Rockstar Games making exclusive new franchise for PS3

Posted Jul 28, 2007 at 5:09AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: SCEA, Sony
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Rockstar Games - Image 1PlayStation owners will definitely want to hear about this little tidbit of news we found over at the official PlayStation blog. Michael Shorrock, director of third-party relations at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), noted that they would be making a new franchise meant specifically for the PlayStation 3. More importantly, this franchise is said to be "all new," and will not be LA Noire.

"As part of our longstanding relationship with Rockstar," Sharrock writes, "and the incredible success for both companies with the cultural icon that is Grand Theft Auto, weÂ’ve agreed to the PlayStation exclusive rights of the next great franchise from the Rockstar studios." They've yet to note what this new deal with Rockstar is all about, but we're hoping more details about the deal and the new game will be revealed in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, it's a wonderful moment for speculation. What do you think about this new deal, and what do you think will this new game be about?

 
 
 

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by dMcNabb92 - 2007-07-28 00:45
» please be good...

Rockstar needs to make a killer title like they did way back when with GTA. This could be the start of a new era not only for rockstar, but also for playstation

by WOOTAGE - 2007-07-28 01:17
» yeah

hehe microsoft pays 50mil for exclusive episodes but rockstar gives sony a whole new game, WoOt

by Andrew - 2007-07-28 01:18
» back in the day

There were some desert/western themed tech demos back at E3 '06 that were from rockstar if i recal corectly. Perhaps its related to those. Will be interesting to see what it is anyway.

by Elliott - 2007-07-28 01:43
» W00T!

Yep you said it WOOTAGE! Microsoft had to pay for exclusive content, but because Rockstar likes Sony more, they give them exclusive game free!



PURE WOOTAGE!

by na2rul - 2007-07-28 02:41
» oh yeh

i remember - shooting and that big explosion with tank lorry or summin?

by na2rul - 2007-07-28 02:44
» Unlike the untalented M$

Sony never need(ed) to pay for exclusives. Now thats wot i call real consoles.

by iceatcs - 2007-07-28 03:12
» .

Na2rul,



that was "8 days" game, but it isn't from R*.



It was 1st party title from Sony Liverpool studio.

Maybe we will heard this game G|C end of Aug

by meftw - 2007-07-28 03:35
» .

I expect to see this soon

Rumor: Rockstar Games new exclusive franchise for PS3 coming to 360!?

by devildude - 2007-07-28 04:00
» ha ha

another busll***** news R* aint mking excluisve game for a console which selling ***** i mean ps3 .

by AoxomamoxoA - 2007-07-28 04:03
» LOLERSKATES

lol all you people saying ms has to pay for exclusive content are dumb as rocks. Guess what, R* made an exclusive game for 360 as well, Table Tennis. So dont be upset when this *new franchise* is just something lame like Jump Rope.



I like whoever said it would be a new era for playstation because of this game, god you noobs are des-per-ate.

by 666 - 2007-07-28 04:18
» 666

It's an exclusive because the PS3 wasn't out yet.

BTW, Who cares about table tennis?

by Bj - 2007-07-28 05:02
» lol

Microsoft are going to try to bribe them again to make them 2 games

by Franchise03 - 2007-07-28 05:03
» exactly what 666 said

ps3 wasnt even out...now it true..50 mil more episodes...and we get whole new game...and yes..who cares about table tennis?

by G.C - 2007-07-28 05:46
» Lol!

Just When You Thought You Were Winning Xbox 3 Sh1tty Owners! Mwahhhhahahahah ahahhhh!

by Agewoot - 2007-07-28 06:33
» Hmmm

Let's just wait and see if the new IP is any good first! Right now, I'd take extra content for GTA4 over a new IP.

by Wootage - 2007-07-28 06:40
» I hate to admit it, but AoxomamoxoA is right.

Table Tennis is a 360 exclusive from Rockstar, and whilst the PS3 wasn't out at the time, the PS3 is out NOW, and yet there's nothing to suggest this game will be ported to the PS3.



So a new IP for the PS3 is great (I'm looking forward to more info), but it's nothing to cheer about until we do find out what it is.



Besides, for all we know, we may find out that Rockstart have yet another new IP in the works exclusively for the 360. So what will happen then, will you guys start argueing on which new IP will be the best?

by Wootage - 2007-07-28 06:45
» BTW...

I'm not WOOTAGE of course ;)

by damn - 2007-07-28 06:51
» thats cool' they shoulda done 10% in the beggining

they'll get 5 percent off every ps3 sold..............

just like the ps2 deal



or was it .5, i dunno



good motivation

by microsoft, screwd GTA with no hard drive help - 2007-07-28 07:05
» HALO'S overated?

they have a real relationship with sony cause when halo was out' peter moore kept dissing rockstar' saying that they didnt need them......and saying people who play halo...dont play GTA



but there investors sat down and made think about it .... and said, well we farted in microsoft face, and made there stupid exclusive Table Tennis as a joke.... but those 50 mill he "GAVE"

us has to be worth it.........lets give him him esclusives, new car, piece of clothing, mission, ...and then well put all of those esclusives in our friends SONY's version, when the greatest hits come out......



plus since Sony's kick a$$, they'll probrably scoop us up and give us our own studio' if the company ever goes bancrupt



lets make him an exclusive........HALO what?

by Ps3 R* Exclusive= Judgement day for 360 - 2007-07-28 07:32
» read my name ^

the R*- Exclusive title will probably not be something retarded like table tennis.



also, Table Tennis was just a program to basically test the strength of the 360's graphics chip.



it was an early title, btw.



and there hasnt been another 360 title on 360 since... until GTA IV was announced. but, that is a multi-platform game.



If another R* 360 exclusive game was to come out, it would probably be "EXTREME NURSING HOME RALLY FEATURING GRANNY NUM NUMS" and test MicroSoft's gullability.



think about it.

by eaglebaize - 2007-07-28 07:58
» Lol this is proof of what Sony believes

Well, as heard before by many of us, Sony believes that they don't buy their exclusives, they earn them. I'm not saying that Microsoft or Nintendo are bad companies, though. I like both of their consoles too (I just prefer the PS3 over).

by YouIgnorantFool - 2007-07-28 08:08
» Oh sure

"cause when halo was out' peter moore kept dissing rockstar' saying that they didnt need them"



BS. Go find the link where Peter Moore said anything like this against Rockstar. I can guarentee that what you're claiming is a distortion of the truth, i.e. either twisting his words or just lies you read on a forum.



You also seem to forget that GTA was a TIMED exclusive last gen, it was not a PS2 exclusive IP.



And like someone else said here, we don't even know what the new exclusive IP for the PS3 is yet, so why are gamers like you jumping up and down like excited school girls?

by Bj - 2007-07-28 08:30
» gta extra

all the extra gta content on xbox is a couple video clips. and microsoft had to bribe rockstar 50mill for it

by ha - 2007-07-28 09:23
» hahahah hahaaahaa

hahahah thats what you get xboy. nothing for you to have except for a broken machine. warranty my ass microsoft. that is why guys are getting virus from windows. i bet yeah you don't even have windows vista. xbox doesn't even directx 10 graphics support only direct x 9.00. mac are better, stronger, and totally faster. no pc except for macpro can have 15gb of memory and 8core. just like ps3 has 8 cores.

by Heath - 2007-07-28 10:21
» fanboys

The game is called "Why do fanboys care?" and it goes through the average life of a fanboy and how they advertise for free for companies. Quit working for "the man" you bunch of mindless fanboys. Support multi platform releases. DIE exclusives.

by Boricua... - 2007-07-28 11:27
» Ouch...

Thas an OUCH... really hurts... anyway the windows things are windows things... i the worst with many holes in an operating system... but like I said windows and microsoft 360 isn't the same... anyway... I compare the 360 with the zune.. good software... poor hardware....

by doodad - 2007-07-28 11:29
» ^^^

said the mindless xbox fan...

by Don Quixote - 2007-07-28 11:40
» It's not an exclusive

don't you know it's coming out on the Wii

by PS3Rider - 2007-07-28 12:03
» ...

This is great news yet another exclusive comfirmed under our belt, and this is because Ken Kutaragi (even though I respect him) is not dealing with the exclusive deals anymore.



Now this exclusive and some games coming from David Jaffe and his new company.

by PS3Rider - 2007-07-28 12:05
» ..

They have signed a contact with Sony you idiot.

by 987324789 - 2007-07-28 15:15
» 342093420789

WTF is Table Tennis?

by Nunya - 2007-07-28 15:55
» haha

***** all you fanboys. Go to hell pussies!

by Seoulfood - 2007-07-28 17:13
» hmm

Sounds like someone's "des-per-ate" ly hoping that the new ps3 franchise will suck.

by COOL - 2007-07-28 19:11
» jsu try it

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by phox - 2007-07-28 20:33
» ...

wow i still really want a ps3, but reading all these comment's kinda hurts my arguement for getting it

though i'll still get one prolly

well the real problem i think in ps3 right now is lack of innovation, cause back when the ps2 was out, it was on top because all these companies were releasing never before seen stuff on the ps2, and no one else had it, though later on xbox , to compete it did its fair share of porting ( similar to ps3 getting 360 ports right now ? ) and later on got its on established ip’s like halo and so on.

So ya part of the problem is that there are lack of exclusives, but also that a lot of what we can get at the moment can be had on other consoles . so I’ll leave it at that

by Stealth! - 2007-07-28 20:53
» Well

This sounds pretty good, it reminds me of The Agency. There both new Franchises and in no Doubt to be awesome.



Oh guys According to the article this New game is suppose to be better than GTA.



Wow isn't it amazing, GTA goes multi, MS pays Rockstar 50 million for 2 episodes and Rockstar gives Sony a new game and franchise that is suppose to be the better than GTA, Wow impressive. It goes to show you that Rockstar cares more for Sony than MS, Oh and BTW its an exclusive it will not come for XBOX, so don't even try to make false rumors about that.

by who the ++++ feels like commenting on such article - 2007-07-28 21:13
» no "real" people commenting

comments like all those above more or less convinced me that these people commenting here can't be real people. they must be hired by either mS or sonY to do some e-PR...



and i'm a moron coz i commented on them here. shoot me.

by PS3 sucks - 2007-07-28 22:25
» Halo ownes

Gears of war and halo 3 ownes the PS3.

by YouIgnorantFools - 2007-07-28 22:39
» LOL!

I like how you fanboys mark me down and yet none of you can provide the link to where Peter Moore says what this kid claimed. Seems you guys like to live in your own little dream worlds where the truth doesn't matter. :)

by The ONE - 2007-07-28 22:53
» Where did it say that?

"Rockstar gives Sony a new game and franchise that is suppose to be the better than GTA"



Aren't you getting ahead of yourself there? All we know is that Rockstar are working on a new IP exclusive for the PS3, whether it will be better than GTA is something only time would tell.



"It goes to show you that Rockstar cares more for Sony than MS"



With all due respect, that's a rather child like way of looking at things. Companies like Rockstar do no operate with the mentality of caring for one company more than another (that's something fanboys do), they simply want to make great games on whichever format will allow them to do so. Sometimes it will be the PS3, other times the 360, and other times the Wii.



So I wish you guys would stop reading a hidden message into every action a developer takes, since until recently, 360 fanboys were claiming Rockstar like MS better because of the exclusive content for GTA with PS3 fanboys attacking Rockstar for taking money from MS to do so. Now suddenly PS3 fanboys are happy with Rockstar and 360 fanboys are scratching there heads. All because of a stupid need to support one console/company and hate another.

by VSG - 2007-07-28 23:26
» im a sony fanboy because ps3 will not die as fast

hmmn, sony did not even have to pay 50 million dollars and sony will have an exclusive GAME, yes not just extra content but a whole NEW GAME franchise. while the xbots are playing the same game with extra content the ps3 users will be playing a NEW and of course better GAME. hey xbots where's your precious peter now? he's up there at EA planning the release of madden for xbox 360 and playstation 3 and ps2 and psp and wii and ds.

by Nck90 - 2007-07-28 23:59
» Fear None

The only thing that matters about videogames is how much fun a game is not what system it is.. because real gamers buy all 3...

by I owned... - 2007-07-29 03:17
» ...

your mom, she cummed all over your bed.

by Eclipze_ - 2007-07-29 04:17
» Get all 3...?

idk bout you but I dont have money like that. And thats when it comes to choosing which system has better gear/more of what you want. I want most of what the PS3 has, (Mgs4, killzone, Home, n other stuff) & i mainly dont want to pay for online just to play with my friends. but idk thats just me.

by GSV - 2007-07-29 05:53
» All fanboys are stupid

So you've just called yourself stupid.



It's best to be a games fan, not a dumb insecure fanboy.



"ps3 users will be playing a NEW and of course better GAME"



LOL! You idiot. You know nothing about the game so you can't say it will be better. For all we know, it could be cr@p, or it could be great, or it could be an ambitious yet very average game. We don't know, so we'll have to wait and see.



"hey xbots where's your precious peter now?"



And where's the father of the Playstation now? (you know, tiny little Ken Kutaragi!)

by The ONE - 2007-07-29 06:00
» Well, I wouldn't say REAL gamers buy all 3

They buy what they can afford and what appeals to them.



But I would say real gamers are not fanboys, since the stupid biased insecure love/hate viewpoints of such individuals sometimes makes me wonder why they're into gaming in the first place. They seem to have forgotten that it's all about having fun, and spend too much time trying to convince themselves why they were right to love one company/console and why they were right to hate another.

by hehe - 2007-07-29 10:54
» ^^^^

"Seems you guys like to live in your own little dream worlds where the truth doesn't matter."



Yup, just like you :)

by doodad - 2007-07-29 10:59
» ^^^

hear-hear!!! Couldn't have said it myself.



P.S. I guess its human nature to kick em while they are down...

by doodad - 2007-07-29 11:06
» sorry Nck90...

but, we don't live in a perfect world where everyone can have everything they want... so we pick out one system (2 if we are lucky) and then spend our time justifying our purchase by hating others and their choices... because we are afraid that we might have made a mistake and spend our money on the wrong system, si we bicker and fight!!! Yet at the end of the day, nothing will change, as we wont make others agree with us with petty insults. Call it nature or nurture, but we are f-cked up in the head, as we seem to care more about material possessions, instead of helping our fellows as we drudge through this *****hole called life...

by I remember that... - 2007-07-29 12:35
» re: desert/western demo

That desert/western demo they showed at the sony press conference at E3 06 was Rockstar, i still have the clip. Seems to have disappeared, so yeah that could be what there talking about

by YouIgnorantFool - 2007-07-29 18:46
» ^^^ Still waiting hehe

Provide the link I asked for or shut up. :)

by dopey - 2007-07-30 05:20
» ^^

HA! And wat makes u any better??

by Mister Common Sense - 2007-07-30 11:45
» hmmm

And just what could this mystery franchise be? Why is it so secret? Sounds like it's going to be a big letdown to me. If additional GTA IV content cost MS $50 mil, I doubt sony had that much to spend on a whole exclusive game. Probably a game like Table Tennis 2 or something. Buy PS3s while you're hoping it will be good. They're only $499 right now. They're going fast, to be replaced by a 80gb ripoff model.

by 47834 - 2007-07-31 08:15
» 349834

What's up piece of S.H.I.T This dumbass right here is living proof that all xbots are mindless dumbasses. So ha ha at you dumbass you don't even know how to spell. You are white trash. You were a piece of S.H.I.T when you were born. You are currently a piece of S.H.I.T and when you die you will still be a piece of S.H.I.T

by GERRI - 2007-08-05 15:07
» HELP!!!!

UMMM DOES ANYONE KNO WHAT PROGRAM I CAN USE TO BURN THE FC DVD?

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