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As this post hits, Chris and I will be on the way down to LA, where SCEA will be allowing some media outlets a sneak peek at some of the games we’ll be showing at E3, including:

So, as we’re prone to do, we’d like to turn over our coverage plans to you, the reader. What questions should we ask the developers and producers of these games? Please jot them down in the comments area below, and we’ll report back like we did with God of War III recently.

The best questions will focus on gameplay, graphics, and other game-related topics, as opposed to logistics (like release date) which you’re going to find out anyway. Please, get creative with your questions!

In the meantime, here are the stories that caught our eye this week, please feel free to share your own.

The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of April 13, 2009)

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  • I’ve got a bunch of questions but I’ll only post the ones for White Knight Chronicles since I’m really interested in that game.

    White Knight Chronicles questions:
    -Any ETA on the Release Date?
    -Will there be a collector’s edition?
    -Will there be any special preorder promotions? Soundtrack? Artbook? Poster?
    -Any plans on DLC? (Hopefully not before PSN Cards arrive in Canada :P )
    -What are the developer’s favorite feature?
    -What features/things about White Knight Chronicles were you happy to see well received in Japan upon release?
    -What features/things were you sad to see not received as well as you had hoped?
    -Any chance we can get some hints/teasers at the end of the NA version for a sequel or possibly Level 5’s next project on the PS3 after this?

  • UC2: Among Thieves

    What is the message being sent by recycling the name of a Sly Cooper game? Is it ‘just’ a call out to Sucker Punch or is there a deeper meaning?

    Cheers Jeff.

    BTW

    Can you crack the whip on those that post here to make sure they are being as interactive as possible…every week the frustration grows with the PSN (Grace Chen) posts.

    Coolest news this week? John Koller commented on the feasibility of future Facebook-Playstation 3 integration.

  • Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier

    For those who’ve only played Daxter on the PSP will this game tie into that story or previous game entries?

    SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3

    This isn’t more of a question but a plea, many game developers often miss what made previous games great and drastically change them please keep to the Socom essentials.

    Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

    They said this game will have “action-stealth” will there be an instances where we have to choose to do either with different outcomes / consequences?

  • What will the controls be like for Motorstorm: Arctic Edge?

    Will White Knight Chronicles’ online game play be improved since it was the poorest reviewed aspect of the game?

    What exactly IS Heavy Rain? What’s its primary gameplay like?

    ALSO WE NEED DEMON’S SOULS AS WELL AS WHITE KNIGHT CHRONICLES AND FINAL FANTASY VERSUS XIII NEEDS TO GET A MOVE ON!!!

  • Hey Jeff,

    I was wondering about the live chats, you had them going once a week for a while there :)

    I complained quite a bit about the last one with insomniac because 80% of the “questions” asked were just fluff. I really like the live chats, just maybe get another guy on board to help you with picking questions out. I know a lot of great ones came in, just very few of them got through to the devs.

    Also, as for this pre-E3 media thing… when you are asking these questions from the blog, I just want to suggest you mention who is asking the question from the blog, then state their question. You don’t have to.. but it will feel more like we are involved in the interview. I duno, if any one else is reading this, reply if you agree to any of what I am saying, thanks :)

    Here’s a question for Uncharted 2:
    Will this version have harder puzzles to solve?

  • How about an announcement on the new Metal Gear game?

  • Apparently I’m nowhere near the first one to say this, but: White Knight!!! I look forward to finally running through that thing. It’s actually kind of surprising that it’s taken longer to release than Killzone 2 did.

    Anyway, until it gets here, the insanely addictive Disgaea 3 and my recently ordered copy of Valkyria Chronicles should tide me over. (The DLC actually didn’t affect my decision to get VC, but rather that in the articles about the DLC it was mentioned that the game sold poorly and I couldn’t let a good game go unrewarded. Call it a sense of duty, especially as a childhood Sega fanboy.)

  • My questions:

    – There’s no doubt that there’s going to be new graphics engine in Uncharted 2 to present its great visuals. Is there any particular engine that was created for Uncharted 2 that you’re particularly proud of?

    – Fahrenheit is a great game, but were there any limitations present in Fahrenheit that you could now achieve in Heavy Rain? And if so, what were they?

  • Jeff, please just ask if they’ll be announcing ANY DEFINITE RELEASE DATES for these games at E3???

  • I Hope for a Yakuza 3 conversion for US/EU in 2009.

    The best announcement ever for many people.

  • i hope you guys have some new games to announce at E3, and infamous isnt on the list? Odd.
    But anywho, i have some questions:

    -To Quantic Dream, alot of people fear that Heavy Rain will be nothing more then a string of cut-sences with some QTE thrown in, yet Fahrenheit was a perfect balance of cut-sences and gameplay, how would you say Heavy Rain is comparing up to Fahrenheit in terms of gameplay/cut sences ‘ratio’?

    -To Level 5, will the DLC already released in Japan come at around the same time as WKC in the US?

  • In HEAVY RAIN, how much will player choice influence events in the game from a branching, “choose-your-own adventure” type perspective?

    I ask this because in some earlier press for the game (about a year ago or so), it was mentioned that there are no “Game Over” screens (I’m paraphrasing). That got me thinking about choice, because if there are indeed no “Game Over” screens, then that probably means that players will take over different characters and use them as their lead protagonist.

    At least until another major choice scenario arises.

  • cheers Jeff, the problem is that I paid £4 for the ‘Camille Map Pack’ when it was on the UK Playstation Store. Every time I play QoS online (which is a lot, as I need 100,000 credits for my platinum trophy) the new maps never get played. There is no way for me to search the servers for games on these maps and they have mysteriously dissapeared from the store. If you could shed any light on the matter, or get activision to say something, it would be appreciated.

  • From what I hear WKC seems to be very disappointing. I have a couple of questions concerning that game:

    1- How much will the Western version differ from the Japanese? Any adjustments we can expect?
    2- Will the English version have Japanese voice input?
    3- When can we expect the game in the US and EU?

    General questions to Level 5 “My heroes”:

    What will your next project be for on the PS3 and can we expect an announcement on the E3 or TGS?

  • Tell Square Enix to hurry up with the FFXIII release in the West, we’re done waiting already! They better not drop another bomb on our heads like they did last year…

    I hope for some exclusive PS3 RPG announcements on the E3. Surprise us!

  • For Naughty Dog regarding Uncharted 2:

    – Any details on the musical score we can be expecting? The first game was amazing in this regard.
    – Plenty of witty lines from Nathan?
    – Any details on new weapons?
    – Plenty of replay value? (collectables, etc.) and tighter/inventive use of Trophies?

  • To Naughty Dog: Since Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier is launching this fall presumably around the same time as Uncharted 2, will there be any interoperability between the PSP version and Among Thieves such as unlockable characters, costumes, etc.?

  • WKC finally announced for NA? heh, shame it doesnt look that great, looking forward to Demon souls more.

  • will U2 have coop? or multiplayer? only really care about the 1st. i would love to play with bono.

  • For UNCHARTED 2
    In tearms of when the Demo hits, and the release date, will Europe be kicked in the pants again with a 3 week wait? or do Sony plan to give Europe the demo and the game, if not on the same date very close to itband will we get and DLC this time, like we were ment to with number 1?

    For HEAVY RAIN.

    Basically the same Q’s.

  • I often get fascinated with some of the character voices, would the various game developers include, either as a extra menu item on the game or on their web sites, short videos highlighting some of their voice actors?

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  • can you guys please ask them why the new jak isn’t on the PS3?

  • 1 naughty dog are we going to see a uncharted on psp.
    2 naughty dog how much do yous want to go back to the crash bandicoot series.
    i loved those games and would do anything to see a new one on ps3.
    3 sony santa monica are we going to see a new God of war game for the psp.
    because chains of olympus absolutly rocked my favorite game for the psp by far.
    4th one for you jeff whats going on with infamous?
    its got a release date everywhere US europe.
    but still nothing here in australia im realy dying to play this game when can we expect it?
    thanks

  • “Tell Square Enix to hurry up with the FFXIII release in the West, we’re done waiting already! They better not drop another bomb on our heads like they did last year…

    I hope for some exclusive PS3 RPG announcements on the E3. Surprise us!”
    This.

    And I would want to know will FFXIII have a Japanese voice option.

    I’d also want to know is Xbox 360 getting it same time as PS3, even if the PS3 version was done before. Would be a shame to wait longer just because of the Xbox 360 version…

  • @Ghostly_Hero, thanks for quoting me :-) Yeah I also like to know about a possible Japanese voice option in FFXIII. I hope Jeff will get the chance to speak with 1 of the guys at Squeenix to hopefully please us with some great and most of all “honest” answers. knowing the Japanese for their lying habits, don’t count on it.

  • Yeah, thumbs up! :D

  • I think I am bit late to the party here, but I hope my questions will be answered as I tried to be a little creative here. :p

    -Heavy Rain
    *Will QTEs be a big part or just a small part of the game?

    -White Knight Chronicle
    *Will the game have voice-chat functionality when playing online?
    *Will there be any additional map/item/place in the NA/EU version like there was in Rogue Galaxy?

    -MotorStorm Arctic Edge
    *Was the trailer shown completely rendered in-engine?
    *Will the game have any connectivity with MotorStorm: Pacific Rift?

    -Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier
    *How much involvement does Naughty Dog have with the project? And are they supervising the game like they did with Daxter?

    -Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
    *Does Among Thieves set to be more mature than Drakes Fortune? And is it more likely for this game to have an M for Mature ESRB raiting?

  • Hello, Thank you for asking for our input. My primary question would be about their plans for cooperative play in these games and any other future projects. In my household the Playstation is an enabler for time spent together with the family. We all participate to various degrees. The single most important feature I look for in new games is a cooperative element; particularly the ability for us to play together on a single playstation (i.e. split-screen or shared-screen). Are these developers prioritizing cooperative play in their games? Thank you!

  • About time for WKC…i dont understand why we dont have worlwide release for the Japenese Game and why we dont have them…where is Demon’s Souls, Aquanaut’s Holiday, Kenzan, Yakuza 3, Afrika and My Summer Holiday…i buy this console for all this game not just for Uncharted, Killzone etc…we want this game too plz!
    Stop doing that, hopefully i can buy some Asian version with english and the console is free zone, but it’s really boring!

  • one simple question needs to be asked, what is the release date for White Knight Chronicles

  • I would like to know how will you be able to play Heavy Rain and a release date.

  • Hey Jeff, I have questions regarding WKC. Will there be improvements on the US version? For example, the Japanese game had a few glitches (like enemies in a floor under you managing to hit you – or something of the sort) and according to people, the game was too easy.

    Also, voice-chat support for WKC US, please?
    What can we expect from the Online feature? Anything as fun as Monster Hunter or Phantasy Star Portable/Online/Universe?

    Thanks!

  • Is there a chance that MotorStorm Arctic Edge and Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier make their way to the PS3 ?

    I want a new MotorStorm and a new Jak on PS3 !

    Thanks.

  • Uncharted 2 question:

    I loved the behind-the-scenes, making of videos and other extras you could achieve in Drake’s Fortune, can we expect more of that Among Thieves? Is there anything more you want to bring in the second game in terms of replay value, that wasn’t there in the first one?

  • Please ask these questions:
    How many tracks are going to be in Motorstorm: Arctic Edge?
    Will SOCOM Firebravo Team 3 will entirely take place through snowy locations?
    Will Heavy Rain have more than usually 2 endings (usually in all these kind of videogames with choices there’s always only 2 endings which drives me mad sometimes)?
    As for Uncharted 2, please, ask how big possibility there is that we won’t have to see no zombies anymore?

  • I’d rather they kick out the online function from out of WKC and put more effort to the single player mode. I don’t care about the online part and according to people, it really screwed up the SP mode.

  • I wonder if the US / EU Versions of White Knight Chronicles will get some extra features…

  • I forget i hope too that WKC have just subtitle in english (or french) and we have the choice for the speaking, i want Japenese voice, the Japenese game double in english are horrible!

  • Hey Jeff, are you guys having the Sony Gamers’ Day Conference next month or is it this month since we’re having to hear more news on these games.

  • Please please please ask Naughty Dog not to lock the save file for Uncharted 2 and make it uncopyable. Many new games are doing this now and it makes things extremely inconvenient for no good reason. For example, I have to back up all 200GB of my PS3 HDD content just to preserve the save files for 3 or 4 of my games. This is the only way I can protect them in case something goes wrong with my system. It takes more than 6 hours to do the system back up, this is another problem. Sony should implement a selective back up system so that I can choose to only back up save files or only games, etc.

  • I also forgot to ask if we’ll hear anything about Dead Rising appearing on the PSN this year? Thanks.

  • Can we get Demon’s Souls here in the US?!!!!

    WKC
    Are the amount of participants in a party online going to be increased? (Only 4 currently. Would be nice to have 10 or more.)

    Can we get voice chat?
    Can we have guilds?
    We need the best online features!

    Uncharted 2:
    How many new weapons and melee combos will there be?
    How long will it be?
    Don’t ruin the formula!

  • Is the White Knight Chonicles will be released this year in Europe?

  • For White Knight Chronicles, It’s been stated in several reviews of the Current Japan version that’s out that the Online is a lot like playing the single player portion, but much harder and time consuming, so it seems like a waste. What I want to ask is are any of the review complaints of the first release going to be catered to, and will the NA version be tweaked to help to overcome the problems with the first release. Will there be more content? Maybe new zones for online?

  • This question regardes SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3:

    How will the controls be? Will they be improved and be better than the previous FTB titles?

  • i need to prove the xboxers wrong. please find out if god of war 3 is really coming this year.

  • My only question is whether there will be alternative control schemes for Heavy Rain. I’ve heard about a lot of Six-axis use in the controls and I really hope we’ll have the option to just press a button or use the D-pad/analog sticks instead. Please ask about that. It’s the one thing that is making me hesitant about the game.

    Also please find out if there will be voice chat in WKC. Thanks.

  • Why is sony still putting out games on the ps2?? They should put all their effort into the ps3. Jeez the ps2 came out like 9 years ago.

  • I’d like more info on Heavy Rain’s gameplay.

    Is there any other elements of gameplay besides searching an area for clues etc. & multiple choice quick time events?

  • I’m really excited about White Knight. I’m going through RPG withdraw.

    I know at one point it was supposed to be around 100 hours to complete. How long does it take approximately to complete the game?

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