It is already known that the Heavenly Sword demo will be hitting the Euro PSN this Thursday - IGN have also got word from Sony that the demo should hit all territories simultaneously.

Plus, according to Sony the demo is the same as that shown during Sony's Gamer Day earlier this year.
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Sony has confirmed to Pro-G that a playable demo of Heavenly Sword, one of the PS3's most anticipated titles, will be released on Thursday, July 26. PS3 owners will be able to grab the demo from the PlayStation Network and sample the action ahead of the game's scheduled September release. Sony tells us that the demo will feature a rope sequence as seen at Sony's Gamers Day which took place in May.
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Enterbrain this week said that Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 has reached 1 million in sales in Japan. The console debuted in the territory on Nov. 11.

In the latest weekly sales in Japan, the PS3 sold more than 13,000 units, an above average tally for the console.

The 60GB PS3 SKU is a top-seller this week at CircuitCity.com. The product is listed in the top five best-selling products and the top five most searched products at the online retailer.

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Details include:

- In depth look at Nariko
- More than 7,300 animations
- Game's first use of Dynamic Parallax mapping
- And talk about the SPU's usage in game
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Two days ago, a site that goes by the name gaminginsider posted a rumor about Heavenly Sword to getting online multiplayer sometime after the game launches.

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Issue 5 of the free PlayStation 3 magazine has a preview of KillZone 2, plus an exclusive interview with the developer of Heavenly Sword and an E3 roundup report.
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Footage taken from game on show at E3 2007. July 17, ... » Read More

The demo has been dated for the EU playstation store. It will be out on the 26 July which is this month. No indication of when it will be available in other regions as yet though.
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Chief Technology Developer Ninja Mikey of Ninja Theory has posted his thoughts of E3 on the Official Ninja Theory forum. And with it one final thought on the Heavenly Sword demo:

"Well, let me just tell you all that the dev team has finished work on the demo.. that's it... it's in the bag... so now it's a case of Sony deciding when they feel is the best time to release it to PlayStation Network."

Plus for the complete game: "The Ninja team is now in the closing stage of development. We are quite literally fixing bugs and then it's done."
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According to PS3Fanboy, European PS3 owners should be expecting quite a fat update to the PSN Store this month including a demo for the highly anticipated game Heavenly Sword. Click the link to see more additions scheduled to be coming.
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PS3 Attitude liveblogs the Sony keynote speech at E3 2007 to bring all the details of every Sony PS3-related announcement.
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First off, Factor 5, the developers of the forthcoming dragon shooter Lair, has already confirmed that a demo will be coming out for the game "in July", one month before the game's official August 14th release.

Another demo rumored to be making the rounds "very soon" is Ninja Theory's Heavenly Sword, featuring a sweet-looking hottie battling all kinds of impossible odds to bring down the man that murdered her father. Theory should be finishing up work on this soon and already promised a demo would be coming as well. So, again, it would be a big part of some kind of online E3 push.

And let's not forget the online betas, either.Word has it that Little Big Planet would be starting up a beta as well. Again, E3 could hold the key to all this and Sony could really give its users something spectacular if it wanted.
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Sony has the most to prove this year. With PlayStation 3 in need of a booster shot, they'll unveil some more exciting games in known franchises. What's left in their internal stable of franchises? Answer that and maybe you'll figure out what they'll show off. Certainly you'll see more from Metal Gear Solid IV and Final Fantasy XIII, but they won't be out this year.
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This weekend an exclusive edition of Gamer TV dedicated to the forthcoming PlayStation 3 AAA title Heavenly Sword airs on UK satellite and cable channel Bravo.

This half-hour programme takes an in-depth look at the making of the game, as well as revealing never before seen levels, characters and story elements.

Exclusive interviews with the cast, including Andy 'Gollum' Serkis, and unseen footage from the performance capture sessions at Weta Digital reveal how the game's impressive cinematic sequences were created.
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Spectacular blade battling, brutal action, stunning vistas and a nubile, red-headed heroine - the prayers of PS3 owners desperate for an exclusive that is going to make 360 gamers green with envy may very well be answered with Heavenly Sword. Everything we've seen of this fantasy blood-spiller has left us eager for more, so what better way to kick the week off than with a stunning batch of new images from the game. Jump over to our Heavenly Sword gallery for another tantalizing look at what is ... » Read More

Three Speech was at the Mayfair hotel in London earlier this week to witness the unveiling of the PS3's biggest post-release title, Heavenly Sword, expected this September. From what they've seen and played, it's going to be an epic next-gen fantasy romp, involving a gorgeous, flame-haired warrior princess, a whole heap of medieval violence and hoardes of monsters to slice and dice your way through...
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe sent word to press outlets in Spain of its line up for the rest of the year, including new dates and additional confirmation on previously unconfirmed games. On the list of releases were games like LocoRoco 2 and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, both scheduled for release this calendar year.

PLAYSTATION 3
Singstar Next Gen: 8 - 22
Warhawk: 8 -29
Heavenly Sword: 9 - 12
Lair: 9 -26
Folklore: 10 -10
Eye of Judgment: 10 - 24
Ratchet & Clank: 11 - 7
Time Crisis 4 & GunCon 3: 11 -18
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue: 11 - 21
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune: 11 - 28
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Note that these are tentative release dates and are subject to change. Since release dates change on an almost daily basis, be sure to call your local retailer to make sure the game you're looking for is available (TBA indicates that no release date has been determined yet).
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PS3 owners weren't as overcome with software as they thought they'd be this past spring, but the summer is a totally different story. With a number of high-profile and potentially excellent videogames headed our way over the next few months, the awaited "must own" PlayStation 3 era may finally be upon us. Highlighted below are most of the season's biggest titles, so be sure to look for them at your local retailer between the dual-21sts of June and September.
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French gaming mega-site PlayFrance has posted a list of Sony titles coming out in Europe between now and this October and they've revealed a bunch of unheard of titles. Not only do they confirm that both Loco Roco PSN and GT 5 Prologue are coming out in the next couple months, they also listed three previously unheard of games:

EyeToy Play Factory 1
EyeToy Play Factory 2
Chills
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