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"Complete" PlayStation Move support has been guaranteed for the PS3 version of Portal 2. Chet Faliszek of developer Valve told the German PlayStation blog (as translated by Eurogamer) that the decision was taken as a form of "compensation" for the fact there was never a PS3 version of zombie multiplayer …
Read More »Dance on Broadway coming to PS3
Publisher Ubisoft has confirmed a PS3 version of dance hit Dance on Broadway. The game, which has previously been available only on Wii, will be compatible with Sony’s Move controller and will be released in the UK on March 18th. The disc will include 25 songs and choreographies from 20 …
Read More »Motion control ‘the future’ of FPS
The arrival of Killzone 3 on February 25th marks a big step forward for traditional console gaming and motion controllers. In fact, Guerilla Games believes that it could be the beginning of a new future for the first person shooter genre. "I think, as this develops, in a few years …
Read More »Move could get PC compatibility
Sony could be planning on bringing PC compatibility to its PlayStation Move motion controllers, if reports are to be believed. Kotaku reports that SCEA’s senior development support engineer John McCutchan will take to the stage at GDC later this month to unveil the ‘Move Server’. The description of his session …
Read More »Dance hit heads to Move and Kinect
Ubisoft is bringing one of its popular Wii dancing games to PlayStation Move and Kinect. Dance on Broadway will be released on PS3 on March 18th, with a Kinect version also in the works. The title was originally released on Wii last summer following the huge success of Just Dance, …
Read More »UK devs lead Kinect charge
Video games trade association UKIE has championed the role of UK developers in the early success of both Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Move. In the ten weeks ending January 15th 2011, games made by UK developers account for 42 per cent of Kinect software sales in the UK. The best …
Read More »Virtua Tennis 4 set for Kinect and Wii
Virtua Tennis 4 will launch on Wii and Kinect, Sega has announced. The game was already announced for PlayStation 3 at Sony’s Gamescom press conference in August last year. It features PlayStation Move compatibility and 3D technology. The Wii edition will make use of the Wii MotionPlus. Virtua Tennis 4 …
Read More »IL-2 Sturmovik, new Fitness Coach announced
Ubisoft has announced two new releases for March – IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover and My Fitness Coach: Club. The former is the latest entry in 1C’s acclaimed flight simulation series, following on from the 505-published 2009 title, IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. Cliffs of Dover will be exclusively available …
Read More »PS Move is doing ‘phenomenally’
With the new breed of motion control filling the stop-gap left by where we would once expect a new console cycle, analysts have expressed their delight at the festive performance of both PlayStation Move and Xbox 360 Kinect. "Among all the analysts, I was the most bullish, forecasting five to …
Read More »GameStop reports like-for-like Xmas gains
Global games retail giant GameStop has reported a 3.4 per cent like-for-like sales boost for the nine weeks ending January 1st. Overall the retailer saw 5.4 per cent growth compared to Christmas 2009. Revenues for the period hit $3.02bn. Hardware sales were up 7.4 per cent year-on-year with Microsoft’s Xbox …
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