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Sony Launches E3 Site, Inadvertently Teases Titles

Posted by simoniker on from the whoops-apocalypse dept.

Thanks to EvilAvatar for its article discussing the recent launching of Sony's E3 site, showcasing "a few select [PlayStation 2] titles" that'll be displayed at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles next month, including Champions 2: Return To Arms, the Snowblind-developed Champions Of Norrath sequel. However, if you "start fiddling with the numbers at the end of the URL" on the official site, you can see very basic, unlinked-to info on other games that'll be publicly shown by Sony at E3, including the unannounced action title Rise Of The Kisai from Bottle Rocket/Sony, Dark Cloud 3 from Sony, Final Fantasy XII from Square Enix, Destroy All Humans! from Pandemic/THQ, and, interestingly, Cold Fear from Namco, a survival horror (?) title (related to the thought-lost U.S.S. Antarctica?) rumored in development at Alone In The Dark IV developers Darkworks. Update: 04/26 18:30 GMT by S : The entire site, even the previously public titles, are now password-protected and private.

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  1. Possible explanation by SuperMo0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Somehow I think that it wasn't all that unintentional. Remember, their site isn't complete yet, but the fact that the games have very little information about them indicates that they may have left them there on purpose.

    I'm not saying that that's DEFINITELY the answer, but for all we know they're just trying to bring up buzz for games that they knew would strike a chord with players, such as Dark Cloud 3 and Kill All Humans! (FFXII is a given to be shown off this year, but I had no idea that Dark Cloud would be getting another sequel. It deserves it, though.)

  2. Maybe they should look for a new webmaster... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Check this link out:

    http://e3.playstation.com/games_details.php?game='

    That gives us a handy link to :
    http://e3.playstation.com/include/search/

    Now where is the directory traversal link...