Blaze announces its own Move gun attachment

You know what they say: You can never have too many gun-shaped peripherals in which to dock your PlayStation Move controller, unless, of course, you already have two, in which case, you do in fact have too many. (Trust us, people say that all the time.) However, assuming you haven't already indulged in one of the Move gun attachments already on the market, you may want to take a look at Blaze's recently revealed ~~stab~~ shot at violence-ing the peripheral.

As you can see by the product image above, it's replaced the sci-fi blaster feel of Sony's first-party gun attachment with a slightly more realistic pistol motif. Well, there's still a huge, colorful ball at the end of the whole production, which we're pretty sure real guns don't have. Regardless, this bad boy will arrive next month at British retailers for an asking price of £9.99.

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BLAZE shoot to kill with their new futuristic gun attachment for PS3 Move shooting titles

Enhanced feel and realism for trigger happy PS3 Move gamers

19th January 2011

BLAZE have today announced the ultimate accessory for PS3 Move shooting
titles. Sharp shooting gamers can now become completely immersed in the
action with the feel of a futuristic gun in their hands!

The BLAZE PS3 Move gun attachment is designed to securely house the PS3 Move
wand, to form the barrel of a highly accurate gaming weapon.
The firing mechanism activates the PS3 Move controllers trigger (T) button
with the true precision and feel needed to put you in the game and lose
yourself in the guts and glory!

Every action button on the PS3 Move controller can still be speedily
accessed via the control window on the top of the BLAZE PS3 Move gun,
allowing you to select and navigate through the game as easily as you did
before, but with a sturdy, reassuring pistol grip.

Installation is easy, open the barrel housing, insert the PS3 Move
controller, close the barrel housing. That really is a simple as it gets!

The BLAZE PS3 Move gun is for those who want that little bit extra from
their gaming, bringing PS3 Move shooting titles to life with enhanced
realism.

Jason Cooper, Chairman of BLAZE Europe commented:

"The PS3 Move is the perfect platform for shooting games. Our new PS3 Move
gun will bring together the highly accurate position sensing technology of
the PS3 Move, with the action, look and feel of a futuristic gun, making for
a very realistic gaming experience."

The BLAZE PS3 Move gun will be available at the end of February 2011 from
< http://www.blazeeurope.com> www.blazeeurope.com and all leading video game
stores, at a low price of £9.99

Reader Comments (25)

no matter what style or how much effort companies put in, there's just no way to make a weapon controller look good with Move.

They all look like they are blowing bubbles.

@arkweld

Unfortunately, you are correct. If the games that use a move gun are good, i couldn't careless on the design.

@arkweld
Just pretend it's a raygun from some old "black-and-white-alien-is-dog-hanging-from-string" sci-fi movies and suddenly it's quite charming. (I'm serious)

@arkweld Yeah, But its not like youll be looking at the end of it when youre playing, unless youre playing some sort of suicide game, Which im sure dosent exist, atleast dosent have move functionality.

@LEONLEONLEON

shhhh! Don't ruin his 2009 trolling tactic... he's needs to practice and come into his own. If he ever plays a Move game, he will realize what he has been missing out on.

Does anyone know if the gun attachment (any of them) makes aiming a little easier?

I played Modern Combat: Domination last tonight with Move only and got owned in many encounters. Practice definitely makes perfect, however it was still very hard to get knife kills and win close quarters gun battles. Move seemed to excel when aiming for a more distant target. Perhaps its just me.

Also, does anyone mess around with the dead zones and sensitivity? That could make a difference although I wouldn't know what is best.

@dragunrising

Would you mind explaining what Modern Combat is, and how good it is? I have heard almost nothing about it, and since Black Ops has alienated me and MW2 is N/A at this time, I'm looking for something to fill the void left by them...

@King Johngie the Fourth

Modern Combat Domination can best be described as Counter Strike on consoles. You get rewarded money for getting more kills and can therefore buy better weapons.

If you run and shoot, you will die...a lot. In real life its hard to run or walk and shoot a gun. Modern Combat gets this right. It also feels like characters have a little bit more weight to their movements.

Each level is filled with many places to hide. This sort of discourages running around without consequence like in MW/Cod. Each death brings up a screen and lets you purchase weapons (as mentioned previous). Planning your next means of attack involves planning your weapon load out carefully. Do you spend your hard earned cash on smoke grenades or frags? Shot gun or sub-machine gun? The choice is your's. As there is only a primary weapon, grenade and hand gun available at the start of every match, its important to "save up" for better weapons and get as many kills as possible.

Overall, a solid game. If you have Move, you should definitely try it out; there is a learning curve however its fun trying out a new control scheme in your shooter. The game is a little generic and a little different at the same time. Its pretty polished for an $8 shooter and will eventually have dlc. Hope I answered your question.

@King Johngie the Fourth

I actually enjoyed PLAYING modern combat more than i enjoy playing COD.
ITs very much a skill based game. If you are smart, youll stay alive, if you dont think and just run around, youll die in no time.

@dragunrising

That was perfect, thank you. I think I'll go buy it right now.

@Lucky48 At this time, the Submachine gun peripheral that will be available from SONY in February is the only one that uses the EXT. connector to remap buttons.
I tried the SONY move blaster with MAG and Time Crisis, and it's only just usable in Time Crisis if you hold it with both hands to press the Move button to reload. It's completely useless in MAG, Modern Combat or Killzone, probably.

@Lucky48 Thanks for the reply. I had no idea I could lock the camera. I'm also guilty of not looking at the instructions, haha. :-p

Since I used your advice, I started to appreciate Move controls. I'm still a little bit better with a regular controller, however my skillz have improved and mastery should come with time.

Do you know how Move support is being implemented in Killzone 3 or Socom 4? I'm not a fan of Move controls in MAG. There is no camera lock like in Modern Combat. Its my hope that the Move button is used in future Move enabled games, the same way as Modern Combat.

Looks like a water gun with a glowing rubber ball at the tip

The Wii Zapper looks cooler.

And that is truly saying something.

@Red Runner But the move is ALOT more comfortable. It feels so nice to hold.

As one wise man once said...

PEW PEW....

Reservoir tip

I'd rather have Earthworm Jim's gun. PLASMA!

It looks like a Martian shrink ray to me. Now they just need a game to go with it with that theme. Sounds awesome to me.

I picked up the official Sony gun a day after I bought a 'body glove' set for the Move and Navigation controllers. It was a pain in the ass to get the glove on the Move controller in the first place, so when I went to slide it into the gun, I was pretty upset to realize it didn't fit properly. Maybe if manufacturers of these can account for that somehow, it'd be perfect. I either wasted $10 on the glove set, or $20 on the Gun..oh well!

@ToKeN2k6
Have you used the Sony gun, or did you stick with the body glove? I'm curious about how balanced and comfortable the gun attachment feels.

@tensider

Yeah, I ripped that glove right the hell off there and slid the controller into the gun and proceeded to try it out with the Shoot. After a few calibration attempts, it seems the reticle wasn't dead-on, rather a little down and to the left. So after compensating for that, it was alright. I really should have tried it with MAG or RE5 to get a better feel, but I haven't yet. I guess for $20 if you use it once and don't like, its not the worst thing in the world..

@ToKeN2k6 You need the buttons on the move for MAG. The SONY gun is useless.

I hope the SONY submachine gun that uses the EXT port will make the Move better in shooter games.

Hmm, relatively certain I've already seen this gun floating around the intertron, but frankly what I need is a pedal out of the ext port to make Time Crisis playable.

Blaze announces its own Move gun attachment

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