Join the Interuniversal Hero Games
Ever wonder how the six lead characters in PlayStation Move Heroes came together for the first time in Sony history? If you guessed "a gravitational anomaly has opened a rift in space-time, creating a wormhole into another world" then give yourself a big pat on the back.
Genies, models, dolphins, viruses, fires and hip hop
There can be only one headline title this week, leaving all others in the shade. Shantae: Risky's Revenge finally reaches Europe after a lengthy wait, letting gamers all over the continent see why this is the best game DSiWare has to offer.
Muchas grassy-ass
Sega's Virtua Tennis 4 is coming along nicely in the run-up to its release in Spring this year, and now the publisher has sent over a series of new screenshots showing off the game's graphical engine.
Murray vs. Federer in action
Sega says Move is the most accurate way to play Virtua Tennis 4, and the tail end of this new footage shows the game's first-person viewpoint in action with PlayStation Move.
Get up to get down
We've been keeping you up to date on the downloadable content available for Dance Central, and we'll continue to let you know what new songs are available for purchase, but sometimes you need more than words to make you feel like dancing. That's where this video comes in.
Quickly abandoned
Guerilla Games' Killzone 3 looks set to raise the bar for motion-controlled shooters, but how did the company set about sketching out ideas for its pointer-based system? Lead programmer Tommy de Roos explained to Ars Technica that the studio began its experiments with past title Killzone 2, looking to create an on-rails version of the game.One of the first ideas was to create an on-rails version of Killzone 2, but once we realised how much work that would be, since all encounters would have to be re-scripted, we decided against it.That wasn't the only Move experiment that fell by the wayside: gesture-based grenade controls were trialled and discarded as they interfered with aiming, and a keyboard and mouse-style system, where pressing the Move button would "pick up" the controller's mouse-like inputs, was ditched as many users didn't understand it.
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Car platformer in action
While the name may not be a classic, MotoHeroz has pedigree: developer RedLynx created Xbox Live Arcade's acclaimed Trials HD, an addictive take on the racing genre. With its upcoming WiiWare title the company hopes to recreate its success, with the trailer below showing off the game in action.
The rumour that refuses to die
Gears of War 3 is not coming to Kinect, but that hasn't stopped the industry rumour mill softly whispering about Gears of War Exile, a recent trademark uncovered by Siliconera, heading to Kinect.
So come out swinging
As Sega's flagship sporting franchise, Virtua Tennis 4 isn't just coming to Move: you'll also be able to play Virtua Tennis 4 on Kinect and Wii as well, but the game's producer Mie Kumagai believes Move has the edge.
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