North American date revealed

Ubisoft's great multi-coloured hope for hardcore gamers, Child of Eden, is officially less than three months away: it lands in North America on 14th June, with a European release on 17th June.

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But keeps quiet on just what

While plenty of gamers are looking forward to revisiting Link's first 64-bit outing when it comes to 3DS in the form of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has hinted the title will still have plenty of new and interesting things to offer gamers this year.

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More DLC out now

The Dance Central catalogue already caters for Boys and Girls, Lady Sovereigns and Freaks, and new content for download this week offers something for fans of weapons, cheerleaders and Paula Abdul.

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Three Move games out today

With just one week to go until PlayStation Move Heroes, three Moves games have hit the market to attempt to convince you to part with your money before the six heroes fly in next week. Here's what's out this week

Top Spin 4

2K Sports leads the charge of tennis games on Move — ignoring last year's woeful Racquet Sports — with this effort. With a new online World Tour mode and enhanced single-player career this should keep you going for a while.

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Act up a storm

Yoostar 2 could bring a new dimension to party gaming, replacing off-key singing with hilariously abysmal acting, with a robust set of content sharing tools to help you show off your proudest moments with the world.

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We go digging in the Sega vaults

We already know about the first five Game Gear games for 3DS Virtual Console, but looking further down the line, what titles would we love to see made available on the console's download service? Below are just some of the games we'd love to download after the eShop launches in May.

Shinobi II: The Silent Fury

The first Shinobi is already confirmed for the service, so its successor is a no-brainer. Unusually for a Shinobi game, you don't just play as Joe Musashi: there are five ninja to control, each with their own unique powers, that you must rescue throughout the game. Once they're a part of your group, you can switch between them mid-level to utilise their abilities. Regarded as the best handheld instalment in a classic series, this is a must for 3DS.

Defenders of Oasis

A Game Gear-exclusive RPG, this Arabian-themed title is the closest Western gamers got to a portable Phantasy Star (though two entries in that series were released in Japan.) Drawing from Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and more, it's a good little title that deserves a wider audience.

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

Like Alex Kidd, Wonder Boy had his time long ago. No longer considered relevant in today's gaming environment, fans of the adventurer can already get a slice of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap on Master System through the Wii's Virtual Console, but who could resist taking his finest outing wherever they go?

Pengo

Already available on Virtual Console in Japan, Pengo is an old arcade title that frequently features in retro round-ups such as this. The titular penguin runs around a top-down maze, kicking ice blocks at enemies to take them out: imagine a Pac-Man that fights back and you're halfway there.

Mega Man

Game Gear's back catalogue is littered with famous titles you never knew made it across to Sega's portable console. A case in point: Mega Man, an original title that blended elements from Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 that was only available in North America. Although the console's small screen size made the game even more difficult than usual, it's still a title that fans of the Blue Bomber would want to check out.

Panzer Dragoon Mini

Another title in a big franchise that many gamers never knew about, Panzer Dragoon Mini was a Space Harrier-like take on the game's universe that only ever saw the light of day in Japan. Naturally it can't live up to the series' famous graphical beauty or musical quality, but for an 8-bit portable version of the shooter it's not a terrible effort. The good news is that it's unusually light on dialogue for a Panzer Dragoon game, so there'd be next-to no localisation work needed to bring it across to Europe and North America.

Ristar

Everyone's favourite Sonic Team platformer that's not Sonic, the Shooting Star's 8-bit outing is surprisingly faithful to its Mega Drive cousin, keeping the game's bright atmosphere, catchy music and long stretchy arms firmly intact. It's one of the finest platformers on Game Gear and highly deserving of a Virtual Console revival.

Baku Baku Animal

Match the food with the animal that eats it: things are really that simple in this puzzle classic that contains more cheeky chomping than you can shake a bamboo stick at. This is still one of Sega's finest puzzlers, with a simple concept that is even more addictive than it sounds.

Shining Force Gaiden Games

There are three Shining Force games on Game Gear, only one of which — Shining Force: Sword of Hajya — saw release outside of Japan. Strangely, Sword of Hajya is the sequel to Shining Force Gaiden, which was only released in Japan on Game Gear, though it does make up the first half of Shining Force CD (confused yet?).

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Master Chief on the move

While Kinect is set to receive Child of Eden, The Gunstringer and Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor this year, it's still crying out for a great hardcore title from Microsoft's internal studios. There have been rumours of Gears of War Kinect, though nothing concrete has been announced, but the other big name Microsoft shooter series we really want to see on Kinect is, of course, Halo.

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Can you go back to twin sticks?

There's been plenty of praise given to Killzone 3's PlayStation Move controls: precise and engaging, they help to take Guerilla Games' sci-fi shooter into the upper reaches of PlayStation 3 titles. Having spent major time with both control methods here at Movemodo, there's no doubt which scheme has the upper hand when it comes to online play, as well as simply making the game more enjoyable. It's Move all the way, and Guerilla Games deserves its praise.

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10 million Kinect sensors sold to date!

Following one of the biggest launches in consumer electronics history, Kinect for Xbox 360 continued its momentum in 2011 reaching 10 million Kinect sensors sold worldwide to date. Not only were sensor sales an overwhelming success, but Kinect drove significant game sales with more than 10 million standalone Kinect games sold worldwide to date.

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Non-Plussed

PlayStation Plus members lost their exclusivity on the PlayStation Move Heroes demo yesterday, as it's available from today for all PlayStation Network members across North America.

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