Jul 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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+ blizzard182 on July 28th, 2007 at 4:03 pm said:
@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 on July 28th, 2007 at 4:04 pm said:
@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 on July 28th, 2007 at 4:12 pm said:
@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 on July 28th, 2007 at 4:28 pm said:
Sounds awesome!
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+ Hitman_Legend on July 28th, 2007 at 4:37 pm said:
Amazing, this is great news for us PS3 owners, thanks alot Rockstar and Sony.
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+ Robert-Ninja on July 28th, 2007 at 4:40 pm said:
Hope it’s good.
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+ RobinNL on July 28th, 2007 at 5:24 pm said:
Nice to hear about more PS3 exclusives.
PS: Is F1 a exclusive still?
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+ xplosneer on July 28th, 2007 at 6:01 pm said:
@PS3123106
They didn’t even list Calling All Cars as one of the downloadable content pics! Outrageous!
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+ TheMrDude on July 28th, 2007 at 6:05 pm said:
” 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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you’d think it’d be when sony published it.
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+ xklevin1 on July 28th, 2007 at 6:26 pm said:
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 on July 28th, 2007 at 6:26 pm said:
I WANT Full Range RGB HDMI for PS2 games, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
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+ jgeezy on July 28th, 2007 at 6:47 pm said:
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 on July 28th, 2007 at 6:47 pm said:
agree with #9 and put one on the board for sony!
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+ RobinNL on July 28th, 2007 at 7:22 pm said:
@180
Yeah but that was because Sony bought exclusive rights till the season 2006.
Did they renew it or not?
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+ raideb-snake on July 28th, 2007 at 7:42 pm said:
I WANT Full Range RGB HDMI for PS2 games, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE……….
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+ coolasj19 on July 28th, 2007 at 8:26 pm said:
another exclusive in the bag. with some DLC i will 90% buy this if its not an FPS
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+ Zezima on July 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm said:
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 on July 28th, 2007 at 9:08 pm said:
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 :-D
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+ Dew87 on July 28th, 2007 at 9:58 pm said:
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 on July 28th, 2007 at 10:02 pm said:
Sounds very interesting. Great job, Sony. This is the kind of news I like to hear.
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+ scoobster66 on July 28th, 2007 at 10:44 pm said:
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 on July 28th, 2007 at 11:04 pm said:
What is this Sony Event on August 9-10 from GameSpot I’m hearing about?
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+ androvsky on July 28th, 2007 at 11:10 pm said:
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 on July 28th, 2007 at 11:25 pm said:
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 on July 29th, 2007 at 1:19 am said:
Good to see a prostitute-like company regaining some consciousness…
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+ EVILEMPIRE951 on July 29th, 2007 at 1:33 am said:
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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+ Xenochaos805 on July 29th, 2007 at 6:26 am said:
@ 199 please go to your Xbot forums. PLEASE.
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+ Garinol on July 29th, 2007 at 6:36 am said:
I love you Sony!
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+ Coolwater on July 29th, 2007 at 7:42 am said:
@199 That’s a nice red ring of death you got there!
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+ Nephlabobo on July 29th, 2007 at 8:20 am said:
Sony – you owe it to your adult customers to release Manhunt 2. AO rating or no AO rating.
Stop censoring games you bunch of facists.
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+ stennex on July 29th, 2007 at 11:03 am said:
Hey Sony is the 80 GB PS3 coming to 65nm nanometer cell instead of the 90nm chip that was in the 60Gb. If so that would mean a much cheaper and cooler box. That would be great.
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+ PHIBALNATION on July 29th, 2007 at 11:42 am said:
Wait a minute, you kids are thanking $ony for telling you theirs gonna be a exclusive, their keeping secret. Sounds like $ony lies again, this is just trying to avoid people from buying 360′s for the extra content in gta. You kids are so guillable.
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+ crazyeighty8 on July 29th, 2007 at 12:22 pm said:
@214
Do you think ppl are gonna buy a 360 for just extra GTA content?. Now who’s gullable?.
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+ PHIBALNATION on July 29th, 2007 at 12:30 pm said:
Yes they will buy a 360 just for gta content, your getting the full game with the 360. And my point is $ony has no ps3 exclusive with rockstar, they are telling you this to hope the soon to be 360 owners stay aboard. It’s not hard to see, rockstar annonces that they have extra content for the 360, now all of a sudden $ony has a secretly ps3 exclusive,LOL, but they can’t tell no one about it right now, LOL. This is typical $ony lies, sure they may be releasing a ps3 exclusive in the future, but I’m sure even the 360 and wii will have rockstar exclusives in the future. You kids are so guillable, you should realize how $ony lies all the time.
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+ Jeigh on July 29th, 2007 at 12:31 pm said:
Moderation si vous plait.
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+ Microdot on July 29th, 2007 at 1:48 pm said:
@217
“You kids are so guillable, you should realize how $ony lies all the time.”
right…. like them telling us there is no hardware problem? or like them telling us there is no disc scratching problem? or like them telling us that we can use the console as a media center, then lock it down to manipulate sales of their own crappy media center os?
oh wait… thats right. that is microsoft.
tell me… how does it feel to know that the ps3 is outselling the 360 globally, but 3 to 1? does it make you cry into your master chief pillow case at night while wearing your bill gates underoos?
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+ PHIBALNATION on July 29th, 2007 at 1:57 pm said:
Kid I could care less how any of the console makers do. I own all 3 and enjoy all 3 for different things. Ps3 outselling the 360, that just happened this past week due to the price drop now it’s back to normal. And yes I do like halo, RFOM now that is a overhyped game. Now let’s get back on track about this exclusive game LOL. You know as well as I do their is no ps3 exclusive, this happened to be announced when everyone found out about the gta being better on the 360. Coincidence, I think not. It’s just $ony trying desperately to keep what little fan base they have together.
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+ Arsenal-FC on July 29th, 2007 at 2:11 pm said:
SONY PLEASE ALLOW US TO CHANGE THE TEXT FOR THE XMB AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE RANDOMLY DISCONECTING CONTROLLERS WHILE IN GAME…..
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+ Turtlesrus on July 29th, 2007 at 3:03 pm said:
oh yes i lost all hope in r*s future
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+ Psychog on July 29th, 2007 at 3:09 pm said:
I want a better browser….. one that doesn’t run out of memory and IS compatible with all Java Players
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+ jut420 on July 29th, 2007 at 3:12 pm said:
finally ps3 haters will have to shut up and go out and buy one
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+ Larsvangogh on July 29th, 2007 at 3:44 pm said:
Rockstar is unique among all the big game makers in that they have never really produced a title that sucks. Beyond GTA there’s Manhunt, Red Dead Revolver, Bully, The Warriors, and then there’s the incredible Midnight Club series. They pride themselves on setting the bar in the industry and demonstrating what the future of this amazing interactive medium has in store for all of us. (please excuse the cheesy rhetoric)
Sony’s reputation in the industry for fusing high style and technology make’s them the perfect partner for Rockstar Games. So this recent announcement comes as no suprise. What’s suprising is how long it took. For the die hard gamer, these last few months(ok, year) have been a real let down because of all the difficulties developers have had making the transition to next-gen. Next year will see the PS3 finally reach maturity. It’s just a matter of time. I’m very curious now to see if L.A. Noire turns out to be a PS3 exclusive after all!
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+ PHIBALNATION on July 29th, 2007 at 4:53 pm said:
I don’t think someone is gonna pay $600 for a game that you ride aroung acting like your from the hood. I mean gta was good for like 10 minutes after that it’s the same thing over and over, shoot, hijack kill someone. Shoot again, real fun.
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+ joel on July 29th, 2007 at 5:06 pm said:
@PHIBALNATION
You are incorrect about the sales, the ps3 is still outselling the 360 World wide, by some 50,000 units. Weekly. And no it was the pasr 3 weeks that the ps3 started outselling it. Seriously if your going to start posting false information dont post it at all.
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+ joel on July 29th, 2007 at 5:12 pm said:
Again @ philibation
If your going to talk about lies look at microsoft, there console is breaking,already 90% of the people that have bought the 360 have shipped it in for repairs, and 10 million xbox user fan base vs 120million ps fan base .Also the full game is coming out on both consoles, but an additional episode is going to be released on the 360. Trust me you cant gang up on anyone here its all ps fans.
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+ Rux on July 29th, 2007 at 5:41 pm said:
Sorry greenfire, that thread has nothing to do with this article, or the Comic-Con one either… :P
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+ xplosneer on July 29th, 2007 at 6:02 pm said:
@PHIBALNATION
Well nobodys gonna pay $400 for 2 episodes that come out months later in 2008 then!
It’s been 3 weeks since that price drop…
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+ Pablo0620 on July 29th, 2007 at 6:24 pm said:
Great, i hope we also get episodic content for GTA IV but an entirely new game is a sweet deal
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+ coolasj19 on July 29th, 2007 at 6:42 pm said:
some things that should be in the nxt update(s)
the ability to pick the music visualizations easier.
not having to sign out while playing PS2 or PS1 games.
not having to sign out while playing DVD’s or blurays.
ability to have play list.
extend the comment section to 30 charecters.
more avatars or ability to upload own avatars.
ability to play and show music to other person while chatting.
the option to sharpen or dullen pictures
option to play the next video in the list of movies.
ability to run folding@home while doing remote play.
make time show up in bottom-tight corner when the PS button is held down or pressed.
ability to play music whil doing anything EX. changing information .
AVI support.
being abel to play only the sound in a video.
custimize order in which color you want the XMB background to be.
ability to download latest version of the online instruction manual.
extend the volume control to three clicks.
have a seperate file for add-ons EX. the motorstorm and resistance time attack and map pack respectivily need are merged in the Game Data Utility.
support for all quicktime formats.
recordable DVD and CD support.
copy and paste feature in the web browser.
more RAM memory(i think) for web browsing pages.
failsafe for when the entire browser freezes. you should get a message and an option for if you want to open all the pages next time.
support for the type of movie player that gametrailers.com and gamespot.com use.
ability to chat while surfing net.
aility to slideshow all of your pictures at one time.
ability to chose where you want the message notifications to show up EX. instead of upper-right maybe the middle.
thanks for reading my request.
sincerly one of playstations beggest fans and supporters
coolasj19
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+ xcalibar25 on July 29th, 2007 at 6:42 pm said:
Remeber, Rockstar does do other games than GTA and Bully. They did a table tennis game!. This new game could just be the first shuffleboard videogame.