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The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show is now in full swing, with the PlayStation section of the Sony booth now opened to attendees through Sunday.

First stop? Hands on with the latest build of PlayStation Move Heroes. In this show floor video, Producer Caley Roberts tells shows us new PlayStation Move mechanics, and answers questions on finding a cohesive visual style for Jak, Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Bentley’s first all-new appearance on the PS3.

We’ll have more videos, including a Sony booth tour tomorrow on this very blog.

That’s a wrap! Together with James from the EU PlayStation.Blog, Jeff, Rey, and I will soon be winding down for the holiday break. But this is no Blog blackout: The PlayStation.Blog will be going strong with fresh new posts helmed by some of the greatest game developers in the world. It starts tomorrow with Guerrilla Games and a unique look Christmas in Amsterdam. Insomniac Games and Sucker Punch Productions will also be spreading a little holiday cheer of their own. And later…well, who knows who else will drop by?

Looking back, 2010 was one hell of a year for PlayStation fans. We got great games like Heavy Rain, God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, MAG, and ModNation Racers; we got sweet new PSN video services such as Hulu Plus, (a disc-free) Netflix, VUDU, MLB.TV, and NHL.TV; we got PlayStation Move in all of its precise glory; we got stereoscopic 3D and Facebook integration and Share and HD PS2 classics and PlayStation Plus and betas and a LittleBigPlanet 2 demo and an UNCHARTED 3 announcement and a Twisted Metal E3 announcement and a bunch of other things I’m probably forgetting (feel free to remind us in the comments!)

Be happy, be healthy, and be good! And be sure to join us in 2011 for one of the wildest PlayStation software lineups of all time. I’m tingling already!

P.S. What was your favorite overall PS3 and PSP game this year?

Earlier this month we announced the PlayStation Move exclusive PSN game Top Darts by Devil’s Details and SCEE XDEV. I’m pleased to announce it is available today exclusively on the PlayStation Store.

As a quick recap, Top Darts is a game that utilizes the PlayStation Move motion controller to give the realistic feeling of throwing darts. It’s a game for all users who have an interest in playing classic games such as 501, Around the Clock and Cricket. Top Darts also has unique games such as Mayhem, Fusewire, Cat and Mouse, Stack Up and many more.

The game allows you to bring a lot of your own personality into the game. For example, you can customize your darts to match your personal style or use the PlayStation Eye camera to customize your avatar and even the dart board. For an interesting effect while playing, you can use the camera to capture video that displays on the dart board during gameplay.

In our previous announcement a lot of you asked how the throw mechanics would be used in the game. Check out the trailer to see more of the game and to get an insight into how the PlayStation Move controller is held and used in the game.

Top Darts is a game for darts enthusiasts and those who hold a casual interest in darts. It has an extensive Single Player League and Cup campaign modes. Up to 8 player local gameplay support in a dozen game modes. Four locales each with a optional unique dart board style. It’s a ton of gameplay that feels great with the Move controller and it’s a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy the game as much as I have enjoyed playing it. And it’s available today for $9.99 exclusively on the PlayStation Store. Happy Holidays everyone.

From newly released PSN titles like Beat Sketcher and Auditorium to free updates on favorites like Heavy Rain and Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, support for PlayStation Move is growing like wildfire. And the best is yet to come: 2011 will see the release of banner titles with PlayStation Move support such as LittleBigPlanet 2, Killzone 3, SOCOM 4, and many more.

Here’s an updated list of games that currently feature PlayStation Move support, as well as a sneak peek at what’s next for the most immersive motion controller on the market. And stay tuned: This list is only the beginning. What are your favorite PlayStation Move games so far, and what are you most excited for in 2011 and beyond?

• Auditorium*
• Beat Sketcher*
• Brunswick Pro Bowling
• Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011
• Create
• Dance Dance Revolution
• EyePet
• The Fight: Lights Out
• Funky Lab Rat*
• Get Fit With Mel B
• Heavy Rain (via PSN software update)
• High Velocity Bowling* (via PSN software update)
• Hustle Kings* (via PSN software update)
• John Daly’s ProStroke Golf
• Kung Fu Rider
• MAG (via PSN software update)
• NBA 2K11
• Planet Minigolf* (via PSN software update)
• Racquet Sports
• Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010
• Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (via PSN software update)
• R.U.S.E.
• Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves*
• Singstar Dance
• The Sly Collection
• Sports Champions
• Start the Party
• Swords & Soldiers* (via PSN software update)
• The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest
• The Shoot
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (via PSN software update)
• Time Crisis: Razing Storm
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game (side modes via PSN software update)
• TRON: Evolution
• Tumble*
• TV Superstars

• echochrome II
• Dead Space Extraction
• de Blob 2
• Dungeon Defenders*
• Dungeon Hunter: Alliance*
• PlayStation Move Heroes
• Killzone 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Michael Jackson: The Experience
• Modern Combat: Domination*
• No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise
• SOCOM 4
• Sorcery
• Top Darts*
• Under Siege*
• Virtua Tennis 4
• Yoostar 2
• Zumba Fitness

*Denotes a downloadable PSN title

Hey there, Fight fans. Thanks to those of you who have given us feedback on The Fight: Lights Out since it launched; today we’re bringing you the first update to the game. This update resolves several small issues reported by players and includes the ability to make your fighter transparent in order to get a better view of your opponent.

If that weren’t enough, you will now be able to use all of the boss characters as well as the main man, Duke, to use in both online and offline multiplayer modes as part of the Duke DLC pack.

The patch will soon be available to download when you start up the game and the Duke DLC will be available from PlayStation Store in December.

The Fight: Lights Out is a brand new type of fighting game. It puts your moves and your actions directly into the game, with an unprecedented level of freedom. Your own skill is the only limit.

But as with all great new things, there is, of course, some great new rules and details to learn. Freedom is better when you know what to do with it, so we’ve put together these little bonus tutorials to help everyone get to grips with this wholly new way to play fighting games.

Just a few weeks ago, we released Swords & Soldiers for the PlayStation Network, and the response has been overwhelming! The strategic action gameplay is being enjoyed by lots of gamers, offline as well as online. With 3 unique factions, 30 levels of gameplay, customizable skirmishes, 3 highscore arcade challenges and local and online multiplayer modes, there’s lots of game to enjoy.

Now there’s a whole new way to enjoy Swords & Soldiers… because we’ve added PlayStation Move support in our latest patch! Just connect a PlayStation Move to your PlayStation 3 and you will be able to navigate the menus and gameplay using the Move‘s cursor function. You can also mix control schemes on a single PS3 as well as face off against people online with different control schemes. So far we have been unable to find any advantage for one over the other, but if you find any, let us know!

Speaking of balance, we’ve also done a few small tweaks to the balance between the three factions. Most importantly, we’ve made the Vikings slightly stronger in the endgame and the Chinese slightly slower to start. Hopefully now we’ll see some Vikings holding their own near the top spots of the rankings as well!

We’ve also changed the trial version of the game. It now includes a few additional, more challenging levels. So if you haven’t checked out the trial, or felt it was a bit too easy or shallow: check out the new version to get a better taste of what Swords & Soldiers is all about!

It’s been just about two months since PlayStation Move introduced true 1-to-1 table tennis, archery, and gladiator dueling to your living room. The team worked really hard at making Sports Champions easy to play for everyone, while still making sure it has loads of challenge and depth for all you hardcore enthusiasts. You have played and played and played, in volumes way beyond our best expectations. So with the initial server shock faded, we can look fondly at our launch past. Check out some of the cool global stats we put together for some insider information on what your competition has been up to over the first month of play. We’ve also recently released a new Reverse Course DLC, but more on than in a bit.

First, the numbers …

As mentioned earlier, the Reverse Course DLC is also now available on the Playstation Store. If you are hungry for more Disc Golf content this is definitely for you. We’ve taken all 18 holes and re-worked them for a fresh new compelling gameplay experience. But it’s much more than just an aesthetic difference of swapping the tees and the baskets – everything about how you play changes. You’ll need to come up with new strategies to master this course – tee shots, obstacles, hazards, where to lay up, shortcuts – basically everything. Check out a couple example holes for a taste of what we mean.

We thought these stats were pretty interesting and useful, and we hope you agree. It lets us know what you like and maybe where we need to improve. Thanks to all of you, we have a better idea of what to focus on next. With the past and current out of the way, please help us look to the future to get even better!

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