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James started his career in video games as News Editor on Nintendo Life. Since leaving in 2012 to join Nintendo of Europe, James has risen through the ranks to become NoE's Senior Product PR & Corporate Communications Manager.
News Vote for Tiger Woods' Cover Co-Star for PGA Tour 13
Has to be a golfer, though
There's no Tiger Woods golf game due out this year — in fact, there are no golf games of any sort out before 2012, which may be some sort of record, we reckon. The next outing from the Tiger is the cleverly named Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, and it's due out next March. You can start your participation now by helping EA to...
News First Puss in Boots Trailer to Claw At
Here, kitty kitty
Following Toy Story 3 and Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension, Puss in Boots is the latest in an increasingly long line of film-to-video-game transitions to feature PlayStation Move support. After the first screenshots a few weeks ago we now have our first look at the game in motion, showing the swordfighting, dancing and...
Review Dance! It's Your Stage (PlayStation 3)
Step up or step off
PlayStation Move has seen six dancing games in its first year on sale, but none have hit the heights in the same way as Harmonix's Dance Central on Kinect, with Sony's SingStar Dance and Konami's DanceDanceRevolution the closest we've come to boogie bliss. The latest publisher to step up and try its luck is PQube with Dance! It's...
Competition 2K Sports Announces $100,000 NBA 2K12 Tournament
Here's how to enter
2K Sports is well-known for running big money contests for its games: the Major League Baseball perfect game recently awarded $1,000,000 to Brian Kingrey, and although the the prize fund for NBA 2K12 isn't quite so fat the winner could still walk off with a big chunk of change. 2K Sports, GameStop and Virgin Gaming are offering...
Out Now Max & the Magic Marker: Gold Edition (Europe)
Brush with fate
Press Play's enhanced conversion of its original WiiWare hit — now known as Max and the Magic Marker: Gold Edition — is available from the European PlayStation Store. Naturally the transition to PSN brings HD graphics and support for PlayStation Move, but you can get a feel for its other new features in the official launch...
News New Winter Stars Screens Stay Frosty
Over snow, ice and water
This press release is titled "Warm Up this Winter with Winter Stars". Quite how a game about winter sports is going to warm you up is anybody's guess, but maybe that's why we don't work in PR: it's all about vision. Speaking of vision (segue) here's some new Winter Stars screenshots to look at, showing off...
News Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 Launches with This Trailer
Something to get your teeth into
It's double-Cabela's-news-day here at Movemodo: first we find out that Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai is coming to Move, now we have a launch trailer for Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012. It never rains but it pours. The Move-enabled animal-shooter launches across North America on this very day, so it's the...
News Meet the Monks of Dungeon Defenders
They're fast
While we wait on a release date for Dungeon Defenders, Trendy Entertainment is stoking anticipation by releasing a series of videos. Last week we had the development diary, and now we have a look at the game's Monk class. Xbox Live Arcade users get the game on 19th October with a PlayStation Network release date "to be announced...
News This MLB Bobblehead Game Really Should Support Move
But it doesn't
We've got a list as long as your arm of games we wish we could play with Move, but you might as well tear that list up and start a new one with this game right at the top. Japanese game MLB Bobblehead! has one of the most self-explanatory game names ever: it's a baseball game where all the characters have big heads. That's pretty much...
Review Champion Jockey (PlayStation 3)
Stable
While some of the world's biggest sports are absent from PlayStation Move — we're looking at you, FIFA and Madden NFL — the controller has proved an enticing prospect for developers keen to bring, shall we say, less widely-embraced sports to the masses. After PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour and WSC Real 11, Tecmo Koei has taken the...
News Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny Slips to October Release
Not yet ripe
In August we reported that Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny would see release on 27th September, but Natsume has decided to go for a later date, with the game now set to launch on 11th October. Despite the earlier announcement announcing a 27th September date, the game actually only went gold — i.e. ready for manufacturing — on 23rd...
News Bayou County Hospital Likely to Fail Health Board Inspection
Shut it down
Reports are flooding in of extreme violence and possible zombie outbreaks at Bayou County Hospital. According to several escaped patients, staff at the hospital have become bloodthirsty and violent, attempting to feast on the brains of any humans still inside. One survivor handed us a video tape, which has been lightly edited and...
News SEGA Bass Fishing Takes the Move Bait on 4th October
PSN release at last
SEGA is gearing up for a double Move whammy in October: with House of the Dead: Overkill — Extended Cut at the month's end, PS3 owners after something a little more sedate are catered for on 4th October with the digital release of SEGA Bass Fishing. Those aware of the game will know its lengthy history: originally an arcade...
News Lumi Trailer Beckons You to Become a Child of Eden
It's nearly time
Q Entertainment's long-awaited Child of Eden is nearly here, and we have a new trailer to show off. If you know nothing about the on-rails shooter the video below will probably fail to enlighten you, but anyone with even the slightest interest in a synaesthetic experience would do well to pay close attention. There's also a half...
News Let Steve Ince Tell You About Captain Morgane
Not forgetting the Golden Turtle
If you've played a point-and-click adventure, chances are you've read something written by Steve Ince. The man responsible for dialogue in genre classics like Broken Sword and Beneath a Steel Sky. He's also written Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle, coming to PS3 in November, and he's here to talk about it. Well,...
News Sony Answers LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Questions
We have the answers
Now that LittleBigPlanet 2 is fully Moved-up, there's been plenty of questions flying around about exactly what the Move Pack: Rise of the Cakeling adds to the standalone game and how necessary it is. XDev Studio Europe producer Neil McPhillips has taken to the PlayStation Blog to give some answers. The biggest and best news is...
News Here's How Dungeon Defenders Was Developed
Well, bits of it anyway
We're still no closer to a release date for PSN title Dungeon Defenders but at least we have a trailer showing you how the game is put together. The game is due for release on Xbox Live Arcade on 19th October, and owing to Microsoft's policy of publishing digital games first or not at all, we can expect a PSN release any time...
News NBA 2K12 Demo Hits the Hardwood Today
Grapple with the greats
We're just a few weeks away from NBA 2K12, but if you want a taste of the new improvements awaiting in this year's instalment there's a demo available on the PlayStation Store to help you out. In a replay of the 2011 NBA Finals, the demo pitches Miami Heat against the Dallas Mavericks and shows off some of the new features...
News Multiple Move Titles Added to Europe Platinum Range
Prices coming down
If you're after a cheap Move bargain from Sony's top drawer, you'll be pleased to know the European Platinum range has expanded with four new titles. The newly Move-fitted LittleBigPlanet 2 and superlative shooter Killzone 3 both join the budget range, alongside MotorStorm Apocalypse, which is due to be updated for Move in the...
News Lumines Returns to Beat Up PlayStation Vita
Hip to be square
Original PSP launch title Lumines was one of the best reasons to own Sony's first-time portable console: a unique blend of music and puzzle, the good news is it's returning to Vita in the form of Lumines for PS Vita. Produced by original developers Q Entertainment, Lumines on Vita will add social functions allowing you to see how...
News PlayStation Vita Hardware is Region-Free
Import with impunity
With the news of a significant delay for gamers in the West, many are looking to Japan to satiate their desire for PlayStation Vita this Christmas. Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has some good news, then: the console is region-free. When asked via Twitter if the machine would be region-free, Yoshida simply replied...
News Move Bites inFAMOUS 2 and inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood
Double dose
Move owners will be able to get a double helping of motion-controlled Cole in the coming months, as Sony has confirmed that the already-released inFAMOUS 2 and upcoming standalone game inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood will both include PlayStation Move support. The vampire-themed Festival of Blood takes place in a single night and doesn't...
News Timbers Get Shivered in Captain Morgane PS3 Trailer
Buckles swashed too
Point-and-click adventure Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle just got a European date: it'll reach PlayStation 3 shores on Friday 4th November, three weeks before it launches on other consoles. The Move-enabled game is a spin-off of the popular So Blonde series and is written by Steve Ince, renowned for his work on classic...
News Everybody's Golf Move Patch In the Works for Europe
No date yet
It's been a while since Minna No Golf 5 — aka Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds*, aka Everybody's Golf: World Tour — got its PlayStation Move patch in Japan, with no word on if or when the controller would get support outside of Japan. Now we can reveal Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will add PlayStation Move support to the game in...
