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We haven't heard exactly how BioShock Infinite will make use of the Move peripheral, only that it will; however, we now know that you'll have the option to play Infinite with its very own "special" Move device.

Videogamer caught the following note in a Move article on the UK PlayStation site: "A special PS Move peripheral is being produced that will draw you even deeper into this stunning vision of a parallel future." The article no longer makes any mention of a specialized peripheral, suggesting that this news got out a little bit early, and Sony and Irrational are now trying to open a tear in the fabric of reality into a parallel future where we don't know about this.

We're contacting Sony and Irrational now to try to learn more. Until then, let your imagination run wild! Is it a Skyhook? A bottle with a glowing ball on top?

If you've managed to avoid checking out the deleted scenes in Heavy Rain, you'll get a chance to finally play through them when Heavy Rain Director's Cut launches on November 8. In addition to scrapped content, the re-release also includes The Taxidermist DLC, the soundtrack, eight bonus making-of videos, a few themes, concept art and two trailers, PlayStation Blog reports. There's also a new front-end menu and UI with Move support.

To celebrate the (re)launch, Sony's making the Heavy Rain Crime Scene Dynamic Theme available on PSN the same day. We're sure that'll fill the void in your heart left by the child you lost at that mall one time, you monster.

Today, the PlayStation Blog confirmed earlier rumors of a re-release for LittleBigPlanet 2. We can't say we're surprised, since the previous LittleBigPlanet game had a Game of the Year Edition re-release, but here it is: both a limited edition title with all of the game's DLC thus far and a PlayStation Move hardware bundle are coming to select retailers on November 15.

The LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition features the original game, PlayStation Move add-on content, the Toy Story level and costume pack, and the pets costume packs, all in one package. But if you're lacking in hardware and have got the requisite clearance for flailing in your domicile, then perhaps the PlayStation Move hardware bundle is for you. It includes the enhanced version of LBP 2, plus a PlayStation Move controller, a Nav controller and a PlayStation Eye camera.

Sorry, no word on pricing, but we imagine the game will be $59.99 and the bundle will be somewhere around $149.99.

The SOCOM franchise is a long and storied one, and today we’re very happy to announce that we’re revisiting its past and bringing back what is perhaps the series’ most popular mode, “Demolition”. Existing owners of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs will be able to download the Demolition Pack for $9.99 with today’s PlayStation Store publish, which brings with it not only the Demolition competitive multiplayer game type but new maps, weapons and character skins as well.

As a special promotional bonus starting tomorrow, new purchasers of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs who buy the game at select retail partners will receive a free voucher for the Demolition Pack. When you buy the game new from Amazon, Best Buy or GameStop in the US or EB Games in Canada, be sure to ask for your free Demolition Pack code and then simply redeem the voucher on the PlayStation Network to download the pack at no additional charge. With SOCOM 4 now available at many retailers for $39.99 and with codes for both the Demolition Pack and SOCOM Pro Pack included for free, there’s no better time to pick up the game.

In “Demolition”, each team vies for control of a bomb placed on the map. Once a team grabs the bomb, they need to carry it into the opposing team’s base, arm the bomb and defend it until the base is destroyed.

The Demolition Pack includes four new maps, two of which are returning classics — “Bitter Jungle” and “Ruins”. All four of these maps support not only the Demolition game type but many of the retail competitive modes as well. Additionally, six of the existing maps will support the Demolition game type, making for 10 total Demolition maps. Additionally, the Demolition Pack also includes two new weapons, the HS-C3 and 552, as well as six new multiplayer skins to choose from.

Demotion Pack Details

Included Maps:
“Departure” – Navigate trains and tunnels in this subway station as you hunt down the enemy.
“Overflow” – Both distanced and close-quarters combat take place around a massive dam.
“Bitter Jungle” – Get out of the city and into the jungle in this classic SOCOM environment.
“Ruins” – Do battle in this classic SOCOM map’s ancient ruins.

Included Weapons:
HS-C3 – Low rate of fire but above average damage and very high accuracy.
552 – Average damage and firing rate, but very accurate when standing still.

Included Character Skins:
Specter
Jester
Bastion
Ahmed
Dimitri
Steiner

But that’s not all!

In two weeks we’ll also be expanding SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs’ cooperative mode with the new Evac Co-op Pack. Available November 1st for $7.99, the Evac Co-op Pack will introduce the “Evac” cooperative mode and include a new cooperative map, two new weapons and six additional character skins.

In “Evac”, players are caught behind enemy lines and must fight their way out alive. Your pick-up vehicle is on-route to a designated location, and it’s up to you to fight your way there and defend the point until your exit arrives.

“Evac” works across the original six cooperative missions as well as the new “Onslaught” location included in this pack. “Onslaught” also supports the original “Espionage” and “Takedown” cooperative modes.

Evac Co-op Pack Details

Included Weapons:
AM50 – It doesn’t carry many rounds and it’s slow to fire, but the AM50 will kill with a single shot anywhere on an opponent’s body.
M82A1A – A very low firing rate and lower than average ammo capacity is offset by the M82A1A’s ability to take down an opponent with a single round.

Included Character Skins:
Hunter
Python
Mystic
Jalil
Nasir
Renzo

Sony announced its holiday lineup of PlayStation Move games, anchored by ... two games that are already out! In addition to the Move Pack add-on for LittleBigPlanet 2, Sony revealed that Move support will be added to both Infamous 2 and Infamous 2: Festival of Blood. The $14.99 Festival of Blood will include built-in support for the glowy controller, and will also include the update for Infamous 2 when it launches on October 25.

After the break, find release dates for other Move titles coming this quarter, including Medieval Moves, Carnival Island, and EyePet and Friends. Actually, make that "release date," singular -- Sony's putting them all out on November 15.

#pixeljunk 4am is the latest title on Q Entertainment's PixelJunk brand. Details about the game are scant, even though there is a debut trailer. It promises that players can "freely shape the sound to perfection" and then broadcast that sound to the world. More »

The LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Pack DLC (which is suitably, adorably subtitled Rise of the Cakeling) is the franchise's most gargantuan expansion, and could make a run for the most ambitious DLC release for any game ever released. Just as the core game sought to allow the use of a DualShock 3 for virtually any purpose, this expansion hopes to give players the same freedom with the PlayStation Move.

Media Molecule was successful in achieving that initial, lofty goal -- and once again, the Guildford-based studio has created an engine of infinite possibility for the Move controller. Any function you could devise for the remote is within reach, provided you've got the patience and cleverness to figure out how to invent it.

That's right. Grease 2. That's how we roll.
We love making game recommendations to our friends and family, but we've been struggling recently. Specifically, we've been utterly stumped whenever someone tells us they don't know which Kinect or PlayStation Move game to buy for the worst person they know.

"I have to buy them a gift, Joystiq," they'll plead, "but they're literally just the most vile creature. They smell like cat food and their favorite movie is Ghost of Girlfriends Past and when I ask their favorite actor, they say 'Borat.' I just hate them."

So, in a way, we owe a debt to 505 Games, which is releasing Grease, a singing and dancing game for Kinect and PlayStation Move, on November 4. Finally, we know the perfect video game gift for anybody on your shopping list, even someone you hate with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns.

If you didn't buy all the PlayStation Move hardware yesterday thanks to GameStop's 50% off sale, you might be interested in Activision's special Move-only GoldenEye 007: Reloaded bundle, called the "Double 'O' Edition."

The first 'O' is surely the game, which has unsurprisingly remapped the original Wii controls to the Move. That means the second 'O' must be referring to the bundled hardware, which includes a Move motion controller, the navigation controller, a PlayStation Eye camera, and the SharpShooter peripheral. But there's also a PS3-exclusive downloadable character, Moonraker's Hugo Drax ... is that a third 'O'?

There's no word on price, but we're going to guess it matches Resistance 3's very similar Doomsday bundle at $150. Depending on your income, that could certainly elicit yet another 'O.'

You can find any other missing 'O's on November 1, when both the regular edition and the Double 'O' Edition shake up your local supervillain's subterranean shopping fortress.

Delightful platformer Max and the Magic Marker is making its way to PSN, decked out in a full 1080p overhaul. Outside of the injection of so many high-def Ps, this latest port will also support the PlayStation Move. It only seems natural in a game about drawin' stuff.

Max and the Magic Marker is currently slated to launch sometime this fall for $9.99 on US PSN and €9,99 in Europe. There will be a total of 58 different levels to doodle your way through, including unlockable challenges, secrets and rewards. Feel free to hit up the gallery below for some screens -- just try not to doodle all over them. Unlike the game, you can't really erase stuff from your computer monitor.

Sony Santa Monica, makers of the God of War series, and Plastic, a Polish demoscene group, are collaborating on a mysterious Move title that features a floating hand getting touchy-feely with statues and trees in a fog-filled forest. The above video shows the hand reverently touching its surroundings, and at the 1:07 mark presents a Move controller in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.

NeoGAF's Toppot pointed out the connection to Linger in Shadows developer Plastic, who responded with a teasing affirmative: "We all at Plastic admire the speed and style of NeoGAF member Toppot, who managed to combine the hints and classify us as a developer of next Santa Monica Studio production." The developer hinted that it was "planting the seeds now" for the title, and "encouraged" fans to discover it.

#review We are about a year into hardcore shooter gaming played with the PlayStation Move—an experience that, from day one, is assumed to demand one play it with something that resembles a rifle, without ever asking if we really should. More »

#rumor A video popped up overnight showing a disembodied hand feeling stuff in the middle of a forest. It's a little creepy. But a little less so when you consider it might just be a strange new project for the PlayStation Move motion controller. More »

Though the majority of LittleBigPlanet 2's suite of PlayStation Move-enabled features won't go live until next week's release of the Move Pack, a handful of additions have arrived in the game as part of update 1.06. These include the integration of some new sensors for building, an option to limit the maximum number of players on your homebrewed level, and the ability to control the basic game with a Move controller.

Don't get it twisted: If you want the new Move-centric story levels, the Brain Crane tool and the other features based around Sony's motion controller, you'll have to grab the Move Pack next week. Based on our E3 preview of the ambitious DLC, we're guessing it's going to be worth it.

It’s with a lot of pleasure that I write today’s post. It has been nearly three years since you last played Resistance 2, and in a studio where we keep up a game-a-year schedule, that seems like a very long time to wait. I’m very happy to announce the release of Resistance 3 in North America today, as well as the release across Europe over the next 2-3 days. The team here has poured three years of their lives into bringing you the heroic survival of Joseph Capelli on his cross-country trip to New York.

This brutal alternate 1957 America is our most polished take on the Resistance universe yet. Along the way, you’ll see the dust storm from a Chimeran Terraformer, a flooded town, young rebels fighting to take back St. Louis from the Chimera, haunted mine towns and a snow packed New York City. To make it even better, you can experience the whole game in 2-player co-op, either split-screen or online. Still not sold? Check out the launch trailer –which gives you the first-ever glimpse at the 12th and final R3 weapon: The Cryogun:

For those of you who love multiplayer, Resistance 3 features our most focused experience yet, letting you join fifteen other players in battles located in maps across the world. Our theme for Resistance 3 MP was to create something you could only see in Resistance. The 60-level progression and our new ability and attribute system allows you to create a loadout exactly to your play style, and further establishes our “only in Resistance” theme. You’ve seen two great maps in the beta, Wales (Seaside) and Bogota (Trainyard), and two more great ones at PAX and the Insomniac Community Day (Republic of Chad and Australia). There’s another 8 maps we’ve never shown before, including a snow-packed map and one with some great Chimeran Architecture. We have 4v4 and 2v2 maps as well. In short, we believe that R3 MP is a fully-featured experience.

For those of you excited about playing with PlayStation Move or the Sharpshooter, Resistance 3 fully supports both. Don’t have Move yet? No problem, the Doomsday Edition contains Resistance 3, the PlayStation Eye, a PS Move Controller, a Nav Controller and a Sharpshooter. Everything you need to repel the Chimeran invasion with the accurate control and aiming precision that Move brings you. Got a 3DTV? You’ll be excited to know the game supports stereoscopic 3D as well.

That said, we aren’t resting. Our team is also happy to reveal the first DLC we will have ready to release on October 4th. The Survival Pack brings you a brand new game mode: Invasion. Invasion requires both teams to divide resources to simultaneously own multiple control points on the map. As you hold the nodes, you’ll receive more points. It hearkens back to the wonderful balance in Resistance: Fall of Man of knowing when to send troops on the offensive, and when to hold other players back. In addition to the Invasion mode, your $3.99 gets you four new skins of the various Survivors in the game, as well as a static XMB theme. Also on October 4th, we will release a patch for ALL players that will bring two new maps with it as well.

We’re very excited to get Resistance 3 into your hands this week. We look forward to playing MP online with you soon!

As we lead up to Resistance 3’s launch this Tuesday, we wanted to start your holiday weekend right with the two television commercials you will be seeing for Resistance 3 over the next few weeks. These commercials will be airing during NFL games and my personal favorite, college football, as well as series premieres of some of the biggest shows on TV.

Why two commercials, you ask? Well, we have two great approaches for Resistance 3. One involves the story of Joseph Capelli’s journey. In some ways this ties us back to the very first live-action prologue trailer that showed us the first glimpse of Resistance 3’s grim new world. Here you get a glimpse of the emotions and story that make up our game. We really feel like this ad wonderfully captures and encapsulates Resistance 3. Take a look:

Hope you liked that commercial and it got you pumped for the game’s launch. That said, what’s a huge PS3 exclusive without a Kevin Butler commercial? Maybe it’s best if you just watch.

So what do you think? Keep your eyes peeled as you watch TV over the next couple of weeks to spot these ads in the wild!

One other item I wanted to point out for our New York readers, the PlayStation Lounge in New York City will have the first seven chapters of Resistance 3 on-hand for you to go try out over the holiday weekend from 1:00 to 4:00pm Eastern Time on Saturday. Furthermore, they also have a limited quantity of the awesome Olly Moss posters that you’ve see us give away. Go check it out to get a taste of what you’ll be playing on September 6th!

That’s all for now – let us know what you think of the commercials in the comments below!

If you want to play Gal Gun, Inti Creates' light gun game about shooting pheromones at crazed high school girls -- and we're not judging -- it's about to get easier to do so. This winter, according to a report from Famitsu, publisher Alchemist will release a PS3 port of the formerly Xbox 360 exclusive game. PS3 games are region free, so it's no problem to play it on your system!

In addition to that perk, the PS3 release will have improved visuals, a new character, a new gameplay mode, and -- most importantly -- PlayStation Move support. The downside there is that you'll be waving a glowing ball around, making it even easier for others to notice you playing Gal Gun.

Gal Gun, the upskirt-action-packed shooter released in Japan for Xbox 360 earlier this year, is also coming to PS3 this winter—with PlayStation Move support. Expect a new character, a new "Doki Doki Carnival" mode and improved graphics. [Andriasang] More »

Not content with simply revealing the first exclusive level for the PS3 release of The House of the Dead: OVERKILL – Extended Cut, I’m back to give you the scoop on the second one too. Set in the cosy confines of an slaughterhouse taken over by a meaty disease of sorts, Creeping Flesh delivers you more of the additional awesome content we’ve lovingly added to the extended, and definitive, edition of OVERKILL.

We pick up the story with Varla and Candy again, and this time circumstances lead them to the local slaughterhouse. I’m not going to spoil any of the story or the details around what leads them there, but let’s just say it’s the standard House of the Dead fare; there are guns, motives of revenge and mutants galore, all wrapped up with grindhouse styling.

As you can see from the above image, there is something of a meaty infestation starting to take hold inside the building, and internally we’ve affectionately referred to this as the meat wall (there is also a meat tunnel later in the level, so that’s something to look forward to). Varla and Candy find themselves fighting amongst this meat wall, and as they proceed through the ‘meat factory’ they’ll be forced to take action against the new mutants shown above too. These mutants take the expression ‘meat shield’ to a new level, seeing as the additional flesh they’re lugging around makes them slightly more impervious to gunfire than your standard mutants.

I also wanted to give you a sneak peak at the level boss, which is one of the most horrid creations I’ve ever seen in a House of the Dead title. Meat Katie is a savage hybrid of mutant and…cow. Yes, cow. I can only imagine where all that anger has come from, but my personal belief is that she’s harnessing the powers of all the lost cow souls from within the slaughterhouse. Don’t mock, you come up with better. J

Anyway, Meat Katie is armed with a massive cleaver, and has a nasty habit of flinging large chunks of meat at her intended victims; I imagine Varla and Candy have had plenty of practice avoiding unwanted meat, so it’s probably not too much of an issue for them. In other words, you’re going to need good reflexes, steady aim, and perseverance, because this melee monster is going to take a lot of bullets until she’s beaten.

I hope this serves to only get you more excited about this exclusive PlayStation Move title, and confirm just how much effort the team at Headstrong have put into making the game even more brilliant this time round. You’re in for a meaty treat later this year when The House of the Dead: OVERKILL – Extended Cut fires its way onto North American shelves October 25, 2011.

One of my biggest surprises during PAX Prime 2011 was a game I almost decided not to play.

Time is limited at these events, so when I was presented with a swath of choices at Sony's corner of the show at the nearby Grand Hyatt, I had to be shrewd. Starhawk? Sure! Journey! You bet. Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest? Ehh ...

Boy, am I glad I took a chance on this one, because slashing, guarding and shooting as the diminutive skeleton was some of the most fun I had all weekend.

#littlebigplanet LittleBigPlanet 2 will roll a PlayStation Move-enabled DLC pack on Sept. 14. Pricing isn't set yet, but with the ability to create Move-enabled Sackboy games, as that video shows, this could be the most useful application of that controller's features of any PS3 game out there. More »

Ninja Gaiden 3's obsession with conveying the feel of a katana -- while it slices the flesh off a man's bones -- is now supplemented with another vicarious attack. What does it feel like when a glowing, squishy ball bounces off a skull?

Team Ninja has announced PlayStation Move support for the PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden 3, presumably enabling spirited swings and forceful bops in your offensive arsenal. Studio lead Yosuke Hayashi claims that it will "bring players even closer to the game's protagonist Ryu Hayabusa," which is a particularly unfortunate occurrence if you also happen to be generic soldier, a demon, an evil ninja or ... anything that's alive, really.

Ninja Gaiden 3 is set to slice up PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners in early 2012. A Wii U version is also in the works.

Move Fitness isn't the only PlayStation Move title revealed by Sony at Gamescom. The company also announced several other Move projects and they all seem a little ... familiar. The first, Start the Party: Save the World, is ... a mini-game collection. Next up is a game by the name of DanceStar Party, the trailer for which seems to feature a lot of people just dancing. Finally, we have Move Mind Benders, which bundles together several puzzle games already available on PSN, including Tumble, Echochrome 2 and Lemmings.

It's worth noting that the PSN version of Lemmings does not currently support the Move. Whether Move functionality will be exclusive to the Mind Benders version remains to be seen. A trailer for Start the Party is embedded above. Check out DanceStar Party and Move Mind Benders trailers after the break.

Sony's entering the exergaming arena, as the publisher announced Move Fitness during its Gamescom keynote. A brief teaser trailer shown to attendees offered some insight into what the final package may offer: Move-based mini-games and exercise. Add a dash of Fruit Ninja, a pinch of Your Shape: Fitness Evolved and a hearty helping of Wii Fit and you've got Move Fitness -- at least, that's what it looked like in the trailer, according to our boys on the ground.

No other details were offered. We'll track down the teaser trailer and post it up as soon as we can.

Sony's entering the exergaming arena, as the publisher announced Move Fitness during its Gamescom keynote. A brief teaser trailer shown to attendees offered some insight into what the final package may offer: Move-based mini-games and exercise. Add a dash of Fruit Ninja, a pinch of Your Shape: Fitness Evolved and a hearty helping of Wii Fit and you've got Move Fitness -- at least, that's what it looked like in the trailer, according to our boys on the ground.

No other details were offered. We'll track down the teaser trailer and post it up as soon as we can.

#rumor No, you are not looking at a wine opener. This is apparently the new PlayStation Move GT Racer. And it looks silly. More »

"Finally," thought the Tecmo Koei Europe rep. "Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer for Kinect and Move will allow me to put my pantomime horse racing skills to use." He'd spent his life practicing pantomime horse racing, and wondering why he had. Now it was paying off.

Two more videos after the break show his supreme confidence and effortless proficiency at bouncing with his hands held out. There's also a Wii version, but there is unfortunately no video demonstration of its gameplay, leaving us only to imagine the smirk for ourselves.

UPDATE: The list continues to grow! As of today, July 29th, we’re currently tracking 78 PlayStation Move games released or under development. The list includes E3 2011 heavyweights such as Resistance 3, BioShock Infinite, Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest, and many more. Read on for the full, updated list…and be sure to let us know if a PlayStation Move game slipped through the cracks!

What’s your favorite implementation of PlayStation Move? What PlayStation Move game are you most looking forward to? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

Out Now

• Auditorium*
• Beat Sketcher*
• Blue Toad Murder Files* (via PSN software update)
• Brunswick Pro Bowling
• Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011
• Create
• Dance on Broadway
• Dance Dance Revolution
• Dead Space Extraction*
• de Blob 2
• Dungeon Hunter: Alliance*
• echochrome II*
• EyePet
• Fast Draw Showdown*
• The Fight: Lights Out
• Funky Lab Rat*
• Get Fit With Mel B
• Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part Two
• Heavy Rain (via PSN software update)
• High Velocity Bowling* (via PSN software update)
• Hustle Kings* (via PSN software update)
• John Daly’s ProStroke Golf
• Killzone 3
• Kung Fu Rider
• Little League World Series 2010
• MAG (via PSN software update)
• MLB 11: The Show
• Michael Jackson: The Experience
• Modern Combat: Domination*
• NBA 2K11
• NBA 2K12
• Pain* (via PSN software update)
• Planet Minigolf* (via PSN software update)
• PlayStation Move Ape Escape*
• PlayStation Move Heroes
• 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
• SOCOM 4
• 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)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12
• Time Crisis: Razing Storm
• Top Darts*
• Top Spin 4
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game (side modes via PSN software update)
• TRON: Evolution
• Tumble*
• TV Superstars
• UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System
• Under Siege*
• Virtua Tennis 4
• Yoostar 2
• Zumba Fitness

*Denotes a downloadable PSN title

Coming Next

• BioShock Infinite
• Carnival Island
• Child of Eden
• Dungeon Defenders*
• Everybody Dance
• EyePet and Friends
• GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
• LittleBigPlanet 2(via upcoming PlayStation Move Pack PSN software update)
• Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest
• No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise
• Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath*
• PixelJunk lifelike*
• Resistance 3
• Sorcery
• The House of the Dead Overkill – Extended Cut
• Wanted Corp*

The Move.Me application development tool announced by Sony earlier this year has launched, giving anyone who possesses the sphere-tipped controller and a dream in their heart the ability to make their own motion-controlled programs. Check out the trailer on PlayStation Blog to get a look at some of the tools' capabilities, including a mathematical teaching regimen and a physical therapy aide.

Teachers and students can enroll in Sony's Academia Program to receive a free copy of the software, but everyone else will have to pony up $99.99 when the software hits the PlayStation Store later today.

Move.me is software that runs on PS3 and gives users development access to the PlayStation Move hardware for non-gaming purposes.