Sony's PS3 exclusive, MotorStorm 2, is due out in time for Christmas this year...apparently.

The BBC - reporting from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco - tells us the game "moves the action away from the desert locale of the original. Gamers will be able to race around a lush island environment, full of interactive vegetation."

Also mentioned is the fact that local four-player, split-screen action will be thrown in.

SPOnG has contacted Sony for confirmation, but no comment was available at the time of press.

That MotorStorm 2 is coming is no big secret. Apart from the fact that Sony would have to be addled beyond belief to not produce a sequel, it was confirmed last year as the game's developer, Evolution Studios, was bought up by Sony.

In other Sony news, the BBC was also told about a top-secret project which prompted the response, "we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion."

Guesses in the Forum, please.

^{Source: BBC}