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News Japan's Hot Shots Golf is Now Move-Enabled, But Ours Isn't
Update rattles into the cup
Yesterday the Move update for Japan's Minna No Golf 5 — aka Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds in North America and Everybody's Golf: World Tour in Europe — went live, bringing stereoscopic 3D support and Move controls to the cutest golf game on PS3. According to iWaggle3D the motion controller is supported in offline play...
News SEGA Lets Off a Round of House of the Dead Screenshots
Goresome
The unflinchingly gory House of the Dead: Overkill — Extended Cut is shambling towards Move later this year, and SEGA has sent over a revolver barrel's worth of new screenshots to celebrate. The shiny new 720p screenshots and pleasingly grindhouse-like artwork and box art show Headstrong is improving pretty much everything that was good...
News Notch Teases Minecraft PS3 With PlayStation Move Support
A wolf in sheep’s clothing?
The surprise announcement at this year's E3 that the massively successful game Minecraft is coming to Kinect instantly got us thinking; wouldn’t PlayStation Move be a perfect fit too? Move launch title Tumble proved the controller could easily select objects and manoeuvre them in a 3D environment with extreme...
News Sony Japan Reveals Move Bundle for Hot Shots Golf PS3
Will it come West?
Sony's preparing to patch Move controls into its classic PS3 golf game Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds — otherwise known as Everybody's Golf: World Tour — but in Japan it's going a step further, physically re-releasing the game with a Move Starter Pack to entice PlayStation gamers onto the fairway. The bundle of game, controller...
News Get a Taste of MotionSports: Adrenaline in October
Start gearing up
Ubisoft's first attempt at a Move-controlled sports game, MotionSports: Adrenaline, has just been confirmed for release around the world this October. The game will hit Europe on 7th October and follow up with a North American release on 25th October. Featuring sports including kayaking, jungle parkour, "extreme...
News SOCOM Fan Petitions Zipper for Better Sharp Shooter Controls
You can help too
SOCOM: Special Forces (or SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs to some) is designed to work with PlayStation Move and the Sharp Shooter, but there's still some room for improvement in the game's controls. Movemodo user Michel Filipe has begun petitioning Zipper Interactive to make some improvements, and he needs your help. Over at the official...
News Tintin is Coming to PlayStation Move
Start preparing your quiff
Here's something that may have passed you by at E3: Ubisoft's Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn game will arrive this year with PlayStation Move support. From the sounds of the official announcement, the Move controls will be implemented into the main adventure rather than coming as extra minigames, so you...
News PlayStation Move + Tiny Monkeys + Stripping = Dancing Eyes
You read that right
Dancing Eyes is without a doubt the most bizarre PlayStation Move game we've ever seen, with the most bizarre trailer to accompany it too. A conversion of a 90s arcade game, you play a tiny monkey who has to strip females down to their underwear. We're really not sure why. The game is coming to PSN in Japan, but we'd be...
News Take a Trip to the Carnival Island with Move
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
2K's Carnival Games series has been a runaway success, emerging on Wii before the surprisingly enjoyable Carnival Games: In Action on Kinect. It seems "imitation is the highest form of flattery" is the thinking in Sony's camp, as the company announced Carnival Island for Move yesterday. The family-oriented...
News Dust 514 to Premiere on PlayStation 3 with Sharp Shooter Support
All about EVE
Last night's E3 extravaganza was full of Move news, but one game that immediately stands out is Dust 514, a new shooter that links to the world of PC MMO EVE Online. The Move-enabled shooter connects to the persistent universe of EVE Online, with the actions of PS3 players affecting the game's notoriously expansive economy, political...
News Bioshock Infinite Includes PlayStation Move Support
Ready to Rapture?
Ken Levine is the mastermind behind the world heralded by gamers across the world known simply as ‘Rapture’ in the BioShock series. Stepping into the dark undersea city of Rapture for the first time was truly a moment that we’ll never forget; inhabitant’s that utilise strange powers, Big Daddies and Little Sisters,...
News Winter Stars to Shine on Move Later this Year
Deep Silver lining up sports compilation
Sports Champions has a decidedly summery feel to it, and so far fans of cold sports have hardly been well catered-for on Move, with wave after wave of sunny simulations. That injustice ends later this year, with Winter Stars from Deep Silver. The winter sports compilation covers 11 disciplines: paraskiing,...
News Excellent, SEGA is Bringing House of the Dead: Overkill to Move
Extended Cut on the way
SEGA's House of the Dead: Overkill on Wii was a fantastically gory and ludicrously tasteless reimagining of the classic House of the Dead arcade series, and now the game is coming to PS3 in the lengthily-named House of the Dead: Overkill — Extended Cut. As well as full support for PlayStation Move and stereoscopic 3D, we...
News Champion Jockey Turns Move into Reins and a Riding Crop
At last
PlayStation Move, your greatest moment awaits: Champion Jockey is coming to PS3 later this year. The new version of Tecmo Koei's long-running G1 Jockey series, the game will feature full PlayStation Move support to help you spur on your horse to victory, with the official site actually depicting one diminutive jockey wielding two motion...
News No PlayStation Move Support for Starhawk
Controller stays on Earth
With its mix of shooting and space flight, Lightbox's aerial shooter Starhawk looked like a perfect fit for PlayStation Move, but the developer has confirmed the upcoming title won't support Sony's motion controller. That VideoGame Blog spotted producer Dylan Jobe responding to a user question on the official PlayStation...
News National Geographic Challenge! is Risk with Global Trivia
Conquer the world from your sofa
So far, Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz has the Move quiz market all to itself, but that motion-controlled monopoly won't last long, as National Geographic Challenge! is on the way in June. Taking a leaf out of Buzz!'s fondness for exclamation marks, National Geographic Challenge! is a Risk-style affair with players...
News EA Invites You to Family Game Night 4 This Year
Four in a row, EA wins
EA's had considerable success with its Hasbro Family Game Night series on various formats, so it makes sense the publisher is ready to embrace the motion control revolution and bring the next instalment in the series to PlayStation Move later this year. Family Game Night 4: The Game Show will bring motion control to new...
Guides SOCOM 4, PlayStation Move and Sharp Shooter Tips
Tactically movin'
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs has been on store shelves for nearly a week now, and the bulk of the game has been crippled by the untimely PSN server issues. Even though blasting away with Move and Sharp Shooter online isn’t currently possible, the offline Campaign is still readily available. We at Movemodo have been diligently working...
News Forget Sorcery, Harry Potter is Coming to Move in July
Wands at the ready
While Sony's big Move title Sorcery has been curiously silent since its unveiling last year, EA is ready to step into the magic gap by releasing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II for the controller in July this year. The first part of the Deathly Hallows had no Move support, so it'll be interesting to see how EA Bright...
News Ubisoft Lets Europe Dance with Mel B in May
Scary returns to Move
Last year's fitness title Get Fit with Mel B may well have sparked gamers' interest in former Scary Spice Mel B, as Let's Dance with Mel B is making a Move in May. Interestingly the original fitness title was published by Black Bean Interactive, but the grooving game has been picked up by mega publisher Ubisoft for release...
News Wow, PlayStation Move has Inspired a 32-bit Knock-Off
Motion on the Move
Remember when Wii came out and discount stores were flooded with cheap plastic imitations? History has a knack of repeating itself, and while we thought this horrible PlayStation Move imitator was bad enough, here's another one to impress you. Manufactured by the brilliantly named Ever Sparkle Technologies, the Motion on the Move...
Rumour Harmonix to Unveil PlayStation Move Title at E3
What do you want to see?
Harmonix, creators of the highly acclaimed Dance Central on Kinect, have dropped a hint or two that they may unveil a new PlayStation Move title at the upcoming E3 conference in early June. The studio's vice president of product development, Greg LoPiccolo, spoke to IndustryGamers about a possible big announcement in June,...
News Sony: 8 Million Move Controllers Shipped Worldwide
PS3 reaches 50m sales too
No sooner have we finished lamenting the lack of PlayStation Move sales figures in the West than Sony obliges with a press release, informing the world it's shipped 8 million of the controllers to stores around the world. While the press release states sales of the controller have surpassed the 8m mark, bear in mind...
News WSC Real 11 Pockets PlayStation Move Support
Aiming for 147 on Friday
Hustle Kings may have the baize and shiny balls market all sewn up on PlayStation Network, but there's a new challenger in the form of WSC Real 11, due out in Europe on Friday. Developer and publisher Dark Energy Digital just confirmed the game will feature PlayStation Move support available as a downloadable patch on day...
News Move Outsells Kinect in Japan but Fails to Ignite Sales Charts
170,000 sold and climbing
It's not easy to get concrete sales figures for peripherals in most territories, but Japanese firm Media Create has released life-to-date figures for PlayStation Move and its motion rival Kinect for Xbox 360, showing Sony's device has taken a clear lead. Andriasang reports that Sony has sold 170,000 Move controllers since...
News Buy SOCOM 4, Get Resistance 3 Beta Access
Seems a fair deal
The ongoing assembly line of Sony first-person shooters and their accompanying betas and demos is a smart move on Sony's part, keeping gamers engaged with a constant supply of anticipation-building action. Just as gamers who picked up Killzone 3 got access to the SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs beta, so those who purchase the full game...
News Phineas and Ferb Leap Across the Second Dimension to Move
Due this summer
Fans of pointy-faced cartoon characters, rejoice! Disney Interactive Studios is bringing Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension to PlayStation Move this summer. The announcement doesn't go into much detail about what Move owners can expect from the game, but as it's also due out on Nintendo Wii we fully expect a Move-enabled...
News Team Ninja Keeps Quiet about Move Support in Ninja Gaiden 3
Is no news good news?
Here's a series we didn't think we'd see on Move: super-hardcore hack-and-slash Ninja Gaiden, a franchise with so much action our arms are sore just thinking about playing it with Sony's motion controller. The most recent issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine features an interview with Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi in...
News Sega Serves Up a Special Bundle for Virtua Tennis 4
What a racquet
Virtua Tennis 4 is on the way to Move in April, and Sega wants to help you get into the swing of things with a new bundle for the game. While we've seen plenty of bundles including Move and the game at hand, Sega's taking a different approach with VT4, bundling the game with two plastic racquet attachments for existing controllers...
News Virtua Tennis 4 Gets Exclusive Content for PS3 and Move
Start a Net Blitz
After the disappointment of the PlayStation Move controls in Top Spin 4, tennis aficionados are now looking to Virtua Tennis 4 for a better racquet experience. Sega has just announced the game will land on PlayStation 3 with exclusive content compared to Virtua Tennis 4 on Kinect and Nintendo Wii. Virtua Tennis is as well known for...
News Resistance 3 Gets PlayStation Move and Sharp Shooter Support
Shoot to thrill
We recently posed the question, Should Move Controls Become the FPS Standard?, and those of you who've become accustomed to blasting the Helghast with absolute precision stood up to be counted. It's not the only shooter threequel getting Move support though, as Insomniac Games announces that Resistance 3 will support the motion...
News Still More Demand than Supply for Move Controllers at GameStop
Low supply holding back growth
When PlayStation Move launched way back in September, many shoppers reported an abundance of bundle packages compared to the controllers sold on their own. Six months on, GameStop President Tony Bartel has said in an earnings call that the company is still seeing substantial demand for the motion controller. We have...
Out Today PlayStation Plus SOCOM 4 Beta (Global)
Pay to play
Members of Sony's premium PlayStation Plus subscription service can Move onto the battlefield from today, as the multiplayer beta for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (known as SOCOM: Special Forces in Europe) is now live on the PlayStation Store. The beta is fully compatible with PlayStation Move, so you can enjoy all the free-look shooting...
News Resident Evil 4 HD Remake Outed for PlayStation 3
A strong Move contender
Capcom just loves to tinker with its Resident Evil series: over the years it's seen more re-releases than Star Wars, but the publishing giant isn't done just yet. Japanese magazine Famitsu has outed a Resident Evil: Revival Selection for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, containing Resident Evil: Code Veronica and series pinnacle...
News The Top Spin Advert 2K Didn't Want You to See
Sexy back
Top Spin 4 has landed and made quite an impact, but had it arrived with this advertising campaign from 2K its reception might have been very different. The advert puts a Move controller into the hands of tennis star Serena Williams, wearing an outfit that can only be described as "not regulation tennis whites". It appears the...
News Kevin Van Dam Hoping to Hook Move this Summer
A trout time
Ahh, the relaxing pastime of taking a boat out from the shore, settling for a nice quiet spot and then trying to snag a fish's lips on a hook before wrestling it out of its habitat and into a boat. The humane way to do things is in the virtual world of course, and although Rapala Pro Bass Fishing has already had a go at recreating the...
News Move Controls in BioShock Infinite "Would Cheat Gamers"
So says Ken Levine
The anticipated scurry of first-person franchises over to PlayStation Move hasn't quite materialised yet: Portal 2 does not feature Move, although EA is considering Move for Battlefield 3. 2K sequel BioShock Infinite won't be using the motion controller though, and why not? According to BioShock creator Ken Levine, it's so users...
News Dynasty Warriors 7 Does Not Support PlayStation Move
Lost in translation
Last year we reported that Dynasty Warriors 7 would support PlayStation Move, but with the game due to release in a few weeks we can now confirm that the motion controller does not work with Tecmo Koei's historic epic. A representative from the publisher told us the support was only ever a rumour that arose around the original...
News "Very Exciting" Move Support for LittleBigPlanet 2 Coming
Still don't know when
We were all disappointed that Media Molecule's highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet 2 didn't feature more in the way of PlayStation Move support, save for the inclusion of standalone title Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves. Recently the topic has come up again, with rumours pointing to a PlayStation Move-enabled "Teacher's...
News Sony: "We Wouldn't Ditch Traditional Controllers"
"Doesn't make sense"
We love PlayStation Move here at Movemodo — of course — but we're secretly partial to a bit of DualShock 3 action as well. In the future we expect Move to play an increasingly important part in PlayStation's control method, but that doesn't mean the standard dual analogue scheme is going out of the year, according to R&D...
News Heavy Rain Makes a Splash at BAFTA Awards with Three Wins
Critical mass
Sony's Heavy Rain was one of the stand-out games of 2010 whether playing with Move or DualShock, and last night's BAFTA Video Games Awards have honoured Quantic Dream's game with a trio of statues. David Cage's detective thriller scooped the award for Technical Innovation, beating Kinectimals, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and more. It also...
Talking Point Should Move Controls Become the FPS Standard?
Can you go back to twin sticks?
There's been plenty of praise given to Killzone 3's PlayStation Move controls: precise and engaging, they help to take Guerilla Games' sci-fi shooter into the upper reaches of PlayStation 3 titles. Having spent major time with both control methods here at Movemodo, there's no doubt which scheme has the upper hand when...
Feature Meet the PlayStation Move Heroes: Sly Cooper and Bentley
The Sneakiest Heroes on the Move
PlayStation Move Heroes is a fully Move enabled game featuring a collection of characters from a few of Sony’s top franchises. This is the first time these characters have been featured together in the same game, and what better way could there be to bring them all together than with PlayStation Move. Who exactly...
Out Today PlayStation Move Heroes Demo (North America)
Non-Plussed
PlayStation Plus members lost their exclusivity on the PlayStation Move Heroes demo yesterday, as it's available from today for all PlayStation Network members across North America. With the game set for release in North America on 22nd March and following in Europe not long after — though the exact date is subject to some confusion...
News Tiger Woods 12 Demo Strokes PlayStation Network Today
EA chips in
You can get your hands on Tiger's wood from today, as EA releases a free Move-enabled demo for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters on PlayStation Network across North America. The free trial of the game shows off the new True View first-person perspective that will hopefully make those clutch shots easier to pull off. It'll also explain...
News Top Spin 4 World Tour Video Shows New Online Mode
Well seasoned
The battle for tennis supremacy on Move is heating up, as 2K Sports has shown off the new online World Tour mode for Top Spin 4. Players will be able to take part in week-long seasons that will challenge them to enter and win tournaments each day, with the world's top players announced on a Sunday and experience bonuses dished out...
News Third-Party Move Controllers On the Way in April
From Snakebyte
Back in November we brought you shots of the first third party Move controllers from Snakebyte, with the expected release date set for January 2011. As you probably already surmised from their invisibility on shop shelves across the world, this date passed without event, but the controllers are now expected to launch worldwide in...
Interviews Beatshapers and Orb Games - StarDrone
Talking beats, bangs, booms and NGP
As Move-enabled shooter/pinball/object-collecting game StarDrone arrived on PlayStation Network in Europe today, we grabbed an in-depth interview with the double team of Orb Games and Beatshapers, who discuss the process in converting the original PC title to Move, the companies' futures on Move and more...
News Move.Me Will Bring Move Development to the Masses
New project announced
You may remember a January rumour that we could see fan-made Move games come to PC. It's no longer just a rumour though, as Sony has announced Move.Me, a software suite coming to PS3 and PC later this year. John McCutchan explains the system more meaningfully than we could try, so it's over to him to explain what Move.Me does:...
News Killzone 3 Beats Bulletstorm to Top UK Charts
Gunning down opponents
The long-awaited Killzone 3 blew up all-comers in the UK charts this week, outselling every other game to make it all the way to the top. The week's other high-profile release was Epic Games' multiplatform Bulletstorm which, in its Xbox 360-exclusive Epic Edition comes with beta access to Gears of War 3, but not even the...
