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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 Dungeon Defenders Has the Most Colourful Dungeons Ever
Not another dim and grim outing
Dungeons are supposed to be grisly, foreboding places, lit only with torches and the sparks that fly from clashing swords. Not in the world of Dungeon Defenders though, which teams tower defence mechanics with elements of online RPGs, all wrapped up in a cartoon-inspired graphical style. You play one of a team of...
News DualShock and Move Players Will Square Off in Killzone 3
Plus more sharpshooter info
Will they, won't they? The ongoing saga of whether DualShock 3 and Move users will be able to pit their skills against each other on the battlefields of Killzone 3 has taken many a twist and turn, but now the word has come from the
News Get Ready to Raid with Dungeon Hunter: Alliance in Early 2011
Going underground
Top-down action RPGs may be long past their 90s heyday when Diablo and its ilk ruled the roost, but Gameloft is handing the genre a revival potion in the form of Dungeon Hunter: Alliance, heading to PlayStation Network in 2011. You'll be able to team up online with three other hunters to plunder dungeons, rest in villages and do...
News echochrome ii Priced and Dated for Next Tuesday
Possibly also signed, sealed, delivered
Those of you waiting for echochrome ii can mark your calendars for next Tuesday, with the game set to cost $14.99 when it reaches the PlayStation Store. Producer Kumi Yuasa took to the US PlayStation Blog to spread the word, also discussing the 12 Trophies that await keen puzzle fans when the game launches...
News Be Part of MLB 11 The Show with a PlayStation Move Minigame
Sony comes out swinging
Sony's MLB The Show series is without a doubt the greatest recreation of baseball ever committed to playable form, so the news that next year's entry MLB 11 The Show will support PlayStation Move is a welcome update to baseball fans everywhere. At the time of writing, it's believed only the home run derby mode will support...
News Modern Combat: Domination Shoots for PlayStation Network Next Month
Gameloft's FPS coming to Move
Move's a perfect fit for first-person shooters, so the news that Gameloft is bringing Modern Combat: Domination to PlayStation Network next month is enough to grab our attention. Further details to pique your interest include the smooth 60 frames per second graphical engine, full online multiplayer support and...
News New Patch Disarms Time Crisis: Razing Storm's Accuracy Issues
Crisis over, and about time
Time Crisis: Razing Storm is a decent compendium of Namco's arcade shooting games but issues with the cursor's accuracy arguably prevented it from reaching its full potential. Now the publisher has released a new, free patch to address the problem, enabling you to blast with full precision. This new update certainly ups...
News NaturalMotion's New Upgrade Could Bring Big Name Games to Move
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. If you've played Grand Theft Auto IV or Star Wars: The Force Unleashed you'll have encountered...
Out Today Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves (Global)
Case clothed
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. Costing $5.99/£4.79, the game is a co-operative only title where one player handles the DualShock 3 while the other joins in with the Move controller. It's worth a...
News Sarbakan Signs Up to Bring its First Move Title to Retail
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. There's no further...
News Top Darts Aims for the PlayStation Store Bullseye Next Week
PSN title dated and priced
British developer Devil's Details has announced Top Darts will be available from the PlayStation Store just in time for Christmas. The game launches in North America on December 21st, with a European release following on December 22nd. The European price is set for £6.29/€7.99, with US pricing still to be confirmed but...
News Fire Up the PS3 Browser for a New, Move-Enabled Experience
New look for European homepage
If you launch your PlayStation 3 browser today you might notice a few changes to the standard homepage, which has been redesigned to look better on HDTVs and feature support for PlayStation Move. You'll be able to use the motion controller to browse through a range of trailers, news and features, with Sony promising...
News Insomniac Still Undecided on Move Support for Resistance 3
Maybe, maybe not
Sony's other first-person shooter juggernaut threequel for next year, following February's Killzone 3, Resistance 3 is set for release in September. According to developer Insomniac it's already playable from start to finish, but so far there's been no decision made on whether or not the game will support PlayStation Move or...
News Sony Europe Chief: Content, Not Marketing, Creates Success
Reiterates strong demand for Move
Head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Andrew House is an old hand at Sony by now, having joined the company way back in 1990, meaning he's seen pretty much everything games-related the company has done. In a recent interview with MCV he spoke of the key to Move's success: games, not marketing. We know a...
News PlayStation Move Shortage Draws Anger in New Zealand
Questionable practices going on
Standalone Move controllers are as rare as hen's teeth at the moment no matter where you live in the world, but particularly in New Zealand where the controller has been sold out for over three weeks. Has that stopped unscrupulous retailers from advertising the controller as "in stock" to get more sales?...
Talking Point The Games You Want Patched for Move
Have your say
Sony's Peter Seybold recently hinted that more PS3 games may get Move-enabling patches, something that naturally got us thinking: what would you want to see updated for Move? Here's just a couple of our choices. Modnation Racers: The cutesy creative racer is a great demonstration of what PlayStation Network can do, but we can't help...
News Combination of 3D and Move Crucial to Virtua Tennis 4 says Producer
Passing shots
Sega's Virtua Tennis 4 is one of the most promising Move and stereoscopic 3D-enabled titles for 2011, and it's this winning combination that producer Mie Kumagai believes will help the series to reach new heights. In an interview with TechRadar, Kumagai spoke of the advantages of using a controller that works in 3D space with a 3D...
News New PlayStation Move Heroes Screenshots Bash, Boom and Zap In
Lots of explosions
A PlayStation platform fan's dream-come-true, PlayStation Move Heroes takes Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, Sly and Bentley and puts them all in one Move-enabled platforming package. If you want to see new screenshots of the game, you've come to the right place. Sony's North American arm just flung these screenshots our way, showing...
News Sony Salutes Move's "Blockbuster Success", Hints at More Patches
All sewn up
The NPD figures for November are out, and Sony is pretty pleased with Move's performance, calling it a "blockbuster success" and suggesting we haven't seen the last of already-released titles receiving updates for the motion controller. Patrick Seybold, SCEA's senior director of corporate communications, had this to say: In...
News The New PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter is a Serious Bit of Kit
New accessory enters the kill zone
Move isn't short on plastic guns, but there's always room for one more, particularly when it's officially licensed and designed to get the most out of Killzone 3. The new PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter, to give it its official name, is set for release in February and is the first rifle-type accessory to come from...
Talking Point Why PlayStation Move Needs Uncharted 3
Naughty Dog holds the controller's future
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is real, announced by Sony for a release in 2011, most likely around Christmas time. Playable in stereoscopic 3D, its duck-and-cover gunplay would be a perfect fit for PlayStation Move yet the announcement makes no mention of Move support. It's Got Form: Forget the huge number...
News Kevin Butler Sackboy Video Shows the Power of LittleBigPlanet 2
VP of Characterisation
LittleBigPlanet 2 promises to make all your gaming fantasies come true, and while it may not be quite powerful enough to let us create Shenmue 3 this advert proves it can do plenty more than its predecessor. Considering the wealth of costumes on the way to Media Molecule's next create 'em up, only a fool would doubt the...
News BigBen Aims to Strike it Lucky with New Move Software
Budget games on the way
The name BigBen Interactive might not ring any bells, but it soon will. The European manufacturer of Wii games including Cocoto Magic Circus, Pool Party and Western Heroes, each of which was released with a plastic accessory accompaniment, is set to release its first PlayStation Move games in 2011. The company didn't announce...
News 505 Games Bringing Brunswick and Zumba to Europe in February
A real mixed bag
Whether you want to burn off the Christmas turkey in Zumba Fitness or bowl a turkey in Brunswick Pro Bowling, you'll be able to do both from February as 505 Games announces European release dates for both titles. Or release date, rather: both games will launch on February 4th in the UK, and both will support the PlayStation Move...
