New 'Greatest Hits' Titles for the PLAYSTATION®3 System Available June 16

Best-Selling Games from Both SCEA and its Publishing Partners to be Offered at Great Value to PS3™ system Owners

PRNewswire
FOSTER CITY, Calif.
05/28/2009

Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced that six best-selling titles have been added to the "Greatest Hits" library for the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. Starting June 16, the following games, representing some of the most popular hits on the platform, will be available for $29.99 MSRP: Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company, Devil May Cry 4, Gran Turismo® 5 Prologue, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and Ratchet & Clank® Future: Tools of Destruction.

This is the second set of PS3 games to reach "Greatest Hits" status, and they showcase some of the platform's best-selling titles across a broad range of genres, including first-person shooter, platforming, racing, and action/adventure.

"Games deemed 'Greatest Hits' have reached a significant sales threshold. This latest selection features several critically acclaimed titles, including Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Metal Gear Solid 4, which represent the high caliber of quality software that is available on the PS3 system," said Scott A. Steinberg, vice president, product marketing, SCEA. "We're looking forward to making this group of best sellers even more accessible to consumers, while we continue to deliver more value to the overall PS3 platform."

  About the "Greatest Hits" Titles:
  --  Army of Two (Electronic Arts) - Fight along side a teammate to become
      the deadliest TWO man military outfit a government can buy. To
      survive, players must bring down a vast Private Military Corporation
      conspiracy - where the good guys and the bad guys are one and the
      same. Rating: "M" for Mature
  --  Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts) - Set in the near future,
      the Battlefield: Bad Company single-player campaign drops gamers
      behind enemy lines as part of a squad of four soldiers - risking it
      all to go AWOL on a personal quest. Rating: "T" for Teen
  --  Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom) -Devil May Cry 4 immerses gamers in a gothic
      supernatural world, where a new protagonist clashes with a familiar
      hero. As the new leading man, Nero, players will unleash incredible
      attacks and non-stop combos using a unique new gameplay mechanic, his
      powerful "Devil Bringer" arm. Rating: "M" for Mature
  --  Gran Turismo® 5 Prologue (Sony Computer Entertainment) - With more
      than 50 million units shipped worldwide, Gran Turismo is the world's
      most popular racing franchise.  Developed by Polyphony Digital, Inc,
      Gran Turismo 5 Prologue sets the standard for unprecedented realism in
      the racing category with its quality of design and physics technology.
      Players can race, either online or offline, more than 70 meticulously
      detailed vehicles on tracks from around the world. Rating: "E" for
      Everyone
  --  Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) - is the final
      chapter in the saga of Solid Snake which sends him around the world in
      pursuit of his arch nemesis, Liquid Ocelot. In his final mission,
      Snake must sneak deep into enemy locations in the Middle East, South
      America, and other corners of the earth to foil Liquid Ocelot plans
      for total world domination. Rating: "M" for Mature

  --  Ratchet & Clank® Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer
      Entertainment) - An orphan of the universe, Ratchet has never known
      anything of his Lombax origins. When an alien tyrant, driven by an
      unexplainable hatred for Lombaxes attacks Ratchet and Clank's home,
      the two heroes are thrust into an epic adventure where they discover
      that Ratchet's past is the key to the galaxy's future.  Rating: "E
      10+" for Everyone 10 and older


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