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PlayStation Move: Everything You Need To Know
Yesterday, Sony took the wraps off the PlayStation Move, which some people will call Sony’s next big thing in video gaming, and others will call a shameless Wii Remote rip-off. Here’s everything you need to know about it. We’ll be updating this post constantly as we find out more about the Move. WHAT IS IT?…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 -
In Seven Days, Something Will Happen
Maybe you’ll eat a turkey sandwich. Perhaps, you’ll drink a glass of carrot juice. You may even read watch television. The future is endless. The reveal for this countdown teaser is not. Japanese game company CyberConnect2 is running a teasing that is teasing something in seven days. The site simply reads “7 days to go”.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 -
Move 101, With Sony’s Friendly Introduction To Motion-Sensing Gaming
This is Sony Europe’s handy instructional trailer for the newly-christened PlayStation Move. Isn’t it chipper? I don’t think this is the right way to go about marketing this, though. Despite the important differences, people already have, and probably forever will, compare the Move to the Wii Remote. Showing the manner of interaction will only invite…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 -
Five Westerns You Must See Before Dying…
Western game Red Dead Redemption has been delayed from April to May. Those looking to bide their time productively with cowboys, read on. Developer Rockstar needs more time to polish the game, which *fingers crossed* means a better finished product. Still, that leaves us with some dead time this coming April. Kotaku previously posted the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 -
Office Chair Kung-Fu Meets PlayStation Move
Slider may well be one of the more interesting launch titles for the PlayStation Move, in that it involves the player performing kung-fu. While belting through city streets on an office chair. Not only is its premise a cut above the other games on offer for the Move, but its visuals look a little better…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 -
How Japan’s Push For Babies Helps Gambling
The Japanese population is shrinking. Birthrates have been dropping for the past two decades, and the country needs more babies. The Japanese government is attempting to push through a national child subsidy program. Enter pachinko. The plan, reports Leo Lewis at the The Times, is poised to offer ¥13,000 (US$144) each month for each child…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 -
First Look At The Delicious PlayStation Move [Update]
Here’s our first ever official, up-close look at Sony’s PlayStation Move motion-control peripheral, due later this year. We’ve seen it before of course, back when it didn’t have a name, but Sony has never actually released official press shots of the device until now, giving us such a close look at both the main wand…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 -
First Look At Last Story Art
The Last Story, the upcoming Wii role-playing game, is the newest title from Final Fantasy designer Hironobu Sakaguchi. Previously, all that had been shown of the game is a logo. Until now. Last Story game art has popped up online. Keep in mind, this is game art and not game graphics. The images are of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 -
Old Republic Is EA’s Biggest Ever Development Project
According to the man who’s had to write the cheques for the game’s development, Electronic Arts is taking massive multiplayer online title The Old Republic seriously. Very seriously. Speaking at a Wedbush Morgan Securities get-together earlier today, EA’s Eric Brown revealed that the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is the “largest ever development…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 -
Medal of Honor Is Coming Back The Hard Way
Bringing back an old franchise that withered isn’t easy. Bringing back Medal of Honor the way it’s coming back this year? That’s hard. At an Electronic Arts press event in New York City, I recently had a chance to check out the new Medal of Honor, witnessing a small piece of the game’s military adventure…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 11, 2010 -
2010, The Year of Tron Legacy Billboards
Tron Legacy won’t be out until this December, meaning there’s plenty of time for Disney to promote the crud out of the flick. Know what that calls for? Giant billboards. Lightbikes! According to /Film, Disney bought the billboard at Santa Monica/Westwood in LA for the whole year. Since last December, Disney has been rotating out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 -
True Crime Impressions: Finally, Dumpster Kills
Activision’s True Crime series goes back to the drawing board with a Hong Kong action-adventure reboot, a game that puts the player in the role of an undercover cop, one who knows how to use a freezer door in a fight. In True Crime, players infiltrate a low level Triad crime syndicate as Wei Shen,…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2010 -
These Companies Are Making Games For The PlayStation Move
When the PlayStation Move is released later this year, it won’t just be Sony making games for the thing. A grand total of 36 third-party publishers are also signed up to develop games for the motion-sensing peripheral. That tally includes some big names, like Capcom, Activision, Sega, EA, Konami, Square Enix and Ubisoft, and some…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2010 -
Play With Me
A life-sized pixel person with a crotch joystick standing at attention. It may be art, but it’s perfect for hanging coats and hats. Titled Play With Me, the painting is by Silvio Porretta, who has been a game industry veteran since 1990 and a not-so-subtitle commentary on phallic imagery. The work will be part of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2010 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
