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In case this is your first visit to Joystiq, know that Sony has dropped major megatons this evening at its GDC press conference — as well as one very small megaton: the PlayStation Move “sub-controller.” What you see above is the little brother (if you will) to the main ice cream cone-esque Move wand and the enabler of all things analog stick-controlled.
As per Sony’s announcement of Move, the sub-controller attachment is intended to “expand the game play options that PlayStation Move games can offer,” and — unlike Nintendo Wii’s Nunchuk controller — it will connect wirelessly to the console via Bluetooth. We’ll have our hands-on with the PlayStation Move (and the sub-controller) for you later tonight. For now, ogle the high-res images in our gallery below.
PlayStation Move sub-controller: Don’t call it a Nunchuk originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s an awfully nice gesture of Sony to invite us to its GDC 2010 press conference — and it’s one where we expect to see some equally nice gestures. That’s a Motion Controller joke, folks. Check back by 4:00PM PST (7PM EST) to catch our full and irritatingly detailed liveblog!
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Joystiq live at Sony’s GDC 2010 press conference originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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According to the
Hollywood Reporter, Ubisoft will release a short film ahead of the release of
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The film will be helmed by Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy, the duo that just won an Academy Award for their short film
Logorama. We’re
assuming the
Ghost Recon film won’t be quite as cheeky. The short, which will serve as a prequel to
Future Soldier, will be a 20-minute live-action film, reportedly with a budget between $8-10 million. It’s being written by Tim Sexton, co-writer of
Children of Men.
The project is in line with Ubisoft’s ongoing strategy to expand its scope of media to include more than just video games. Last year, the company released the Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short film series to promote Assassin’s Creed II. Later in the year, Ubisoft Montreal’s Yannis Mallat envisioned a future where Ubisoft crafts films and games using the same assets, which is precisely what it did with Lineage. Given the talent and financial backing behind the Future Soldier film, it looks like Mallat’s future could be a bright one.
[Via Big Download]
Ubisoft prepping short film, a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier prequel originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Speaking to The Rumble Pack, Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer declared that his company is actively pursuing a console port of its PC action RPG, Torchlight. “We’re going to put some serious effort into it — pretty quick — getting Torchlight onto consoles,” said Schaefer. “There’s a lot of really cool things about the console world, too, that would work well with our game,” he added, “So, we are definitely going to be going in that direction.” He offered no specifics on the project, saying only that the company is “talking to a million people” and that it’s “something we definitely want to do.
We were quite taken with Torchlight when it released on PC last year — the game landed more than a few of our staff’s best of 2009 lists — so here’s hoping we’ll get some more details soon.
Runic Games ‘putting serious effort’ into console Torchlight originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sony will announce the “official” name for its PlayStation Motion Controller during its main event tonight (7PM ET) at GDC. In the meantime, let’s play a game!
According to our source, the official name for the device is one of the choices in the poll below — we’re not going to tell you which one, though. So …
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Name that PlayStation Motion Controller! originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft is here at GDC showing off its upcoming Game Room service, and we got it on video just for you. The experience is probably exactly what you expected, but it’s worth noting that while the service does utilize Avatars, you don’t actually walk around the virtual arcade as your Avatar. Instead, the arcade rooms are essentially interactive menus (though you can select to play the classic arcade games from a normal menu, if you prefer).
Check out our video preview above for a quick look at Game Room, which arrives on March 24.
GDC Video Hands-on: Game Room (Xbox Live) originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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[IF1 2009; Wii]
Having dominated the rally track with DiRT and DiRT 2, and taken a lap around the street-racing arena with GRiD, Codemasters has announced it’s now tossing its hat into the Formula One ring with F1 2010. Yeah, we kind of expected some weird capitalization, too. It’ll run on Codemaster’s EGO Game Technology Platform engine, so at least we know it’ll have that in common with its predecessors.
This new title will release on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC this September, the press release states. F1 2010 will be the official game of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, containing “all of the official teams, drivers and circuits from the coming season.” There will be a career mode, along with championship, grand prix and time trial modes to keep you busy putting rubber to asphalt.
Look for F1 2010 this September on Games For Windows Live, Xbox 360 and PS3.
[Via Big Download]
Codemasters hits the track this September with F1 2010 for PC, Xbox 360 & PS3 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Scr-scr-scratched through all of DJ Hero’s tracks? Activision has announced a new DLC mix pack featuring Renegade Edition headliners Eminem and Jay-Z. The collection is scheduled to drop on Xbox Live, PSN and Wii this month and includes:
- “Shake That” by Eminem mixed with “Show Me What You Got” by Jay-Z
- “Without Me” by Eminem mixed with “Encore” by Jay-Z
- “Can I Get A…” by Jay-Z mixed with “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
The new tracks will be available on March 18 on Xbox Live for 640
($8) and March 25 on PSN for $7.99. The tracks will not be sold separately for Xbox 360 or PS3. Each track, however, will be available for the Wii version on March 25 as a downloadable single for 300 Wii Points ($3); $9 for all three.
Eminem & Jay-Z all mixed up in new DJ Hero DLC pack originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If, for some reason, you didn’t purchase and love Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes on DS — or even if you did — you’ll have the opportunity to buy the puzzle RPG on two new systems this year, in glorious hand-drawn HD. Capybara Games has revealed a new PSN/XBLA version of Clash of Heroes, with totally redrawn graphics that eschew the 16-bit look of the DS original for more realistic proportions and a generally sharper look.
In addition, new equippable artifacts are being added, and the existing ones tweaked, to improve balance in multiplayer. Even better, you’ll now be able to go back and replay segments of the game after completing them. Capy expects to release Clash of Heroes in late summer.
[Via GameSetWatch]
Capy porting Clash of Heroes to PSN and XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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OnLive has announced that its cloud-based game streaming service will launch in the 48 contiguous US states on June 17, 2010. The service will initially be available to PC and Mac owners for a monthly service fee of $14.95. Each game purchase and rental will carry a charge on top of the base subscription.
Steve Perlman, CEO of OnLive, confirmed that the final version of the OnLive “experience” will be demoed at E3 2010, which kicks off just two days before the service goes live. As for the whereabouts of its “micro-console,” Perlman could only say that it will launch at a later date to be announced in the coming months. He offered a quick look ahead at some planned upgrades to the service, the biggest of which is 1080p support at 60 frames-per-second “as the bandwidth becomes available.”
OnLive is going to waive the first three months of its service fee for the first 25,000 people who register for the service. Those who want to get a leg-up on being a part of that group can pre-register on the company’s site.
OnLive launching June 17 for PC and Mac, $15 per month service fee originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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