TGS 2007 Recap

From the PlayStation 3's November 2006 release through the end of Sony's fiscal year the following March, the electronics giant shipped 5.5 million systems to retailers worldwide. Although the system didn't fly off the shelves as quickly as Sony had hoped, the company projected that it would double shipments to 11 million for the current financial year, which runs through March of 2008.

Beautiful Katmari Coming to the PS3:

Speaking with Beautiful Katamari director Jun Morikawa at the Tokyo Game Show, he clarified that Beautiful Katamari specifically will not be appearing on the PS3 -- but, that the series will definitely be making its way to the console soon.

Whether this PS3 title ends up being a pseudo remake of Beautiful Katamari with some added enhancements (as Namco Bandai did with Ridge Racer 6 on Xbox 360 to Ridge Racer 7 on PS3) in unknown. Then again, the Katamari games aren't that fundamentally different from each other anyway. The real point? A new Katamari game is headed for PS3. The director also hinted at the series making an appearance on Wii.

MSG4 Demo to hit the PSN:

Metal Gear Solid 4 will not becoming to the PSN this year in the form of a demo, said but true the MSG4 was rumored to becoming available in demo form by early December as been but to rest as just that a rumor nothing more.

Yakuza 2 is Coming:

Yakuza 2 will be hitting the American cost soon, yes the squeal to the original Yakuza which is already scheduled with a third being available in Japan will now becoming to the North American shorelines. Yakuza 2 follows on from the events of the first game, which saw Kazuma retiring from Yakuza life. However, the head of his former gang, the Tojo Clan, is assassinated by members of the Oni gang, and Kazuma finds himself drawn back into the violent gangster world as he attempts to prevent a full-scale gang war. BTW this game is only coming the PS2 now plans yet on a PS3 version at this time.

Kingdom Hearts for the PSP:

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PSP looks to be a single-player adventure in the vein of the PlayStation 2 iterations, though not "Kingdom Hearts III." Birth by Sleep's protagonist was not explicitly named in the presentation, but he looked an awful lot like Zack of Final Fantasy VII/Crisis Core fame.

Sony Buys Evolution:

Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that it has completed the acquisitions of UK-based Evolution Studios and its subsidiary, Bigbig Studios. Both studios have been developing games exclusively for Sony platforms for a number of years. Now that they're members of SCE's Worldwide Studios (WWS) network, they'll have the opportunity to benefit from sharing technology and production methodology with other studios in the network, which include the Cambridge and London teams, Zipper Interactive, Guerrilla Games, Polyphony Digital, and others in Japan, the UK, and the US. At this point, Evolution Studios is best known for its million-selling MotorStorm on the PlayStation 3.

Dual Shock PS3 Controller Comes True:

Scheduled for a fall release in Japan, Dual Shock 3 isn't scheduled for a release in Europe or the US until Spring 2008. Yes we will get the Dual Shock 3 controller which incorporates both the rumble and SixAxis control scheme we have come to know.