Three new Lair screens were released at the Playstation event in Tokyo yesterday. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe also announced that Lair, which had an initial release date of September 26 of this year has been pushed back.

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Within the IGN "Pre-E3 2007: Lair Near-Final Preview", one can read the fine print on the highly talked about and anticipated Lair demo, supposedly coming in July! At the end of the preview its states:

"Indeed, you'll be able to check it out for yourself because our Sony rep was confident that a Lair demo would appear on the PlayStation Network, although they admitted it could well be POST launch because Factor 5 is working flat out to get the actual game finished."

So perhaps the demo might not come in the month of July after all!
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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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Ryan Hamlyn Associate Producer of SCEA posts:
"Hey everyone, I'm Ryan Hamlyn, I'm the associate producer for Lair. It's been a long haul-almost 2 years for me, and even longer for some of the team over at our developer, Factor 5-but putting the finishing touches on the game and now seeing all our work culminate into a finished product is very exciting. "
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Sony has finally launched the official site of Lair, the upcoming game being developed by Factor 5.
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Here comes speculation from a previous employee of Sony about Killzone 2. Note his credentials cannot be validated, but he provides this evidence for the truth of his words:

"Just thought I'd post in response to people asking for proof. I'm just passing on information from one of my best friends, who works at Sony. If I had proof, you would have proof.

I agree that it sounds almost unbelievable, but I obviously believe it because I know that he wouldn't lie and works in the environment where this information is available.

For example when I worked there I played on heavenly sword, which was 18 months ago (very early code running on a dev kit, the enemies where either blue or pink), and i played on the PSP well before its release.

But as I said I'm just passing info on..."

This is what he claims to have heard:

"As some may know I used to work at Sony, and I was speaking to a friend still there last night, trying to get some details out of him over a few pints. Now he isn't working on Killzone 2 but he's been told and shown a few things. Here's what he said;

1. He seen a gameplay video. Graphically he said it was better than the E3 trailer, but personally I think he was just a bit over exited because it looked amazing.

2. NPC's react realistically to where they are shot. The example he said is that a Helghast was hit in the hand and it shook its hand as if in pain, and also if shot in the leg blood seeps out of the exact area shot.

3. For multiplayer each server is like a world, with villages and towns, and your battling for control. If Helghast controlled it looks run down, if ISA controlled it looks nice, with residents living there.

He said the game is very far along too."

This previous employee also claims that Lair's GFX are spectacular but the gameplay is lacking.
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Gaming Today Reports:

You see that date up there my friends? That's the date that PS3 owners will be looking forward to because not only does it mean the long awaited, highly anticipated Lair comes out, but it also is the date where the PS3 software "drought" officially ends and the good games begin to roll out.

Not only has the release date been revealed today, but also it's been revealed that we can all expect a Lair demo to hit the Playstation Network sometime in July. Here's hoping it'd happen near the 4th of July. What better way to ring in America's independence by burning up some soldiers and and then eating them while they still cry in agonizing pain.
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Lair has to be seen in motion to be believed. Finally, after months of disappointing screenshots, Sony has finally released some footage that does the PS3 stunner justice. A gargantuan ten videos in all have been unleashed, some more amazing than others, on Sony's official site. You should watch them all, unless you're running on an archaic 56k connection. In which case you definitely need new internets. Check out our recent preview right here. June 27, ... » Read More

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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PS3fanboy:

Are you ready for this? We feel like, for the first time, we are relaying some good news to all the Europeans out there. Read on to see what your PSN Store now contains.
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EBgames, Gamestop, and Gamespot are reporting a slight delay in the release of Factor 5's upcoming PS3 title "Lair." This delay is little more than a week, tiny compared to the delays that many games (and subsequently, their fans) have endured. Neither Factor 5 or publisher SCEA have addressed the delay, so save your angry petitions for later.
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We've got yet more screens of the Lair dragons that Factor 5 is always keen to show off. Mid-air scraps, 100-feet-long fire blasts and big stretching scenery are once again the big appeal, but we're puzzled as to why all these Lair screens released of late turn out a little less razor-sharp as we know they could be. As we always remind you, we played the game in glorious 1080p and it looked pretty slick, and that was a while back so we'd expect the final game to look even better when it ... » Read More

Here is some info some Gafers have stumbled upon concerning Sony's weekly PSN updates.

"This is for North America only unless specified otherwise and updated as we get more information."
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If you're looking to import Lair from Japan later this year, IGN got a wee update you might want to take note of. The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu reports that the game has a new name for the Japanese market. Previously known tentatively as just Lair, the game will be released as "Rise From Lair."
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The Halo effect is now taking hold and Sony is taking some steps to try and counter the juggernaut known as Halo 3.
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IGN still lists MGS4 for November.
PlayStation 3: US Release Date Revision 5/21
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Sony Computer Entertainment America's Gamer's Day 2007 ended yesterday, and today the media was allowed to release their impressions and videos of the event.

Here are all the PlayStation 3, PS2, and PSP trailers and Gameplay clips from the show all compiled into one locaton.
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In order to make things easier for you all, PS3 Fanboy lists all of their Sony Gamer's Day posts here so that you can see exactly what was reported on at a glance.
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Sony Computer Entertainment America boss Jack Tretton has admitted that the PS3's high price poses "a challenge" - but observed that the content available for the console will help to justify the cost.

He said that 2007 would be the year that video game makers will deliver the must-have titles, including 15 exclusives, needed to drive sales of the PS3. He added that it also took time for developers to turn out blockbuster games for the PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 -- which dominated their respective console cycles.

The PS3 exclusives include "Warhawk," dragon-combat title "Lair," and Sony's newly released baseball game "MLB: The Show."
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