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During a session at GDC last week, Final Fantasy XIII's director Motomu Toriyama announced that both Final Fantasy XIII offshoots - Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII - will be aiming to deliver story-driven gameplay

His GDC keynote seemed to suggest that both titles will take the linear story-telling approach found in Final Fantasy XIII, something we criticised heavily in our..

Playstation Home's usership has grown to a whopping 12million, according to director Jack Buser

He announced the figure as part of a panel at last week's GDC, emphasising that the population of the virtual world had grown by 2million since December 2009. Sony also stated that these figures on based on "one-off" visits; according to their data 85 percent of users who create a Playstation..

Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has spoken to IGN about the Playstation Move, noting that the announcement made him a tad "flushed"

“If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery then I’m blushing I’m so flattered,” the Nintendo man told IGN. “You know, I didn’t see the announcement. I did spend some time at the booth and saw some of what they were demonstrating and I think the..

It's never more than a few months before the Insomniac Games rumours jump to the forefront of the industry

The independently owned company have long maintained a strong partnership with Sony, but once again industry bumblings and anonymity are hinting that Insomniac will go multiplatform. Sony own both the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance franchises, so if you're expecting those on XBOX 360,..

Sony's Michael Denny has condemned views that GDC is not a venue for announcing things

He told Eurogamer that he felt the event was the "right" place to go public with the Playstation Move.“It’s just a very exciting time to show it off,” said the exec. “The time felt right to announce something new at GDC. We’ve already released a lot of content this year, there’s a lot to come,..

Peter Molyneux - head of Microsoft Game Studios Europe - has spoken to Eurogamer regarding the Playstation Move, describing it as "not as advanced" as Natal, but still something he'd "love to work on"

Speaking in an interview as to whether he'd seen Playstation Move, Molyneux responded:"We're not really surprised, are we? I mean at E3 last year we saw they were having a wand, and that's kind..

Naughty Dog's president Evan Wells has told Joystiq that there is a lot of story to tell in the Uncharted universe, and he'd love some of that story to hit the Playstation Portable

Speaking this week at GDC, Wells said:"I think it would be fantastic to see the game (move) onto a handheld system," Wells told Joystiq. "Each one of the episodes is sort of like a standalone thing and I..

Perhaps opening the door for "optional" Playstation Move controls in a range of different content, and certainly suggesting that Playstation Move games can look as good as their DualShock counterparts, Sony has announced that Move takes just 1-2mb of the PS3's memory to run

The tiny amount of processing was announced as part of Sony's tech presentation of the hardware during GDC. Sony also..

Finally - we might be staring at the end of the Unreal Engine

Let it be known - here at PushSquare we hate the Unreal Engine. It's such a bummer when a new game drops in the office and that familiar "U" pops-up the moment we push the disc into our system. The problem is: all Unreal Engine games look the same. Shiny, fuzzy, no personality whatsoever. We dare say the natural progression to..

Didn't take long did it? Warner Bros have confirmed to Kotaku that Lord Of The Rings: Aragorns Quest - previously a Wii title - will be headed to the Playstation 3 too as part of Playstation Move

It must have been part of Sony's philosophy to create a device which pushes Microsoft's controller-less device out of the way, and it appears to be working - the game will not be heading to XBOX 360..

The Shoot is a new rail-guns shooter game being developed for Sony's new Playstation Move controller

The game allows you to aim and shoot with the Playstation Move, aswell as lean and dodge incoming fire. Think Police 24/7. Aswell as being able to lean, players can initiate special moves by shooting off screen. Time can also be slowed by spinning on the spot. It's worth noting that "The..

Despite some pretty "core" focused Playstation Move titles, Sony weren't being coy about bringing the new peripheral to the "extended" gamer

Move Party is a title aimed firmly at that, providing a range of whacky mini-games taking advantage of the accuracy of the Playstation Move controller, and the augmented reality possibilities of the Playstation Eye camera. Here players will be super-imposed..

During their GDC keynote last night, Sony showed off a sports game collection for the Playstation Move with some similarities to Nintendo's own Wii Sports Resort

The game, Sports Champions, features archery, table-tennis and a gladiator-esque game (massive potential for future third-person action adventure titles there). Check the screens after the jump. The Playstation Move has unparalleled,..

One of the most interesting tech demoes during Sony's GDC keynote last night was a gritty looking game called Motion Fighter

The game's essentially a one-on-one street fighting title with a highly stylised look to it. Players use a Playstation Move controller in each hand to mimick their punches. The difference here is that unlike Nintendo Wii titles, punches actually feel responsive to the..

Sony announced their latest PS3 peripheral at a keynote as part of GDC last night

The Playstation Move will launch in the Fall of this year, alongside a host of software titles. Move works alongside the Playstation Eye to offer precise, lag-free motion control gaming steps ahead of Nintendo and Microsoft's offering. The key is in the precise depth and motion tracking, which has little-to-no..

Sony's announced as part of their GDC press conference tonight that the Playstation Motion Controller will in fact be titled

.. the Playstation Move. Lots of demos were shown, including brawling, ping-pong and an updated LittleBigPlanet. We've got a full recap of tonight's proceedings here. Sony announced the controller will launch this fall, and will get a sub-$100 Starter Kit including a game,..

Sony held a keynote in San Francisco as part of GDC tonight

Lots of things were announced including Sony's new motion control solution, the Playstation Move. Here's a full recap of tonight's events: Playstation Motion Controller unveiled. Will appeal to the hardcore and casual gamers. The controller will be officially named the Playstation Move. Modnation Racers reconfirmed for the Spring. Gran..

We'll be providing insightful commentary over on Twitter during Sony's big press conference tonight, but if you wanted things of a more visual flavour -- well here's a live stream for you

Things kick off in 10 minutes, where-ever in the world you are.

We're gearing up for a big night here in the PushSquare office: first we're off to watch Manchester United qualify for the next round of the Champions League, then we're all huddling around the Playstation for some God Of War III

Finally, we'll be Tweeting the latest news and opinion breaking from Sony's GDC conference tonight. We're assuming if you're reading this, you're most interested in the..