Qore Announced: Interactive PLAYSTATION Network Magazine
June 3, 2008 / 06:35 AM EDT / (@salromano)


Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced that on June 5, 2008, it will be bringing Qore to the PLAYSTATION Network. Qore is an interactive program coming to us on a monthly basis covering the latest in PLAYSTATION News. Things such as multimedia news, developer interviews, in-depth game previews, and more. Subscribers will also have special access to game demos, betas, add-ons and other downloadable and game-related content.

Episodes of Qore will be online at the PLAYSTATION Store the first Thursday of every month for the price of $2.99, but you can subscribe annually for $24.99 (giving you thirteen episodes). Subscribers will also receive PLAYSTATION Network title Calling All Cars for free.

“Original content, community-related services and innovative products are a major focus for the PLAYSTATION Network this year and we are pleased to introduce Qore exclusively for our customers,” said Peter Dille, senior vice president of Marketing and PLAYSTATION Network, SCEA. “Qore is the first step in providing original content dedicated to the PLAYSTATION community and evolving the network into a place where our customers can gather, share and discover new forms of entertainment.”

The first episode coming this Thursday will feature previews of upcoming titles such as SOCOM: Confrontation, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Secret Agent Clank, Soul Calibur 4 and Afro Samurai as well as the latest Blu-ray Disc(TM) trailers, an exclusive SOCOM: Confrontation theme with an invitation to the SOCOM: Confrontation beta. If you know whats good for you (*cough* SOCOM *cough*), then you will be sure to get it. View the press release at the jump along with the gallery at the link. [GALLERY]

Sony Computer Entertainment America to Give Gamers Unprecedented Access With Qore(TM): Presented by PLAYSTATION(R)Network

New, Interactive Video Content for PLAYSTATION(R) Community

Gives Access to Game Developers, Betas, Demos and Other Downloadable Content

FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 3 – Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that on June 5, 2008 it will introduce Qore(TM): Presented by PLAYSTATION(R)Network, a highly interactive, monthly original program that covers the world inside PlayStation(R), available only on PLAYSTATION(R)Store for PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)). Qore features exclusive multimedia news, developer interviews, in-depth game previews and behind-the-scene looks at the hottest PLAYSTATION games. Subscribers will also have special access to game demos, betas, add-ons and other downloadable and game-related content. Qore is the first in a series of planned original content for the PLAYSTATION community by PLAYSTATION Network.

Qore episodes will be available the first Thursday of every month in coordination with the weekly PLAYSTATION Store update. Customers can purchase the first episode of Qore through the PLAYSTATION Store for an introductory price of $2.99 (MSRP), or through an annual subscription for $24.99 (MSRP). Annual subscribers will receive thirteen episodes of Qore. In addition, for a limited-time-only, annual subscribers will also receive the hit PLAYSTATION Network game, Calling All Cars(TM), for free*.

Delivered in high-definition, Qore is truly interactive, enabling members to customize their experience with their SIXAXIS(TM) or DUALSHOCK(R)3 wireless controllers. Gamers will “act as the director” of the content and can access and control how they want to view content, utilizing multiple windows, picture-in-picture and other features. Qore also provides advertisers with a new class of interactive advertising through rich media executions, video trailers, active ad pages and contextual branding.

“Original content, community-related services and innovative products are a major focus for the PLAYSTATION Network this year and we are pleased to introduce Qore exclusively for our customers,” said Peter Dille, senior vice president of Marketing and PLAYSTATION Network, SCEA. “Qore is the first step in providing original content dedicated to the PLAYSTATION community and evolving the network into a place where our customers can gather, share and discover new forms of entertainment.”

Premiering on June 5, the first episode includes in-depth, exclusive and never-before released content on upcoming PlayStation titles such as SOCOM:US. Navy SEALs Confrontation(TM), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed(TM), Secret Agent Clank(TM), Soul Calibur 4(TM) and Afro Samurai(TM) as well as the latest Blu-ray Disc(TM) trailers, an exclusive SOCOM: Confrontation theme with an invitation to the SOCOM: Confrontation beta, art galleries and a few other surprises.

Qore is produced and published by SCEA and under an exclusive development agreement with Future US, Inc., publisher of PlayStation: The Official Magazine.

About PLAYSTATION(R)Network

The PLAYSTATION(R)Network is an emergent entertainment network aimed at digitally delivering innovative content and fostering community for a worldwide audience. The PLAYSTATION Network is the gateway to the PLAYSTATION(R)Store, PlayStation.com, and SCEA’s upcoming services such as, PLAYSTATION(R)Home. In addition to offering new and original forms of entertainment, the PLAYSTATION(R)Network supports free and community-centric online gameplay, communications tools, and PSP and PS3 connectivity. As of April 2008, the PLAYSTATION Network has more than 8M registered accounts worldwide.

About Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. continues to redefine the entertainment lifestyle with its PlayStation(R) and PS one(R) game console, the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) handheld entertainment system, the ground-breaking PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system, and its online and network services, PLAYSTATION(R)Network and PLAYSTATION(R)Store.

Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets, and distributes software for the PS one game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the PSP system and the PS3 system for the North American market. Based in Foster City, Calif. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. serves as headquarters for all North American operations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

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  • incredibilistic

    This is AWESOME!!! Finally something that NO ONE else is doing. While it’s too bad they can’t get this out every week or two weeks I can also understand that they may not have enough exclusive content to get something out that soon.

    Besides, it is a “magazine” so monthly is more than okay.

    Very nice. Thursday can’t come soon enough. And the price is right too. Actually it’s quite the deal.

  • Fiddlesworth

    I’d like this in Europe.

  • incredibilistic

    I just read some comments on Kotaku where most Xbots are using this as an opportunity to dig on Sony for charging for demos and content.

    On the one hand I see their point but only if Sony starts to skimp out on demos in the PSN Store. So long as they still provide demos and access to betas without the need to subscribe then Qore won’t be a distraction or a way for Sony to sneak a subscription fee.

    On the other hand, you still don’t need to pay to play online like XBL so Qore is NOTHING like XBL in that sense.

    I think this is great but, again, only if Sony doens’t stop doing what they’re doing now regarding demos and betas. Then again, paying $3 bucks for a beta along with all the other exclusive content they’ll provide isn’t such a bad thing either. Wasn’t there a demo for Halo bundled with Crackdown? I know there’ve been other betas that are only available if you buy a certain game. While your $60 bucks nets you a game the big incentive to getting the game is access to the beta.

  • Eric

    The Socom beta is most likely for the open beta, which comes after the closed beta of which neither have started yet.

  • BandAiD

    I do NOT like this. Seriously this is a move towards a “Xbox LIVE” like service! Now you have to subscribe? Seriously I bet you guys, it’s going to end up being that demos will come out a week earlier and you have to wait a week if you’re a non-subscriber, just like the Gold service on LIVE.

    BAD FORM SONY BAD FORM!

  • Eric

    I wont judge this until I see it in action. People might be overthinking it and it might be a really good thing. Maybe it wont be, but since it is coming, I wont judge until I see it. Then we can let Sony have it if need be.