The firm announcement recently of the PlayStation 3's launch in the UK, Europe and Australia was welcome news to many of the game developers and publishers and are pledging full support of the system.

Adam Roberts, MD for Vivendi Northern Europe, said, "Confirmation of the European release date for the PlayStation 3 is excellent news for the industry as a whole.

"We at Vivendi Games are very excited to be a part of the launch plans, and also about bringing F.E.A.R to a fresh audience at the start of 2007," he continued, referring to Vivendi's PS3 launch title.

"We're equally enthusiastic about the prospects this new platform will bring to the UK market in the future."

Meantime, Square Enix CEO John Yamamoto confirmed his company has 2 Final Fantasy games in the works for the PS3. "We are developing Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII using the full power of the PlayStation 3 and hope to make them the best games we have ever released," he said, adding, "We expect the PlayStation 3 to sell very well in the UK, Europe and other PAL territories."

Ubisoft will have 4 titles at launch- Blazing Angels, Enchanted Arms, Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Oblivion. Konami, meantime, has been quiet on the game front other than snippets about Metal Gear Solid 4. John Murphy, the UK PR and Marketing Manager has stated Konami will be supporting the PS3 as well as its competition.

"Konami naturally hopes for a successful launch for any new hardware," he said.

"The release of PlayStation 3 will see a number of exciting projects over the coming months, including the highly anticipated MGS4, and Konami's commitment to creating exciting games for PlayStation 3 is as strong as it is for the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii systems."

For those that missed it the PlayStation 3 launches on March 23 at a price of GBP 425 / EUR 599 for the 60GB model, EUR 629 in Ireland.