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Ubisoft will be rolling out two motion-controlled sports compilations this Q4 in order to support Microsoft and Sony’s hardware launches. The company announced Racquet Sports and MotionSports during its E3 press conference. The games have been designed exclusively for Move and Kinect, respectively. Racquet Sports will be released first, hitting …

Ubisoft has announced the latest entry in its best-selling Raving Rabbids series will be released this November. Raving Rabbids Travel In Time will be available for Wii on November 11th and sees the crazed bunnies tampering with history. A trailer shown during Ubisoft’s E3 press conference depicted the Rabbids helping …

Online retailer Play.com has become the first to name what it believes the price will be for the UK launch of PlayStation Move. It reckons the PlayStation Move Starter Pack, which includes a Move controller, PlayStation Eye and starter disc, will cost 49.99. Standalone Move sticks will cost 39.99 and …

PlayStation Plus has been given a June 29th launch date in Europe, and a new website promoting the paid-for arm of the digital network has revealed some interesting details about what’s on offer. Chief amongst the functionality is Full Game Trials. This will allow subscribers to download complete PS3 games …

Ubisoft has revealed Innergy, a new peripheral that monitors body readings and aims to lower stress. Key to the game, unveiled during Ubisoft’s E3 press conference, is the Innergy Sensor – a biofeedback tool that measures heart rate variability, blood flow and pulse, akin to Nintendo’s Vitality Sensor. The game …

Consumers will certainly have had plenty of time to save up for it, so expect the Collector’s Edition of Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 to perform very well indeed at retail. The $99 SKU (UK price still TBC) includes the game, a 300-page glossy car guide, GT5 keychain, five exclusive DLC …

With US retailers currently discounting current stocks of the Xbox 360 Elite and Arcade to make room for the redesigned Xbox 360 250GB, Microsoft has refused to be drawn on whether the UK will see similar price drops on the current machines. We have nothing further to announce at this …

With Sony unveiling a competitive price for its Move motion controller, the pressure on Microsoft to unveil its pricing strategy fro Kinect is higher than ever – but don’t expect concrete details any time soon. Speaking to VG247, European boss Chris Lewis stated: We haven’t said yet when we’ll come …

A live-action trailer – and OTT on-stage live action – for the PS3 re-envisioning of David Jaffe’s Twister rounded out Sony’s E3 press conference today. The longest running franchise in PlayStation history will spawn a new game for PS3 in 2011. The game is being made by the same key …

Gran Turismo 5 will finally hit shelves in the US on November 2nd, 2010. The date was revealed at the end of a trailer shown during Sony’s E3 press conference, putting an end to years of speculation as to when the game would eventually emerge. The trailer confirmed a number …