Price, date, and the launch "period" software line-up for the European PLAYSTATION 3 debut are now official. You can check the release after the jump, but the important details are:

Launch date: March 23rd
Price: 425
Units: 1 million, 60GB model only, with the 20GB model to follow later
Line-up: 30 games, including disc-based and network titles

While newer, currently unreleased network titles like Super Rub'a'Dub and flOw are listed in the line-up, free download Gran Turismo HD Concept is not, despite being featured in the press release elsewhere. Odd. Let's hope this is just a minor error and that GTHD will make launch.

The release also mentions that a new System Update "to further enhance the entertainment potential of PS3" will also hit on or around March 23. Good news! Michael McWhertor

PS3 to Launch in UK on 23rd March 2007

Over 30 Titles for Launch Period

1 Million units forecast for Initial European Launch Period

London, 24 January 2007 - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that PLAYSTATION 3 will be launched in the PAL territories including the United Kingdom on 23rd March 2007 at a price of 425.

Responding to retail and consumer demand, SCEE confirmed that initially only the 60GB model would be available, with the 20GB model to follow later in the year dependent on demand.

An expected one million PS3 units will be made available during the initial launch period to all SCEE territories.

SCEE also announced a stellar launch line-up of over 30 game titles for PS3, including eagerly awaited titles published by SCEE such as Resistance: Fall of Man , MotorStorm , Genji : Days of the Blade, FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION and Ridge Racer 7. An exceptional range of titles in every genre will also be available at launch from the world's leading third party publishers, including Electronic Arts, Activision, Namco Bandai, Sega, Take 2, Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal, and Sony Online Entertainment.

In addition to games on disc, an exciting range of fully-featured downloadable games
will debut on the PLAYSTATION Network. These will include gaming icons such as Tekken : Dark Resurrection and Gran Turismo HD Concept; the fully-featured PS3 debut of the best-selling franchise Gran Turismo, realised with full HD (1080p) visual quality. Created by Polyphony Digital Inc and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Gran Turismo HD Concept has been downloaded by more than 350,000 users since it was released in December 2006 in North America and Japan.

Also available on the PLAYSTATION Network will be brainteasers such as Go! Sudoku and Go! Puzzle, and innovative games such as Blast Factor and flOw , designed exclusively for PLAYSTATION 3 and delivering on the promise to provide original content created by non-traditional developers and publishers.

Concurrent with the European launch, a new System Update to further enhance the entertainment potential of PS3 will be issued.

Announcing the launch details, Ray Maguire, SVP and MD of SCEUK said, "Following the hugely successful launches of PS3 in Japan and North America, we are absolutely delighted to be able to bring significant numbers of PS3 to the UK. To be able to launch with over 30 titles including retail versions and great downloadable gaming experiences across every genre shows that this is our strongest launch line-up in the history of PlayStation, and is what PlayStation fans in the UK have been crying out for."

PLAYSTATION 3 LAUNCH TITLE LINE-UP

Resistance: Fall of Man - SCEE - Disc
MotorStorm - SCEE - Disc
Genji : Days of the Blade - SCEE - Disc
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION - SCEE - Disc
Ridge Racer 7 - SCEE - Disc
Tekken : Dark Resurrection - SCEE - Network
Lemmings - SCEE - Network
Go! Sudoku - SCEE - Network
Go! Puzzle - SCEE - Network
Blast Factor - SCEE - Network
flOw - SCEE - Network
Super Rub'a'Dub - SCEE - Network
Call of Duty 3 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Gundam - Target in Sight - Namco Bandai Games - Disc
Full Auto 2: Battle Lines - Sega Europe Ltd - Disc
Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Fighter 5 - Sega Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Tennis 3 - Sega Europe Ltd - Disc
World Snooker Championship 2007 - Sega Europe Ltd - Disc
NBA 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
NHL 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Enchanted Arms - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Def Jam: Icon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Fight Night Round 3 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
The Godfather: The Don's Edition - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
F.E.A.R. Vivendi - Universal Games Intl SA - Disc
Gripshift - Sony Online Entertainment - Network

PLAYSTATION 3 Peripherals Available at Launch

Peripheral - RRP in Sterling

SIXAXIS Wireless Controller - 34.99
Blu-ray Disc Remote Control - 17.99
HDMI Cable - 17.99
AV cable - 17.99
Component AV cable - 17.99
S Video cable - 12.99

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