Sony announces holiday season video game lineup

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By Caroline McCarthy

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced on Thursday a full list of the games and hardware bundles that it will be launching for its PlayStation systems--PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation portable (PSP)--for the fast-approaching holiday season.

The games, both first- and third-party, range from "enthusiast" titles geared toward the traditional young-male "gamer demographic," to more casual and social games "This holiday season we are offering our largest line up of quality software and hardware products to meet every taste, lifestyle and budget," said Scott A. Steinberg, vice president of product marketing for SCEA, said in a statement.

Sony is pitching the older PlayStation 2 console as an affordable hub for casual games, like SingStar and Buzz: The Mega Quiz. The PS2 is also "getting a social makeover with limited edition ceramic white hardware" and a new price of $149.99--perhaps as Sony's answer to that other white gaming console, you know, the one from Nintendo.

Among the more highly anticipated Sony titles are EA's Rock Band and The Orange Box; Activision's Guitar Hero III; and The Eye of Judgment, a trading card-based game that Sony developed in conjunction with Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast subsidiary.

A full list, below the jump:

PlayStation 3

The Eye of Judgment

Heavenly Sword

NBA 08

Lair

Folklore

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

Warhawk

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Activision)

Jericho (Codemasters)

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)

FIFA 08 (EA)

Medal of Honor Airborne (EA)

Rock Band (EA) Orange Box, The (EA)

Simpsons Game, The (EA)

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War (Koei)

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Lucas Arts)

BlackSite: Area 51 (Midway)

John Woo Presents Stranglehold, Collector's Edition (Midway)

Unreal Tournament 3 (Midway)

Time Crisis 4 (Namco Bandai)

Sega Rally Revo (Sega)

College Hoops 2K8 (Take Two Interactive)

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (THQ)

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (THQ)

MX vs. ATV Untamed (THQ)

Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)

Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII (Ubisoft)

Haze (Ubisoft)

TimeShift (Vivendi)

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Zenimax)

PlayStation Network

High Velocity Bowling

Pain

Everyday Shooter

Go! Sports Ski

Go! Sports Skydiving

Mesmerize 1

Trials of Topoq

MotorStorm Christmas Livery

Toy Home

Twisted Metal 2 (PS One)

MotorStorm Premium Pack 2

Resistance: Fall of Man: Map Pack 2

Operation Creature Feature

Aquatopia

Snakeball

flOw Download Pack

MotorStorm Vehicle and Livery Pack

PixelJunk Monsters

Folklore Download Packs 1 and 2

PSP (PlayStation Portable)

Jeanne d'Arc

NBA '08

SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals Tactical Strike

Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow

Spider-Man 3 (Activision)

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Activision)

Atari Classics Evolved (Atari)

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (Capcom)

Ben 10: Protector of Earth (D3)

FIFA 08 (EA)

The Sims 2: Castaway (EA)

The Simpsons Game (EA)

Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (Konami)

Silent Hill: Origins (Konami) Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus (Konami)

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (Lucas Arts)

Sonic Rivals 2 (Sega)

The Golden Compass (Sega)

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Square-Enix)

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (THQ)

MX vs. ATV Untamed (THQ)

Beowulf (Ubisoft)

SWAT: Target Liberty (Vivendi)

Aliens vs. Predator Requiem (Vivendi)

PlayStation 2

Buzz: The Mega Quiz

Buzz Junior: Jungle Party

Hot Shots Tennis

NBA '08

SingStar: Amped

SingStar: 80's

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror

Cabela's Monster Bass (Activision)

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Activision)

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Activision)

Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Atari)

High School Musical: Sing It (Disney)

Need for Speed ProStreet (EA)

Rock Band (EA)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am (Midway)

Hack/G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption (Namco Bandai)

PopCap Hits, Vol 1 (Popcap)

Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (Sega)

Fatal Fury Battle Archives, Volume 2 (SNK)

Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess (Square-Enix)

College Hoops 2K8 (Take Two)

Avatar: The Last Airbender -- The Burning Earth (THQ)

SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePants (THQ)

MX vs. ATV Untamed (THQ)

Crash of the Titans (Vivendi)

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Vivendi)

Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (Warner Bros.)

Source: Crave