Sony Confirms PS3 Launch Date, Games

Eight weeks to go until the PS3 arrives and it's bringing nearly three-dozen games with it.

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Does that mean the company won't be able to boast about a day-one sell-out? Possibly. The PSP had the most successful launch so far, selling just less than 190,000 units at its debut in September 2005, and the PlayStation 3 costs more than double what the PSP does.

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If the price comes as something of a disappointment, the line-up of games for the launch period should not. Sony's European boss, David Reeves, called the roster the "strongest launch line-up in the history of PlayStation", and it's not hard to see why.

Between Sony and third-party publishers, the console will see 28 full games, including Resistance: Fall of Man, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Virtua Fighter 5. The PlayStation Network also kicks off with a handful of downloadable games, including flOw, a game that has been getting a lot of attention lately, and Tekken: Dark Resurrection.

Sony is also planning a firmware upgrade to "further enhance the entertainment potential of PS3" around the launch of the system.

The full launch PlayStation 3 line-up for both disc- and network-based games is below:

• Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll (Ubisoft)
• Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
• Def Jam: Icon (EA)
• Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion (Ubisoft)
• Enchanted Arms (Ubisoft)
• F.E.A.R. (VU Games)
• Fight Night Round 3 (EA)
• Formula One Championship Edition (Sony)
• Full Auto 2: Battle Lines (Sega)
• Genji: Days of the Blade - (Sony)
• Gundam: Target in Sight (Namco Bandai)
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
• MotorStorm (Sony)
• NBA 2K7 (Take 2)
• NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007 (EA)
• Need for Speed Carbon (EA)
• NHL 2K7 (Take 2)
• Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony)
• Ridge Racer 7 (Sony)
• Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega)
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft)
• The Godfather: The Don's Edition (EA)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 (EA)
• Tony Hawks Project 8 (Activision)
• Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (EA)
• Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega)
• Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega)
• World Snooker Championship 2007 (Sega)

• Blast Factor (Sony)
• flOw (Sony)
• Go! Puzzle (Sony)
• Go! Sudoku (Sony)
• Gripshift (Sony Online Entertainment)
• Lemmings (Sony)
• Super Rub'A'Dub (Sony)
• Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Sony)

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