PlayStation China Conference 2015
June 29th | Shanghai
World Exclusive News
- New PlayStation games and Project Morpheus introduced into China
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia EVP Oda announced that 101 video game companies has cooperated with Sony Computer Entertainment to bring their games onto PlayStation in China.
New global games, including Journey, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, Transformer: Devastation, Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Souls , Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, Warframe, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Evolution, Ys, Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, Castle Storm, F1 2015, Tearaway Unfolded, Might Night No.9, MotoGP 15, Project Cars, Evolution, Ratchet & Clank, Ride, Toukiden Kiwami, Child of Light, Just Dance 2015, Urban Trial Freestyle, SteamWorld Dig and several more are going to be released during later 2015 and 2016.
New games from local developers are Chinese Paladin 6, King of Wushu,Knights of Valour, and 10 more games without English names called 幻境战国,战国破坏神,兵器传,快斩狂刀,战国破坏神,侠客风云传,海战世界,新苍穹之剑,etc.
Specially, Journey, which is created by thatgamecompany and leaded by Chinese creative director Jenova Chen, is going to launch in China on 18th of August for 129RMB.
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studio CEO Shuhei then introduced the new PlayStation VR headset Project Morpheus first time in China mainland.
- PlayStation's Chinajoy lineup
Over 70 PlayStation games are coming to China mainland, and 57 PS4 and PS Vita games will be available to play in Chinajoy, announced by Soeda from Sony Computer Entertainment Shanghai. It's also the first time of SCE to show Project Morpheus in China mainland, with Summer Lessons(2015 Summer version), SEGA feat. Hatsune Miku VR Tech Demo,The Deep,The Playroom VR.
- Firefall revealed for PS4
Firefall is coming to PlayStation 4. It's a F2P MMO shooter made by Red 5 Studios, which is owned by China company The9. Chris Whiteside, executive producer and design director,introduced the game on the stage.
The first episode is called "A Brand New World", which is for the starter with 11 story missions, 4 epic quests, 2 operations in the open world and dynamic events. 3 more episodes is for level 31 to 41m41 to 45, 46 to 50. More information would be revealed in following months.
- 3 on 3 Freestyle announced for PS4
3 on 3 Freestyle, a freestyle basketball MMO game made by Joycity from Korea, will be launched globally on PS4 in 2016. A new trailer in the conference has been revealed in the conference, and introduced by Soeda from Sony Computer Entertainment Shanghai.
News for China
Capcom Street Fighter V excutive producer Ono said, Shanghai is so hot and there are 500 thousands Chinese players has registered for the beta. He mentioned that Street Fighter IV has launched for 7 years, and Street Fighter 30th anniversary is up coming. Moreover, he also confirmed that Chinese simplified edition of Street Fighter V is in preparing for China. Soeda from Sony Computer Entertainment Shanghai also announced that Capcom Pro Tour Asia Shanghai qualifier and finale for Ultra Street Fighter IV is coming to Chinajoy on 1st of August, with Street Fighter V and Ultra Street Fighter IV playable in Chinajoy on PlayStation booth.
Yoshida, the producer of Final Fantasy XIV from Square Enix, announced that Final Fantasy XIV will come to PlayStation 4 in China. With China company Shanda, the latest episode of the game "Heavensword" is marked for 2016. PS4 and PC share the same servers in China, which means PS4 players in China can play with PC players in China. Zhu, COO from Shanda, showed up later.
Kingdom Under Fire II is coming to PlayStation 4 in China announced by Blueside CEO Kim,with a slogan wrote "Perfect Game with PlayStation".
- New PlayStation indie games
About 25 new indie games from China showed in the montage video. The whole list will be updated later. Because the titles are not showed.
Cooperated with local kickstarter website,Sony Computer Entertainment will launch another round of indie game competition. Selected high quality indie games from China will get supported from Sony Computer Entertainment on developing and publishing their games on PS4 and PS Vita. The competition starts from August 1st.