Hey all. Quick one for you: we have had quite a few people in touch regarding when the add-on for BLAST FACTOR will be available to purchase. We got in touch with Sony and they have replied saying that it will go live on Thursday September 20.

In case you don’t know, here’s the list…

Products
Coyote Revenge VIP Pass (SCEE)

Video
GT5 Prologue trailer (SCEE)
Lair E3 2007 trailer (SCEE)

Blu-Ray
The Invasion (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

Due to on/off tube strikes, our next 3Rooms event is now scheduled for the above date. Activity includes a presentation from Nina Kristensen, Chief Development Ninja at Ninja Theory on Heavenly Sword, followed by a Q&A. Then there’s the Warhawk competition, with two rounds - a preliminary and then the final. There’s also the chance to get hands on with Drake’s Fortune, Ratchet & Clank and Heavenly Sword. Plus we might have a few extra things to add to the bill in due course…

Top prize in the Warhawk competition will be a trophy and a signed piece of Heavenly Sword artwork from Nina and the team at Ninja Theory. Should be a good one. We will be in touch with those who are on the list in the next couple of days.

Sony have unveiled a list of over 30 games that are playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The list following was released by SCEJ and it looks like Sony are close to a big run of games for the PlayStation 3, though some of these may be Japanese release only.

List as follows..

Record of Agarest War (Idea Factory)
Spiderman 3 (Activision)
Transformers (Activision)
Pirates of the Caribbean World End (Disney)
FIFA 2008 (EA)
NBA Live 08 (EA)
Need For Speed Pro Street (EA)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (EA)
Railfan Taiwan Koutetsu (Ongakkan)
Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
PixelJunk Racers (Q Games)
Unannounced Title (Q Entertainment)
G1 Jockey 4 2007 (Koei)
Dynasty Warriors 6 (Koei)
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Spike)
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Spike)
Sega Rally (Sega)
Imabikisou (Sega)
Oideyo LocoRoco!! Buu Buu Cocoreccho (Sony)
Eye of Judgment Biolith Rebellion (Sony)
echochrome (Sony)
Go! Sports Ski (Sony)
Heavenly Sword (Sony)
LittleBigPlanet (Sony)
Rise From Lair (Sony)
Warhawk (Sony)
Uncharted (Sony)
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
Mainichi Issho (Sony)
Ratchet & Clank Future (Sony)
White Knight Story (Sony)
Ratatouille (THQ Japan)
Dark Sector (D3 Publisher)
Time Crisis 4 (Bandai Namco Games)
Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)
Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft)

Confirmed PSN dates for you guys…

MotorStorm Coyote Revenge 06/09
Vehicle Sets 1 13/09
Vehicle sets 2 27/09

Heavenly Sword Making of and anime part 4 6/09
Heavenly Sword Making of and anime part 5 13/09

Lair trailer #3 6/09

LocoRoco Cocoreccho trailer 13/09

inFamous trailer 13/09

In an interview with Japanese website ITMedia +D Games, SCE president Kaz Hirai has said that developers should focus activity around the PS3 when making multi-platform games.

When asked about the trend for companies to develop across all platforms, Hirai responded: “When you consider the cost of developing on today’s platforms, I think it’s a logical progression that they’re all thinking of making their games cross-platform.

“But I think it’s important that third parties use the unique characteristics of the platform to add a little bit of extra flavour to their games. For example, with the PS3, you’ve got the Sixaxis controller, or you could utilise the extra capacity provided by Blu-ray to add more levels, put on interviews with the developers or have your videos able to play in 1080p. I think it’s really important that we talk with third party developers so that they can have these interesting extras in the PlayStation 3 version.”

Sounds like a good idea to us. Heavenly Sword with ‘making of’ and ’story board’ extras anyone???

According to GameSpot, Ubisoft have confirmed that Haze, the futuristic FPS developed by Free Radical, will currently be exclusive to the PlayStation 3. They said that currently only a PS3 version is in development and that they are “open to new partnerships” but at the moment they only plan to release it on the PS3.

[Gamespot]

As discovered by a user on the PlayStation Forums then reported by other gaming sites, L.A.I.R. is the first PS3 title to be compatible with Remote Play on the PSP. We’ve tried it with our preview copy of L.A.I.R. and can confirm that it does work.

It’s a pretty big development and a video has sprung up on YouTube to confirm that it does work. Check it out.