PS3 launch line-up unveiled

Sony has unveiled the line-up for the PlayStation 3's North American "launch window", which includes the console's November 17 release date and the immediate weeks thereafter.

Announced yesterday at SCEA's gamers day event, the 21 launch game list includes Insomniac's flagship shooter, Resistance: Fall of Man, Sony's Genji: Days of the Blade and third-party offerings Call of Duty 3, Ridge Racer 7 and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Sony also revealed details of games set for release on its e-distribution service, which is similar to Xbox Live Arcade. Online-enabled shooter Blast Factor is on the launch list, while other games confirmed to be heading for the service include Go! Sudoku, Go! Swizzleblock 2, Cash Carnage Chaos, Lemmings 2 and God of War creator David Jaffe's Criminal Crackdown.

Further more, Sony says that a demo of next-gen racer Motorstorm will be available for download at launch, and the first 500,000 units sold in the US will come with a pack in Blu-ray movie, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (we've not heard of it either).

The full launch line-up is as follows:

Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac/Sony)

NBA 07 (Sony)

Genji: Days of the Blade (Game Republic/Sony)

Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Ubisoft)

Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision)

EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 (EA Chicago/Electronic Arts)

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)

F.E.A.R. (Day 1 Studios/Vivendi-Universal Games)

Full Auto 2: Battlelines (Pseudo Interactive/SEGA)

Madden NFL 07 (Electronic Arts)

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Raven Software/Activision)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (Namco Bandai)

NBA 2K7 (2K Sports)

Need For Speed Carbon (Electronic Arts)

NHL 2K7 (2K Sports)

Ridge Racer 7 (Namco Bandai)

Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Electronic Arts)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft)

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Neversoft/Activision)

Untold Legends Dark Kingdom (Sony Online Entertainment)