Unique title gets Moving
PlayStation Network title Auditorium is a unique combination of puzzle, music and stripped-down aesthetics, and it's coming to the PlayStation Store in North America on November 23rd.
Bonkers video inside
Part of Jedward's joint role as face of Nintendo UK is, naturally, to draw attention to the company's fantastic line-up of games from users who might not normally be into gaming. This video below is a perfect example.
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Quick off the blocks
If Aaron Greenberg was laughing before, he must be ecstatic now, with official sales figures from Microsoft putting Kinect at 1.3 million units sold in just ten days.
All things bright and beautiful
The portable part of a hedgehog double whammy, Sonic Colours is – you guessed it – a high-speed 2D platformer. But wait, there’s more: this time Sonic is joined by a range of unique power-ups that help to refresh the standard formula.
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Could help out on the pitch
Kinect has countless potential applications in the gaming world, but what about beyond digital entertainment – what could the sensor bring to the wider world? With its PC drivers now readily available, companies all over the world can look at Kinect as an affordable and easily available way to bring new technology to their operations.
Capcom's boss David Reeves recently spoke about an evolved Move for PlayStation 4, which got us thinking: what improvements would you like to see in the Move? Here's a few ideas off the top of our glowing blue heads.
The Move itself may be a nifty piece of kit, but the PlayStation Eye camera often can't do justice to the augmented reality games available: play EyePet: Move Edition in soft lighting and you'll see what we mean. Grainy, low resolution images – the camera can only muster 640 x 480 at top whack – and poor light detection should see the Eye upgraded before Move.Improved PlayStation Eye
The Navigation sub-controller is comfortable and all, but it lacks vibration feedback and motion-sensing capabilities, the former having been featured in every pad (barring SIXAXIS) since the late 1990s. As for motion control, although it could mean a glowing ball stuck on top of the Navigation's slim frame, it could even be a simple accelerometer for detecting small movements: throwing grenades in Killzone 3 for example.Rumble and Motion-Sensing in Navigation
Whilst these two sit prettily at the top of our most-wanted list for Move, we're sure you can think of plenty more improvements for the future of Sony's motion controller. Let us know in the comments! Registration only takes a minute and will let you join in the discussion on every PlayStation Move game, PlayStation Move reviews and of course our forums!What are your thoughts?
Confusion reigns
Last week, the Wall Street Journal interviewed Xbox's chief operating officer Dennis Durkin about the potential for Kinect to deliver personalised advertising into the home, with Durkin reported as saying:We can cater which content we present to you based on who you are. How many people are in the room when an ad is shown? How many people are in the room when a game is being played? When you add this sort of device to a living room, there’s a bunch of business opportunities that come with that.Whilst the sensor's Minority Report-style controls have grabbed headlines, that film also used facial features to deliver targeted marketing, and there were concerns that Kinect's facial recognition and Xbox Live services could combine to tailor advertising content to users. Now Microsoft has released a statement to reassure users that this is not the case:
Xbox 360 and Xbox Live do not use any information captured by Kinect for advertising targeting purposes. Microsoft has a strong track record of implementing some of the best privacy protection measures in the industry. We place great importance on the privacy of our customers’ information and the safety of their experiences.The original quote from Durkin was discussing the potential for Kinect to offer such features, rather than their current implementation, but such was the furore surrounding the idea that it now looks unlikely for Microsoft to introduce them in the future.
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