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Is This Teaser Site For Valkyria Chronicles 3?
The first Valkyria Chronicles game was set in an alternative version of Europe in the year 1935. Could this Japanese teaser site with “Code 1935” in its URL be for Valkyria Chronicles 3? Sega has apparently registered “valkyria3.jp”, leading many to believe that the Japan-based game company was working on another entry in the Valkyria…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedBeat Sketcher, The Best PlayStation Move Game You Weren’t Expecting
Last week: I had no desire to paint music using a PlayStation 3 motion controller. This week: I yearn to play the full version of Beat Sketcher. Remember that game name. Until I found it lurking as an extra demo on my review copy of PlayStation Move games Kung Fu Rider and Start The Party,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedHigh Velocity Bowling Is the Worst of the Move Bunch
High Velocity Bowling first hit the Playstation Network back in 2007, but later this month it’s getting an update, adding Playstation Move support to the bowling game. Unfortunately, the Move gameplay I tried out seems to be a bit buggy, with the bowling game losing the controller multiple times during a swing of my arm…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Racquet Sports For Move Is PS3 Sports Tennis
If it wasn’t for the fact that it appears to be an -ahem- expansion of Wii Sports Tennis, the most notable aspect of Ubisoft’s Move version of Racquet Sports would be that its characters look like Xbox 360 Avatars. It’s possible this game is one big inside joke. But it’s also possible that it can…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Welcome To The WORLD OF TANKS
Ever wanted to play an MMO where you are not a druid, or an elf, or a mage, but a TANK? Then World of Tanks is for you. The game, by Wargaming, lets you drive pretty much every significant tank of the mid-20th century, as you join a team of tanks to go off and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedChecking Out Flight Control With The PS3 Move
Firemint’s ultra-popular iPhone game, Flight Control, is also Move compatible on the Playstation 3. I spent a bit of time with it and was delighted to see how fun and easy it was to quickly draw precise flight paths on the game’s top-down map of the landing strips. Controls were snappy, providing a bit of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsStart The Party Review: Reality Improved, Ridiculously
The most futuristic thing you can do in video games so far this year is to play Start The Party. Start The Party is -yawn- a party game, a -groan- mini-game collection. Oh, but it’s motion-controlled. Wait! Don’t run away. After years of camera-based video games that didn’t work under normal lighting conditions… after years…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Star Cosplayer Comes Out As Transgender During TV Show
Kayo Satou, aka “Kayo Police”, has not only been called one of Japan’s best Street Fighter IV players, but also one of Japan’s best-looking Street Fighter IV players. She has revealed that she is transgender. Last night on Japanese television show Majotachi no 22ji (Witches’ 10pm), Kayo came out as transgender. The program often shows…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsTumble Review: Barebone Blocks
Playing with blocks never gets old, especially if you’re using a motion-control enabled Playstation 3 to do it. But is the block-building puzzler a step above the colorful and fun Boom Blox for the Wii, or just a pale version of the Electronic Arts classic? Let’s have a look. Loved Controls: The level of detailed…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Man Loses Linux Court Case Against Sony
An Australian man has lost a court case he brought against Sony after the company removed the “Other OS” feature from its PlayStation 3 consoles. Michael Trebilcock, from Adelaide in Australia’s south, had sought AUD$800 in compensation (ie the cost of his console) from Sony, claiming that the Japanese company’s decision meant that he could…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsMove Sports Champions Review: A Cut, A Spike, A Toss Above the Rest
Sports Champions is bound to be the most owned Playstation Move game when the motion-detecting peripheral hits the Playstation 3 on Sept. 19. That’s because the game comes bundled with the controller and camera and with a special Playstation 3 console pack. But you can also pick the collection of sports games up for $40…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsKung Fu Rider Review: Tony Hawk Suggestive Jam
They’re launching the PlayStation Move with a game that plays like a Tony Hawk downhill trick racer, if Tony was a nerdy private detective guy or a girl who knelt on a chair and stuck her butt in your face. Kung Fu Rider is one of the PlayStation Move launch games targeted to a more…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Ladies Will Be In The New Yakuza Game
Sega is making yet another Yakuza game. Not to be confused with the upcoming PSP spin-off, this new Yakuza title is headed towards the piece. Know what that means? More Yakuza hostesses! Sega has auditioned a slew of girls and selected a handful of hopefuls. From that lot, the in-game hostesses have been selected. At…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 -
ReviewsPlaystation Move Review: The Motion Controller Wars Start Now
The motion controller wars start now. In the four years since its launch, the Nintendo Wii has made motion-controlled gaming not just its dominion, but a hugely profitable business. But by the end of the year Nintendo will be back where they started, slugging away with two well-monied competitors for the hearts, the minds, the…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedIt’s A Move! Beauty Shots Of Our Newest PS3 Controller And Its Older Brothers
We have a Move and a Navigation Controller. The PlayStation 3’s new motion controllers pose here, alongside fruit, a PS3 DualShock, an Xbox 360 controller and a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Comparison videos and lots of button tests included. (Click any thumbnail to enlarge and/or play video)
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
What We Loved, What We Hated About the Playstation Move
Due out later this month, the Playstation Move promises to deliver the best of two worlds: The motion-sensing realism and casual fun of the Wii combined with raw muscle power and high-definition graphics of the Playstation 3. We’ve had the peripheral add-on in our offices for a little less than a week now, plenty of…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedIf Only There Was Official Halo LEGO
There is no official Halo LEGO. Instead, there is only Halo Mega Bloks, and no amount of fancy stop-motion animation will make that any easier to deal with. I mean, look at this! It looks…OK, which for Mega Bloks, the poor man’s LEGO, is a big deal! [thanks John!]
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hints At New Super Street Fighter IV Characters
Capcom is bringing console game Super Street Fighter IV to arcades. The game center version is getting new characters. But who? A recent issue of Arcadia magazine shows artwork for a skateboard and roller skates, which are associated with twin Hong Kong fighters Yun and Yang from Street Fighter III. Both fighters made cameos in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Brutal Legend Developers Want To Sell Out
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer is a bit of a cult darling, having been behind brilliant yet under appreciated games like Psychonauts and Grim Fandango. Thing is, he doesn’t want to be a cult darling. “There’s definitely not any sort of drive to become exclusive, art-house content” Schafer told GamesTM magazine. “I think we’re making very…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Check Out PSP-Bound White Knight Chronicles
The latest entry in PS3 exclusive series White Knight Chronicles won’t be coming to Sony’s home console. It will arrive on its PSP. And as previously mentioned, it’s a prequel. Dubbed “White Knight Chronicles: Episode Portable Dogma Wars”, the game is set 10,000 years before the events in the earlier games. The game follows the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010