PlayStation showcases great family offering at this year?s E3 show

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is innovating in family entertainment with game titles and hardware for everyone to enjoy. It?s all about getting together and having a laugh as a family. This year, PlayStation? is showing off a great range of family games on PLAYSTATION?3 (PS3?), PSP? (PlayStation?Portable) and PlayStation?2 at the E3 show in Los Angeles. Here?s what?s on display.

Games for Adults, Kids, Friends and Family

SingStar?

Need party entertainment? Look no further than SingStar. It?s going from strength to strength and the game?s wireless microphones allow you to dance around the room with total freedom. Grab a microphone, select a song and give a performance that will wow your family and friends. This year we?ve got new titles, including SingStar?Motown, bringing new collections of tracks to your SingStar party. SingStar PS3 owners can keep on downloading song after song from SingStore?, where you can buy single tracks or five-song SongPacks to boost your collection.

Buzz!?: Quiz World for PS3 and PSP

Get together as the stars of your very own gameshow in the most customisable and personalized Buzz! quiz game yet. With more ways to play than ever before, both PS3 and PSP consumers are in for a general knowledge challenge like no other, where your host Buzz calls you by name and comments on how you?re doing. There?s improved online play, downloadable quiz packs, MyBuzz quizzes that you can write and share with the world, as well as great new characters and new rounds including a gunge tank. The PSP version features an enhanced single-player mode and Pass-Around mode where players compete together by passing the PSP around the group ? and, for the first time, online play ? as well as downloadable question packs from PlayStation?Store.

EyePet? for PS3

Say hello to the newest member of your family: the mischievous, magical EyePet! Every EyePet is a loveable bundle of furry fun brought to life by PS3. Thanks to the PLAYSTATION?Eye camera and the ‘Magic Card’, you can feed your EyePet, stroke him, style him with new looks from the Pet Centre and even sketch amazing toys that spring to life on-screen for him to play with. Every day will bring fresh ideas and new toys to keep your new friend entertained.

Electronic Adventures for Boys and Girls

Ratchet and Clank?: A Crack In Time for PS3

Ever wanted to be a galactic hero? Join Ratchet and his brainy pal Clank as they journey into the past and discover secrets from the future in an all-new action packed adventure from one of PlayStation?s most successful franchises. You?ll fight space battles with a whole new arsenal of outlandish weapons and gadgets, explore star systems, travel back and forth through time and have plenty of rib-tickling laughs along the way!

InVizimals? for PSP

See your home like you?ve never seen it before ? full of creatures that are only visible through a PSP camera. InVizimals invites you on a weird and wonderful hunt for the virtual creatures that the camera will pick up as you move around ? locate them with the game?s built-in sensor, creep up on them ? and trap as many as possible!

Jak and Daxter?: The Lost Frontier for PSP and PlayStation 2

Jak and his furry sidekick Daxter are back together for the first time-ever on PSP and PlayStation 2! Prepare for non-stop fun and adventure as the cool duo travel across mysterious lands, battle sky pirates and head for the clouds in aerial missions to save their planet from destruction. The future of their planet is in your hands.

LittleBigPlanet? for PSP

Welcome to an adventure game with a difference: LittleBigPlanet gives you a whole world to explore ? and when you?re finished exploring, you can make your own! LittleBigPlanet is a planet where you can move and change everything you see, creating new levels for other people to play ? so when you?re done running, swinging, leaping and climbing through the adventures that come with the game ? you can get creative and make your own. And, because it?s on PSP, you can play LittleBigPlanet wherever you go.

Monster Hunter? Freedom Unite (By Capcom) for PSP ? with Mystic Silver PSP

With over 500 hours of gameplay and thousands of monsters, weapons and quests, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is a truly epic adventure. Via Ad-Hoc functionality on PSP, players can experience the social gaming phenomenon that?s gripping Japan and adventure with up to three friends for a thrilling and rewarding multiplayer hunting party. From devising the strategy to executing the attack, team play with your friends is going to be key to hunting down the ferocious beasts. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is available on its own or bundled with Mystic Silver PSP.

Speed and Spills for Dads and Sons

Gran Turismo? for PSP

Not content with smashing records and raising standards in its previous PlayStation? (PS one?), PlayStation 2 and PS3 incarnations, legendary racer Gran Turismo? makes its PSP debut with all the style, speed and supercars you could ask for ? plus a whole lot more besides. Buckle up and take a deep breath as you set out to trounce the opposition on amazing tracks across the globe. You?ll have your pick of over 800 jaw-droppingly realistic dream cars and 35 tracks, all lovingly recreated to rev, roll and roar just as they would in real life. Perfect physics and intelligent rivals make for an ultra-realistic driving experience ? and one you can enjoy any time, anywhere on your own or head-to-head against friends.

ModNation? Racers for PS3

A mixture of creativity and fast, furious racing, fun, ModNation is great for all the family: beginners and driving pros alike. Each player gets a character and go-kart to customise and modify however they like ? then, it?s a case of battling it out on a series of awesomely tricky tracks. Jump, boost and swerve your way around all of the tracks together ? or with other players online ? and then design your own tracks to share with other players around the world.

Imagination and Fun for Girls

Petz?: My Baby Hamster and Petz?: My Puppy Family for PSP (by Ubisoft) – with Pearl White PSP

An ultra-cute kids? game that lets youngsters raise a baby hamster or a family of puppies, Petz gives your children virtual companions that respond to love and care ? and that don?t leave a mess behind. Provide your pet with food and toys, dress it up in different clothes ? and watch its loving personality grow as you nurture it more and more. Petz comes on its own or bundled with Pearl White PSP for the cutest gift ever.

Imagine Champion Rider? for PSP (By Ubisoft)

Saddle up for a wild horseback adventure that fits in the palm of your hand. Imagine Champion Rider lets you raise your own virtual horse from a foal, train it to win competitions and ride free through the countryside, meeting new people, collecting accessories for your horse and entering cross-country, jumping and racing events.

Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show (By Disney) ? with Lilac Purple PSP

In the first ever Hannah Montana game for PSP, fans will not only star in the show, they will also design a custom concert in each city they visit and rock the stage as they perform as Hannah Montana to 11 hit songs, including three new tracks. Jackson and Lilly join in on the fun in Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show PSP game to help Hannah on her tour as they travel to seven amazing locations around the world and customize outfits, design stages and so much more. Add your flair to performances by creating unique routines for each song with the ?Rockstar Moment? maker by customizing dance moves, lighting and special effects. Players will also be able to style the band members and the back-up dancers with amazing fashions, hair-styles and accessories. ? and the whole pack also comes with a Memory Stick? for players to save their designs and settings onto

Even more from PlayStation?

PSP? handheld PSP go

Introducing the gift that everyone is going to want this year: PSPgo. It?s an evolution of the handheld PSP system with no UMD? drive ? instead, PSPgo lets you download games and content and save it to the 16GB flash memory. Featuring a sliding display panel for reduced size and weight, PSPgo will be arriving October 1 for Europe/ PAL territories ? stay tuned for more details. With both the existing PSP-3000 and new PSPgo, SCEE will further enhance the ultimate gaming and entertainment experiences on the go while providing consumers with the opportunity to choose the PSP system that?s right for them.

PSP-3000? Colours

It?s no longer a question of black and white for PSP ? the handheld entertainment system that gives you gaming, music, photos, videos and Internet now comes in a brand-new range of colours to let kids and adults express themselves even more when they?re out and about. Choose PSP-3000 in Vibrant Blue ? which is also available packaged with forthcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? videogame, allowing the magic and action to start straight out of the box ?, Mystic Silver, Pearl White, Radiant Red and Piano Black ? plus Lilac Purple for Hannah Montana fans ? with many of the new colours available packaged with top games and stylish accessories for the ultimate gift for any member of your family – and remember to show it off!

Vidzone?

Every member of the family can tailor their own music TV experience with this free music video application to download from PlayStation?Store. VidZone? is the exciting music video service accessible via PS3 that features thousands of up to the minute videos from your favourite artists for you to view on demand straight into your living room. You can browse the catalogue at your leisure, and then pick and choose the music videos you want to watch. Play, pause, rewind and fast forward, and each create your own personalised, custom playlists, for every occasion from quiet evenings in to teens? parties: with VidZone, you are the Video disc jockey. You can even take your favourites with you by accessing them with PSP via Remote Play on PS3. Available 11th June.