Feature: PLAYSTATION 3 2008 Preview

These yearly previews seem to be all the rage, so it looks like onAXIS is going to have to bust out it's games list and throw them at you. You really want to know what great PLAYSTATION 3 titles we are getting this year, well, this is the place to find out. This list will be updated upon release of every new title this year. This list is for games on Blu-Ray disc only. Credits to some of the descriptions go to IGN.



Title: The Agency
Developer: SOE Seattle
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Action Shooter
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Fall 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8/10

SOE's The Agency is all about living the life of a spy or mercenary in an online world packed with thousands of other gamers. The game features missions, hang-out spots, cities, and even a way to play when your not really playing. You can choose to be a U.N.I.T.E. or ParaGON agent, each with their own base.



Title: Alone In The Dark
Developer: Eden Studios
Publisher: Atari
Genre: Adventure
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8/10

The latest iteration of the Alone in the Dark series is soon hitting the PLAYSTATION 3. The next-gen Alone in the Dark features the macabre style of the series played with new gameplay mechanics and a broader-reaching, action-packed play style.



Title: Army of Two
Developer: EA Montreal
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Action Shooter
Exclusive: No
Release Date: March 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8/10

Electronic Arts' upcoming Army of Two is all about teamwork. The game features extensive co-op play, as you can tell by the title. You and your partner must travel the world to fight through the war. As you travel, use your teamwork strategies by going aggro, driving and shooting, lifting your partner, and more.



Title: Borderlands
Developer: Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K Games
Genre: Action RPG
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-8.5/10

2K's upcoming Borderlands is a sci-fi action role playing game is going to be one revolutionary of it's kind. With user customization features, you will experience endless amounts of missions, environments, enemies, weapons, item drops and character customization. It's one title to surely look out for.



Title: Brutal Legend
Developer: Double Fine Productions
Publisher: Vivendi Games
Genre: Adventure
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Current Review Range: 7-8.5/10

Double Fine's latest project involves Rock n' Roll and is set to release 2008. Brutal Legend features Jack Black in the role of Eddie Riggs, a roadie of a virtuous metal band who has been pulled back in time to learn his true purpose.



Title: Burnout Paradise
Developer: Criterion Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Exclusive: No
Release Date: January 22, 2008
Current Review Range: 8-9/10

Criterion's Burnout Paradise is the latest in the car crashing series. With a license to crash in Paradise City, you'll discover secret roads, adrenaline rushes, new events, and a huge open world that is Paradise City. This is one Burnout title you will not want to miss.



Title: Buzz! Quiz TV
Developer: Relentless Software
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Trivia
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-8/10

Relentless Software's Buzz! Quiz TV will feature more questions than ever before featured on a Buzz! game. The new trivia title will feature enhanced visuals, 5,000 questions, user-generated content, the option to download more questions, and online quiz play.



Title: Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Developer: Monolith Productions
Publisher: Sega
Genre: First Person Horror
Exclusive: No
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 6.5-8/10

Sega's Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a horror title that everyone has been waiting for. You'll play as Ethan Thomas, an alcoholic, using weapons such as firearms, guns, and objects. Online modes will also play part in this title, such as Circle of Death mode.



Title: Conflict: Denied Ops
Developer: Pivotal Games
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Genre: First Person Shooter
Exclusive: No
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 6-7.5/10

Pivotal's Conflict: Denied Ops will be the fifth game in the Conflict series. This is the first title in the Conflict series to use a first-person view. You will play as two characters, making your own choices to play the game. It will also feature a dynamic difficulty setting as well.



Title: Dark Sector
Developer: Digital Extremes
Publisher: D3 Publisher
Genre: Third Person Shooter
Exclusive: No
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-8.5/10

Dark Sector is all about the disc baby. You play as Hayden Tenno who gains the ability to morph into dramatically different combat forms. The game is set in the future. It contains a full single player game along with online multiplayer modes as well.



Title: Devil May Cry 4
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Action Adventure
Exclusive: No
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 is one of their most anticipated sequels. You'll play as Dante & Nero, continuing the legacy from the past games. Each character has their own abilities, that you'll seriously enjoy playing.



Title: Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
Developer: Namco Bandai
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: Fighting
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 6-7.5/10

The first next-generation Dragon Ball Z game is on it's way to consoles. Burst Limit will feature online play, probably most characters featured in a DBZ game so far, and more!



Title: Dynasty Warriors 6
Developer: Omega Force
Publisher: KOEI
Genre: Action Adventure
Exclusive: No
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-9/10

Dynasty Warriors 6 sold like hot-cakes on the PLAYSTATION 3 in Japan, and now it's finally arriving in the United States this year. The game will feautre all new weapons, new gameplay formula, and the ability for players to perform almost unlimited combos.



Title: Eternal Sonata
Developer: tri-Crescendo
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: RPG
Exclusive: No (Includes Exclusive Content)
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Once an Xbox 360 exclusive, now a PLAYSTATION 3 title with more features. Namco Bandai is bringing Eternal Sonata to the PLAYSTATION 3 with more features and more playable characters. Play as Chopin, as they look for some way to make use of Polka's great powers to help save her.



Title: Grand Theft Auto IV
Developer: RockStar Games
Publisher: RockStar Games
Genre: Open-World Action
Exclusive: No
Release Date: Q2 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9-10/10

RockStar's Grand Theft Auto IV is what everyone is waiting for. An open-world game in a Liberty City designed to look like the Big Apple, you'll play as Niko Belic, who comes to America searching for the American Dream. Can you grasp it?



Title: Fallout 3
Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: Action RPG
Exclusive: No
Release Date: Q3 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9-10/10

Bethesda Softworks' upcoming Action RPG, Fallout 3, is a revolutionary RPG of it's kind. The unique character customization starts as a baby, and determines the way you look when your older. The title takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States, starting off in a fallout shelter. When you find out your father leaves the shelter, you leave in search for him. The game uses both the first person and third person perspective.



Title: Final Fantasy XIII
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Genre: RPG
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Q4 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9-10/10

Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII is the company's next most anticipated title. Though details on the plot are slim, we know that the main character is a girl named Lightning. Other than that, if it's Final Fantasy, and it's from Square, then it's a must-buy.



Title: Fracture
Developer: Day 1 Studios
Publisher: LucasArts
Genre: Action
Exclusive: No
Release Date: July 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-8.5/10

LucasArts' Fracture has seen a big change in it's recent showing at CES 2008. It actually looks worthy of making this list now. The game takes place in the year 2161, where ecological and seismological disasters have radically altered the planet's landscape, and a clash in ideologies places society on the threshold of war. A third person action game that you should surely look into.



Title: Gran Turismo 5
Developer: Polyphony Digital
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Racing
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Q4 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8.5-10/10

Described as the only real driving simulator, Sony's upcoming Gran Turismo 5 will be sure to turn heads. As a console exclusive, it'll be a system seller for racing fans, featuring GT.TV, online play, full single player races, and more.



Title: HAZE
Developer: Free Radical
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: March 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Ubisoft's HAZE has been delayed quite a few times now, but March is finally the month that we will be receiving it. As you proceed through the game, you will be able to use more and more types of performance enhancing drugs. The game will feature online gameplay as well.



Title: Hot Shots Golf 5
Developer: Clap Hanz
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Sports
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Q1 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-8.5/10

The next game in the Hot Shots Golf series is Hot Shots Golf 5. This is another one of the titles that topped the charts in Japan. The upcoming title features better golf physics, addictive gameplay, and online play as well.



Title: PlayStation Home
Developer: SCE Studios London
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Productivity
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Q2 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Sony's upcoming virtual world of PlayStation Home is going to be the hub of the PlayStation Network. You'll be able to play various mini-games such as bowling and pool, invite friends to your apartment, watch movie and game previews, launch games with friends, and more.



Title: Prototype
Developer: Radical Entertainment
Publisher: Sierra Entertainment
Genre: Open-World Action
Exclusive: No
Release Date: Q3 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-9/10

Sierra's upcoming Prototype is a new game of it's kind. You play as Alex Mercer, who was infected with a virus that allows him to mutate his arms, create earth quakes by punching the ground, learn skills by simply killing someone who knows them, and more. In the game, he is searching for the person that did this to him. Will he find him? You'll find out.



Title: inFAMOUS
Developer: Sucker Punch
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Open-World Action
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Sony's inFAMOUS was revealed at E3 2007 and appears to look like a rival to Microsoft's Crackdown. Little is known about this title, but developers Sucker Punch say that they plan to implement an online component into the game. The title is an open-world game, where you choose to be good or bad, and super powers are present.



Title: KILLZONE 2
Developer: Guerrilla Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: April 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-10/10

When Sony's KILLZONE 2 was first shown at E3 2005, no one could believe the footage they showed was in-game, but they proved them wrong at E3 2007. The game takes place two years after the Helghast assault on Vekta. With unbelievable graphics, full single player game, and online play, this is going to be one hell of a shooter.



Title: The Last Remnant
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
Genre: RPG
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-9/10

Square Enix is at it again with more RPGs. Their upcoming title, The Last Remnant sure does show what they've become. In this game, players will feel the true tension of a soldier on the battlefield. As many as seventy units will duke it out at once in fierce yet beautiful battles.



Title: LittleBigPlanet
Developer: Media Molecule
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Creativity
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: September 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-10/10

The Media Molecule developed LittleBigPlanet is a title in a whole new genre. The whole functionality of the game is like a MySpace for games. Players will create new levels, custom content, new sackboys, and share it online with the community, while receiving comments as well.



Title: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Third-Person Shooter
Exclusive: No (Includes Exclusive Content)
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-8.5/10

The once Xbox 360 exclusive is making it's way to PLAYSTATION 3. Capcom's Lost Planet: Extreme Condition comes to the PLAYSTATION 3 with all the extra downloadable content and characters featured as priced downloads for the PC and Xbox 360 versions. The game will launch at a budget price as well, $40.



Title: Lost: Via Domus
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Adventure
Exclusive: No
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-8.5/10

The hit TV show, Lost, is making it's way onto consoles from developers Ubisoft. As a passenger of Oceanic flight 815, you survived the crash and find yourself on an uncharted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The game features puzzle solving, and overcoming many challenges to get off the island.



Title: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots + Metal Gear Solid Online
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Third-Person Action
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Q2 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9-10/10

The latest entry in the Metal Gear series is making it's way to the PLAYSTATION 3 as an exclusive title. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots comes with the starter pack to Metal Gear Solid Online. In this title, you'll play as Solid Snake as an old man in his latest mission.



Title: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Genre: Free-Roam Racing
Exclusive: No
Release Date: April 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7.5-8.5/10

Little is known on the fourth installment in the Midnight Club series. The game will take place in Los Angeles using a map the size of all three cities in the previous game combined. The game will be a free-roam racer, so when your not racing, you can just find ramps and what not to drive off.



Title: Motorstorm 2
Developer: Evolution Studios
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Racing
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Evolution Studios is bringing Motorstorm 2 to the PLAYSTATION 3 this year. In this new game, Evolution is completely changing the GUI to a new style. Other than that, not much else is known.



Title: Race Driver: GRID
Developer: Codemasters
Publisher: Codemasters
Genre: Racing
Exclusive: No
Release Date: Q2 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9/10

The Race Driver series games have always been received well from the general audience. This game looks like it will be no different. If your a definate street racer, you going to love this games online and single player gameplay. The game will feature the most extensive range of events in the series, combining official circuit-based championships with road races and urban street competitions.



Title: Resistance 2
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: Fall 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9-10/10

The recently announced Resistance 2 is going to pack a crapload of gameplay in it. The game will feature an eight player co-op story mode, sixty player online squad based matches, amazingly enhanced graphics, and more. If you played the first title, you won't want to miss this one.



Title: SingStar
Developer: SCE Studios London
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Music
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: May 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8/10

Sony's upcoming SingStar will feature an online MySpace-like community to share your performances with people from around the world. New songs will be added weekly to sing out too, at a price of course. A great title for singers.



Title: Soul Calibur IV
Developer: Project Soul
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: Fighting
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9/10

Namo Bandai's upcoming Soul Calibur IV will feature an exclusive character for both the PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 version. The exclusive PLAYSTATION 3 character is Darth Vader. Soul Calibur IV re-introduces classic warriors from the series as well as introduce new characters that bring new conflict and intrigue.



Title: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Developer: LucasArts
Publisher: LucasArts
Genre: Action
Exclusive: No
Release Date: April 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-8.5/10

The latest Star Wars game is focused on the ability of the force. In this game, you play as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, learning more about the galaxy of Star Wars. The game is set to release sometime in April.



Title: Street Fighter IV
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Fighting
Exclusive: No
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9-10/10

Capcom's bringing back Street Fighter to the next-generation. Street Fighter IV will feature online play, most the characters from the third game, some new characters, and some of the best fighting you'll ever experience.



Title: Tekken 6
Developer: Namco Bandai
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Genre: Fighting
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

If your having fun with Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection, then you better be preparing for Tekken 6. This new title will feature 40 characters, online play, arcade modes, and many character customization features, all on a Blu-Ray disc.



Title: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: No
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9/10

Ubisoft's upcoming Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is the latest title in the Rainbow Six Vegas series. This game features new ground in both co-op and adversarial modes, while providing interaction between the solo and multiplayer modes.



Title: Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Developer: Spark Unlimited
Publisher: Codemasters
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: No
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 9/10

In Codemasters' upcoming Turning Point, you play as a construction worker. While on the job site, and invasion begins, where you must get to the ground to survive. From there your transformed into a freedom fighter, from a man who just wanted to live. Truly a great looking title.



Title: Turok
Developer: TouchStone
Publisher: Propaganda Games
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: No
Release Date: February 5, 2008
Predicted Review Range: 7-8.5/10

TouchStone's upcoming Turok remake puts you face to face with the Dinosaurs from the prehistoric times. Joseph Turok, a former Black Ops commando. Can you survive on a planet filled with Dinosaurs? Find out this February.



Title: WarDevil
Developer: Digi-Guys
Publisher: Digi-Guys
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Digi-Guys' upcoming WarDevil will put you in the role of the mysterious WarDevil, navigating what appears to be a post-apocalyptic world, ruled by the Chun Federation. Not much else is known on the title.



Title: White Knight Chronicles
Developer: Level 5
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: RPG
Exclusive: Yes
Release Date: 2008
Predicted Review Range: 8-9/10

Level 5 is at it again with another great RPG. In White Knight Chronicles, you take control of a boy who comes into the possession of an ancient artifact. The artifact gives him the ability to transform into the White Knight of the title, a 7-meter warrior from a time when such creatures nearly destroyed all of civilization. Surely a great title for RPG fans.