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NaturalMotion's Morpheme middleware is a widely-used character animation tool, most recently seen in American football title BackBreaker, but the company's technology has powered games including Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Grand Theft Auto IV. Now the newest version of Morpheme has been released with full support for Kinect.
Star Wars, GTA, Red Dead Redemption and more
NaturalMotion's Morpheme middleware (stick with us) just got an upgrade to version 3.0, with full support for PlayStation Move now included, meaning one of the industry's best behaviour engines just got better.
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PlayStation Plus subscribers have had Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves for a week now, but now all PlayStation Network members can get their hands on Sackboy's latest adventure.
Just because 3DS is seeing an outing from the top hat professor in the form of Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle doesn't mean that Konami won't try to steal a little of the astute one's thunder.
More in the pipeline
Sarbakan is a veteran of game development, with over 700 titles under its belt, but you'd still be forgiven for having never heard of the Quebec-based developer. That won't last forever though, as the company has signed a deal with an unspecified publisher to bring a PlayStation Move title to retail next year.
Free DLC on January 4th
It's not just Kinect Sports getting free DLC: racer Kinect Joy Ride is joining the free content party on January 4th with some new shiny cars from Chevrolet.
A good counter-offer from @DamienMcferran on the Nomad he's selling via eBay. This requires much thought.
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British developer Devil's Details has announced Top Darts will be available from the PlayStation Store just in time for Christmas.
Remember that list of new Kinect Sports achievements we posted yesterday? The downloadable content to activate them is available now for the low, low price of 0 Microsoft Points.
US release gets DLC too
WiiWare scratch 'em up Mix Superstar is heading to Europe and Australasia on Christmas Eve for 500 Points, and the next round of downloadable content will release in North America on Saturday.
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