Coming to PlayStation 3 in 2012

What does Sony have in store for the PlayStation 3 fans in 2012?

What does Sony have in store for the PlayStation 3 fans in 2012? While it's probably going to be hard for the company to top the massive amount of exclusive that it brought to the console in 2011, 2012 is also shaping up to be quite a year for PlayStation fans and exclusive titles for the console. Many of Sony's best studios have got big things coming next year, and that includes the likes of Eat Sleep Play, Naughty Dog, and Light Box to name a few. Here's what to expect on the PlayStation 3 in 2012.

The Last of Us - The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.

Starhawk - From the creators of Warhawk comes a bold new 3rd Person shooter adventure where you can change the battlefield instantly in the heat of combat. In the future, humanity's last hope lies in the lawless frontier of space where factions battle over the universe's most precious resource, Rift Energy.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - Sly and the Gang are back in an epic new adventure! The critically-acclaimed Sly Cooper series returns with an epic brand new adventure for the PlayStation3 system. The pages of the Thievius Raccoonus are disappearing and Bentley, now keeper of the ancient master thieving book, must round up the gang and save the Cooper Clan legacy from being destroyed forever.

The Last Guardian - The Last Guardian is the third game by the acclaimed development staff behind ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. In the game, a young boy and a bizarre, gigantic creature form a heartfelt bond as they attempt to maneuver their way through an unfriendly world. There has been some changes to the development of The Last Guardian, and whether or not it will release or not. We'll have to wait and see if it becomes a reality in 2012 or not.

Twisted Metal - Twisted Metal is an over-the-top, vehicular combat game exclusively for play on PlayStation 3. Gameplay revolves around demolition derby style action set across multiple maps in which last contestant alive receives virtually whatever they desire. The game contains both an engrossing single player campaign story mode, as well as multiplayer modes which support co-op and 4-player action locally, as well as 16-player support online. Additional features include: returning characters from earlier releases in the game franchise, 17 vehicles that can be customized with a wide variety of weapons, destructible game environments and more.

Dust 514 - Developed by CCP Games, Dust 514 features ground battles on the planets that are featured in Eve Online. The game will have direct impact on the Eve Online universe and will determine who controls the various planets within the massive MMO. Many details likely still to come, the cross game relations between Dust 514 and Eve Online is set to break new ground in video games.

Yakuza: Dead Souls -From Zombie table tennis to gunning down the walking dead on a date with a beautiful hostess, all the side missions, clubs, karaoke, bars, dungeon crawling, and more are back.

MLB 2012: The Show - MLB 12 The Show is the latest release in a franchise has been the highest rated sports video game for the past 4 years. The Show enables consumers to immerse themselves in exhilarating baseball moments by delivering true-to-life gameplay, authentic franchise and season modes, and incredible detail not found in any other sports game. MLB 12 The Show builds on what has been delivered in previous franchise releases adding compelling features that bring unparalleled innovation and polish to the sports genre.

Tales of Graces F - The popular RPG series by Namco Bandai returns to PlayStation 3 with this port of the Wii hit Tales of Graces. In addition to the full game refreshed for this HD console, PS3 owners can look forward to additional costumes, new story elements and new battle skills.

By Al McCarthy on December 30, 2011

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Dovahkiin

Cool Beans
Brevs

Best lineup so far!
- Dovahkiin
  
  Actually this is pretty weak compared to this past year.
- Tucker
  
  No
- Heard it here first
  
  Did you even see or play ANY of the games this year? hahaha
therapist

I hope that The Last of Us is an open world type of game.
asdf

Final Fantasy Versus 13, new game from MGS Maestro Kojima, Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Witch, rumored God of War 4 and Sorcery.
Kev

And what do we have for us 360 users? Halo 4 and Kinect stuff. Fantastic.
- Cool dude
  
  Lol, you forgot witcher 2 and Minecraft.. fantastic.
- Cool dude
  
  I buy online/Multiplayer games on Xbox 360 and Offline/campaign games on my Ps3.(Except Skyrim)
  
  But my newest game is UC3 so….
  
  Anyway, I agree with you. They should bring a free MMO to make more people relize why we pay for online.
  
  People tend to think that Xbox Live users only pay for online when it has immense amounts of features.
Bacon

Just noticed that half of my games are ps3 exclusives, glad I got a ps3 or else the only exclusives I’ll be stuck with is gears and halo which are almost no different from each other
- Cool dude
  
  Of cource you would say that because youve never experienced the 360.
  
  Another biased comment.
- Allen
  
  While Gears is not exactly the same as Halo they do share a lot of common ground. But seriously, that’s what I say and without trolling I can say it again. The only reason a person should have a 360 is if for some reason you can’t live without gears or Halo, other than that they are almost idential. I personally like sony’s line up better.
- Cool dude
  
  Umm Like what ground?
  
  “Personally I like Sony’s line up better”
  
  Suprice Suprice….. Who would have thought.
- Allen
  
  Both are shooters (one is a third and one is a first person but both are shooters)
  
  Both have a sci fi outlook to them and aren’t they even called “space marines”?
  
  Xbox line up:
  
  Halo 4 and a bunch of Kinect stuff (your personal opinion aside cool dude, most core gamers know kinect is a piece of $hit)
  
  Sony line up:
  
  Shooters, Action, Sports, Family, Adventure
  
  Just an awesome line up and you got to admit, the core love has not been there on xbox since the Kinect. 2 years in a row, as soon as Kinect released. no good games came to xbox.
  
  Forza is a piece of $hit (in my opinion)
  
  Then all you got last year was Gears (after over 9 months of nothing). Then you got Halo CE remake, which is a remake so…..
  
  And now all you got is Halo 4 – sorry but it’s true, I am not trying to rag. Playstation has always had the exclusives that matter to me. yes I do like Halo but I already got CE and 2 on the PC and I have played the one’s on 360 but I feel they moved away from what Halo really is in those. Gears is a fine game but seriously, that’s all 360 has, gears and Halo. When playstation not only has exclusive content in all the best AAA multi plat games but also has a million awesome exclusives that don’t have to be centered around shooters.
- Cool dude
  
  … personal oppinion…..
  
  I cant belive how fanboyish you are…
  
  You called Forza 4 a fine game the other day and now your calling it crap..
  
  Look, if you want to argue with me, dont swear as it is very offensive. Bear in mind that Ive never said a swear word towards you yet you just keep on throwing at me like 10 year old boy with le ofpebbles on his hand.
- Allen
  
  A friendly argument, maybe. You and I are cool but we are far from seeing eye to eye. Also sorry if you take offense to the cursing, it’s just how I talk in real life and I write how I talk. I can’t say I’ll stop but I will try to keep from saying it to you.
  
  Forza is a fine game because it’s all you got and you can’t have GT. That’s why it’s a fine game for Xbox gamers. But that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a piece of *edited* in my book. Forza is a GT wanna be, they copied everything about GT the style, the views, the gameplay, the “simulation” everything is a direct copy of GT and it’s obvious in the game play.
- Cool dude
  
  Thats the funny part though. Ill share my perspective with you.
  
  The first Call of Duty copied the Ps2 Medal of Honor by having the same guns, having a 1st Person Shooter view, and having a WW2 theme.
  
  Does that mean Call of Duty is a dire opy of Medal Of Honor?
  
  Imagine the first Call of Duty having none of those guns, No 1st person view, and a different theme.
  
  I can tell you now that it surely would have failed from the start.. Thusno MW, MW2 and Black ops.
  
  With all the ideas already taken, its very hard to gather and invent new and revolutionary ones.
  
  You see what I mean?
  
  Another one… What if Dirt never copied Burnout or the other way around? Then Burnout would be the only successful arcade-racing game around.
  
  Do you get it now?
  
  GT made the “Simulator” genre. Then you can expect that other games would have to copy Gt’s themes and aspects. Its unavoidable and inevitable. I know because I loved it and I have it on my Ps3. (GT5 Bundle).
  
  I can tell you right now that Forza may have copied GT5 but basing by my experince. About 20 hours on each game. Theres enough differences to call Forza 4 a different game. Thats why critics loved the game and never called it a clone. Except for fanboys like you of course.
  
  Lol, that true though.
- Allen
  
  I can see what you are saying and I’m all for games using what’s out there to better their own game but GT/Forza is different. Maybe it’s just me, I’ve owned every GT out there and used to tweek out on the first one back on PS1. To me that was forever ago, GT has never changed and there never was another game quite like it.
  
  But now to see everything good about GT, after such a long and prosperous life seeing the money whores at M$ steel everything from them just feels dirty.
  
  And like my example, if Sony made a Halo Copy (and no, Killzone and Resistance are not like halo, halo is more like battlefield with the vehicles and all) then every time I picked it up I would just feel like it was a cheap rip off of the real thing.
  
  But cool dud, I respect your opinion and laughed at the end of your comment.
  
  Have fun fan boy
- Cool dude
  
  Look Allen, Its nearing the end of the gen… Wii U will spark the releasr of the 8th gen consoles. What do you say?
Frank

Good list and it’s nice that the majority of them will be centered around single player off line gaming like usual. Plenty to do during the next psn outage.
- abc
  
  im fine with sony’s exclusives. there are a lot of them. same could not be said of the xbox 360. gears and halo wont be enough for me. lack of flexibility will saturate the market and will eventually bore the consumer.
- bozmanbeyond
  
  I much agree M$ is killing them selves by not obtaining very many exclusives. Sonys line looks better and I’m sure there is more to come. 2012 is going to be owned by Sony as M$ gears more towards the lame Kinect rather then the real gamer audience.
- Cool dude
  
  @bozmabeyond
  
  And what makes you think Kinect’s lame? What makes you think that MS is killing themselves when they release games at the market theyre currently best at?
  
  By “Real gamer” audience, do you mean hard core?
  
  Does that mean the casual and the core audience are not “Real” gamers?
  
  Let remind you that the casual-core audience vastly outnumbers the hard core.
- abc
  
  @cool dude
  
  thats why the gaming market is not as good to look at as it was before. only a few hardcore games are being developed. most games are of the shooter genre which is already been saturated and then there’s the motion based gaming. microsoft is now slowly migrating to that market because they see the money there thus alienating its core fan base. like ive said halo and gears is not enough.
- bozmanbeyond
  
  @Cool dude
  Okay so Casual-core audience vastly outnumbers the hard core how do you figure that one out? You do realize I’m referring to just the 360 and not across all platforms? So minus Kinect Adventures because it was a bundle, the top twenty most sold games are for casual gamers? I wouldn’t say COD, Halo or GOW are a casual game there is nothing casual about them. Casual to me would be Kung Fu Panda, or the Lego series.
  
  But I will say that across all types of playing devices the casual do out number of the hardcore.
  
  As for me I have yet to see any Kinect game that has me go, “OH! I got to have it!” I have no need to go wailing and flailing my arms about, that’s what real sports is for.
- Cool dude
  
  @abc
  
  True.
  
  @bozmanbeyond
  
  Im waiting for Kinect Star Wars and Ryse.. They look promising.
kurorai

FFX HD re-make ;)
Cool dude

O.o so much games! Im might get the Last of Us and Sly Cooper only.

BTW, compared to last year, the line up is weaker but still stronger than MS (with an exception of Witcher 2 and Minecraft).

Happy gaming 2012!
Heard it here first

“The Last of Us” is my Uncharted for 2012. I’m gonna be miserable having to wait a whole year for its release “(
asdf

high hopes for Rockstar’s PS3 exclsuive AGENT
asdf

exclusive*
Frank

You’re right. The list isn’t as solid as last years, but this still is much better than the 360′s list. Good hung there are great multi-plats like Mass Effect 3, Max Payne 3, Darksiders 2, Ninja Gaiden 3, and hopefully HOPEFULLY
GTA V to end the eight generation with a bang!
Brevs

@Dovahkiin Yea but im not talking about last years line ups. I obviously know that last years were alot better. But compared to everyone elses lineups. ps3 has the best one so far. DERP
counter troll ops

plan on geting a new ps3 this year twisted metal looks sick
reality

Shitty year of gaming ahead.
- abc
  
  keep telling yourself that.
- reality
  
  Sorry but I find nothing good. The Last Of Us, yay another survival style game that seems to be limited to a 2 player co-op, whoopdedoo! Just because it’s from Naughty Dog doesn’t mean a damn thing. Starhawk doesn’t seem like anything new, just another third person shooter. Sly Cooper is for children, of which I am not. The Last Guardian, you mean that game that should have been out 2 years ago? Yeah, I bet that will be out this year. Twisted Metal, been done with that franchise since PS1. Dust 514 is an MMO so it will most likely be pay to play at $15/month, no thanks. Yakuza Dead Souls doesn’t look too bad, but I need to beat 4 first. MLB who gives a shit. Tales of Graces F is a port of a Wii game, yep that seems like a keeper. Boring ass shit for PS3. Keep telling yourself it will be a great year for gaming when it won’t be, that includes the 360 as well, as I am sure you think I speak only of PS3 when I say a shitty year for gaming.
- Hoppsy
  
  @ reality
  
  “The Last Of Us, yay another survival style game that seems to be limited to a 2 player co-op”
  
  we have no idea what this game will be, we have seen only 1 trailer, and it being from naughty dog suggests that the game will be well made so actually it means a lot.
  
  “Starhawk doesn’t seem like anything new, just another third person shooter.”
  
  I Guess you never played Warhawk
  
  “The Last Guardian, you mean that game that should have been out 2 years ago? Yeah, I bet that will be out this year”
  
  Your a glass is half empty kinda guy aint ya.
  
  “Dust 514 is an MMO so it will most likely be pay to play at $15/month, no thanks”
  
  Dust514 is not an MMO its a FPS based in the universe created by an MMO. its also free to play. please dont make retarded comments when you have no idea what your talking about…ps it also could change the way consoles interact with PC MMO’s.
  
  I think you may have just made a fool of yourself
Dataless

Missing…
Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2
Papo & Yo
Sorcery
Journey
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- Allen
  
  Yes thank you. I knew they were missing sourcery (kind of weird that they did since i mentioned it in the 360 line up that they did before they released Sony’s).
  
  It must be because Sony has so many games coming out this year compared to Xbox that they didn’t want xbox to look so pitiful.
  
  Sorry but I can’t get over this.
  
  (1) November 2010 Kinect releases
  
  (2) No good xbox 360 games until 10 months later (Gears of War 3)
  
  (3) And now the only decent game coming to 360 in 2012 is Halo an old dried up milked cow that isn’t even made by Bungie.
  
  Add the fact that Xbox is the only one pay to play, $300 for a console with no blu ray or browser and that RROD did happen and the fact that all the best 360 games are on PC with free online play and the fact that PS3 gamers get free exclusive content on all the best AAA multi plat games.
  
  Ha ha! So damn good to be a PS3 gamer and I’m so happy that I had previous online gameplay experience as to not follow the crowd and pay for a piece of $hit 360 and their pay to play.
  
  1000 points for Sony, 0 for Xbox
- Cool dude
  
  Do you know what your new year’s resolution should be?
  
  Become less of a douche in front of other people.
  
  Seriously, stop, I come to this site for the pleasure of seeing mediocre fanboys throwing it at each other and gaming news.
  
  But you, yes you Allen. You have come too far. I have expected so much off you this new year yet you have dissappointed all of us by being worse than you already were last year.
  
  Last year, you called T-bone and Reality a retard for blindly attacking the center of your life, the Ps3.
  
  Yet you are so blind that you dont know who causes the this “extreme fanboyism” at the first place.
  
  Im finding it hard to belive that you are a dad. Im sorry but I just had to say it. I have never met a father who is as immature as you are. Even newly weds. I know people who has kids and is defensive of their “consoles” but they never, I say again NEVER redicule the competition. Let alone thrash it like it was just a piece of crap.
  
  Allen, be the better person. You may not be worse than Paul but your nearing it. (Paul is a comedian but says the most inappropriate jokes at the stupidest of times).
  
  As a dad. Father to father.. Be the better peson and let that be your new year’s revolution…
  
  I hope my message manages to go through your thick skull.
- Allen
  
  Dude, whatever. I’ve been as respectful as hell lately. Making it clear what is my opinion, being open minded and trying not to directly attack anyone.
  
  I act a lot in defense and or in response to stupid comments or extreamly unknowledgeable people and so many times I’m attacked before I even see an artical. Paul came the hell out of no where and started $hit. Reality just says stupid things to try and get a reaction out of me.
  
  I can respect most on this site, even those that are clear Xbox lovers like Zzz, Bozman and you Cool Dude
  
  But don’t come asking me to change, I’ve changed enough and cooled down a lot.
  
  I am a proud father and don’t understand why you are calling me immature. All I did was point out that Xbox didn’t have any core love last year and that they aren’t getting any this year (while acknowledging Gears and Halo are fine games). Sure I fanboyed a little at the end but that’s the whole point of my ragging on xbox! Dude it all piles up on Xbox so damn high that I can’t help but be almost in tears over how funny it is that Xbox rips everyone off.
  
  No one has yet tell me why Xbox is worth supporting. I mean damn do I really need to say it again? Do I need to go over the scams, the many ways that xbox costs the most and gives the least, do I need to go over the exclusives, the exclusive content, the quality of online play, I mean damn dude.
- Cool dude
  
  No,no,no… you dont have to tell us…
  
  Just keep it shut…
- Cool dude
  
  “I act a lot in defense”
  
  Really? Because you comment after Dataless doesnt seem like in “Defense”
- Allen
  
  So I’m never supposed to be able to call Xbox out on their $hit. Is that what you are saying? Because Xbox spews a lot of $hit and is a total scam and rip off.
- Cool dude
  
  “I act a lot in defense and or in response to stupid comments or extreamly unknowledgeable people ”
  
  Nope still doesnt cut it liar.
- Allen
  
  lying lier.
  
  Okay, perhaps when I”m in a bad mood I do like to attack xbox. Oh well, looks like that’s the way it’s going to be. R we still cool?
reality

Allen you’re a piece of shit, we all know it. You’ve never played Forza so how would you have an opinion on it, oh forgot PS3 fanboy equals the most valid opinion ever right? Shit, now he’s gonna copy/paste the same flipped argument, sorry guys.
I am not blindly attacking the PS3, how easily you forget I fucking own one!
As for The Last of Us, yeah I don’t care that Naughty Dog is making it, at all. Considering the story is about 2 people surviving, its a pretty safe bet it’ll be 2 player co-op.
So you haven’t noticed the trend of big Sony exclusives continuously being pushed back? When it comes to gaming and the massive amount of shit these places are churning out, you bet your ass I’m a glass half full.
Warhawk blew donkey balls. How do I know, well other than playing it and hating it, I also worked at a games store and we never sold a copy after its initial release.
Dust 514 ties into an MMO, so I’m guessing if you want the complete experience you’ll need that MMO. Speculation, yes.
The only games I look forward to this year are, Mass Effect 3, Syndicate, Halo 4 (kinda), and Hitman. 4 titles=a shitty year of gaming.
- Hoppsy
  
  Having an opinion on warhawk is fine, if you think its bad fair enough but saying starhawk is “just another third person shooter” is not a correct statement. the very concept of warhawk and starhawk is pretty unique.
  
  Naughty dog has made 3 of the best games of this generation, thats not just my opinion its the general opinion of the industry. there is a good chance it will be 2 player co-op but so what? you mention your looking forward to syndicate and halo 4 are they not just another 2 sci fi FPS? and trust me there are a hell of a lot more of them then there are 2 player co-op survival games.
  
  Dust514 is a stand alone FPS that is free to play. you do not need the MMO to get the complete experience. the actions of each faction in the FPS can effect the MMO world that is all.
  
  your pretty much a huge retard with no knowledge of up and coming games considering you worked at game store. you just make yourself look even more retarded speculating about things that you either have no knowledge of or are just plain wrong about.
  
  there has been better line ups but to say your not excited about dust, the last of us etc is your loss and no one else’s.
reality

Uncharted is a great series, 3s multiplayer left a lot to be desired. Sorry but 4 of the 11 maps where throwbacks from 2, can we say lame? Plus, there isn’t any dlc yet, but they still shove that fortune hunter pass down our throats. And they have online passes, which I don’t like, because I don’t buy my games new anymore, since they’re not worth it. Skyrim is my last new game purchase.
Yes, Halo 4 is more of the same, the same that I enjoy, and I’m curious as to how 313 will handle it. Syndicate has been banned in Australia due to excessive gore, sorry but I’m a sucker for excessive gore!
I seem to have hit a nerve with my opinions on these games, and that’s the thing, its my opinion. Yet again, it seems as though your opinion is far superior to anyone else’s. No need to get butthurt because I don’t feel the same way.
Also, “cross game relations” tells me that to get the full experience, EVE Online is needed.
Worked is past tense genius.
- Hoppsy
  
  OK
  
  Saying Dust is an MMO is not an opinion its just plain wrong
  
  saying the last of us is survival co op is not an opinion its an assumption.
  
  Saying you where done with metal gear on ps1 is not an opinion its an assumption, you have no idea how it will turn out.
  
  all the crap you just spouted about the fortune hunter pass for uncharted has no relation at all to what type of game the last of us will be or the quality of the game which is what we are talking about, not the merrits of online pass’s or multiplayer.
  
  once again you are making yourself look foolish, i’m not pushing an opinion on you because i dont know how any of these games will turn out my problem with you is you have already made your mind up when you have little to no knowledge of any of the games