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Blu-ray District 9 GOWIII demo US-only News
PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
Sony has said that Europe will not receive a God of War III demo with the Blu-ray release of film District 9.
"The District 9 deal is for the US only," a spokesperson told Eurogamer this morning. "We'll announce our plans for the GOWIII demo in due course."
Europe will also not receive the God of War Collection, which also contains the GOWIII demo, this year, nor a PlayStation Network demo before 2010.
Thankfully, however, PlayStation 3 games are region-free. The God of War Collection, which also contains 720p versions of God of War I & II, is released on 17th November in the US. Don't bother importing District 9, though, as films are region locked.
God of War III is one of many playable games (read our hands-on impressions of the demo elsewhere on the site) at the Eurogamer Expo this week. The Leeds leg is done, and the road team travels to London today for Friday and Saturday's show.
Tickets are long sold out, but you can keep up with the action over on the Eurogamer Expo blog.
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You're right, superjag86... some BDs from are region-locked but it seems like the majority aren't. It very much depends on the publisher. I've imported loads of BD movies from the U.S. in recent months... 300 Digibook Version, Watchmen Director's Cut, Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, Bug's Life... all have been region-free and play on my UK PS3 and standalone BD player.
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Some Sony BDs are region locked, some aren't:
http://bluray.liesinc.net/ |
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cianchristopher
29/10/09 @ 14:14
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Is God Of War 3 actually going to come out in Europe? It seems like Sony are actively trying to obstruct it in every way!
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NoKamiFujiwara
29/10/09 @ 14:33
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@menage:
I don't think there's anything weird about the combo. Haven't seen the pricing yet, but if it's reasonable, I'm happy to spill the money to play a version of GoWII that doesn't look like crap. Lowering the resolution in the second game was an understandable decision because they wanted bigger and more epic levels, but it also made the game look god-awful. At least for me it's hard to appreciate the art direction and scenery in a game that runs sub-standard definition. |
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etherfiend
29/10/09 @ 14:41
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@menage
Well the link is actually pretty simple. ;) God of War is about Greek gods. Poseidon was an old Greek God around the time God of War is set. Poseidon ruled the waves and was the ruination of many sailors. Prawns lived in the sea so Poseidon was technically God of prawns. Prawns in the future live in space. Space prawns came to earth and were the ruination of a few security mercs. District 9 is about space prawns. And that is why they are combo'd together, the link is seamless! Either that or there is something about apartheid and two separate peoples struggling to live together with their own sets of rules that often oppose the others, but its probably the prawn thing. Look out of God of Prawns coming soon from SOE. |
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EarlBassett
29/10/09 @ 14:58
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Poor reporting EG, check your facts on blu-ray before posting.
Sounds like the kind of under-researched crap that would be posted in the national press |
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menschenfracht
29/10/09 @ 15:05
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@GreyBeard
more like "we haven't dun translatin' yet" issue to me. |
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kangarootoo
29/10/09 @ 15:14
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@EarlBassett
Sorry, which part are you all upset about? That EG said Bluray films are region locked (when as we have discovered, some are but not all)? You need some perspective mate, and maybe a glass of milk. If that is enough to get you frothing at the mouth I can only imagine how upset you get trying to do your Xmas shopping in a busy high street. |
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spookyzombie
29/10/09 @ 15:40
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I haven't imported a US game as yet. Presumably NTSC titles have no complications with giving out trophies to a UK registered PS3?
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EarlBassett
29/10/09 @ 16:09
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@ kangarootoo
"as we have discovered blu-ray are region locked" discovered? Blu-rays have been on shelves in the US for two and a half years. I would expect a site that covers a lot of issues of blu-ray with the PS3 would fucking know something that has been common knowledge since 2006 |
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kangarootoo
29/10/09 @ 16:27
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@EarlBassett
Sweet jesus, I was using the word sarcastically. Regardless, you are being far too angry about something so unimportant. Some Bluray film discs are region locked, some aren't, and EG was loose in suggesting that all Blurays are region locked. Stop for two seconds and ask yourself if that is really something to get even slightly wound up by? Seriously man, it just doesn't matter. At all. Edit: here is a good litmus test. Imagine you described the source of your techno-anger to your grandma. If she would think you are being mental for no reason, you probably are.
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EarlBassett
29/10/09 @ 17:07
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@ Retroid
"I think the confusion is with people reading / hearing 'Blu-ray' and thinking they're covered by the same rules" Not on here. Because people will know the difference if they own a PS3. |
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crispyduckman
29/10/09 @ 17:10
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Hey Sony, here's a wacky idea, how about releasing the demo on PSN and as early as possible so as many people as possible can try the game before deciding whether or not to buy it?
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kangarootoo
29/10/09 @ 17:14
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"Because people will know the difference if they own a PS3."
What, all of them? What if they haven't read the manual, or imported any games or films? I own a PS3, and honestly I can't tell the finer details about regioning when it comes to games and films. Its not because my mind isn't capable of holding the information, its because I have never deemed it even remotely important enough a subject to look into. And you know what, it has never yet made a difference. This feels like it is shaping up to the one of those "you aren't a proper gamer if you don't know the blueprints of your PS3 off by heart" situations. |
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Just import The God Of War Collection you bunch of whiners :P You get GOW 1 + 2 in HD and with trophies, plus you get the GOW 3 demo ;)
Try http://www.hdmoviesource.com or http://www.videogamesplus.ca It's really cheap! |
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EarlBassett: "Not on here. Because people will know the difference if they own a PS3."
That would be nice, but I think you're overestimating people with that. Sadly. It can be surprising how little supposedly well-known info about their toys people know sometimes; I've had people ask me if PS3s play DVDs because such a big deal was made of Blu-rays! :/ |
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woodyrulesok
29/10/09 @ 18:26
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Well according to DVD world District 9 is going to be region free.
They are normally very good with their information so I'll believe them for the moment. http://dvdworldusa.com/shopexd.asp?id=70135 |
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freakzilla
29/10/09 @ 18:35
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Sony Europe's plan aren't being kept secret, there is no plan. Do any of you honestly think SCEE have the skill necessary to collaborate with a Sony film studio?
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RamblinSydRumpo
30/10/09 @ 10:10
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Check Movietyme's region free blog. They test most of the big releases and confirm wheteher or not they are region locked. And they also test titles on request.
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jefranklin18
30/10/09 @ 16:21
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For those that signed up to receive email from Sony when registering their PSN details, they will be emailing out download codes to be used in the PSN store to download a GOWIII demo this weekend. Couple of caveats: 1) if you have said no to email, then tough even if you change your choice today and 2) only a limited number will be emailed, but they have not divulged the number.
Details on the EU blog. |
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