Sony Unveils The Playstation Move
Sony has finally unveiled its motion controller in full today at its GDC 2010 press conference. The motion controller has been named the PlayStation Move.
The controller actually has two separate pieces. The main Move portion is what was shown at E3 2009 and features a glowing ball on the end that the PlayStation Eye (the camera) uses to locate its location. This half features an analog trigger on the back, a big, main button on the front, and the standard PlayStation face buttons (X, Circle,...
OnLive to launch on June 17
OnLive COO Mike McGarvey has told MCV that his cloud gaming service will launch in the US on June 17, the service will cost $14.95 per month.
Mike McGarvey also detailed the publishers that are also on board to support the service, they include THQ, Ubisoft and EA. The launch titles include Assassin’s Creed II, Metro 2033 and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.
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Dante’s Inferno Review
What’s the HYPE!
YES it plays like God of War, YES it feels like God of War, but it is NOT God of War. God of War is a fantastic series, and Dante’s Inferno uses the blueprints laid out by God of War, and tries to expand on it by introducing its own take and style on the genre. The question is, has Visceral Games (Dead Space) done a good job, have they made a game that stands on its own, or is Dante’s Inferno a poor man’s God of War.
Players assume the role of Dante, who descen...
Street Fighter IV Coming to The iPhone
In a move that will be sure to surprise a few, even are own AH SF champ Khalid would not have seen this coming. Capcom have announced that an iPhone version of SF4 will be released on itunes. The game is expected in March, and by the looks of the screen shoots and details Capcom have provided IGN, the game retains its art style and looks from the console versions.
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SCEE Reveals FirstPlay
In confirmation to what we reported on year, SCEE has revealed its European version of Qore named FirstPlay. Future Publishing will be producing the content for the magazine show on the PSN.
FirstPlay will be available as a weekly download - a lot more content than the monthly offering that Qore provides. Weekly episodes will be available to buy at £8.99 on a three-month sub or 99p per episode. The first issue of the digital FirstPlay will be out next month, although no date has been given....
Square Enix Working On 5 Unannounced Games
Famitsu magazine have revealed in their latest issue that Square Enix are working on five unannounced games. Two of the the five games are set to be released this year. Could it be Kingdom Hearts 3? or maybe it could be Final Fantasy 7 remake. Who knows but with Eidos under the control of Sqaure the name Hitman is calling out to me.
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Heavy Rain is “a gamble” according to Sony
Speaking with CVG recently, SCEE have gone on record to say that they are taking a gamble by releasing Heavy Rain on the PS3. A gamble that the publisher feels will be a success.
Lucy Duncan product manager, said that “Being Sony, I suppose we have a little more luxury to take a gamble on more original and innovative IP – and Heavy Rain definitely fits that category,”.
Sony has a history of publishing games that other publisher would not publish like ICO, Shadow of Colossus and flowe...
EA Ensures Fans That Dead Space Online Will Be Great
Analoghype got the opportunity to interview an EA rep on all things EA, at a recent hands on event for Mass Effect 2. One of the questions we put to the EA rep was, did Dead Space 2 need online, or was online introduced due to the growing demands for games to feature online components this gen. The EA rep told us that the online component that will be introduced into Dead Space 2 will be of the same high quality as the single player component.
The rep also told us that he had seen some ...
Sony & Microsoft exclusives do battle on the same days
Looks like Sony and Microsoft are wasting no time in battling it out in 2010, the year has just began but already both companies have big exclusives coming out. Sony and Microsoft tend not to releases their exclusives on the same day as one another, but this year things seem to be different due to the fact that a few of Microsoft's exclusives are not being published by Microsoft, but instead third party publishers.
The first clash starts in a few weeks time, on January 26th between S...
Assassins Creed: Bloodlines Review
The Assassin’s Creed series has become a juggernaut of an IP; it was one of the few games this holiday that weren’t afraid to go up against Modern Warfare: 2. Not only did UbiSoft release Assassin’s Creed 2 (AH review), they also released Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines on PSP. AC is a series that gamers associate with the PS3 and 360. The two games released so far (ignoring the handheld games) have relied on the processing power of current systems to create massive, sprawling cities, inc...