Sony has stated that the launch games for the PlayStation Move will cater for all PS3 fans. Casual gamers will be treated to social games such as Sports Champions and Move Party while hardcore gamers can expect a bare-knuckle boxing game called Dukes and EA’s Tiger Woods 2010.
EA Sports has announced the release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 later this year and reveal that the PS3 version will support the PlayStation Move.
Codemasters has finally unveiled its first person shooter that is in the works, titled Bodycount. Being headed up by Stuart Black, creator of the popular PS2 shooter Black, the game has been described as a “genre-defining” experience. Bold words indeed from the same man who called current FPS games as “F***ing boring”.
On the PSP Store this week, Fat Princess is available to download in Europe and The Eye of Judgement Legends is available to purchase from both stores. Both stores have a number of new downloadable titles available for purchase. The European store also has two new minis titles and the US store has some new XMB themes.
This week, the first ever five issues of The X-Men (1963) from Marvel have been added to the Comic Store. Also, Red 5 return with the first issue of We Kill Monsters – an action-comedy in which two brothers discover monsters in their sleepy town and the power to do something about it – is also available.
This week on the PlayStation Store, we blast off with the side scrolling shoot’em up Mega Man 10. A number of PSOne Classics such as Jigsaw Madness and SuperStar Dance Club are available. The Resident Evil 5 demo has been re-released. Next up we have the promised Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack as BioShock 2’s first DLC and yet more DLC for Resident Evil 5 up for download.
In the likes of Little Big Planet and ModNation Racers, the PlayStation blog has announced the release of a fun-filled, side scrolling motor bike racing game titled Joe Danger that has been developed by an indie outfit based in the UK.
Sony has patented a game demo technology that would initially provide players with a full version of a game, but as time progresses, the game would start to degrade or deteriorate leaving players with the bare bones of the game. The full version could then be restored via an unlock code.
Sony has announced a wireless attachment for the PlayStation Move called the Sub-controller. SOCOM 4 is to support both the Move and Sub-controller devices. A demonstration of the game showed aiming and shooting being handled by the Move unit, while the Sub-controller handled movement and other functions.
Just in from the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco, Sony has revealed the official name for the Motion Controller, and guess what, it’s not called the Arc! Instead, the device has been named as PlayStation Move.
