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Playlogic leaps to PS3

Dutch publisher signs worldwide publishing agreement to distribute titles on Sony's latest console.

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Last week, Playlogic announced that it had signed a publishing agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment America to self-publish its own games on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable in the US. However, oddly absent from that list was Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 3. Today, though, Playlogic has revealed that it has reached an agreement with Sony to publish PS3 games worldwide.

Though Playlogic currently has no scheduled PS3 projects on the horizon, the Dutch publisher and developer does have 10 games in the works. These include Obscure: The Aftermath; Officers; Age of Pirates: Captain Blood; Evil Days of Luckless John; and Dragon Hunters. This year, the publisher has put out WorldForge's Ancient Wars: Sparta and Metropolis' Infernal for the PC.

Earlier this week, Playlogic also announced that it had partnered with Ignition Entertainment to distribute Obscure: The Aftermath (previously known as Obscure 2) for the PC, PS2, and Wii, as well as Xyanide Resurrection for the PS2 in North America. A release window for either game was not revealed.

As to why said games weren't part of Playlogic's deal with Sony, a representative of the company told GameSpot that the deal with Ignition had been signed before the application process with SCEA had wrapped up.

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Their games have excellent graphics.

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If you look at the publisher's page, they're highest rated game ever is 7.2. Lol, this isn't big news.

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$500 for fLow, thats so funny. I wouldn't either thats why I buy other games for the system. I wouldn't pay $350 for Geometry wars, would you?

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i dont need to prattle off a list of games, there are many but really its about mass effect for me now. yeah im happy with that. i wont spend $500 for flOw

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you guys dont understand that those games you keep listing aren't that great (duh)

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"no scheduled PS3 projects on the horizon" PS3 fans keep waiting. Don't forget Xbox 360 has PGR4, Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4, Ace Combat 6, Virtua Fighter 5, Soul Calibur, etc. The list keeps going...

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stryder_18 Let me put at ease with what microsoft will have... Gears of War 2, Halo wars, Ninja Gaiden 2, Mass effect, Splinter Cell 5, Fable 2 and Lost Odyssey just to mention some also just for you exclusive content for GTA.

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Don't worry for microsoft, I think they really understood that to succeed they need games, and honestly I think they're doing a great job on that matter

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Hey Stryder...ever hear of something called the orange box and Mass Effect....and let's not forget that they will, without a doubt, release a Dead rising 2....a Gears of war 2....etc

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Ya thats true about how much money microsoft made off of Halo 3 the first day and also how many 360's are going to overheat and need repairs from playing it so much. But honestly now what game will the 360 have that's great since its "greatest title" is out already...(pauses and hears nothing but crickets) The Wii and PS3 have many great titles coming out and not just one.

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I'm thinking they snatched them to develop titles for the PSN instead of full fledged retail titles.

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To gamer082009 - By the time they finish developing a game for the PS3 the sales will be fine. What you read and hear does not mean it's like that on Sony's charts.

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I hope Playlogic loves the lack of sales they'll get on the PS3...at this point it's not a smart idea to exclude the 360....look at how much money Microsoft made off of Halo 3 in 1 day...If I were a publisher/developer I'd be including the 360 as much as possible. Oh yea, this is so funny as they've made no fun games anyways so 360 owners won't be missing much!

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Amazing, More quality titles I've never heard of, and will never play!

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good news :) but im biased im from the netherlands so yeah, great for the games industry in my country!

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Never heard of any of those titles before :?

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@Colsworl They bought them becaue of the "talent" they have and for them to develope future new IP for PS3. Motorstorm and that other game for PSP(cant remember name) are already owned IPs by Sony, so no matter what Sony could not lose them even if they stay independent. Owning IP and owning studio are two different things.

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It seems Sony are definitly realizing that exclusive games matter, hense why they bought BigBig and Evolution last week.

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i swear i read this article months ago

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To be honest, It doesn't mean much to me. I didn't like much of the stuff they had on the list of games here. Perhaps if they score a hit (or something of the like) I would be more interested. They're not a bad company, really, I just haven't seen stuff appealing enough.

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Sony doesn't need more developers for the PS3, the developers need more development tools for the PS3.

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360 is still on top

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The more, the better!

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Although it got a 4.7 here for several flaws which I agree, I had lots of fun playing their Pirates game. Had the game had more strategy thought and development time, it could've turned out to be a great game.

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Good to hear. Good to see Sony taking initiative and getting these devs on board. They should have done this a year ago.

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the more developers for the PS3 the better :)

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Ya...making 10 games at once REALLY guarantees that all(or even any) would be good.....NOT!!!

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Dozens of crappy exclusive games count for something right? I played some of those mentioned and they need to learn the meaning of "quality entertainment." ah well, the bargain bin needs populating I suppose.

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every exclusive helps

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This is important news. It may sound like nothing, but the fact that a small dev. joins the PS3 bandwagon is important. Remember the "too hard, too expensive" talk? This goes against it... important news, IMO.

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u know this is not the biggest news in the world, but 2-3 smaller devs have gone exclusive to PS3 and more seem to be coming. Its a good trend and it needs to speed up, since the main thing now is to get everyone hooked on and understanding the devs kit. This would probably be the quickest way for Sony to get some serious push in the console wars.

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Meh, better that nothing :P

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I liked Obscure; glad the 2nd one is coming to North America on the PS2. It'll be interesting to see what they bring to the PS3

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good, the more developers on sony's side the more exclusive games giving people a reason to get a ps3, why? because they will miss out on some great games if they only have a wii, or a 360.

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Ok so it was't resident evil or silent hill, but Obscure was really good i thought, i really enjoyed it. Been meaning to try the second one out for a little while now.

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Ok I love Sony to death, but why Playlogic.... they are yet to make a good game, what made who think this was a good move? They have nothing that gamers desire, and given their tend it doesn't look like they will have anything anytime soon....

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okay, for a second I thought they were saying Obscure II was going to the PS3, but I'm glad they're working with the PS2 instead, as there's more gamers there and Hydravision is already familiar with that technology

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More devs can only help Sony try to take hold this gen

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