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News Sony Salutes Move's "Blockbuster Success", Hints at More Patches
All sewn up
The NPD figures for November are out, and Sony is pretty pleased with Move's performance, calling it a "blockbuster success" and suggesting we haven't seen the last of already-released titles receiving updates for the motion controller. Patrick Seybold, SCEA's senior director of corporate communications, had this to say: In...
Sony claims that their new official PlayStation Move gun attachment is the perfect accompaniment to motion control shooters such as Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4
The peripheral, which is set to launch day-and-date with Killzone 3 for $39.99, is said to offer the most "realistic experience possible". It's essentially an assault rifle which the...
News The New PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter is a Serious Bit of Kit
New accessory enters the kill zone
Move isn't short on plastic guns, but there's always room for one more, particularly when it's officially licensed and designed to get the most out of Killzone 3. The new PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter, to give it its official name, is set for release in February and is the first rifle-type accessory to come from...
Talking Point Why PlayStation Move Needs Uncharted 3
Naughty Dog holds the controller's future
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is real, announced by Sony for a release in 2011, most likely around Christmas time. Playable in stereoscopic 3D, its duck-and-cover gunplay would be a perfect fit for PlayStation Move yet the announcement makes no mention of Move support. It's Got Form: Forget the huge number...
News Under Siege Attacks The PlayStation Network Later This Month
SEED Studios has revealed that their PlayStation Network exclusive real-time strategy game, Under Siege, will launch later this month with a price-tag of £11
99 / 14.99 / $19.99. The game will feature full PlayStation Move support, as well as YouTube upload, a level editor and more. We've embedded the intro after the jump. You should watch it,...
News BigBen Aims to Strike it Lucky with New Move Software
Budget games on the way
The name BigBen Interactive might not ring any bells, but it soon will. The European manufacturer of Wii games including Cocoto Magic Circus, Pool Party and Western Heroes, each of which was released with a plastic accessory accompaniment, is set to release its first PlayStation Move games in 2011. The company didn't announce...
News 505 Games Bringing Brunswick and Zumba to Europe in February
A real mixed bag
Whether you want to burn off the Christmas turkey in Zumba Fitness or bowl a turkey in Brunswick Pro Bowling, you'll be able to do both from February as 505 Games announces European release dates for both titles. Or release date, rather: both games will launch on February 4th in the UK, and both will support the PlayStation Move...
News SCEE Reveal LittleBigPlanet 2 Treats For European PlayStation Plus Members
Haha
Gotta laugh at all those people throwing around the words "useless", "pointless" and "crap" when PlayStation Plus was announced. We're some of the most hardcore PlayStation Network users out there, and Plus has already lavished us in a ridiculous array of goodies. Today we're set to get a few more. SCEE's revealed...
News Pachter: Disney Epic Mickey Will Come to PS3 Eventually
It's a shoe-in
Disney Epic Mickey on Wii is raking in some pretty positive reviews around the world but, despite Warren Spector's insistence that it was made for Wii, Michael Pachter is in no doubt it'll appear on PlayStation 3 in the fullness of time. It will ultimately come there. Maybe they’ll do it as a Playstation Network game for a lot less...
News echochrome ii Sheds Some Minimalist Light Over The Festive Period
Sony's confirmed that their ambitious mannequin puzzler, echochrome ii, will launch in time for Christmas on the American PlayStation Store
No word of a European date yet, but we're going to assume it will follow North America's lead. echochrome ii is one of the most anticipated PlayStation Move titles since the device's launch, using the motion...
News PlayStation Rewards Gets Move-Specific Quests Tomorrow
Another reason to Move
North American readers might already be participating in the PlayStation Rewards programme, an exclusive invite-only experience that seeks to honour regular PlayStation gamers with elite status, goodies and more. Tomorrow the package gets boosted with the introduction of Quests, and PlayStation Move is getting one of its own...
News Farming is Coming to Move with Rune Factory: Oceans
Become a cropper
Marvelous Interactive's Rune Factory: Frontier for Wii is an off-shoot of the company's popular Harvest Moon franchise, and it's coming to PlayStation Move next year in the form of Rune Factory: Oceans. Marvelous just released the first promotional video for the game showing off its revamped battle mode, with more combos and...
News Top Darts Moves Onto The PlayStation Network This Month
Whatever you do, remember to attach your PlayStation Move's wrist-strap before you even consider downloading Sony's Top Darts from the PlayStation Network
The Devil's Details developed PlayStation Move dart-a-thon is set to hit the PlayStation Store before Christmas, and will feature a host of single-player tournaments and simultaneous multiplayer...
News This Move Keychain Torch May Be Cooler Than the Real Thing
It even lights up blue
Ever wish you had a small, portable Move controller you could put on your keychain and use to illuminate darkened areas? Your wishes just got answered, as US site DealExtreme is offering tiny LED torches for just $3.10. At less than three inches long and weighing less than 10g it's a truly tiny version of the controller, and...
News Get a Handle on Swords & Soldiers' Move Controls in New Trailer
A winning combination
If you haven't played Ronimo Games' PlayStation Network title Swords & Soldiers yet, you're now able to control your armies using PlayStation Move after a recent free update. Whilst the video below doesn't go into masses of detail about how the control system works, it's a pretty straightforward method: Move's cursor can be...
News The Fight's Transparency Patch is Out Now
See through it all
The Fight: Lights Out is very much an acquired taste, with many reviewers criticising the lack of transparent fighters to make landing your punches easier, and now developer Coldwood Interactive has released a free patch making a few tweaks to the title. The biggest of these is the ability to turn your pugilist see-through, which...
News Move Sales Reach 4.1 Million Units Sold Around the World
Count 'em
So far Sony has been tight-lipped about sales figures for its PlayStation Move peripheral, only saying it had shipped 1 million Moves to America and not commenting on actual worldwide sales figures. Now the company has opened its mouth wide to shout "4.1 million units sold worldwide" in the form of this new press release...
News Sony: PlayStation Move Sales Top 4.1 Million Worldwide
Not to be outdone by Microsoft's Kinect sales report yesterday, Sony's countered by revealing that the PlayStation Move has sold 4
1 million units worldwide since its launch in September. The number does not include sales for the PlayStation Eye or Navigation Controller. Sony also reiterated that there are over 25 supported/dedicated titles already...
News THQ To Reveal Two "Core" PlayStation Move Titles Soon, One To Support 3D Too
THQ's revealed plans to announce two "core" PlayStation Move titles soon
THQ's core games boss Danny Bilson revealed on Twitter, "Two core games coming on Move. One is a hybrid with Move and 3D." THQ has been on somewhat of a charge lately, making plenty of exciting announcements. Looks like the ref
News Sony Could Update Move to be More Accurate, But Probably Won't
Would be as simple as a firmware patch
Move's technology is super-accurate, but according to Sony engineer Anton Mikhailov most studios aren't yet using the controller to its full potential, something we'd expect after just three months on sale. When they do maximise the controller's precision, they may find Sony moving the goalposts, as Mikhailov...
News Anton Mikhailov Talks PlayStation Move, Harmonix, Dance Central, EyeToy & Kinect
Anton Mikhailov believes that Harmonix's success with Kinect launch-title Dance Central is largely down to the developer's experience with EyeToy
Mikhailov revealed that Dance Central probably uses a tracking technique similar to that of their PlayStation 2 EyeToy title, AntiGrav. The R&D man also explained to Eurogamer why Sony passed on the...
News Korean Move Cosplay is the Way to the Country's Heart
Costumes out in the wild
We've seen plenty of Move costumes already – check out Norway's Move Men and Paris's fashion take for just two examples – and now it's the turn of Korean streets, with predictably odd results. Whilst the suits seemed to go down well with most punters, one plucky young chap took a swing at the controller, clearly confused...
News Dynasty Warriors 7 Bringing 60 Characters from Historic China
Great battlers of history
Dynasty Warriors 7 is coming to PS3 with full stereoscopic 3D support, as well as Move controls, with a cast of over 60 playable characters to slash their way through four ancient Chinese kingdoms. Popular characters from the series will return, as well as newcomers Bao San Niang, Sima Zhao, Sima Shi and Zhen Ji, each...
News Sony Europe Reminds You of the Great Move Games Out Already
And some other treats on the way
Sony's Move line-up is growing on a weekly basis, with no fewer than 39 titles now available for the motion controller, so the company naturally wants to crow about the games by putting out a press release. We'll let Sony speak for itself, but as always remember you can get full reviews of these titles and many, many...
News Blue Tongue Fills In de Blob 2's Move Multiplayer Mode
New interview reveals info
Blue Tongue's de Blob 2 is looking fantastic, as this trailer shows, and now studio creative director Nick Hagger has shed some light on the game's multiplayer mode. In a method that may sound familiar to gamers used to Super Mario Galaxy 2 veterans, a second player can pick up Move at any time and bring up a reticule on...
Ouch
Sony's R&D duo of Anton Mikhailov and Dr. Richard Marks have been nothing but professional in their discussion of Micrsoft's Kinect device over the past six months. But when it comes to Kinect Star Wars, Anton's got some strong opinions — mainly that it would be "damn better" on PlayStation Move. Speaking about the possibility...
News Move's Lightsaber Game Will be "Damn Sight Better" than Kinect's
Says Move engineer
The demo of Kinect Star Wars caught the imagination of Jedi fans everywhere, and Move's augmented reality capabilities combined with its 1:1 controller tracking is surely a recipe for a great Star Wars game. But whose would be better? You'll never guess which one Sony engineer Anton Mikhailov would favour. In a brief chat with...
News Can You Beat this Sports Champions Disc Golf Record?
Tall order
Sony's fond of its by the numbers diagrams offering statistical fascination to anyone with a numerical interest, and now it's come up with a sheet dedicated to Move's most popular launch title, Sports Champions. Full of interesting statistics – did you know over 155 million arrows have been fired, of which 1.1 million have split? –...
News Sony: "We Underestimated Demand for Move Controllers"
Might struggle for stock over Christmas
When putting together your PlayStation move set-up you probably didn't encounter many issues getting a Starter Pack, console bundle or Navigation sub-controller, but you may have struggled to lay your hands on a standalone Move controller. Peter Dille, Sony's marketing senior vice president in the US, has said...
News These Awesome Nikes are Our New Favourite Move Accessory
Ten on the beau foot scale
Move's a lovely item to hold in your hands for sure, but if you wanted to show your love for the controller on your feet you've been all out of luck – until now. Sony and Nike have combined to create two limited edition pairs of sneakers to honour the launch of PlayStation Move and the upcoming arrival of Killzone 3. The...
News PlayStation Move Wins Popsci's "Best of What's New" Award
Nabs "most immersive game controller" gong
We know Move works great, you know Move works great, and now Sony's controller has been honoured with an award in Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New 2010" issue. Honoured in the always hotly-contested Home Entertainment category, Move was called the "most immersive game...
News PlayStation 3 Scores One-Hundred-And-Eighty, Nets Exclusive Hawaii 5-0-1 Downloadable Content
O-Games' upcoming PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour is not complete without the appearance of Hawaii 5-0-1 himself, and the PlayStation 3 version of the game is the only place you'll see him
Wayne Mardle (as Hawaii 5-0-1's known to normal people) will be joined by Peter "One Dart" Manley and the Las Vegas Desert Classic tournament in...
News Exclusive Day One DLC for PDC on PS3
More players, modes and more
PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour isn't the first sports game from O-Games to make use of PlayStation Move – its previous release was the very playable John Daly's ProStroke Golf, and now the publisher is lined up at the oche with a new title on Friday. PS3 owners who pick the game up on launch day will be greeted...
News TRON: Evolution's Move Controls are Light Cycle Only
Short but sweet
TRON: Evolution is due to de-rez Europe on Friday, and now we've had our first look at the Move controls we can confirm they're a bit disappointing. Considering the game's heavy combat focus and use of a throwing disc, you would have thought Move could have been used in any one of a number of interesting ways, but as it happens the...
News Tron: Evolution Diary Details Stereoscopic 3D & PlayStation Move Support
The music
The music. Sure Tron: Evolution looks like a ton of fun, but the soundtrack is going to be the highlight. This developer diary shot by the PlayStation Blog details a number of the game's gameplay mechanics, including the protagonist's acrobatic abilities and persistent unlocks. It also showcases the game's light-cycle PlayStation Move...
Talking Point Why Are Accessories So Important Anyway?
What's the big deal?
We've reported on Move as an important factor in growing the accessory sector at retail, but with hardware and software figures falling year-on-year why is the success of plastic add-ons so important? Accessories Make Money: For retailers, accessories are key: profits made from add-ons far outweighs the margin on a new game or...
News This is What Move's and Kinect's Children Would Look Like
If manufactured very, very cheaply
When the Wii was released we saw countless cheap knock-offs flood the market – remember the Vii? – and now it looks like Move is about to receive its own sincerest form of flattery in the form of the "i-dong". (Really, we're not making these names up.) Displayed at a Chinese technology event, the...
News Someone Made A Third-Party PlayStation Move Controller, For Reals
German peripherals manufacturer, Snakebyte, has announced a new line of third-party PlayStation Move devices
The range includes a Move wand, navigation controller and camera. The devices are expected to reach retailers in January, though there is no word on price yet. The devices look decent enough, but the PlayStation Move is already pretty cheap...
News Check Out Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves Next Month
A taster of LittleBigPlanet's Move mode
Here's something we didn't see coming: Sackboy is about to get his own PSN-exclusive title, called Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, and it's only playable with Move. A co-operative-only experience, the game needs one player with a Move controller and another with a DualShock 3, as players must team up to overcome...
News Snakebyte Announces the First Third-Party Move Controllers
And they don't look bad
German manufacturer Snakebyte has emerged as the first manufacturer to offer its own line of PlayStation Move controllers, starting in January 2011. Recent PS3 firmware updates have rendered some third-party controllers out of action, but Snakebyte has a cunning plan, equipping its controllers with the ability to receive...
Sony's dropped some fresh news about what we can expect from the LittleBigPlanet franchise this Christmas
Honestly, a whole lot. Sony will be sending out fresh beta invites and a story demo for LittleBigPlanet 2 from next month, as well as releasing a stand-alone PlayStation Move experience entitled Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves. Sackboy's Prehistoric...
News Navigation Support is Not Coming to NBA 2K11 After All
Will be in 2K12 though
If you've been playing the superb NBA 2K11 with PlayStation Move, you might have been disappointed that the Navigation sub-controller is unsupported, leaving you with a Move in one hand and DualShock 3 in the other. Whilst we presumed Navigation support would be introduced later in the game's cycle, 2K Sports' Community...
News PlayStation Move Continues to Drive Accessory Sales Upward
Two consecutive months of growth for sector
Whilst sales of hardware and software are down across the board compared to the same period last year, one area of the industry that is growing is accessories, thanks in no small part to Sony's new motion controller. Move grew the sector in September and it's done so again in October, according to figures...
News Sony's Latin American Success Down to One Key Principle
And that's "Move is different"
As experienced gamers, we know that PlayStation Move and Kinect for Xbox 360 are very different control methods, but Sony knows that explaining that to the machines' expanded audiences is crucial to Move's success. Speaking to IndustryGamers, Mark Stanley, SCEA's GM for Latin America, expressed the importance of...
News Auditorium On PlayStation Network Nets New Levels, PlayStation Move & 3D Support
Auditorium is all about "transforming light into a symphony of sound"
Nope, we don't get it either, but the game's executive producer assures us we'll have an "a-ha" moment after a couple of levels. Good, because judging the game purely on its aesthetics it looks amazing. Like something we'd want to play anyway. The PlayStation Network...
Talking Point What Improvements Would You Make to Move?
Imagine Sony's listening...
Capcom's boss David Reeves recently spoke about an evolved Move for PlayStation 4, which got us thinking: what improvements would you like to see in the Move? Here's a few ideas off the top of our glowing blue heads. Improved PlayStation Eye: The Move itself may be a nifty piece of kit, but the PlayStation Eye camera...
News The Fight to Get Patched with Transparency and More
Lights on after all
A while ago, Coldwood Interactive spoke about The Fight: Lights Out and its lack of transparencies in the player character. The developers hinted that they would listen to player feedback and consider implementing the feature if enough fans requested it, and now it seems dissenting voices have been heard as the studio is set to...
News Capcom: Expect an Evolved Move Controller for PlayStation 4
Sony will learn from Move says Capcom boss
David Reeves, current head of Capcom Europe and former boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has spoken to Eurogamer about the importance of supporting Move beyond PlayStation 3's life cycle. I think [motion control is] the preamble to what might come in the next static consoles. There's so much...
News de Blob 2 Gets a Lick of HD Paint and Move Controls
Colour us intrigued
The original de Blob for Wii was a critical success for THQ, so much so that the publisher is branching out onto other formats with the sequel. de Blob 2 is on the way to PS3 in February next year, and it's bringing PlayStation Move controls to boot. Bringing more of the same paint-splattering platforming action as the previous...
News Sly Cooper Steals into Europe in Early December
Cooper trio next month
The Sly Collection, or The Sly Trilogy in Europe*, is already out in North America but it won't be too long until European gamers can get their claws into it, as the game's launch kicks off on December 1st. Gamers across continental Europe can grab the game from Wednesday December 1st, antipodean fans receive the title the...
