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Sony’s showing at Play.com Live was secretive before the event and it might not be too hard to see why.

The rumoured Killzone 2 trailer was not new. There was no new footage. It was the 2007 E3 reveal trailer, in a heavily compressed form. Dissappointing, folks.

We were expecting a playable LittleBigPlanet. In fact, I was heavily looking forward to getting my hands on it, and you’d think UK developer’s game would be at this UK event. Another old trailer was there to greet us. Sony are holding this one back.

Oh, and God of War on the Playstation 3? Last year? Oh yes, Ripten was the first to experience God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP advertised on an HDTV and under the Playstation 3 logo.

There were, however, playable games. Buzz PS3 made one of its first playable showings, which is especially nice to see since the developers are based in Brighton, UK.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue made a glowing showing, with full arcade set-ups challenging noob gamers in the impressively rendered London setting to score their best lap. Fastest times won the up-and-coming GT5P PS3 bundle. Echochrome walked in after Everybody’s Golf 5, and God of War PSP broke my fingers.

There were other playable Playstation 3 games on show, including Devil May Cry 4, Unreal Tournament 3, Burnout Paradise, Army of Two, Bourne Conspiracy, Lost Planet, Soul Calibur IV, Condemned 2, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Lego Indiana Jones, Race Driver: Grid, Rock Band, Guitar Hero 3, and the PS3 exclusive Haze.

The advertised Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV once again only made trailer appearences, but at least this was better than Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’s depressing effort.

In-depth game impressions still to come.

Tags: gran_turismo_5, Killzone-2, LittleBigPlanet, playstation_3_games

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5 Comments » Ungratefulls on March 15, 2008 10:43 pm That was a boatload of games there from Sony. You ungrateful reporters PS3 on March 16, 2008 12:19 pm LittleBigPlanet looks so cool! It was one of the reasons I was considering buying a PS3, but I’m not sure anymore… Patrick Steen on March 17, 2008 7:47 am We weren’t ungrateful. We enjoyed our time very much. shamon on March 17, 2008 1:10 pm wish i could have been there anyways here to the year that ps3 makes it comeback. cell on March 17, 2008 1:11 pm that was some nice content available. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.