Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling added to PlayStation Move lineup]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/17/toy-story-3-brunswick-pro-bowling-added-to-playstation-move-lin/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/17/toy-story-3-brunswick-pro-bowling-added-to-playstation-move-lin/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/17/toy-story-3-brunswick-pro-bowling-added-to-playstation-move-lin/#comments Sony has added two titles to the PlayStation Move's launch lineup that we haven't seen before. Not only will you be able to get your Move on in Slider, Sports Champions and all of the other announced launch titles, but we can now add Disney-Pixar's Toy Story 3 and Brunswick Pro Bowling into the mix as well. Toy Story 3 is of course a tie-in to the movie, and Brunswick is in there because you can't have a motion controller in 2010 without a bowling game attached.

No seriously, you can't. Which is weird, because the future of gaming sure does look a lot like the 2007 of gaming. Only with better graphics.

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JoystiqToy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling added to PlayStation Move lineup originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>brunswick-pro-bowlingcontrollerdisneylaunchmotion-controllermovepixarplaystation-movepro-bowlingslidersports-championstoy-story-3Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Hands-on: PlayStation Move's Slider]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/16/hands-on-playstation-moves-slider/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/16/hands-on-playstation-moves-slider/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/16/hands-on-playstation-moves-slider/#comments Don't get too excited, folks. This isn't a game adaptation of a popular sci-fi series. Slider is one of the first PlayStation Move-enabled games to come out Sony's Japan Studios. It's also a perfect example of a game that's significantly hampered by uninspired motion control design.

Slider certainly has a lot of charm. You play as a business man (or woman) on the run from the Japanese mafia. In typically zany Japanese games logic, your escape vehicle of choice is random office furniture. The quirky concept is very reminiscent of Incredible Crisis, a PS1 minigame collection that also featured a race with furniture. A Sony producer told us that he was proud of the comparisons.

Unfortunately, thanks to poor implementation of motion controls, Slider just isn't as good. Waggling the controller propels your character forward. To jump or duck, you need to thrust your controller upward or downward. Yes, moving forward, up and down all involve nearly identical motions, making for an imprecise and rather frustrating control experience. Every time our character failed to make a boost, or turn, or jump, or duck, we couldn't help but think, "Is this supposed to be fun?" Perhaps it's my innate lack of gaming skill, but I highly doubt casual gamers would be able to pick this up and play with any ease.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hands-onincredible-crisisjapan-studiomoveplaystation-movesliderTue, 16 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The PlayStation Move games (we know of)]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/10/playstation-move-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/10/playstation-move-games/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/10/playstation-move-games/#comments According to the block of info posted on European PlayStation Blog, there are a lot more PlayStation Move games out there to be seen than tonight's press release let on. Beyond the already revealed support for Move in SOCOM 4, LittleBigPlanet and EyePet, a whole mess of games were shown off at Sony's GDC event, from Move Party (um, a party game) to Slider (Mirror's Edge meets Pain?) to a Western shooter in The Shoot. (We've dropped a screen of Sports Champion above -- a game we think looks particularly fantastic.)

Oh, and the Euro Blog's mention of "DUKES" is just another name for that Motion Fighter game, which was mentioned onstage during this evening's press event -- so cool your heels and put the Jump to Conclusion mat back away. (We do rather like the name "Dukes," we'll admit; though we've been told it's a regional thing, and us North Americans are likely stuck with "Motion Fighter" instead.) We've yet to confirm which studios are developing which games, but you can be sure we'll ask Sony just as soon as we can. Here's the complete list of PlayStation Move titles that we know of, though, for now:
  • Sports Champion
  • The Shoot
  • Slider
  • TV Superstars
  • Move Party
  • Motion Fighter

JoystiqThe PlayStation Move games (we know of) originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tired of spending every Saturday night at Animal Crossing: Wild World's museum cafe, abandoning any hope for a social life so you can catch K. K. Slider's weekly set? Ever found yourself shushing talkative friends or family members who think it's alright to chat during one of the soulful puppy's live performances? Has your girlfriend threatened to leave because of that time she looked in your wallet and saw that her picture was replaced with a photo of K. K.?

With Banpresto's Totakeke bath towel, a commemorative item from the Animal Crossing movie, you don't have to devote your weekend schedule to hanging out at The Roost anymore. Now you can visit the guitar-playing dog whenever you take a shower! This out-of-game version of him won't play any music, but you could always just hum the tune to K. K. Condor while you dry yourself off. That wouldn't be weird at all!

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JoystiqK K Slider keeps you grooving, keeps you clean originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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