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#review Sports Champions is bound to be the most owned Playstation Move game when the motion-detecting peripheral hits the Playstation 3 on Sept. 19. More »

#gallery Sega is making yet another Yakuza game. Not to be confused with the upcoming PSP spin-off, this new Yakuza title is headed towards the piece. Know what that means? More »

#playstationmove We have a Move. and a Navigation Controller. The PlayStation 3's new motion controllers pose here, alongside fruit, a PS3 DualShock, an Xbox 360 controller and a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Comparison videos and lots of button tests included. More »

#review The motion controller wars start now. More »

Irem returns to consoles for next entry in adventure series. Toilets included.

Come see what we think of the launch lineup.

Once you get past that initial thrill of opening the packaging, setting it up and toying around with its settings, any platform is only as good - and as fun - as the games available for it. With the launch of PlayStation Move, the lineup of what's on offer is relatively limited and, as the hardware's all about getting people to, er move around, focuses on sports and party games, with a couple of notable exceptions.
Those would be EyePet, Kung Fu Rider and Tumble, all from Sony, with Tumble being a PSN game. EyePet is a virtual pet "game" that's been available as a PS Eye title in Europe for some time and has been reworked to incorporate Move. While charming, it falls under the category of a kid's title (though I've no doubt some adults will find it fun) and it won't be subject to review here; instead I'll be focusing on the more "core" games in the following pages. As for Kung Fu Rider, it's an odd creation out of SCE Studios Japan.
That leaves us with Sports Champions and Racquet Sports from Sony and Ubisoft, respectively. Sports Champions comes bundled with the $100 Move starter kit and the PS3 Move system bundle, but is also available separately ($40) for those who decide to buy their Move setups piecemeal.
With that out of the way - and without any further ado - it's on with the reviews:
Kung Fu Rider | Racquet Sports | Sports Champions
Start the Party | Tumble

Four years after the arrival of Wii, Sony's take on motion controlled gaming is finally here. Well, at least it's here at Joystiq, where we got our hands on the final hardware and initial lineup of games a couple of weeks in advance of the peripheral's September 19 North American debut.
I spent several days with Move, from the initial unboxing to putting my thoughts on the hardware together for you in this review. I also played the Move launch games from Sony and one from Ubisoft, which I've reviewed in the companion piece to this article.
PlayStation Move, as you've no doubt read on the site, comes in a variety of configurations. There's the Move controller itself, the Move controller bundled with the required PlayStation Eye camera and Sports Champions and a system bundle that includes the latter plus a PS3 console. There's also the Move's "nunchuk" Navigation Controller, which isn't actually used by any of the Move-specific launch titles (but will be supported by future games and current titles, such as Heavy Rain, via patches).
I received two Move controllers, one Navigation Controller and a PS Eye camera. The Navigation Controller arrived in packaging styled to match other PS3 accessories, such as the DualShock 3. The Move controllers themselves were already unboxed, though it stands to reason that they come in similarly difficult-to-open-without-spilling-blood plastic packaging.
Anyway, enough background -- let's get on with the review.

And the winner is...

Trips, tumbles, and falls flat on its face.

An exercise in frustration.

Who's a cute little monkey? You are!

This one falls flat right out of the gate.

Swing away in five different motion-sensing activities.

We dive in headfirst with our new peripheral and the best golf game in town.

#capcom Capcom is bringing console game Super Street Fighter IV to arcades. The game center version is getting new characters. But who? More »

#lego There is no official Halo LEGO. Instead, there is only Halo Mega Bloks, and no amount of fancy stop-motion animation will make that any easier to deal with. More »

Nintendo Power has a massive feature on Epic Mickey, which we saw from a preview of the magazine just last week. Now we have all the information from the preview that you can stand, including comments from Spector and other devs. Don’t read on if you don’t want to see some Epic Mickey [...]

The latest Hothead dev diary is out and, well, it doesn't have much to do with video games, with hardly a mention of DeathSpank. Actually, it does note that Hothead's games combat communism, though it never elucidates how. It has something to do with circumcisions, we guess?

#doublefine Double Fine's Tim Schafer is a bit of a cult darling, having been behind brilliant yet under appreciated games like Psychonauts and Grim Fandango. Thing is, he doesn't want to be a cult darling. More »

Plus, new services and more inside.

#psp The latest entry in PS3 exclusive series White Knight Chronicles won't be coming to Sony's home console. It will arrive on its PSP. And it's a prequel. More »

Fire Hose Games' Slam Bolt Scrappers impressed us at E3 even though it was a ways off from its expected "early 2011" launch on PSN. PAX, taking place this weekend in Seattle, will be the public-at-large's next chance to see what we were talking about. The game will be playable at booth #3834, and the developers will be on hand for feedback.

Slam Bolt Scrappers is an intuitive and hectic combination of Rampart and Tetris. If you're at PAX, definitely check it out. The latest trailer for the game can be found after the break.

#crime Four men from New York City have been arrested after going on a video game-stealing rampage along the East Coast of the United States. More »

#xbox360 According to the Spanish press, Microsoft's motion-sensing camera Kinect will not speak Spanish. It will only speak "Mexican". More »

The Dreamcast continues to cling to the barest sliver of life, thanks to the work of NGDev Team. The developer and publisher announced that it's porting Fast Striker, a vertical shooter made for (fellow dead system) the Neo Geo, to the Dreamcast, with a scheduled winter 2010 release.

If you want to buy a new Dreamcast game (and doesn't that sound great?) you can pre-order Fast Striker from NGDev directly, in either a regular edition or a limited edition that includes a soundtrack. If you're really enthused about Fast Striker, you can buy a pack containing both editions. The Neo Geo MVS version is also available.

Check out a trailer after the break. A trailer for a Dreamcast game.