This is Michael Shorrock. I’m the Director of 3rd Party Relations at SCEA. As you may have seen this morning/last night on GameHead with Geoff Keighley, we are announcing that a new franchise from Rockstar Games will be exclusive to PS3. As part of our long standing relationship with Rockstar, and the incredible success for both companies with the cultural icon that is Grand Theft Auto, we’ve agreed to the PlayStation exclusive rights of the next great franchise from the Rockstar studios.
Everyone knows to have success in this business you need to look ahead, identifying the talent and titles that are going to give consumers new kinds of gaming experiences that help set the bar for the rest of the industry. Rockstar has a heritage for doing just that. We have had incredible success with the GTA franchise and are happy to continue to offer those titles on our platforms, and even more excited about what’s to come from the current and future relationship between our companies. Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of CELL and Blu-ray disc and this deal lets them do just that.. This is really a win-win situation for both companies. As Jack mentioned in the interview with Geoff, this franchise is not LA Noire, but something all new. We agreed with Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive Software that we wouldn’t disclose anything more about the deal or title at this time, so stay tuned, we’ll share more info as soon as we can.
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playstationuser | July 28th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
That´s all nice but we also need some awesome ps1 classics in the playstation store, my suggestions:
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy VII
Medal of Honor
some others too, maybe even new games like Jumping flash 3.
And Achievements too!
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Helghasp | July 28th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Great job Sony!
Way to go after the games instead of something lame like downloadable content.
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joel | July 28th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
good
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NinjaZeroEight | July 28th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Sounds great. Can’t wait for more information.
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3.5 | July 28th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Cool now give us some avi playback
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Regul8or08 | July 28th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I can’t wait!
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PKM | July 28th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Excellent!..BTW DarkKING for PRESIDENT!
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keisukeMamoru86 | July 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Very nice, I like!!
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PS3 Blog | July 28th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
[...] gut. Da kündigen die Jungs (und Mädls) von Rockstar jetzt an, dass sie hoch offiziell jetzt ein eigenes Spiel NUR für die PS3 entwickeln wollen. Man will die ganze Power des [...]
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azad_champ | July 28th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
you guys rock!
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PKM | July 28th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
lOL spam FTW DarkKING TECHNIQUE FTW!!
MORE THIRD PARTY DEMOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
WHY NO NASCAR 08??????????
WHY NO 3rd PART YDEMOS LIEK 360 WHYYYYYYYYYYYY
DARKKING TECHNIQUE FTW!!!!
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madness666 | July 28th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
they should remake final fantasy 7 for the playstation 3
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bobtheduck | July 28th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Dark King isn’t the one that secured in-game XMB… You guys are crazy if you think he did… If you’re going to voice your wants, at least put some effort into it… not just ctrl-c, ctrl-v…
I’m not all that fond of R*, but I hope this new IP is good.
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Ultima-Bahamut | July 28th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
@Stuntf50: Even though I don’t agree with your method(spamming), I do agree that the PSS needs more 3rd party demos. Make it happen Sony!
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Ultima-Bahamut | July 28th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Is this game being made by Rockstar North(GTA team)?
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thefjk | July 28th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
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Coolwater | July 28th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Ah,… feels like old times, yet again.
I love you Sony!!
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Gaming in the Media Blog » RockStar Develops a PS3 Exclusive | July 28th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
[...] before the show hit the tubes, SCEA’s director of 3rd party relations, Michael Shorrock, confirmed this statement on the official US PlayStation blog adding, “Rockstar really wanted to make a [...]
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SearchRoads » old man dress in batman suit New Rockstar Games Franchise Exclusive to the PS3 | July 28th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
[...] is busy securing the future of the ps3. No details on what the game is yet. poison ivy photo batmanread more | digg [...]
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androvsky | July 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
As a playstation fan, I’d like to apologize for the people spamming requests in all caps. We’re not all that stupid, really.
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blizzard182 | July 28th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
@Sony
Please add some moderators to this. Spammers are getting annoying and I believe there are a couple of Spam bots also posting.
@ All
OMG official Lost Game Trailer..
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/829/829064/vids_1.html
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StuntF50 | July 28th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
@Ultima-Bahamut: I do not like to spam either, but thanks to that one spammer for the in-game XMB, we were heard out, and I think this is the only way Sony will actually see.
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blizzard182 | July 28th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
@StuntF50
Completely disagree. They said to us multiple times they were reading and even if they did not see that before, they already said that there were three things they were working on.
Enough is enough.
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Man_Bear_Pig | July 28th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Sounds awesome!
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Hitman_Legend | July 28th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Amazing, this is great news for us PS3 owners, thanks alot Rockstar and Sony.
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Robert-Ninja | July 28th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Hope it’s good.
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RobinNL | July 28th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Nice to hear about more PS3 exclusives.
PS: Is F1 a exclusive still?
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xplosneer | July 28th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
@PS3123106
They didn’t even list Calling All Cars as one of the downloadable content pics! Outrageous!
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TheMrDude | July 28th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
” RobinNL | July 28th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Nice to hear about more PS3 exclusives.
PS: Is F1 a exclusive still?”
_____________________-
you’d think it’d be when sony published it.
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xklevin1 | July 28th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
nice to hear and just after microsoft paid 50 mil to get gta exclusives for gta
nice job rockstar!!!
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raideb-snake | July 28th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
I WANT Full Range RGB HDMI for PS2 games, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
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Cartoons Fans Lounge | July 28th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
[...] Sony is busy securing the future of the ps3. No details on what the game is yet. X Men juggarnaughtread more | digg story RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Cartoons Fans Lounge [...]
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jgeezy | July 28th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
i think u guys should put a section for firmware request. with that said i would like to see video backgrounds put in
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mattyInkWell | July 28th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
agree with #9 and put one on the board for sony!
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RobinNL | July 28th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
@180
Yeah but that was because Sony bought exclusive rights till the season 2006.
Did they renew it or not?
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Alonline » Rockstar to produce PS3 exclusive franchise | July 28th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
[...] sounds promising for all PS3 users: Rockstar have signed an exclusive deal with Sony for a new game franchise that they are currently wo…. I like the sound of that as the Grand Theft Auto series have consistently been top-quality [...]
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raideb-snake | July 28th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
I WANT Full Range RGB HDMI for PS2 games, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE……….
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coolasj19 | July 28th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
another exclusive in the bag. with some DLC i will 90% buy this if its not an FPS
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Zezima | July 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
hmmm i hope this new franchise is simular to GTA and will be online… i mean come on… who doesnt want a GTA Online game!? that would be the best!!!
PLEASE LET GTAIV BE ONLINE OR ATLEAST SOME OTHER KIND OF GTA GAME ONLINE!!!
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Raziel Dune | July 28th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Holy Crap! that is awesome i wonder what type of game it will be the only Rockstar Games i Enjoy so far is Bully and GTA so hopefully its sweeeeeet
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Rockstar Developing Exclusive Franchise For The PS3 at | July 28th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
[...] PlayStation Blog (FYI: Sony owned blog):[QUOTE]This is Michael Shorrock. I’m the Director of 3rd Party [...]
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Dew87 | July 28th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
This is a great news! I hope L.A. Noire is still PS3 exclusive though. Can’t wait to find out what the new franchise will be all about. Please Sony give us more information soon!
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soup or man | July 28th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Sounds very interesting. Great job, Sony. This is the kind of news I like to hear.
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scoobster66 | July 28th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
I think this is fantastic news. Rockstar has been producing games for the adult genre and doing it successfully since I became involved in gaming! I’m excited about what’s to come……
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AznSniper | July 28th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
What is this Sony Event on August 9-10 from GameSpot I’m hearing about?
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androvsky | July 28th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
StuntF50, raideb-snake:
They were showing off in-game XMB before the ps3 even launched, obviously they want to do it and are working on it. All the spamming did was get yet another response to the obvious, while making playstation fans look like http://karacry.ytmnd.com/
Please stop. If you really are eight years old, ask your parents to help you when posting requests for features.
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stennex | July 28th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
first off my condolences to the Rockstar family on their loss of one of their own.
A moment of silence.
Ok now it is really great to know that you guys will be working with Sony to produce great next-gen games. The next game based on the report sounds like there will be alot of new software technology being utilized on the PS3. This great news. I look forward to tring that game out.
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Jeff Chen | July 29th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Good to see a prostitute-like company regaining some consciousness…
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consoleer » Blog Archive » Breaking: Rockstar Developing Exclusive Franchise For The PS3 | July 29th, 2007 at 1:32 am
[...] to Shorrock, so your speculation can run free and unchecked until we hear anything more concrete. New Rockstar Games Franchise Exclusive to the PS3 [...]
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EVILEMPIRE951 | July 29th, 2007 at 1:33 am
I really HOpe sony fights back to MS because we cannot be 3rd best sony doesnt know how to do that we are always 1st and 1st we will be we just need more dev support and im not saying u guys are doing a bad JOB but really i see no commercials for upcoming games alot bro :-/ let the kids see what games are coming OUT more marketing will lead the platform just like u did on the ps2 u had TONS of commercials
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