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PlayStation at Comic-Con: the schedule
Sony Computer Entertainment of America is going to be bringing tons of activities and goodies to the upcoming Comic-Con in San Diego. Over the course of four days beginning July 26th, Comic-Con attendees will be able to try out a variety of upcoming PSP and PS3 games, including SOCOM: Tactical Strike and The Eye of Judgment, which utilizes the PlayStation Eye accessory.Check out booth #4401 at the San Diego Convention Center to visit Sony. For the complete schedule of PlayStation-related events at Comic-Con, click past the break.
Sierra offers playable SWAT and swag at Comic Con
Remotely interested in SWAT? How about free stuff? Sierra's joining the increasing list of publishers that will offer games at San Diego Comic Con. Visit Booth #3645 to play Sierra's upcoming games, including the PSP-exclusive SWAT: Target Liberty. Sierra's promising swag, so you may want to stop by.For everyone else, we have five new screenshots of the game in our gallery.%Gallery-5219%
We want a bloody 300 themed Elite!
A Bringing it Home Comic-Con press release just hit our inbox (viewable after the break) officially detailing all the Comic-Con XBLM goodness and talking about some special 300 themed Xbox 360 Elites. That's right, Microsoft and Warner Bros. have partnered to create 300 (total) Xbox 360 Elites themed with 300 style blood splatter. Yup, they're hot. But before you get too excited know that these Elites will only be given away during a special movie screening at Petco field during Comic-Con, which means we have no chance at winning one of these. Oh well ... they are still sort of pretty, so feel free to check out additional pictures of the 300 themed Elite as well as the official Comic-Con Bringing it Home press release after the break. THIS. IS. A 300 THEMED ELITE!
Bringing Comic-Con Home details
We previously mentioned that Microsoft would be Bringing it Home Comic-Con style, but we weren't sure what exactly they were bringing home. Well, things are a little more clear as Xbox.com posted some information on the event and what they'll be offering. We know that starting tomorrow July 26th through Jul 29th Xbox Live and Warner Bros. are partnering up to offer a bunch of content including video from Comic-Con, the latest trailers, movie previews, TV content, random footage and theme/gamer picture dowloads. So, it sounds like they have a lot of content planned. We also know that there will be a a DC Comics and 300 theme download (but we're not sure if they will cost us or if they are free) and we also spotted a Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal game box on the page making us think that a demo will appear on the XBLM. Bringing it Home Comic-Con 2007 will kick off tomorrow, so be prepared for anything, everything or nothing.
Bringing it Home Comic-Con style
After firing up the old Xbox 360 this morning we noticed an Xbox Live ad that made our eyes get big, our tummy gurgle and our forehead perspire. No, it wasn't an ad for a $5 pizza sale at Pizza Hut (although pizza does sound mighty tasty), it was an ad for Bringing it Home Comic-Con 2007. We're still a little puzzled to what Bringing it Home Comic-Con has to offer as we have yet to hear anything from Microsoft pertaining to such festivities, but we're welcoming it all with open arms. So, we'll keep our ears open while you keep your download fingers ready, because the mysterious Bringing it Home Comic-Con 2007 kicks off July 26th through the 29th. Here's to hoping we get at least one free downloadable comic book.
Star Wars Battlefront to make playable debut at Comic Con
Sony made a big deal about Star Wars Battlefront at this year's E3. So much so, that they had a Chewbacca announce a special Star Wars-branded PSP Lite. We still have serious reservations about the game -- it still seems much too ambitious for our system to handle. Well, will we be proved wrong? (Hopefully!)Renegade Squadron will be playable at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego, from July 26th-29th. We're still recovering from post-E3 shock, and won't be able to make it to the event ... but maybe some of our readers can? If you're able to play the game for us, please send us a tip so that we can get your impressions.Now, check out some brand new screenshots of the game, fresh from E3:%Gallery-5012%
What a horrible summer not to be going to Comic-Con
NECA, the company responsible for the awesome Castlevania figure prototypes, has a new Simon Belmont figure on the way. It's a somewhat more faithful sculpture of Simon as he appeared in the first Castlevania on the NES. Unfortunately, only 1,000 units will be produced, and it will only be available at the San Diego Comic-Con.We totally want this, and we are all about pixel art, but we must say that this figure, with its rounded edges and inexact paint job, looks a little more like a cookie to us than an action figure. Which actually gives us an idea! [Via NeoGAF]
Bring your PSP to NY Comic Con, get free stuff
Are you going to New York Comic Con? It's happening today, tomorrow and Sunday at the Jacob Javitz Center. While it's unlikely you'll be able to get in without tickets already, those of you lucky to be available for the convention should remember to bring your PSPs. The first 50 consumers to bring their PSP system by the PlayStation booth #411 each day will receive a UMD carrying case (pictured). Not only that, you may see me roaming the show floor, wearing the iconic orange Joystiq shirt. If you can find me and show me your PSP, you may win something from my patented Bag of Swag???.Hope to see you there!
New York Comic Con to feature playable PSP titles
Do you want to get your hands on Godzilla: Unleashed? Or how about the PSP-exclusive brawler, Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai: Another Road? Well, New York Comic Con will be the place to be. It's happening February 23-25 at the Jacob Javitz Center in NYC, and it's where you, the general gaming public, will be able to play these games for the very first time.Tickets to the convention are quickly selling out. One day admission is $30. Of course, if you can't make it, don't worry--I'll be there, sure to give you the latest hands-on impressions and coverage from the show floor.[Via Gamespot]
Future PSP plans revealed at Comic Con
You wouldn't necessarily think that San Diego's annual Comic Con would be a hotbed of videogame news, but this year's event proved different, as Sony revealed a number of exciting future plans for the PSP. At a seminar called PSP University (man, we sure wish we could have spent our college years at that institution), company execs confirmed that the portable console will indeed work as a remote for the PS3, and that the upcoming firmware update will support RSS video feeds for the built-in web browser. Furthermore, Sony is apparently in talks with wireless providers to provide more Nintendo DS / Wayport-like hotspots for online gaming, and is also looking at ways to bring downloadable movies to PSP owners -- which sounds to us like another foot in the grave for the almost-dead UMD. Not all the news here is good, however, as those folks expecting a Sony-branded keyboard for their console will likely be in for a disappointment; in fact, the company has no plans whatsoever to improve text entry on the PSP at all. Other new info centered around games and demos, and since that's not really our bag, we'll leave those details to other fine publications like Joystiq and PSP Fanboy.[Via PSP Fanboy]
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Comic-Con: new firmware, new demo and new connectivity [Update 1]
Comic-Con shouldn't be such a hotbed of video game news, but this year, it's proven otherwise. Sony revealed some crucial new features of the PSP today: PSP will work as a remote for the PS3. Advertisements for the budget Greatest Hits collection will be released on July 25. PSP's firmware update next Thursday will offer RSS Video feed support for its web browser. Thursday's firmware update will also have a demo of World Tour Soccer 2. There are no plans to improve text entry on the PSP and no plans for a first-party keyboard. Sony's in talks with wi-fi providers to make it easier for PSP owners to connect. (Similar to Nintendo's deal with Wayport?) Video-out (to connect to a TV/computer) is a feature that they're working on. Connect wants to provide video content to the PSP, but can't seem to find the right way to implement DRM. (But doesn't firmware 2.6+ offer DRM video support?) [Via IGN][Update 1: Removed bit about UMD movie support.]
