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News Vita Engages in Mortal Kombat this Spring
Bloody hell
Your fondness for decapitations can continue on the move, as Mortal Kombat is due to land on PS Vita in Spring 2012. Following up on 2011's successful PS3 entry, the Vita version maintains its HD cousin's X-ray moves, 2D fighting and lengthy story mode, with Warner Bros. promising Vita-exclusive features that we'll hear more about in the...
News Netflix is Coming to PS Vita
Ready your queue
Sony's executive deputy president Kaz Hirai took to the stage at CES today to announce that Netflix will be bringing its video streaming service to PlayStation Vita in the United States. Hirai added that Netflix is aiming to have the app ready for the system's launch come 22nd February. It's unclear whether Europe will see the app...
News AT&T Reveals US 3G Data Plans for PS Vita
No contract required
AT&T announced at CES today that it will offer two data plans tor 3G PS Vita owners in the United States. For $14.99, users will recieve 250MB of monthly data , while $25 (not $24.99, oddly) will net you a 2GB monthly limit. Best of all, there's no contract. The wireless carrier also announced that users will receive a free...
News VGA 2011: We Round-Up All The Trailers, All The Awards
Phew
That was a long and exciting night, wasn't it? If you joined us overnight for the VGAs, then it was nice to have your company. But if you were out doing social things or getting a good night's sleep, we've got you covered: included within is every trailer, every award and every shock from the big American awards ceremony. The big news was...
News So, Obsidian Entertainment Is Making A South Park Role Playing Game
When editors of Game Informer magazine teased that its next issue would boast one of the most surprising covers in the publication's history, the Internet went mad
Was the heavily rumoured Sony Smash Bros about to get an unveiling? What about the next Sony platform? As is so common in the video game industry, most gamers let unrealistic expectations...
Feature 38 Third-Party PS Vita Games Headed to Europe
Well-supported
We already knew PS Vita would be supported with such interesting third-party offerings as Lumines: Electronic Symphony, Touch My Katamari and Army Corps of Hell, but we had no idea the handheld would house such mystifying titles as Dragon's Racing and Putty Squad. Below you'll find the full list of third-party offerings currently in...
News Square Enix To Open New Studio In Montreal
Square Enix has announced plans to open a new studio in Montreal
According to reports, the univentively titled Square Enix Montreal will develop a new Hitman title as its first project. The game will supposedly target next generation platforms. The studio is set to open next year and will be headed up by Square Enix London's Lee Singleton, creating...
News Vodafone Announced As 'Preferred' PlayStation Vita 3G Partner In Europe
Sony's announced that it has partnered with Vodafone to provide PlayStation Vita's 3G connectivity in regions across Europe
The mobile giant will provide service in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands. Those in France will receive service from Vodafone's partner in the region. Sony confirmed...
News Starbreeze Confirm Development On PlayStation Network Title
Starbreeze may be hard at work finishing up its Syndicate reboot, but that's not stopped the company from announcing it has another title in development for the PlayStation Network
CEO Mikael Nermark confirmed the news in an interview with PSM3 magazine, and explained that the project is "self-funded". But while the executive didn't go...
News Play God with Babel Rising on PSN Next Year
Thou shalt not miss it
This one passed us by last week, but Ubisoft's announced its first Move-enabled download will see the light of day in 2012. Called Babel Rising, it's a big brother to the current iOS game that sees you using God-like powers to stop the Babylonians finishing the titular tower. We've not been able to unleash the wrath of God...
News Capcom Reloads Two Resident Evil Chronicles for Move
Get the Umbrella
We were surprised when Capcom decided not to implement PlayStation Move controls in Resident Evil 4 HD, particularly considering it had worked them into Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, but the series is about to add two more games to its Move library. Capcom Japan just announced Resident Evil Chronicles HD (well, Biohazard Chronicles...
News PlayStation Vita Scores February 22nd Western Release Date
Man
We didn't really expect to wake up to a release date for PlayStation Vita this morning. But that's exactly what's happened. Let's get the hard details out of the way before we start all the rampant cheering and jubilation: PlayStation Vita will launch in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, Australasia and Canada on February 22nd,...
News Marvelous AQL Has Three New Games In Development For PlayStation Vita
Marvelous AQL might have spent its press conference announcing smartphone and 3DS games yesterday, but it's not forgotten about Sony's PlayStation Vita
The company has three games in development for the system, including a "fantasy RPG", a "fantasy action RPG" and a new "action adventure game". As Joystiq points out,...
News Cabela's Adventure Camp Is Fun for the Whole Family
Better than Space Camp?
When the name Cabela's comes to mind, what's the first thought that crosses you mind? For us it sparks thoughts things like: Big Game Hunting, Dangerous Hunts, arctic survival and even merchandise stores packed to the brim with hunting and fishing apparel too. But, a sports compilations mix that feature
News Cabela's Survival Lurks in the Shadows of Katmai
Danger ahead
Last year’s Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011 release was one of the more surprising PlayStation Move titles. We never would’ve guessed that the game would have offered a deep storyline and survival horror styled gameplay, but that’s exactly what we got. Top it off with a smart PlayStation Move integration that functioned better...
News Ninja Gaiden Sigma Slices to Vita
With exclusive control options too
Ninja Gaiden moved into the 3D world when it launched on the Xbox in 2004. Staying true to its 2D side-scrolling roots, the game was difficulty was through the roof, but yet a deep fighting engine reminiscent of Team Ninja’s Dead or Alive series gave those willing to perfect the intricacies of this games engine a...
News Sony Santa Monica Staffing Up For New IP
God Of War developer -- and support team across many PlayStation projects -- Sony Santa Monica is staffing up in preperation for a new "unannounced IP"
The news comes courtesy of a job posting on Gamasutra, requesting the services of a level designer with "experience in designing or contributing to the development of an open world game"...
News Winter Stars Aims to Test Your Move Skills
An enjoyable sports collection, or complete waggle fest?
It’s been a year now since the PlayStation Move launch title Sports Champions released, and we’re quite surprised that a multitude of sports compilation titles haven’t released this past year to try and capitalise on its success. Well, that’s about to change as Winter Stars is headed...
News Lumines Returns to Beat Up PlayStation Vita
Hip to be square
Original PSP launch title Lumines was one of the best reasons to own Sony's first-time portable console: a unique blend of music and puzzle, the good news is it's returning to Vita in the form of Lumines for PS Vita. Produced by original developers Q Entertainment, Lumines on Vita will add social functions allowing you to see how...
News The PixelJunk Series Will Make You Move
Get the party started
Q-Games' fantastic PixelJunk series has played a major role in bringing PSN to life. Titles like PixelJunk Monsters and PixelJunk Shooter are instantly familiar to most PS3 gamers: not only do they boast superb gameplay quality, but with each new title they somehow manage to also bring an addictive gameplay style that entirely...
News Max and the Magic Marker Moves to PSN
A delightful doodler
The indie title Max and the Magic Marker has generally received high marks all-around on the Wii, DS and PC: our sister site Nintendo Life reviewed the WiiWare version of the game at an above average score of 8 out of 10. This colourful physics-based platformer allows you to draw objects with the pointer controls, or "magic...
News PS Vita Gets Tales of Innocence R
Mystery "Tales of" title revealed
Namco Bandai teased us earlier this month with the promise of a PS Vita Tales of game, and is making good on the gesture by officially unveiling Tales of Innocence R for PS Vita. The "R" in the title may as well stand for "re-imagining," as the game will be a complete revamp of the original DS...
News Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Confirmed for Vita, New Screens
Ghost Rider in your pocket
The PS Vita is turning out to be quite the home for fighting games. On top of BlazBlue and Street Fighter X Tekken making their way to the system, Capcom has also confirmed that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be crossing over to PS Vita as well. This latest edition of the game adds 12 new characters to the mix,...
Feature Tokyo Game Show 2011: The PlayStation Headlines So Far
The Tokyo Game Show is go, with Sony already holding its big coming out party
The general consensus from the video game community was one of disappointment — while Sony's been announcing PlayStation Vita titles left right and centre for the past couple of months, the lack of any real megatons was a real blow. Many were expecting Monster Hunter,...
News Super Monkey Ball Rolls On To PS Vita
Of course.
SEGA have today announced that the latest title in the popular Super Monkey Ball series is coming exclusively to the PS Vita early in 2012. With PS Vita's Sixaxis system this announcement comes as no great surprise, it's a perfect match for Super Monkey Ball. The puzzling primates return with all-new worlds, original mini-games and...
News Japan's PS3 Game Malicious Coming to Vita
Boss battles galore
End bosses make up much of our favourite video game moments, so a title like Malicious — which is composed almost entirely of boss battles — certainly piques our interest. The game is already out in Japan as a downloadable PS3 title, but will be making its way to Vita as well. The game currently sells for a mere 800 Yen...
News SEGA Confirms Sonic CD For PlayStation Network
SEGA's formally announced that Sonic CD will be getting a re-release on the PlayStation Network this Winter
When the game showed up on an official XBOX 360 blog earlier in the week, we were worried that Microsoft had pulled some exclusivity shenanigans. Thankfully that's not the case. Sonic CD is widely considered one of the greatest games in the...
News In Tales from Space, Mutant Blobs Attack
They can't help it
Developer DrinkBox Studios just spread the word of its new Vita title Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, which will be shown off at the Penny Arcade Expo due to kick off any minute now. The team didn't give much away about the game other than it's a sequel to pleasing PSN puzzle platformer Tales from Space: About a Blob, and...
News Escape Plan Trailer Can't Escape the Internet
Captured for your pleasure
Sony has got an all-new game for the PS Vita straight out of Gamescom, and by the looks of it, Escape Plan is one of the more stylised and puzzling titles making its way to the system. The game has players guiding two differently proportioned protagonists, Lil and Laarg, through a variety of dangerous rooms. Players use...
News Sony Spraypaints 'Tag' Trailer Into Real World
Time to start a gang
Sony already introduced us to Reality Fighter, its first-party augmented reality game for PS Vita, but now they are taking to the streets to give us Tag, a graffiti-sim title that lets you "tag" real world environments using the system's camera. Basically you design a tag using the touch screen, save it, and then go around the...
News Ninja Gaiden 3 Unsheathes Full PlayStation Move Support
Move over Greater Fiend
It’s has been rumoured here at Movemodo for quite some time, but an unexpected email from Tecmo Koei stealthily slipped into our email inboxes today and confirmed that the upcoming release of Ninja Gaiden 3 will release with full PlayStation Move support. Team NINJA’s leader Yosuke Hayashi stated: NINJA GAIDEN 3 is all...
News Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed and Lumines for PS Vita
Plus four more titles
Ubisoft confirmed today that it is bringing a total of six more games to the PlayStation Vita. The titles include a portable port of its upcoming Rayman Origins game, an Asphalt game, Dungeon Hunter: Alliance and a Vita version of Michael Jackson: The Experience. Most interesting is the confirmation of Assassin's Creed, and an...
News Mad Blocker Moving to PS Move
PSP Mini goes HD
Mad Blocker Alpha, a PSP Mini puzzle game where you have to arrange a series of falling blocks to match four or more colors to eliminate blocks, is getting an HD update in the form of Mad Blocker HD. The game, releasing on PS Vita and PlayStation Move, is an HD port of the Mini original. But fresh new graphics aren't the only thing...
News Mad Blocker HD Descends Onto PS Vita
PSP mini gets an upgrade
Mad Blocker Alpha is a PSP Mini puzzle game where you have to arrange a series of falling blocks to match colors and make them disappear. So is Mad Blocker HD. The game, releasing on PS Vita and PlayStation Move, is an HD port of the Mini original, but fresh new graphics aren't the only thing this updated puzzler is...
News These Modern Songs are In Get Up and Dance
Music the kids will like
The most important part of any dancing game isn't how stupid you look while playing it — the answer there is always "very" — but the songs you'll be shaking your hind quarters to. O-Games has put out a list of some of the modern songs you'll be able to dance to in its upcoming Get Up and Dance when it launches...
News EA Brings Grand Slam Tennis 2 to Move Centre Court
Ready to take the crown?
So far we've seen some decent attempts at PlayStation Move tennis games, but neither Virtua Tennis 4 nor Top Spin 4 quite hit the mark. Now EA Sports is hoping to get in the game with Grand Slam Tennis 2. The newly announced game continues from Grand Slam Tennis on Wii by including licensed tournaments including Wimbledon...
News Disgaea 3 Returns to PlayStation Vita
You can really be the hero
Nippon Ichi's acclaimed RPG series Disgaea has been a PlayStation staple for years, and that's set to continue as the company has announced it's bringing Disgaea 3 Return to the portable. The game will be an improved conversion of the PS3 original, and even includes all the downloadable content preloaded on the game card...
News Supremacy MMA Bruises Vita Later This Year
Will it be MMAssive?
Vita's getting its first taste of blood with Supremacy MMA later this year. The arcade-styled take on mixed martial arts will reach Vita in time for Christmas, complete with its female fighters and speedy gameplay. The announcement doesn't mention whether the game will make use of Vita's unique features, but stay tuned for more...
News PQube Announces "Most Realistic Move Dancing Game"
No, it's not Let's Dance with Mel B 2
Some PlayStation Move dancing games are OK. Some, like Let's Dance with Mel B, are not OK. Here's hoping that PQube's new announcement Dance! It's Your Stage is better than that, at least. The publisher claims its new dancing game is the "most realistic and detailed Playstation 3 Move Dance game ever released",...
News Point and Click, Seek and Solve with Captain Morgane
Go back in time
The humble point and click adventure once ruled the roost, with Broken Sword, Monkey Island and more just some of the highlights. Now the genre's due to make a bit of a comeback with Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle for PlayStation Move, due Q4 2011. The game is written by Broken Sword scribe Steve Ince and is related to the...
News James Bond Comes to Move with GoldenEye: Reloaded
We've been expecting you
Last year's GoldenEye 007 on Wii was a particularly enjoyable slice of James Bond action, bringing the beloved N64 original up to date with online play, experience and all that good stuff. If you were looking on from the sidelines, filled with jealousy, that can stop soon: Activision has announced GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is...
News EA Teasing 'Big Announcements' For Summer Showcase
EA's promising some bombs for the company's summer showcase this week
The publisher's senior media manager has said that "big announcements" will appear at the event on Thursday. Big games such as Alice: Madness Returns were announced at last year's showcase. Any guesses for what will be shown this year? It would be cool to see something...
News Get a Taste of MotionSports: Adrenaline in October
Start gearing up
Ubisoft's first attempt at a Move-controlled sports game, MotionSports: Adrenaline, has just been confirmed for release around the world this October. The game will hit Europe on 7th October and follow up with a North American release on 25th October. Featuring sports including kayaking, jungle parkour, "extreme...
News Take Up Arms Again with Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012
Those animals just aren't staying dead
Having conquered the wild beasts in Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011, budding hunters will get the chance to shoot some more animals in Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012, out this September. Using PlayStation Move or the Top Shot Elite gun that came packaged with the previous release, players can engage in new...
News Tintin is Coming to PlayStation Move
Start preparing your quiff
Here's something that may have passed you by at E3: Ubisoft's Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn game will arrive this year with PlayStation Move support. From the sounds of the official announcement, the Move controls will be implemented into the main adventure rather than coming as extra minigames, so you...
News Sony Steps Back Into the Groove with DanceStar Party
Like SingStar, with a few differences
Last year's SingStar Dance wasn't a bad first effort at a Move-controlled dancing game, but the controller's capable of far more, so it's good news that Sony's London Studio is having a crack at a dedicated dancing title with DanceStar Party. The studio behind SingStar is dropping the singing component to...
News SEGA Confirms Four More Vita Titles
Plus a new IP
SEGA of Europe and SEGA of America CEO Mike Hayes has revealed that the company is preparing four additional titles for the PS Vita. This comes on top of the news that the company is releasing Virtua Tennis 4 as a Vita launch title. SEGA says one these four Vita games will be an all new IP from the company. Our line-up features all...
News SEGA Serves Up Virtua Tennis 4 on PS Vita
Ready for launch
SEGA's Virtua Tennis franchise has been through multiple iterations since its 1999 arcade debut, going from coin-op to home consoles to portable handhelds. The series has thrice been a launch title on PlayStation platforms, and now SEGA says it's bringing back the original development team for a revamped port of Virtua Tennis 4 for...
News Take a Trip to the Carnival Island with Move
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
2K's Carnival Games series has been a runaway success, emerging on Wii before the surprisingly enjoyable Carnival Games: In Action on Kinect. It seems "imitation is the highest form of flattery" is the thinking in Sony's camp, as the company announced Carnival Island for Move yesterday. The family-oriented...
E3 2011 Sony Press Conference Recap, Here's What You Missed
While a little rough in places, Sony's E3 press conference was clearly all about strength in depth
After a fairly lop-sided showing from Microsoft earlier in the afternoon, Sony's showing felt much more balanced and pointed firmly towards the traditional gamer. While PlayStation Move was in full attendance, demonstrations ranged from the...
