encourage the creative innovation of developers and publishers:
Monday, March 5:
-- 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: E. Daniel Arey, Director, Naughty Dog, Sony
Computer Entertainment America, "Interactive Storytelling Bootcamp,"
Room 3011, West Hall
-- 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Vlad Stamate, Graphics Software Engineer, Sony
Computer Entertainment America, "Core Techniques and Algorithims in
Shader Programming," Room 3011, West Hall
-- 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Dan Bardino, Audio Manager, Sony Computer
Entertainment Europe; Sergio Pimentel, Music Licensing and A&R Manager,
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe; Jason Page, Audio Manager, Sony
Computer Entertainment Europe, "Audio Boot Camp," Room 3006, West Hall
-- 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: John Hight, Director of Production, Sony
Computer Entertainment America, "Console/PC Distribution Gatekeepers,"
(part of Independent Games Summit), Room 3018, West Hall
-- 2:30-3:30 p.m.: Jenova Chen, flOw creator, ThatGameCompany, "Innovation
in Indie Games," (part of Independent Games Summit), Room 3018, West
Hall
Tuesday, March 6:
-- 5:00-6:00 p.m.: David Jaffe, Creative Director, Sony Santa Monica
Studios, "Building the Future of Indie Games," (part of Independent
Games Summit), Room 3018, West Hall
Thursday, March 8:
-- 2:30-3:30 p.m.: Mark Cerny, Cerny Games, Jon Olick, Lead Programmer,
Naughty Dog, David Simpson, Lead Programmer, Naughty Dog, "RSX Best
Practices," Room 3001, West Hall
The speech will focus on the
key components of Game 3.0 -- community, user-generated content,
collaboration and commerce -- all highlighted through live demonstrations
of previously un-announced services and games for PLAYSTATION(R)3
(PS3(TM)).
March 6th. Reminder to self. Check job pages :)
like there having alot of things planned cant wait for to see how things unfold though