Gamer�s Day 2002
Posted by @ 7:16 PM, EDT
Aaron just got back from SCEA�s Gamer�s Day 2002.
Here�s a bit of what he saw:

Yesterday (August 14th) Sony hosted Gamer�s Day at the swanky W Hotel in downtown San Francisco. Gamer�s Day is an event for the media, designed to provide a more intimate environment than E3 where the developers and press can discuss each game at length, and there�s even a few new games unveiled. There were too many games for little old me to get too, so here�s the lowdown on the titles that made the biggest impression on me, be it good or bad.

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
For some reason at E3, Sony was pushing the ho-hum platformer Ratchet and Clank instead of this cel-shaded adventure developed by Sucker Punch. The visuals are unbelievable, the music rocks, and the gameplay is varied and challenging. There are normal platforming sections, but there�s also a fair amount of stealth involved. As the game progresses, Sly learns new attacks and sneaking techniques which are all easy to perform, but are interesting enough to keep the game from getting boring. The scheduled release date is September 24th. Hopefully this early release date won�t doom it to obscurity.