European PS3 owners will have to settle for the new MotorStorm downloadable content on PSN this week as Midway still hasn't confirmed when the Stranglehold demo will be released here.

The Coyote Revent VIP Pass pack will cost GBP 3.99 / EUR 5.80. It includes the new reversed and revamped version of the Coyote track plus two new vehicles and the Eliminator online mode.

There's also a spattering of new trailers you might want to look at, like GT5 Prologue, Lair, and Heavenly Sword - but you can find most of those over on Eurogamer TV already.
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SCEE has announced a new PS3 bundle, which includes Heavenly Sword and F1 Racing.
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September 4, 2007 So the results are in. With two of PlayStation 3's biggest titles now being reviewed around the world, it has to be said they haven't been as impressive as their initial promise suggested. We're talking scores as low as 40 for Lair and 6/10 for Heavenly Sword. How could such massive releases be so disappointing? Didn't someone look at Lair somewhere along the line and say "Er... this really isn't working"? And why does Heavenly Sword feel so disappointing despite its beauty? ... » Read More

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
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NeoGAF member pswii60 posts:
"Got my latest Official Playstation Magazine UK.
PS3 Reviews:

Lair - 6
Heavenly Sword - 7
Stuntman Ignition - 7
..."
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The summer dry spell for video games came to an end last week with the arrival of "BioShock," the creepy underwater shooter that has won rave reviews and flown off store shelves.

The main bulk of important games this year won't come out until November, but the next month or two will see the release of quite a few other hot games. These aren't necessarily "system sellers" -- games that are so good that consumers will buy a particular video game console just to play them -- but give potential customers a few more reasons to eventually take the plunge.
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The benefits of the higher storage capacity of Sony's Blu-Ray discs have once again been pulled into the spotlight as Heavenly Sword chief development 'Ninja', Nina Kristensen, tells CVG that the game would simply not be possible on DVD.

"We have jam-packed the Blu-Ray disc absolutely full," declared Kristensen, as she confirmed rumours that the audio alone was allocated 10GB of space on the 25GB Blu-Ray discs.
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2K Games' BioShock rules over the charts again this week while there are new best sellers on PS3, PS2 and Nintendo Wii.

1. BioShock-2K Games (Xbox 360)
2. Halo 3*-Microsoft (Xbox 360)
3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption-Nintendo (Wii)
4. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day-Nintendo (DS)
5. Nintendo DS Lite w/ Brain Age 2-Nintendo (DS)
6. Wii Play w/ Remote-Nintendo (Wii)
7. Halo 3 Ltd. Edition*-Microsoft (Xbox 360)
8. BioShock-2K Games (PC)
9. Madden NFL 08-EA (Xbox 360)
10. Brain Age-Nintendo (DS)
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Aug 28, 2007 After four years hard slog for developer Ninja Theory, work on its ambitious, PS3 exclusive adventure, Heavenly Sword, is done, dusted and will be hitting the shops next month. And after all the painstaking nurturing and momentum-building hype surrounding the game, will anything less than a chart-topping hit be a disappointment for the development team at Ninja Theory? The answer, according to company co-founder and chief development ninja Nina Kristensen, is a definite ... » Read More

In what's becoming an ever more increasing sight, the potent differences between scores of highly anticipated games on the PlayStation 3, Massive Attack from Neogaf has posted scores that he claims are from the October issue of EGM in where Bioshock, Heavenly Sword and Warhawk are amongst the titles reviewed.

Bioshock 10, 10, 10 gotm
Heavenly Sword 8, 8, 9
Warhawk 8.5, 7, 8.5
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The list both shows confirmed, and rumored exlusives in an easy to read and well thought out way. The list includes both released and unreleased PS3 exclusives including timed exclusives such as Haze.
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Here are the latest scores from Edge magazine for games like Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, BioShock, Stuntman Ignition and Medal Of Honor Airbourne:
Heavenly Sword - 6
Bioshock - 8
Warhawk - 8
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Development on the beautiful PS3 bruiser Heavenly Sword has finally wrapped up after four long years. It's definitely left developer Ninja Theory in a good mood as well, because they're already thinking up ideas for a sequel - but it looks like the final word is up to Sony.
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The EU Playstation Network Store has been updated with lots of goodies hot off the Leipzip convention. The update includes:

UT3 Gamers' Day Trailer
Stranglehold Gamers' Day Trailer
**Folklore Exclusive Demo** For a LIMITED time
Warhawk Trailers (Multiplayer/Air/Ground/Trailer)
PSN Trailer from Leipzip
Playstation Eye Trailer from Leipzip
MGS4 Gameplay Demo from Leipzip
Heavenly Sword Nariko Trailer
Snakeball Trailer
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Threespeech have confirmed that Heavenly Sword will be released on the 14th September in the UK and the 19th for the rest of the EU.
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A developer from Ninja theory responds to the recent news about the developers using over 10GB of space for only Heavenly Sword audio.

The developers came very close to using a dual layer blu-ray disc because even with the size of the single layer blu-ray disc, they were having problems fitting all all of the game's audio data onto a single layer blu- ray disc. According to the developer :

"We use a mixture of compressed and uncompressed, but lots were compressed for the reasons people have stated.
Make no doubt, fitting all the audio in and not stuttering and being the the highest quality we could get wasn't easy, it was quite a problem even with the size of blu-ray. At one point we seriously considered dual layer Blu-ray cos of disk space issues."
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Following the successful PlayStation 3 starter pack containing a ps3 console, Resistance Fall of Man, MotorStorm and two Sixaxis, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe intends to renew the experiment with a second Pack planned for September 19 at the cost of 599.99 euros. This new pack will contain a PS3 ,2 sixaxis controllers and two new additional games as well ,namely Heavenly Sword and Formula One.Stay tune for an official conformation maybe at next weeks Leipzig Games Convention in Germany...
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Heavenly Sword - 8

+ Stunning Visuals
+ Inspired use of the Sixaxis
+ Superb combat system
- Over too soon

Lair - 8

+ Always so much going on
+ Stunning attention to detail
+ Intuitive control set-up
- Not the longest of games
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The normal RRP(Recommended Retail Price) for games in the United Kingdom is £49.99 for the Playstation 3. Online game retailers such as Play, Gameplay and ShopTo have updated their prices to reflect the PS3 exclusives as £39.99 RRP. This includes Warhawk(with headset), Heavenly Sword and Lair

It is worth noting that despite these RRP you can buy games online for £39.99 instead of the RRP of £49.99 and these Sony exclusive games are available online for £32.99 instead of the RRP of £39.99. This makes them £7.00 cheaper than all other new games coming onto the market.

Could this be a promotion by Sony to promote the exclusive games you can only buy on the PS3? Will these prices help sell more consoles?
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With 10GB of sound FX, three and a half hours of music, 4,500 lines of dialogue, and an hour and a half of cut scenes localised for 11 different languages, Heavenly Sword is clearly an immense game in terms audio. This piece looks at the game's sound production, with comments form developer Ninja Theory and Sony.
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