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We’ve had very few bones to chew on since Sony first announced its Motion Controller at E3 last year, but Sony’s GDC keynote last night finally gave us some meat to chew on. On the face of it perhaps the biggest surprise surrounding the PlayStation Move is its similarity to …

New motion controller already gaining strong indie support

GamesMaster could be back on TV in time for Q4, with a new series on a terrestrial channel. The brand is in the process of being re-invigorated, having been acquired by Future late last year. Previously the firm simply published a magazine under licence from Double Act Films (the company …

Bedrock platform converter now supports HTML5 and Flash

Sony had plenty of titles on show following its PlayStation Move reveal at GDC in the early hours of this morning, but it was probably a motion-enabled version of upcoming shooter SOCOM 4 and a tweaked Move-edition of platformer LittleBigPlanet that caught the headlines. SOCOM 4 was only announced recently, …

Texas-based Vigil Games talks of the challenge of scaling up

With the cat – or in this instance, coloured ball – finally out of the bag about Sony’s Move motion controller for PS3, the platform holder has announced that it has 20 first party games in production and scheduled for release this fiscal year. In addition, a total of 36 …

The Lord Of The Rings: Aragorn’s Quest will be Warner Bros’ first title to feature PlayStation Move compatibility. Warner Bros announced the new SKU for the game in the wake of Sony’s GDC unveiling of its finalised motion controller. Aragorn’s Quest was previously only due for release on Wii, DS, …

Schappert: "There could be some challenges -- what's the future of that franchise?"

2010 is set to be the year of motion control. By default, that also means it’s the year that the long-standing dominance of Wii will be tested like never before. But NoA president Reggie Fils-Aime reckons both Sony and Microsoft have a bigger challenge on their hands than they perhaps …