GDC 2007 \\ Sony announcements leaked ?

[DigiQ8]

March 8th is the big firmware update. It includes :

-More refined PS Store frontend
-PlayStation Network "integrity enhanced"
-Wallpapers from pictures
-Ability to change background colors
-Sony Connect Store for music and movies added to the PS Store.
-Videos and mp3's available for download.
-Playstation Card option in PS Store enabled.
-Playstation Lifestyle- Similar to my space/youtube. User generated content and experiences are the key.

-Removal of Emotion Engine chips will come stateside and to Japan in April. Upscales certain PS-One and PS2 games to 720p/1080i.



Game announcements:

-Warhawk in June/July.
-Heavenly Sword delayed.
-Killzone 2 late 2007.
-Metal Gear Solid 4 late 2007.



New PS-Store stuff being added on the 8th include:

-Tekken 6 trailer
-Lair demo & (new?) trailer
-Rainbow Six Vegas demo
-EA: Skate trailer
-Battlefield Bad Company trailer
-Warhawk demo
-Virtua Fighter 5 demo
-Virtua Tennis 3 demo & trailer
-GRAW 2: trailer
-Mortal Kombat 2 game
-Killzone 2 trailer... demo to come in May"


--CVG

 

[smwScott]

Awesome, I really hope this is true. The new firmware features sound great but I'm most excited about seeing how Killzone 2 actually turned out and finally getting some new demos to play, especially Warhawk and Lair.

I'm a bit confused about the emulation comment though. Will the upscaling be for the consoles that do not have the Emotion Engine chip or the ones that do? If it's for the ones that don't then it's quite possible that Europe is getting the better deal, as 1000+ PS2 games are expected to work at launch with priority on the major releases.

I also didn't see anything about background downloading or music playing, which I would definitely like to see. That was supposed to be one of the main features. That "Home" thing wasn't mentioned either.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Wow there might be a reason for me to get a PS3 now.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Hmm, large grain of salt required here.

No mention of God of War PSP either which is weird (and confirmed).

Still, if even some of this is true then this is definitely great news for Sony and gamers everywhere! Those dates for Killzone and MGS are so not going to stay there though methinks...