Sony: "we have yet to announce" several games due in 2009

[RafaelOrix]

Procrastinato said:

RafaelOrix said:
Hey people, take a look at this link:
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2009/03/23/sony-computer-entertainment-announces-the-release-of-phyreengine™-240/

They talk about PhyreEngine and other things that I don't understand at all. But there we can see some other games I've never heard of (most likely all PSN games):

Ivent Games - Developing the third-person action game Strength of the Sword.
Lexis Numérique - Brooklyn Stories (working title).
VectorCell - The 7th Seal (working title).

Never heard anything about these games. Is there any info out there? Are they new games?

Sorry if AP. ;)

I believe PhyreEngine is the Sony PS3 equivalent of Microsoft's XNA framework for the 360.  I think some fairly well known games were actually written using it, including DiRT, which curiously, is cross-platform (and was better on the PS3, as I recall).  I think PhyreEngine may actually support DirectX, in addition to NVidia's low-level shader language (cg ), and OpenGL, which the PS3 would be the primary target for.

Its also meant as a high-performance game engine, and is written in C++, unlike XNA, which uses C#, I think, and thus wouldn't be ideal for high-end retail games, which would require excess performance.

 

 

Hmm thanks! So this is mostly used by small devs? But that's off-topic.

About the GDC, how long it last and it's open to the public?