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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Sports Champions 2 takes a victory lap on PS Move this fall]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/sports-champions-2-takes-a-victory-lap-on-ps-move-this-fall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/sports-champions-2-takes-a-victory-lap-on-ps-move-this-fall/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/sports-champions-2-takes-a-victory-lap-on-ps-move-this-fall/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><!--[if IE]><object width="530" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-15a2655b" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/15a2655b/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=31890624&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0"><object id="viddlerInner-15a2655b"><video id="viddlerVideo-15a2655b" src="//www.viddler.com/file/15a2655b/html5mobile?openURL=31890624" type="video/mp4" width="530" height="298" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/15a2655b/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> <!--> <object data="//www.viddler.com/simple/15a2655b/" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-15a2655b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/15a2655b/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=31890624&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0" /><object id="viddlerInner-15a2655b"><video controls="controls" height="298" id="viddlerVideo-15a2655b" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/15a2655b/" src="//www.viddler.com/file/15a2655b/html5mobile?openURL=31890624" type="video/mp4" width="530" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><!--<![endif]--><img alt="Image" height="295" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/spch531.jpg" style="margin:4px; display: none" width="530" /></center><br />You probably ended up with a copy of <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/sports-champions"><em>Sports Champions</em></a> if you purchased a PlayStation Move, either because it was bundled or because you're required to own at least one sports minigame collection per motion controller (it's the law).<br /><br />Today, Sony revealed a followup to its obligatory sports game, due this fall. <em>Sports Champions 2</em> includes skiing, boxing, tennis, golf, bowling, and "a fully updated Archery experience." Sony also promises tweaks like simpler calibration, more opportunities to customize your avatar, and multiple user profiles.<br /><br />The new "Party Play" mode lets users set playlists of matches, then compete for score. "You can create your own match playlist, see photos and voices from each player during the game, and draw something humiliating (or nice!) on the hapless loser," says producer Jeremy Ray. He probably means in the game. You <em>always</em> had the option of drawing on your friends.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/sports-champions-2-takes-a-victory-lap-on-ps-move-this-fall/">Sports Champions 2 takes a victory lap on PS Move this fall</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 31 May 2012 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/sports-champions-2-takes-a-victory-lap-on-ps-move-this-fall/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20248465/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/sports-champions-2-takes-a-victory-lap-on-ps-move-this-fall/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>fall-2012</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>q3-2012</category><category>release-date</category><category>scea</category><category>sony-computer-entertainment-america</category><category>sports-champions-2</category><category>zindagi-games</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: May 28 - June 3, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/"><img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/now-playing-may29.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a><br /> Fight for the survival of humanity this week with <em>Resistance: Burning Skies</em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: May 28 - June 3, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/">Now Playing: May 28 - June 3, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 29 May 2012 23:59:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20247048/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/now-playing-may-28-june-3-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 23:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video Games Live at E3: Journey, Skyrim, Diablo 3, Earthworm Jim and more]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/video-games-live-at-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/video-games-live-at-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/video-games-live-at-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/video-games-live-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/05/journeypreview001.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 298px; " /></a></div>During the week of E3, on June 6, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/video-games-live">Video Games Live</a> will take over the Nokia Theater L.A. Live arena. Being E3 and all, and L.A. being one of the most frequently played venues for Tommy Tallarico's live video game concert, this year he wanted to add some special scores - like Austin Wintory's <em>Journey</em> score, conducted by Wintory himself.<br /><br />It's just one of the more recent audio accompaniments added for the June 6 show. There are also select tunes from <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skyrim"><em>Skyrim</em></a>, which will be handled by a secret guest conductor; composer Russell Bower will conduct some <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/diablo-3"><em>Diablo 3</em></a> tunes. <em>Donkey Kong Country</em>, <em>Star Fox</em> and even a <em>Street Fighter</em> segment - to celebrate <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/enormous-street-fighter-box-set-arrives-september-18/">the 25th anniversary</a> of Capcom's fighter - are planned. Akira Yamaoka will also play guitar at some point.<br /><br />Finally, there's <em>Earthworm Jim</em> to consider, a game that Tallarico himself worked on. Apparently folks have been asking him to add it to Video Games Live for quite some time now, which we're totally in favor of - as long as we get that thrash metal remix of "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6QJ1m7EQ3I">Use Your Head</a>" we've been waiting <em>our entire lives</em> for.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/video-games-live-at-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/">Video Games Live at E3: Journey, Skyrim, Diablo 3, Earthworm Jim and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 24 May 2012 12:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/video-games-live-at-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20243899/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/24/video-games-live-at-e3-journey-skyrim-diablo-3-earthworm-jim/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>austin-wintory</category><category>donkey-kong-country</category><category>ds</category><category>e3-2012</category><category>journey</category><category>kinect</category><category>microsoft</category><category>mobile</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>russell-bower</category><category>skyrim</category><category>sony</category><category>tommy-tallarico</category><category>video-games-live</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>wii-u</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snapshot: Sorcery]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="left"> <font color="#808080"><small>There are so many games out there we couldn't possibly review them all. Welcome to <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/snapshot">Snapshot</a>, where we highlight games that might fall outside our usual coverage but are still something we think you should know about. Today: <i>Sorcery</i> for PS3.</small></font></div><hr /><center> <img alt="Image" height="298" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/sorcery523.jpg" style="margin: 4px; " width="530" /></center>Having been announced along with the PlayStation Move in 2010, <em>Sorcery</em> bears the burden of high expectations. This was supposed to be the game that showed what the Move could add to a non-party, non-minigame, and full-sized adventure in which your Move wand enabled you to fire magic bolts in any direction.<br /><br />It is, of course, unfair to judge the game by the expectations around its announcement. Such lofty circumstances make an enjoyable, if lightweight, game seem more disappointing.<br /><br />However, I will say that if <em>Sorcery</em> is to act as a Move ambassador, it is not up to the task. While there were certainly times I didn't mind using the motion controller, there were precious few times I was <em>glad</em> to; my experience aiming the in-game magic wand was, in equal parts, hitting the target accurately, flailing uselessly, and recalibrating.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Snapshot: Sorcery</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/">Snapshot: Sorcery</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20242973/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/23/snapshot-sorcery/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>snapshot</category><category>sorcery</category><category>the-workshop</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babel Rising should've been named 'Babel Falling,' this trailer suggests]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "><!--[if IE]><object width="530" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-663df16" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/663df16/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=31238622&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false"><object id="viddlerInner-663df16"><video id="viddlerVideo-663df16" src="//www.viddler.com/file/663df16/html5mobile?openURL=31238622" type="video/mp4" width="530" height="298" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/663df16/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> <!--> <object data="//www.viddler.com/simple/663df16/" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-663df16" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/663df16/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=31238622&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" /><object id="viddlerInner-663df16"><video controls="controls" height="298" id="viddlerVideo-663df16" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/663df16/" src="//www.viddler.com/file/663df16/html5mobile?openURL=31238622" type="video/mp4" width="530" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><!--<![endif]--></div><div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/babel-rising.jpg" style="display:none; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 298px; " /></a></div><br />What would life be like if you could fell entire civilizations with a flick of your wrist, crush hordes of men with a downward swat and destroy worlds with a ridiculous, wide-armed downhill skiing motion? You'd either be Lord Voldemort, or you'd be playing <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/babel-rising"><em>Babel Rising</em></a> on Kinect, like the stylish young man in the video above.<br /><br /><em>Babel Rising</em> is set to launch in June for PlayStation Move and Xbox 360's Kinect.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/">Babel Rising should've been named 'Babel Falling,' this trailer suggests</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 22 May 2012 03:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20242192/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/babel-rising-shouldve-been-named-babel-falling-this-trailer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>babel-rising</category><category>kinect</category><category>mando</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>voldemort</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: May 21-27, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/"><img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/now-playing-may21.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a><br /> Become a high-tech warrior in <em>Ghost Recon: Future Soldier</em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: May 21-27, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/">Now Playing: May 21-27, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 21 May 2012 14:50:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20241718/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/21/now-playing-may-21-27-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorcery kicks off new pre-purchase functionality on PSN]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/soceryfirenado530pxheaderimg1.jpg" /></a></div>Who has time to accumulate cash then wait for a game to launch before actually paying for it? In this work-a-day world, we need to prepare for such things; we need lead time. And if you're of a similar mind, it may please you to know that <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/sorcery">Sorcery</a></em> will be the first game to kick off a new pre-purchase feature on PSN.<br /><br />Right now, you can log onto PSN and pay for <em>Sorcery</em>, triggering a download granted you have auto-download enabled. Once you have the game pre-loaded, you can play as soon as <em>Sorcery</em> launches next week on May 22.<br /><br /><em>Sorcery</em> is the only game you can pre-purchase through PSN right now. We've inquired with Sony about future games. <p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/">Sorcery kicks off new pre-purchase functionality on PSN</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20240373/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/sorcery-kicks-off-new-pre-purchase-functionality-on-psn/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>pre-load</category><category>pre-order</category><category>pre-purchase</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>sorcery</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snapshot: Datura (PS3)]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="left"> <font color="#808080"><small>There are so many games out there we couldn't possibly review them all. Welcome to <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/snapshot">Snapshot</a>, where we highlight games that might fall outside our usual coverage but are still something we think you should know about. Today: <i>Datura</i> for PS3.</small></font></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/datura420.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 338px; " /></a></div>Standing amongst fallen leaves in an unknown forest, a face stares at me from the side of a tree. It's not a real face, of course, only a mask. Expending considerable effort, I pry the mask from the tree, revealing a hollow behind it. Housed within the hollow is a small pickaxe. Upon grasping the handle, I black out.<br /><br />I wake up in the middle of a frozen wasteland. Crawling along the hard surface, I clear away some snow with my forearm, exposing the ice underneath. It's not a wasteland at all; it's a <em>lake</em>. Beneath the ice is a golden chalice. A noise from behind prompts me to clear away more snow, exposing a horror underneath: A woman is trapped below the ice, and she's still alive.<br /><br />The pickaxe still rests in my hand, so I immediately go to work, chipping away as the woman squirms against the surface. My heart pounds as the axe falls again and again, slowly cracking the ice. Finally, the ice gives way - directly beneath me - and I tumble into the chilly abyss, sinking down as I watch the light of sky recede into nothingness. Again, I awake in the forest, the mask in my hand, which I quickly discard.<br /><br />This is a moment pulled directly from <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/datura"><em>Datura</em></a>. Did I do something wrong? Something right? I haven't got a clue.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Snapshot: Datura (PS3)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/">Snapshot: Datura (PS3)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20238863/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/17/snapshot-datura-ps3/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>datura</category><category>move</category><category>plastic</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-network</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>snapshot</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Alive tops April 2012 PSN downloads; Escape Plan still atop PS Vita list]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/11/iaascreenshot19.jpg" width="530" /></a></div>The full PlayStation downloads list for April - as opposed to <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/09/i-am-alive-tops-april-psn-downloads-just-one-vita-game-charts/">the sneak peek</a> we got thanks to Pulse earlier this month, where the list is not segregated by platform - has been released and Ubisoft's <em>I Am Alive</em> was indeed the top download. On the PS3 and PSN list, thatgamecompany's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/journey"><em>Journey</em></a> followed Ubisoft's long-awaited title. Reverge Labs' debut <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skullgirls"><em>Skullgirls</em></a> managed to snag the third spot.<br /><br />On the PS Vita side, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/escape-plan"><em>Escape Plan</em></a> continued to dominate - no surprise since there's not much else for the PS Vita right now, though <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/finally-you-can-play-cho-aniki-zero-on-your-vita-finally/">that changes today</a>. <em>Modern Warfare 3</em>'s <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/psa-modern-warfare-3-fires-off-content-collection-1-on-psn-t/">Content Collection #1</a> drop on PSN also did well, topping out the PS3 add-on category. Finally, <em>Final Fantasy VII</em> was the top PSOne Classic, but then again you already knew that because it's always <em>Final Fantasy VII</em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/">I Am Alive tops April 2012 PSN downloads; Escape Plan still atop PS Vita list</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20238575/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/i-am-alive-tops-april-2012-psn-downloads-escape-plan-still-atop/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3</category><category>escape-plan</category><category>i-am-alive</category><category>journey</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>psn-downloads</category><category>psp</category><category>skullgirls</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSN Tuesday: PixelJunk 4am, Sonic 4: Episode 2, Rock of Ages]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/4am-1337121566.png" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 259px; " /></a></div><em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/pixeljunk-4am">PixelJunk 4am</a></em> drops its sick beats on PSN today, daring anyone to look cooler or make prettier sounds come out of a TV than mixmaster <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/">Baiyon</a>. Seriously, launching this game is a dare in itself - to create something beautiful and share it with the world - so don't be a wuss. Today PSN also gets <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/sonic-the-hedgehog-4-episode-2"><em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2</em></a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/prototype-2"><em>Prototype 2</em></a> and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/rock-of-ages"><em>Rock of Ages</em></a> for download on PSN.<br /><br />PlayStation Plus members get <em>Rock of Ages </em>for free, <em>Goldeneye 007 Reloaded </em>for half price ($30) and <em>Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Complete Edition</em> for 40 percent off ($15). The entire run-down of content, free, discounted and just-launched, is available on the PlayStation Blog.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/">PSN Tuesday: PixelJunk 4am, Sonic 4: Episode 2, Rock of Ages</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20238840/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/psn-tuesday-pixeljunk-4am-sonic-4-episode-2-rock-of-ages/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>pixeljunk-4am</category><category>playstation</category><category>prototype-2</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn-tuesday</category><category>rock-of-ages</category><category>sonic-the-hedgehog-4-episode-2</category><category>SONY</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[THQ sees net loss of $239.9 million, still in business]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/udraw.jpg" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 324px; " /></a></div>THQ saw a net loss of $239.9 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, $100 million more than the previous fiscal year's loss of $136.1 million.<br /><br />"We have made significant changes to our business, and are on track to execute our strategy of delivering quality connected core gaming experiences, beginning with the sequel to the award-winning <em>Darksiders </em>in August," president and CEO Brian Farrell said in a THQ earnings statement.<br /><br />THQ has seen a rough year, with plummeting revenue despite the success of <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/saints-row-franchise-has-shipped-11-million-units-sr-the-third/">Saints Row: The Third</a> </em>and <em>WWE '12</em>. THQ laid off <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/01/thq-confirms-layoffs-of-240-employees-across-nine-months/">240 employees</a>, slashed the salaries of its <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/01/thq-ceo-farrell-takes-50-pay-cut-board-of-directors-also-takes/">head honchos</a> and cut its "<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/25/thq-moving-away-from-kids-licensed-entertainment-saints-row/">kids' licensed video games</a>" department earlier this fiscal year, following <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/03/thq-reveals-56-million-loss-in-q3/">quarter losses of nearly triple</a> the previous period.<br /><br />THQ has sold through 84 percent of its shipped uDraw tablets and expects to sell its remaining inventory in fiscal 2013. The company's "future kids' license commitments" have been reduced by $30 million, THQ reports.<br /><br />THQ describes its emergency layoffs, salary cuts and company rehashing as follows: "The company exited the traditional kids' licensed games business, and streamlined its product line, organization and cost structure to support a smaller company positioned for sustained profitability."<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/">THQ sees net loss of $239.9 million, still in business</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20238814/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/thq-sees-net-loss-of-239-9-million-still-in-business/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>fy-2012</category><category>kinect</category><category>loss</category><category>microsoft</category><category>mobile</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>THQ</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ubisoft profits in 2012, 'core gamers' drive rise in sales]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-core-gamers-drive-rise-in-sales/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-core-gamers-drive-rise-in-sales/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-core-gamers-drive-rise-in-sales/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-revenue-from-core-casual-online-sales/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/ubi.jpg" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 337px; " /></a></div>Ubisoft ended the 2012 financial year on the up, reporting a gross profit of &euro;718 million ($917 million) and sales up 2.1 percent to &euro;1 billion ($1.4 billion) year-over-year, according to its financial results for 2011-2012.<br /><br />Ubisoft ended fiscal 2011-12 with net income of &euro;37.3 million ($47.6 million), up from a net loss of &euro;52.1 million ($66.5 million) in the 2011 fiscal year.<br /><br />Sales from "core gamers" in <em>Assassin's Creed Revelations</em>,<em> Rayman Origins</em>, <em>Driver San Francisco</em> and free-to-play title <em>The Settlers Online</em> generated &euro;578 million ($738.1 million) in revenue, Ubisoft reported. Casual games brought in &euro;483 million ($616.8 million) in revenue, mainly from <em>Just Dance</em>, <em>Rocksmith </em>and free-to-play title <em>Howrse</em>.<br /><br />Core and casual titles contributed to a 110.8 percent jump in online and digital sales, bringing that figure to &euro;80 million ($102.1 million), Ubisoft reported.<br /><br />Ubisoft's net cash position is down from &euro;99.2 million ($126.6 million) in 2011 to &euro;84.6 million ($108 million) in 2012, while current operating income rose 90 percent to &euro;56 million ($71.5 million) year-over-year.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-core-gamers-drive-rise-in-sales/">Ubisoft profits in 2012, 'core gamers' drive rise in sales</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-core-gamers-drive-rise-in-sales/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20238553/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/ubisoft-profits-in-2012-core-gamers-drive-rise-in-sales/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>financials</category><category>fy-2012</category><category>kinect</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>Ubisoft</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PixelJunk 4am launch trailer is here to inspire you]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center><!--[if IE]><object width="599" height="357" id="viddlerOuter-984094a0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/984094a0/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=13435605&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0"><object id="viddlerInner-984094a0"><video id="viddlerVideo-984094a0" src="//www.viddler.com/file/984094a0/html5mobile?openURL=13435605" type="video/mp4" width="599" height="337" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/984094a0/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> <!--> <object data="//www.viddler.com/simple/984094a0/" height="357" id="viddlerOuter-984094a0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="599"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/984094a0/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=13435605&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0" /><object id="viddlerInner-984094a0"><video controls="controls" height="337" id="viddlerVideo-984094a0" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/984094a0/" src="//www.viddler.com/file/984094a0/html5mobile?openURL=13435605" type="video/mp4" width="599" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><!--<![endif]--><img alt="Image" height="331" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/screen-shot-2012-05-15-at-9.33.13-am.png" style="display: none; margin:4px" width="569" /></center><br /><a href="http://joystiq.com/game/pixeljunk-4am"><em>PixelJunk 4am</em></a> arrives on PlayStation Network this week, allowing any Move owner to turn his or her living room into an audiovisual, experimental performance space and look just ... almost ... okay, <em>nowhere near</em> as cool as Baiyon doing it. There are still some things that require a professional.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/">PixelJunk 4am launch trailer is here to inspire you</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20238364/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/pixeljunk-4am-launch-trailer-is-here-to-inspire-you/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>pixeljunk-4am</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/"><img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/now-playing-may14.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a><br /> Traverse the depths of Hell once again in <em>Diablo 3</em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/">Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20237638/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/now-playing-may-14-20-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sony's fiscal 2012 results: $820 million loss due to floods, earthquakes and exchange rates]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/" target="_self"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/10/sonylogo-1317585089.jpg" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 175px; " /></a></div>Sony's financial results for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2012 are in, with the Japanese giant reporting year-over-year losses in revenue and operating losses that it attributes to "the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates, the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the floods in Thailand, and deterioration in market conditions in developed countries."<br /><br />Sony's fiscal 2012 ran from April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012, with the company reporting net revenue of &yen;6.49 trillion ($79.1 billion), down 9.6 percent year-over-year from the &yen;7.18 trillion (approx. $89 billion) reported at the end of fiscal 2010. After expenses, Sony reports an operating <em>loss</em> of &yen;67.3 billion ($820 million), which is actually a smaller loss than that reported at the end of fiscal 2011 (&yen;199.8 billion/approx $2 billion).<br /><br />Year-over-year sales decreases were primarily due to Sony's Consumer Products &amp; Services (CPS) and Professional, Device &amp; Solutions (PDS) divisions, with CPS sales down 18.5 percent at &yen;3.13 trillion ($38.2 billion) in 2012 vs. &yen;3.84 trillion (approx. $48 billion) in 2011, resulting in an operating loss of &yen;229.8 billion ($2.8 billion) - more than a 2,000 percent decrease from 2011's operating <em>income</em> of &yen;10.8 billion (approx. $135 million). CPS encompasses Sony's consumer electronics sectors, including LCD TVs, PCs, photography solutions and, of course, gaming.<br /><br />Sony partially attributes CPS' decline in sales to "lower sales of PlayStation(R)3 hardware due to a strategic price reduction and lower sales of PlayStation(R)2 due to platform migration," among other reasons like deteriorating conditions in North American and European TV markets.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/">Sony's fiscal 2012 results: $820 million loss due to floods, earthquakes and exchange rates</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20235472/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/10/sonys-fiscal-2012-results-820-million-loss-due-to-floods-ear/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>financials</category><category>fiscal-2012</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Mallory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSN Tuesday: Datura, PixelJunk sale]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/datura420.jpg" /></a></div>If you like atmospheric adventure games starring a disembodied hand, you'd best swing by the PlayStation Store to see <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/datura"><em>Datura</em></a>. It leads Sony's weekly content dump today, and is joined by <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/pixeljunk-series-goes-on-sale-today-many-for-1/">the PixelJunk series sale</a> and full PS3 game trials for <em>Saints Row: The Third</em> and <em>Need for Speed The Run</em>.<br /><br />And if you're a PS Plus member, don't forget to <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/24/ps-plus-offers-free-awesomenauts-rock-of-ages-symphony-of-the/">snag all of your May freebies</a>. The full list of this week's content can be found over on the PlayStation Blog.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/">PSN Tuesday: Datura, PixelJunk sale</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20234143/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/08/psn-tuesday-datura-pixeljunk-sale/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>datura</category><category>move</category><category>pixeljunk-sale</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>psn-store</category><category>psn-tuesday</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/"><img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/now-playing-may7.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a><br /> Build, fight, and conquer this week with <em>Starhawk</em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/">Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20232609/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/now-playing-may-7-13-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorcery's first dev diary gets a Move on]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/" target="_self"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/sorcerydevdiary1.png" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 298px; display:none;" /></a><!--[if IE]><object width="599" height="357" id="viddlerOuter-5c1baf80" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/5c1baf80/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=57451787&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false"><object id="viddlerInner-5c1baf80"><video id="viddlerVideo-5c1baf80" src="//www.viddler.com/file/5c1baf80/html5mobile?openURL=57451787" type="video/mp4" width="599" height="337" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/5c1baf80/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> <!--><object data="//www.viddler.com/simple/5c1baf80/" height="357" id="viddlerOuter-5c1baf80" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="599"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/5c1baf80/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=57451787&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=false&amp;nologo=false&amp;hd=false" /><object id="viddlerInner-5c1baf80"><video controls="controls" height="337" id="viddlerVideo-5c1baf80" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/5c1baf80/" src="//www.viddler.com/file/5c1baf80/html5mobile?openURL=57451787" type="video/mp4" width="599" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><!--<![endif]--></div><br />All right, <em>fine</em> - we're sorry for the pun in the headline. This inaugural developer diary from <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/sorcery"><em>Sorcery</em></a> conjurers The Workshop and SCEA covers the game's extensive Move integration, the design processess involved and the satisfying feeling that comes with creating a tornado made of fire.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/">Sorcery's first dev diary gets a Move on</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 06 May 2012 10:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20232087/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/06/sorcerys-first-dev-diary-gets-a-move-on/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>SCEA</category><category>sorcery</category><category>the-workshop</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Mallory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to hand it to Datura, this virtual reality rig is impressive]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41350330" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="530"></iframe><br /> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/datura-vr.png" style="display:none; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 253px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "> <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/datura"><br /> Datura</a> </em>looks like it will be a mind-melting Move masterpiece on its own, but seeing it running on a giant screen with a virtual reality visor, we can't help but be summarily impressed. Check out Plastic's rig in the above video, which features Sony's HMZ-T1 personal projector and a giant hand.</div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/">We have to hand it to Datura, this virtual reality rig is impressive</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20228662/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/02/we-have-to-hand-it-to-datura-this-virtual-reality-rig-is-impres/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>datura</category><category>move</category><category>plastic</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>Virtual-Reality</category><category>vr</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama administration teams up with the ESA on fitness promotion]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/obama-administration-teams-up-with-the-esa-on-fitness-promotion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/obama-administration-teams-up-with-the-esa-on-fitness-promotion/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/obama-administration-teams-up-with-the-esa-on-fitness-promotion/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <img alt="Image" height="338" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/05/grouppicexergaminginitiative530pxheaderimg.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></div>For all its talk of "putting down the video games and getting outside," it looks like President Barack Obama's administration is lightening its past rhetoric and embracing video games. Well, at least <em>some</em> video games - what it's calling "active video games." Think <em>Wii Fit</em>, <em>Just Dance</em>, and <em>Zumba Fitness</em>.<br /><br />The Entertainment Software Association is collaborating with the US Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition to launch the "Active Play Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Challenge," which will task kids and adults with taking on 60 or 30 minutes of "active video gaming activity," respectively, five days per week over the course of six weeks.<br /><br />Moreover, the collaboration means that your favorite game publishers are adding "PALA+" functionality to their games, allowing gamers to "stay motivated and track their progress in the program." Electronic Arts, Konami Digital Entertainment, Microsoft Corporation, Nintendo of America, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Take-Two Interactive Software/2K Play, and Ubisoft are all listed in the official announcement.<br /><br />And what will that functionality entail, exactly? The ESA ambiguously describes it as the following:<br /><ul> <li>  Interactive tools to help kids and families monitor the progress of their physical activity and healthy eating goals</li> <li>  Tracking tools to help participants in different schools and communities engage in competition</li> <li>  Helpful tips and information on healthy living from PCFSN [President's Council on Fitness, Sports &amp; Nutrition]</li></ul>We're not expecting a ton from the initiative beyond logos slapped into several exergames and another press release trumpeting the program's "enormous success" in a few months, but if some chubbos drop a few pounds due to the initiative, then we've all won.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/obama-administration-teams-up-with-the-esa-on-fitness-promotion/">Obama administration teams up with the ESA on fitness promotion</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 01 May 2012 15:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/obama-administration-teams-up-with-the-esa-on-fitness-promotion/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20228311/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/01/obama-administration-teams-up-with-the-esa-on-fitness-promotion/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>active-play-presidential-active-lifestyle-award-challenge</category><category>entertainment-software-association</category><category>esa</category><category>kinect</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>pala</category><category>pala+</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>the-entertainment-software-association</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: April 30 - May 6, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/"><img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/now-playing-april30-2.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a><br /> Team up and get blasting this week with <em>Awesomenauts </em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: April 30 - May 6, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/">Now Playing: April 30 - May 6, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20227192/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/now-playing-april-30-may-6-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PixelJunk 4am beta now available to non-NA PS Plus subscribers]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/pixeljunk.jpg" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 298px; " /></a></div><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/pixeljunk-4am"><em>PixelJunk 4am</em></a> is live in early access beta in the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland with a trimmed-down version available exclusively for PS Plus members. The beta offers one song and one visualizer as a test for the full seven songs, six visualizers with 38 variations, 10 events and more than 190 sounds that hit with the game on May 15.<br /><br /><em>4am</em> requires Move to play, but anyone with eyeballs or eardrums can enjoy it. Early access includes the Live Beta Viewer, which allows Plus members to stream other players' performances, including from Japan's DJ Baiyon, who will stream his playtime during the beta.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/">PixelJunk 4am beta now available to non-NA PS Plus subscribers</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20225041/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/26/pixeljunk-4am-beta-now-available-to-non-na-ps-plus-subscribers/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>europe</category><category>move</category><category>pixeljunk-4am</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: April 23-29, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/now-playing-april23.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /><br /> Revenge is a dish best served ... mutated?<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: April 23-29, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/">Now Playing: April 23-29, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20222206/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/23/now-playing-april-23-29-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PixelJunk 4am launching May 15, includes visualizers for your music]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/"><img alt="Image" height="298" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/4am420.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a></center>Q-Games' three-dimensional music performance visualizer ... experience <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/pixeljunk-4am"><em>PixelJunk 4am</em></a>, which we can neither describe nor play without some handwaving, will be released on May 15, the company announced today. The free <em>Pixeljunk 4am Viewer</em>, which allows you to watch others' 4am performances live, will also be out that day.<br /><br />Before the official release, a beta will be distributed to some PlayStation Plus members on May 1. During this time, Q will host special live performances including one by DJ and <em>4am</em> producer Baiyon.<br /><br />Even if you're not a Move owner or musician, there's a feature that may appeal to you. In the PlayStation Blog post announcing the release date, lead designer Rowan Parker announced that "PixelJunk 4am can be used as a stand-alone music visualizer to play your favorite music from your PS3." Five visualizers will be available right away, and you can unlock more by playing the game.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/pixeljunk-4am/">PixelJunk 4am</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/pixeljunk-4am/#4976270"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/pixeljunk4am01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/pixeljunk-4am/#4976271"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/pixeljunk4am02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/pixeljunk-4am/#4976272"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/pixeljunk4am03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/">PixelJunk 4am launching May 15, includes visualizers for your music</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20220492/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/pixeljunk-4am-launching-may-15-includes-visualizers-for-your-mu/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>move</category><category>pixeljunk-4am</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-plus</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>q-games</category><category>release-date</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Product page lists May 9 release date for Datura in the UK]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/product-page-lists-may-9-release-date-for-datura/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/product-page-lists-may-9-release-date-for-datura/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/product-page-lists-may-9-release-date-for-datura/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/39330889" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="530"></iframe><img alt="Image" height="338" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/datura420.jpg" style="display: none; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 4px; " width="530" /></center><br /><a href="http://joystiq.com/game/datura"><em>Datura</em></a>, the dreamlike PSN Move game about exploring a magical (and likely metaphorical) forest, will be released in Europe on May 9, according to a <a href="http://uk.playstation.com/psn/games/detail/item481807/Datura%E2%84%A2/">Sony UK product page</a> for the game. While nothing official has been <em>announced</em>, we'd argue that this page constitutes fairly official notice in itself.<br /><br />There's no corresponding US page, but it's likely that a May 9 release in the UK means <em>Datura</em> will come to North America on May 8, the nearest Tuesday. In any case, the new trailer (above) should make sure you have plenty of questions to go with this latest answer.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/product-page-lists-may-9-release-date-for-datura/">Product page lists May 9 release date for Datura in the UK</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/product-page-lists-may-9-release-date-for-datura/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20220282/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/20/product-page-lists-may-9-release-date-for-datura/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>datura</category><category>move</category><category>plastic-studios</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>q2-2012</category><category>release-date</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just look at this PS Move steering wheel patent]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/"><img alt="Image" height="276" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/psmovewheelthing.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a></div>At first glance, it looks like Sony's answer to the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/wii-wheel/">Wii Wheel</a>. But the patent proposing the above device has one odd feature: controller grips on the side of the wheel, which houses a <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/move/">PlayStation Move</a>, that extend outward.<br /><br />The patent - it's described as "ornamental design for a video game controller peripheral" - was originally filed in April of last year and <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&amp;r=1&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PTXT&amp;S1=D656996&amp;OS=D656996&amp;RS=D656996">recently surfaced online</a>. As is the case with many patents, this is less of a guaranteed product and more of snapshot of some of the ideas that went through a peripheral designer's head.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/">Just look at this PS Move steering wheel patent</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20219809/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/19/just-look-at-this-ps-move-steering-wheel-patent/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>patent</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-move</category><category>ps3</category><category>trademark</category><category>uspto</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sorcery trailer uncovers a plot]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/new-sorcery-trailer-uncovers-a-plot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/new-sorcery-trailer-uncovers-a-plot/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/new-sorcery-trailer-uncovers-a-plot/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/sorceryps320228ff76_530x298.jpg" style="display: none; width: 530px; height: 298px; " /><!--[if IE]><object width="530" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-171ccac1" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/171ccac1/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=86830639&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0"><object id="viddlerInner-171ccac1"><video id="viddlerVideo-171ccac1" src="//www.viddler.com/file/171ccac1/html5mobile?openURL=86830639" type="video/mp4" width="530" height="298" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/171ccac1/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> <!--> <object width="530" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-171ccac1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="//www.viddler.com/simple/171ccac1/"> <param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/171ccac1/"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;openURL=86830639&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0"><object id="viddlerInner-171ccac1"> <video id="viddlerVideo-171ccac1" src="//www.viddler.com/file/171ccac1/html5mobile?openURL=86830639" type="video/mp4" width="530" height="298" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/171ccac1/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video> </object></object> <!--<![endif]--></div><br />For our next trick, we will make the next two and a half minutes of your day <em>disappear</em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/new-sorcery-trailer-uncovers-a-plot/">New Sorcery trailer uncovers a plot</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/new-sorcery-trailer-uncovers-a-plot/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20216757/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/17/new-sorcery-trailer-uncovers-a-plot/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>scea</category><category>sorcery</category><category>The-Workshop</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Mitchell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: April 16-22, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/now-playing-april16.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /><br /> Perfect your stunt skills this week with <em>Trials Evolution</em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: April 16-22, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/">Now Playing: April 16-22, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20216550/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/now-playing-april-16-22-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cast your eyes on new Sorcery screens]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/"><img alt="Image" height="298" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/sorcery5301-1.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /></a></div><em>Screenshotiamus</em>! PlayStation Move's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/sorcery"><em>Sorcery</em></a> enters stores on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/07/sorcery-lighting-up-playstation-move-on-may-22/">May 22</a>, which leaves you plenty of time to look through the latest gallery of in-game screens.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cast your eyes on new Sorcery screens</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/">Cast your eyes on new Sorcery screens</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20214286/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/13/cast-your-eyes-on-new-sorcery-screens/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>SCEA</category><category>sorcery</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSN Tuesday: Skullgirls, Episodes from Liberty City, Persona 3 FES]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/frame5835_530x298.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 297px; " /></a></div>This week's content drop is live on PSN. <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/skullgirls"><em>Skullgirls</em></a> is the headliner, and is joined by <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/world-gone-sour">World Gone Sour</a> -- </em>a game about some candy making its way into your stomach. We're sure that thought won't give you nightmares at all.<br /><br />In addition to the standalone PSN games, there's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/06/uncharted-3-dlc-dishes-out-drakes-deception-map-pack/">new Uncharted 3 DLC</a> for download, <em>Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City</em>, and PS2 title <em>Persona 3 FES</em>. PlayStation Plus members get some free Minis: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Canabalt/"><em>Canabalt</em></a> and <em>Defenders of the Mystic Garden</em>.<br /><br />Hit up the source link below for the full list of this week's content.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/">PSN Tuesday: Skullgirls, Episodes from Liberty City, Persona 3 FES</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20212670/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/10/psn-tuesday-skullgirls-episodes-from-liberty-city-persona-3-f/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn-tuesday</category><category>psp</category><category>skullgirls</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: April 9 - 15, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <img alt="Image" height="304" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/now-playing-april9.jpg" style="margin:4px" width="530" /><br /> Change your perspective and explore the mysterious 3rd Dimension this week in <em>Fez</em>...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: April 9 - 15, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/">Now Playing: April 9 - 15, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20211310/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/09/now-playing-april-9-15-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: April 2 - 8, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/now-playing-april2.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; 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background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: April 2 - 8, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/">Now Playing: April 2 - 8, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20206448/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/02/now-playing-april-2-8-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>mac</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[MLB 12: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) review: Ahead in the count]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/mlb12theshowreview.jpg" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; " /></a></div>Baseball is a polarizing sport. Either you love the drama of every at-bat, every line drive and double play, or you think it's boring as all get-out. It's a tough experience to translate into a game, especially in a manner that's, you know, something you'll want to keep playing.<br /><br />The MLB: The Show series by Sony's San Diego Studio has been the top baseball sim for several years and a solid exclusive to Sony's platforms. But this year is a big one: Sony's launched a new handheld, the PlayStation Vita, and it's debuted <em>MLB 12: The Show</em> on the platform, hoping to achieve parity between the handheld version and the PS3 game, the latter of which certainly hasn't been neglected this season.<br /><br />Once again, Sony's knocked it out of the park.<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mlb-12-the-show/">MLB 12: The Show</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mlb-12-the-show/#4927046"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/bcus-98295-ss1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mlb-12-the-show/#4927047"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/bcus-98295-ss2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mlb-12-the-show/#4927048"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/bcus-98295-ss3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mlb-12-the-show/#4927049"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/bcus-98295-ss4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/mlb-12-the-show/#4927051"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/bcus-98295-ss5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>MLB 12: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) review: Ahead in the count</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/">MLB 12: The Show (PS3, PS Vita) review: Ahead in the count</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20195872/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/29/mlb-12-the-show-review/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>mlb-12-the-show</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>san-diego-studio</category><category>scea</category><category>sony</category><category>sony-san-diego</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PSN Tuesday: Closure, final week of Spring Fever sale]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/09/gamclosurescreen530.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 330px; " /></a></div>Headlining this week's PlayStation Store update is <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/closure"><em>Closure</em></a>, the winner of the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/closure-wins-2012-indie-game-challenge-at-dice/">2012 Indie Game Challenge</a> at DICE. It's joined by PS Vita game <em>Supremacy MMA</em> and the free video editing app, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/playmemories-studio-lets-you-manipulate-your-memories-on-ps3-tod/">PlayMemories Studio</a>.<br /><br />This is the final week of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/psn-spring-fever-promo-begins-tomorrow-its-probably-contagious/">the Spring Fever sale</a>, so if you're looking to snag some <em>Tom Clancy</em> games on the cheap just about all of 'em are on sale. Hit the source link for the full list of this week's goodies.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/">PSN Tuesday: Closure, final week of Spring Fever sale</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20202348/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/psn-tuesday-closure-final-week-of-spring-fever-sale/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>closure</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn-tuesday</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>spring-fever-2012</category><category>vita</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Playing: March 26 - April 1, 2012]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"> <img border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/now-playing-march26.jpg" vspace="4" /><br /> Explore the eerie world of <em>Closure </em>this week...<br /> <a name="top"></a><br /> <small>Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:</small> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" width="250">  <tbody>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#wii"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/wii.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /> </a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#ps3"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/ps3slimlogo.small.010410.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#x360"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/x360.logo.bfhd08.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>   <tr style="background-color: white; background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#ds"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/ds-and-3dslogo-np.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#psp"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/02/vita.psplogo.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>    <td align="center" width="33%">     <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#pc"><img alt="" border="0" class="imagepadding" height="60" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/02/pc-mac.logo.020309.jpg" vspace="0" width="61" /></a></td>   </tr>  </tbody> </table></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Now Playing: March 26 - April 1, 2012</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/">Now Playing: March 26 - April 1, 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20201053/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/now-playing-march-26-april-1-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>3ds</category><category>ds</category><category>kinect</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>now-playing</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>sony</category><category>vita</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Wong]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Amazing Spider-Man has Move support]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/"><img border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/spiderman-cover.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: left; padding-right: 10px;" vspace="4" /></a><em>The Amazing Spider-Man </em>will support Move on the PS3, Beenox confirmed after a stray piece of box art spotted by <a href="http://www.iwaggle3d.com/2012/03/amazing-spider-man-move-support.html">iWaggle3D</a> got questions churning.<br /><br />The box -- check it out to the left -- features the final art for <em>The Amazing Spider-Man</em>, Beenox said, but it doesn't specify how the Move will function with the title. Its insert shows two Move controllers and the PS Eye: If it does use two Move controllers, <em>The Amazing Spider-Man</em> will be the first third-party title to offer the dual-controller option, iWaggle3D noted.<br /><br />The Amazing Spider-Man is hitting Wii and Xbox 360 as well, and while the Wii will use its own brand of motion-controls, there is no word yet if we'll be able to Web Rush with the Kinect.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/">The Amazing Spider-Man has Move support</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20201065/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/the-amazing-spider-man-has-move-support/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>amazing-spider-man</category><category>Beenox</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>the-amazing-spider-man</category><category>Web-Rush</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor: Sony shutting down SOCOM dev Zipper Interactive]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/11/638440993334197b8b21o_530x298.jpg" /></a></div>Sony may be on the verge of closing down its shooter studio, Zipper Interactive. According to <a href="http://kotaku.com/5894692/rumor-socom-creators-being-shut-down-by-sony">Kotaku</a> sources, there's been "chatter for several days" about an impending closure and the possible cancellation of a current project. Sony has not commented on the situation.<br /><br />Those with short memories may recall Zipper Interactive for it PS Vita shooter, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/unit-13"><i>Unit 13</i></a>. But the company's roots go much deeper -- Zipper Interactive was founded in 1995 and spent the remainder of the '90s making Windows games. In 2002, Zipper created a little PS2 game for Sony called <em>SOCOM: US Navy Seals</em> and, after spending the next few years pumping out sequels, it was <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/24/sony-swallows-socom-acquires-zipper-interactive/">acquired by the publisher</a> in 2006. The developer completed work on the large-scale multiplayer shooter, <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/mag">MAG</a>,</em> in 2010.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/">Rumor: Sony shutting down SOCOM dev Zipper Interactive</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20200197/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/rumor-sony-shutting-down-socom-creators-zipper-interactive/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>layoffs</category><category>move</category><category>playstation</category><category>playstation-vita</category><category>ps3</category><category>psp</category><category>scea</category><category>sony</category><category>unit-13</category><category>vita</category><category>zipper-interactive</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the power of 700 goes into one Epic Mickey 2]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/"><img border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/epicmickey700.jpg" vspace="4" /></a></center>Warren Spector recently told <a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-03-16-warren-spector-a-lifetime-of-achievements">GamesIndustry.biz</a> that over 700 people worldwide were working on his next game, which of course turned out to be <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/epic-mickey-2"><em>Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two</em></a>. To us, that seemed unfathomably vast -- it's larger than Capcom's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/27/resident-evil-6-is-capcoms-largest-scale-game-ever-has-600-p/">estimate</a> for <em>Resident Evil 6 </em>by 100 heads. So, in order to get a handle on it, we asked Spector how that roster breaks down.<br /><br />"'Breakdown' is a good word for it, actually," he joked. "The internal team size at Junction Point is about the same as it was on the first game. To have any chance [with an AAA game] -- I'm not saying we did succeed or will succeed, that's for you guys to decide -- you need 150-200 people these days. You just can't do it with less."<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>How the power of 700 goes into one Epic Mickey 2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/">How the power of 700 goes into one Epic Mickey 2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20199866/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/how-the-power-of-700-goes-into-one-epic-mickey-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>epic-mickey-2</category><category>junction-point-studios</category><category>microsoft</category><category>move</category><category>nintendo</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>warren-spector</category><category>wii</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of inclusion in Epic Mickey 2]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/the-power-of-inclusion-in-epic-mickey-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/the-power-of-inclusion-in-epic-mickey-2/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/the-power-of-inclusion-in-epic-mickey-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/the-power-of-inclusion-in-epic-mickey-2/"><img border="1" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/mickey322.jpg" vspace="4" /></a></center>In retrospect, it's obvious that <a href="http://joystiq.com/game/epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two"><em>Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two</em></a> would be a musical. It's the natural path toward making the Disneyest thing possible, and that's where Junction Point creative director Warren Spector's interests lie. Before I played a demo, I and other press were presented with a cutscene setting up the story.<br /><br />The Mad Doctor makes a dramatic return to Os Town, amidst rumbling earthquakes (thanks for physically making my seat rumble in the theater, Disney), claiming to be reformed and seeking a hero to help him save the people from some unknown calamity.<br /><br />And all this claiming and seeking is done in song. "Help ME, help YOU!" he sing-talks in heavily accented English. It works to convince Oswald to join him, and it worked to convince me that Warren Spector is all about the principles of Disney. I guess I didn't need much convincing there anyway.<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/disney-epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two-360-ps3/">Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (360/PS3)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/disney-epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two-360-ps3/#4914592"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/dem23602dfob-1332504163_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/disney-epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two-360-ps3/#4914593"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/dem2blklogolr.f_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/disney-epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two-360-ps3/#4914594"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/dem2ps32dfob-1332504165_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/disney-epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two-360-ps3/#4914596"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/jps02-1332504167_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/disney-epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-two-360-ps3/#4914597"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/jps03-1332504167_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/the-power-of-inclusion-in-epic-mickey-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The power of inclusion in Epic Mickey 2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/the-power-of-inclusion-in-epic-mickey-2/">The power of inclusion in Epic Mickey 2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:30:00 EST.  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It's got colors! And a second dude (Oswald)! And ... did we mention colors? Go grab a friend and watch this together.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-twos-debut-trailer-is-all-about-tog/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two's debut trailer is all about togetherness</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/23/epic-mickey-2-the-power-of-twos-debut-trailer-is-all-about-tog/">Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two's debut trailer is all about togetherness</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:30:00 EST.  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