Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Sony announces interactive video dubbed Qore

Sony announced today a new way for owners of their flagship console to interact with behind the scenes views of what goes into the PlayStation 3. On June 5th, Sony will unveil the details behind their new service called Qore. Qore is being dubbed as a "highly interactive, monthly original program that covers the world inside PlayStation."

The main idea behind Qore is to offer anyone who wants a more in depth look at the environment surrounding the PlayStation a glance at what's going on with its development. Information is said to range from future enhancements of the console itself, to developers of PlayStation titles talking about the games that are coming out in the near future. This feature, however, will not be available to anyone and everyone. It will only be available on the PlayStation Store. Owners of the console that may want to watch these episodes will be asked to pay either a $2.99 fee for each or a $24.99 yearly subscription.

Sony states that Qore is being designed as an interactive offering that gives viewers the ability to control the camera angles on much of what they're watching or view content in a picture-in-picture frame. The episodes, although paid for by the consumer, will also have interactive advertisements interlaced with the broadcast.

The first episode of Qore will feature previously unseen content from upcoming titles such as Socom: US Navy SEALs Confrontation and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. More details are said to be released on June 5th.

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