DJ Hero suspended this year as well
There used to be three certainties in life: death, taxes and at least one annual entry in Activision's Guitar Hero franchise, but now that list is back down to two, as the company announces its Guitar Hero business unit is officially disbanded.Date archives for February, 2011
February 10th, 2011
Activision Disbands Guitar Hero Business, No Entry in 2011
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PlayStation Move Heroes Story Trailer Sets the Scene
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Join the Interuniversal Hero Games
Ever wonder how the six lead characters in PlayStation Move Heroes came together for the first time in Sony history? If you guessed "a gravitational anomaly has opened a rift in space-time, creating a wormhole into another world" then give yourself a big pat on the back.Nintendo Download: 11th February 2011 (Europe)
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Genies, models, dolphins, viruses, fires and hip hop
There can be only one headline title this week, leaving all others in the shade. Shantae: Risky's Revenge finally reaches Europe after a lengthy wait, letting gamers all over the continent see why this is the best game DSiWare has to offer.DSiWare
Shantae: Risky's Revenge (WayForward, 1200pts) – The best-reviewed DS game of 2010, and the only DSiWare game ever to receive a 10/10 rating from Nintendo Life, Shantae should need little introduction. Be sure to read more about the bewitching genie in our Shantae: Risky's Revenge review and get your DSi Points at the ready.Kinect to Receive its First Wartime First-Person Shooter
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Heavy Fire: Afghanistan is real
The other day we told you about a new Kinect first-person shooter called Heavy Fire: Afghanistan leaked by Gamefly. Since then we've been in contact with developer Teyon, who has confirmed the game is very real and on the way to multiple formats in April.
February 9th, 2011
Brand New Virtua Tennis Screenshots Hit the Court
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Muchas grassy-ass
Sega's Virtua Tennis 4 is coming along nicely in the run-up to its release in Spring this year, and now the publisher has sent over a series of new screenshots showing off the game's graphical engine.Virtua Tennis 4 Move Footage Shows a Lot of Balls
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Murray vs. Federer in action
Sega says Move is the most accurate way to play Virtua Tennis 4, and the tail end of this new footage shows the game's first-person viewpoint in action with PlayStation Move.Boogie Down to New Dances in this Dance Central Video
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Get up to get down
We've been keeping you up to date on the downloadable content available for Dance Central, and we'll continue to let you know what new songs are available for purchase, but sometimes you need more than words to make you feel like dancing. That's where this video comes in.Guerilla’s Move Groundwork Started with On-Rails Killzone 2
19:45 at movemodo.com
Quickly abandoned
Guerilla Games' Killzone 3 looks set to raise the bar for motion-controlled shooters, but how did the company set about sketching out ideas for its pointer-based system? Lead programmer Tommy de Roos explained to Ars Technica that the studio began its experiments with past title Killzone 2, looking to create an on-rails version of the game.One of the first ideas was to create an on-rails version of Killzone 2, but once we realised how much work that would be, since all encounters would have to be re-scripted, we decided against it.That wasn't the only Move experiment that fell by the wayside: gesture-based grenade controls were trialled and discarded as they interfered with aiming, and a keyboard and mouse-style system, where pressing the Move button would "pick up" the controller's mouse-like inputs, was ditched as many users didn't understand it.
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