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What’s Up With The PlayStation Move’s Colored Balls?
The first press shots of the PlayStation Move look delicious, courtesy of the bright coloured balls perched atop the peripheral. Wondering why there’s so much variety? So were we. While many people’s first instinct is that the Move will ship with different coloured spheres, or that perhaps they’re interchangeable, truth is that while at rest,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Final Prince of Persia Movie Poster
This is it, here we go. From “Courage” to Russia, there have been a couple of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie posters. You are looking at the final one. It is a tweaked version of the earlier North American poster, but with added Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley. Ben Kingsley makes everything…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Move Gets Its First Wii Port
With the PlayStation Move looking, well, similar to Nintendo’s Wii Remote, you may have wondered how long it would take until it was announced a Wii game was being ported to the PS3. The answer? How about, oh, a few hours Warner Bros let us know today that The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: Yaarrr First Screenshots
Just like we told you, there will be a Monkey Island 2: Special Edition. Here are your first screenshots! And not just screenshots, comparison shots! So we can all see how far video games have come in the past 19 years, and then fill a comments section of a video game website with calls for…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
SOCOM 4 On The Move
Zipper Interactive’s recently revealed SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs is one of the games we were least expecting to be fully playable with the PlayStation Move controller. Can a hardcore online shooter stay competitive with a motion control scheme ? Fortunately for the less curious SOCOM fan, the Move controller is not a requirement. The game…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Move’s The Shoot Has A Major Twist
The Shoot is Sony’s first light gun shooter for the newly named PlayStation Move controller, an arcade-style sci-fi shoot ’em up with a twist, in that you have to twist. Set in an environment that looks like an alien cyborg invasion of a Hollywood film shoot—at least in the levels we played; later levels appear…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition Hits this Summer
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge is coming to the iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this summer. Lucas Arts revealed the games to kick off their annual Game Developers Conference party, bringing Tim Schaefer and Ron Gilbert, the originals creators of the game, to the front of the room for…
By Brian Crecente Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Party Moves onto the PlayStation 3
Another title shown off at the PlayStation Move’s unveiling today is “Move Party” the working title of a PlayStation Eye-enabled casual game that puts the player on screen in the action. Based on the video and the six screenshots Sony released, this figures to be another anthology of casual games for the Move.
By Owen Good Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedSwords and Paddles: Sports Champions on PlayStation Move
Here’s video of two of the six games available in Sports Champions for the PlayStation Move, a table tennis game and a gladiator competition. First the sword battle (above) – which obviously isn’t just limited to swords. One had serves as the melee weapon control with the off-hand wielding the shield. Now here’s the table…
By Owen Good Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
First Screens of PlayStation Move’s “Motion Fighter”
“Motion Fighter” is the working title of the fighting game showcasing the new PlayStation Move, revealed this afternoon at the Game Developers Conference. Sony’s published eight screens of the game. Here they are. The demonstration showed the 1:1 motion capability of the Move controller applied to a street-fighting beat-em-up. Sony said the project is estimated…
By Owen Good Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hands-On With Playstation Move’s Wii Sports Resort
Among the titles for the PS3’s Move motion controller being shown off at the Game Developers Conference today is Sports Champions, a very familiar sounding casual sports title. Sports Champions will include half a dozen casual sports that can be played with one or two of the microphone-like Move controllers in hand. On display at…
By Brian Crecente Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
How The PlayStation Move Is NOT A Wii Remote
I just played SOCOM 4 with the newly-named PlayStation Move controller. And now I know how the PlayStation 3’s motion-sensitive controller is not just a me-too Wii controller. For those who need the basics, the PlayStation Move is a remote-like motion-sensitive controller with a sphere at the end. The sub-controller is an off-hand controller being…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedGet a Move on … with SOCOM 4
We’ve seen how a fighter operates with the PlayStation Move, now let’s get a look at how a shooter functions under Sony’s new motion controller. Here’s SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs. Looks like the Move enables not only the expected point-and-shoot aspect of a tactical shooter, but also the tactics as well, using the wand…
By Owen Good Published March 10, 2010 -
UncategorizedBoxing With The PlayStation Move
Now that we have an official name, let’s take a look at some official gameplay of the PlayStation Move, courtesy of our team on the scene at GDC 2010. I believe the game seen being played here is Motion Fighter (Working Title), but I could be mistaken. We’ll have some screens up for the PlayStation…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sony’s Motion Controller Is The PlayStation Move
Say goodbye to the Arc or Gem and hello to the PlayStation Move. Sony has revealed the official name for its motion controller, coming this fall in three forms – alone, with the PlayStation Eye, or bundled with a PS3. The European trademark office spilled the beans a bit early, but that doesn’t stop Sony…
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation GDC Presser Liveblog: Secrets Will Be Revealed
Sony’s press conference at the 2010 Games Developer Conference is about to begin, and Kotaku is there, bringing you the news as it happens. Join us as Sony shares its deepest, darkest secrets with the world. Click to viewPlayStation GDC 2010 Liveblog
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Latest Kotaku Podcast is Ready on Zune, iTunes and mp3
God of War III director Stig Asmussen joined hosts Brian Crecente and Stephen Totilo on Kotaku Talk Radio today, broadcasting from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. If you missed today’s broadcast, well, you can download it right now, play it on your preferred audio player, and catch everything these three and today’s callers…
By Owen Good Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
There Are Many Ways To Be Fired For Insubordination
As seen on Joystick Division
By Mike Fahey Published March 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
Show Us the Ugliest Americans You Can Find on St. Patrick’s Day
In honor of Comedy Central’s new show Ugly Americans, let’s see the ugliest messes you encounter this St. Pat’s. Send photos to [email protected]. The ugliest will be posted here for a vote. Winner gets a $300 AMEX gift card. Woot! [Rules]
By Gawkercreative Published March 10, 2010
