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Hi Everyone, I’m Kyle Moffatt, the Public Relations Specialist for Sony Computer Entertainment Canada. Yes, there is a Sony Computer Entertainment here in Canada and we also do cool events like the one held this past Wednesday.
We hosted an exclusive preview event for the Canadian media. We took over a venue in downtown Toronto and filled it with the wicked games that will be available this holiday season, and early 2008, for PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation 2. Media who attended spent time with:
* Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
* God of War: Chains of Olympus
* Buzz!: The Mega Quiz
And many more top SCE games
We also had tremendous third party support as Ubisoft, EA, Activision, D3, THQ, LucasArts, Rockstar, 2K Sports, Capcom and Sega attended.
Some of the playable third party games included:
* Haze
* Rock Band
* Need for Speed Pro Street
* Call of Duty 4
* Guitar Hero III
* Dark Sector
* WWE Raw vs Smackdown 2008
* Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (playing on the new Star Wars PSP of course!)
* Manhunt 2
* NHL 2K8
* Devil May Cry 4
* The Golden Compass
I’d like to thank the third parties as well as my counterparts at SCEA for taking the time to help us build such a successful event as well as sending spokespeople to demo the games. This holiday season is going to be the best gaming season I’ve ever been a part of and I can’t wait to play! I hope you’re all anticipating it as much as I am!
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+ west on October 15th, 2007 at 7:48 pm said:
where is the 2.00 firmware announcement? I been waiting for this since summer.
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+ Clinton514 on October 15th, 2007 at 8:13 pm said:
Elsa43, I agree! I wish that there was more inclusion of Canadians within some of the USA events. I’m sure some of the contest and gaming laws might be a deterrent to them though.
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+ crazyeighty8 on October 16th, 2007 at 8:55 am said:
If These games were playable, When can we expect demos on the PSN?.
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+ Elsa43 on October 16th, 2007 at 8:56 am said:
Clinton514,
I don’t think that they could include us in U.S. events, which is the reason why I think when they have a Canadian event it would be nice to invite a few local G.A.P. (Gamer Advisory Panel) or PSU members.
Regarding contests, they have somewhat resolved the issue of Canadians not being eligible for most of the Playstation contests by having a Canadian Playstation site – but most of the contests rely on being in a specific city, or are purchase-dependent (like the EB games contest). It would be nice to see something similar to GAP’s “top 3″ on the Canadian site where people pick the top 3 games they are interested in for their Playstation console (PS3, PSP or PS2)… and someone wins those games monthly. The cost would be minimal and it would encourage return traffic to the Canadian Playstation site which is currently fairly static and does not really encourage people to go back.
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+ orbio234 on October 16th, 2007 at 9:14 am said:
some things are difficult for the layman to understand…six weeks ago a big box store said they were sold out of the 60gb and were not getting any more…and then the same store sold out the 80 and they haven’t carried any version of the ps3 since oct. 4. it is discouraging for me a sony fan watching people asking the clerk about buying one and end up buying wi as no ps3 is not available
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+ orbio234 on October 16th, 2007 at 9:27 am said:
some added info:and then they are told a 40 gb will be available in nov….the consumer has to be confused…leaving empty handed or buying an alternative…
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+ Kpepe on October 16th, 2007 at 8:09 pm said:
Damn I want to play Rock Band. That game sounds so cool. Also wanna try NFS. Lucky Northeners. LOL
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+ 2ndPSP on October 16th, 2007 at 9:27 pm said:
Awesome, now please release the PSP camera in the US.
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+ orbio234 on October 17th, 2007 at 6:54 pm said:
toronto has a large indian population….and bollywood movies are shown on our local television…just read that in europe they are releasing singstar bollywood for the ps2. its on youtube. it will have english subtitles…india has a population of one billion and some
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+ scott on October 18th, 2007 at 11:43 am said:
what
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+ bigdaddyjane on October 20th, 2007 at 12:31 pm said:
The only game I see worth getting is uncharted.
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+ orbio234 on October 20th, 2007 at 4:46 pm said:
in todays edition of the toronto star(oct. 20) in the video games section everyday shooter got four stars out of four…quarter of the page is devoted to how fantastic the game is….the reviewer bret dawson says…this is one of the best games of the year…he also says jonathan mak ….”he is terribly clever” article also comments on how the downloadable games for ps3..i quote…do not blow the hardware but blow our minds instead