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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 …
Read More »SOCOM 4 and LBP headline Move titles
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, …
Read More »Sony has 20 Move games this year
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 …
Read More »GDC: Sony confirms Move’s nunchuck add-on
Platform holder finally puts to rest the â??Sony Motion Controllerâ?? moniker in favour of new name, â??Moveâ??
Read More »Sony Motion Controller naming nears
Sony will in all likelihood finally announce the official name for its PS3 Motion Controller at its GDC press conference in around two hours time – and it seems as if ‘PlayStation Move’ is the odds-on favourite. Joystiq reports that SCEE has in the last few hours filed a trademark …
Read More »PS3 3D update landing in June
A firmware update that will transform Sony’s PS3 into a full 3D-gaming capable machine will arrive on June 10th, according to rumours reported by TheSixthAxis. Once updated, consoles will be able to display compatible Blu-ray films in 3D as well as the upcoming generation of 3D games, though users will …
Read More »PS3 Slim gets a bit slimmer
Two new revisions to Sony’s PS3 that are expected to hit the market in March will offer a surprise new feature – less weight. Andriasang reports that the new SKUs will weight exactly 3kg – 200g lighter than the current PS3 Slim’s 3.2kg. The new models will sport the serial …
Read More »PSN bags all Hollywood HD giants
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that all six major Hollywood studios will be bringing their movies in high definition to PlayStation Network. Films from 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros will soon be available to rent or purchase on …
Read More »Tiger Woods 11 supports PS3 Arc
EA has announced that Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will offer support for Sony’s as-of-yet undated PS3 Motion Controller. However, the game won’t be supporting Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Natal. A rep for the publisher told VG247 that this is purely down to the timing of the game’s release – an …
Read More »Dev source confirms PS3 ‘nunchuck’
Studio sources have confirmed to MCV’s sister site Develop that Sony’s new Motion Controller device will be compatible with an extra Wii Nunchuck-style add-on. Speaking at GDC, the source stated that even though the controller’s final specs will be ‘reminiscent’ to the Wii, the familiar elements provide scope for those …
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