THE LATEST NEWS FROM JULY 2005

  “Everyone, not just internet games journalists, appears to have fallen head over heels in love with the PlayStation 3,” reported . It felt that “Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 Demo was an illustration that PS3 isn’t going to be quite the awkward beast PS2 proved to be”, and that a demo showing a 3D model of Alfred Molina was “almost indistinguishable from the real thing at a quick glance”. Overall, it assessed the presentation as a “remarkably robust show of strength from offered a more sober and sceptical assessment. “Real-time renderings of the opening scene from and a mud-splattered section of were certainly eye-catching,” the magazine reported. “Even so, those of us who were there were reminded of the presentation of the PS2 some seven years ago, when much was promised and then not delivered.” The magazine also noted something worrying about Sony’s foray into handheld gaming. “Sony was clearly so busy that it all but forgot the future of the PlayStation Portable. Plenty of games were on the show floor but no mention was made of any plans for online play, web browsing or downloadable content; a disappointment, to say the least.”