14 DAY TRIAL // Game makers keep internal documents locked up tighter than medieval kings kept their virgin daughters. But once in a while, someone (or maybe something?) manages to slip one of these documents out and the world marvels at release dates and schedules that otherwise wouldn't have gone public.
Such a document has recently emerged, detailing Sony's plans regarding PlayStation Network releases for the months of April to July. The document seems genuine and there is interesting information contained within. PlayStation Home is apparently scheduled in late July, High Velocity Bowling appears on April 24 and someone (or something?) called The Last Guy makes an appearance in May. Most of the titles on that list have no details provided for them. The only recognizable elements are Ratchet: Quest for Booty, which is probably a Ratchet & Clank DLC pack, and the add-on packs for Lair, Super Stardust and WarHawk, which should be available in April.
Sony had no comments initially, but once the document started to spread, it issued a statement which implied that the document itself originated from Sony, but that the information within was either old or wrong.
The press release states: "Internal working documents naturally have proposed dates against titles, but these change frequently and dates are not confirmed until issued as part of a press release or formal announcement. The same applies to titles of games, which may be working titles or placeholders subject to later confirmation."
What Sony is really saying is that the guessing work must go on. It must be entertaining to a developer or publisher to see how us, lowly gamers, twist our minds around every piece of information, while the companies do nothing but further add to our confusion through statements like that quoted above.
The original document can be looked at on frag-cast, if you think you're smart and can spot things that other people missed.