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Posted: March 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Downhill Office Chair Racing Gets Extreme Motion [Gdc] on Kotaku
“# gdc We saw a peek of Slider yesterday when he trailer was released, but today I got a chance to zip down a paved street on an office chair with the help of the PS3 Move controller first-hand. …”

Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes Goes HD For XBLA, PSN [Gdc10] on Kotaku
“# gdc10 Just as it did with its colorful puzzle game Critter Crunch, Capybara Games’ Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes is getting the high-definition once-over, making the jump from Nintendo DS to…”

June 8 To Be A Green Day In Rock Band History [Release Date] on Kotaku
“# releasedate The second artist-centric Rock Band title now has a release date, with 47 tracks worth of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool coming to the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3…”

Motion Fighter: Putting Science Back Into the Sweet Science [Gdc] on Kotaku
“# gdc Viewed in the hands of someone who helped make or market the game, the Playstation 3’s motion controlled Motion Fighter looks like the sort of thing everyone will want to play and watch be…”

The Playstation Move: Everything old is new again, if you ask Sony on CrunchGear
“So, this Move . I’m pretty sure it brings nothing new to the party. That’s too bad, because the PS3 is starting to take off (after three lackluster years) and it would have helped push units if they had an innovative motion control…”

Tecmo Bowl Throwback due for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network on CrunchGear
“It’s Tecmo Bowl, but on your Xbox 360 or PS3. And without the NFL-licensed players and teams. But with a 3D-style look and feel! You can go old-school and play in 2D mode, too. It’s actually the SNES version of Super Tecmo Bowl, redone for the…”

Sic semper tyrannis: motion control in video games on CrunchGear
“Let the record show: I think motion controllers, like the Wii , Sony Move , or Microsoft’s Project Natal , are sorta dumb. They simply don’t seem to be precise enough for my tastes—I’m far too used to a mouse and keyboard…”

Introducing PlayStation MovePlayStation.Blog.Europe on “cool” via Recommendations in Google Reader
“By now you may have seen the update on our new PlayStation 3 motion controller, via our live video stream at GDC . In case you missed it, let me introduce you to ‘PlayStation Move’. We first showed the ‘Move’ controller prototype…”

In a more complicated gaming world, OpenGL 4.0 gets simpler, smarter on Betanews
“By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Despite the fact that game console manufacturers still drive studios toward exclusivity for individual titles, so that a popular Xbox 360 game isn’t available for PlayStation 3 and vice versa, developers within…”

Heavy Rain Forces You To Make Tough Decisions on Wired: GeekDad
“Promotional Image: Sony Computer Entertainment When it comes to consoles, I’m more of an Xbox guy. There’s nothing fanboy about my preference, it’s just the system I’ve fallen into playing more. Every so often, I’ll…”

Sony PlayStation Move motion controller announced on Coolest Gadgets
“Looks like Sony has finally ceded to the fact that having proper motion controls in their home console is definitely a step forward, instead of having a half-baked one on their original SixAxis. Well, the PS3 finally seems to be taking off in a big…”

Deal of the Day – HP TouchSmart 600xt 23in 1080p All-in-one Multi-Touch PC for $1199.99 on The Gadgeteer
“The LogicBUY deal of the day is an HP TouchSmart 600xt 23in 1080p All-in-one Multi-Touch PC for $1199.99 . $500 web-use coupon code for HP TouchSmart 600xt 23-inch 1080p All-in-one Multi-Touch PC powered by 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo & 1GB Nvidia…”

PlayStation Move to have limited four player support on Akihabara News
“The PS3’s 7 wireless controller limit seems to have major implications for its new Move format. News from Sony is that only four Move controllers can be connected at any one time (either four Move motion devices or two Move devices and two…”

Naughty Dog wants to half-tuck Uncharted into the PSP on Joystiq
“Naughty Dog’s co-president Evan Wells is definitely interested in having people tuck Nathan Drake — either halfway or all the way — into their pockets and visit the world of Uncharted whenever they want to. He feels that there are a lot of…”

PSN Thursday: Mega Man 10, some BioShock 2 ‘Sinclair Solutions’ on Joystiq
“The Blue Bomber — who is inconveniently red in the pic above — returns in the retro-centric Mega Man 10 . Those who returned to Rapture with BioShock 2 can also pick up the “Sinclair Solutions Test Pack” for $5. There’s also the fourth episode…”