Sony E3 2012 Press Conference round-up

New game announcements were the feature of Sony’s press conference, the biggest of which was Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream’s Beyond. 

Alongside Beyond, was news of PS Vita editions of Assassin’s Creed 3 and Call of Duty and new character editions to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (the PS3/PS Vita’s version of Super Smash Bros.).

Other news included the reveal that Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 will come with four player co-op support, various new PS3/PS Vita hardware bundles, a release date for God of War: Ascension and a new way of reading books – dubbed the ‘Wonderbook’.

The biggest stories from Sony’s E3 2012 press conference:

• Heavy Rain dev announces new game ‘Beyond‘, stars Ellen Page
• Far Cry 3 has four player co-op, PS3 users getting exclusive DLC
• The Last of Us E3 2012 gameplay [Video]
• Assassin’s Creed 3 and Call of Duty detailed for the PS Vita
• God of War: Ascension gets angry in March
• Sony attempts to “reinvent storybooks” with JK Rowling
• Dust 514’s first beta event dated, getting PS Vita app
• Exclusive DLC, hardware bundle for Assassin’s Creed 3 PS3
• PSOne classics, Google Plus and Crackle coming to PS Vita
• Two new PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale characters revealed
• 12 free games added to PS Plus
• Use your Vita as a LittleBigPlanet 2 controller