The Blue Bomber — who is inconveniently red in the pic above — returns in the retro-centric Mega Man 10. Those who returned to Rapture with BioShock 2 can also pick up the “Sinclair Solutions Test Pack” for $5. There’s also the fourth episode of The Tester — how’s that going? Oh yeah, for those with an interest in baseball (it’s a game played with a stick), there’s a demo for MLB 10: The Show. For those with a PSP, it’s another solid comic book update. Check out the full PSN update after the break.

Continue reading PSN Thursday: Mega Man 10, some BioShock 2 ‘Sinclair Solutions’

PSN Thursday: Mega Man 10, some BioShock 2 ‘Sinclair Solutions’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re seated at the annual Independent Games Festival / Game Developers Choice event in San Francisco, absorbing the din of dedicated developers celebrating their craft. It’s about to begin!

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Joystiq live at the IGF/GDC Awards 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When questioned about which digital distribution services the game would release on, Disney couldn’t say. So, as a peace offering, we were given a pair of new trailers: the first you can see above this chunk of text, while you’ll need to click past the break for the other. We know, we push you guys too hard!

Continue reading Disney: Split/Second coming to PC retail and digital distribution (plus: new GDC trailers!)

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While we’ve yet to meet those amongst you reppin’ Farmville and swearing allegiance to Facebook, we worry that today’s announcement of MySpace making a stronger push into the casual gaming market may stir those folks from their dismal, musty resting places. Alongside a revamped and relaunched gaming section on the site (the “MySpace Games Gallery”), co-president Mike Jones told GamesIndustry.biz that the company plans on pushing into the gaming world in the same way it’s pushed into the music world. “Just as they use MySpace to discover and listen to music, I want them to use MySpace to discover and play games,” he said in an interview this week.

One of the ways that Jones plans on implementing the new initiative is by making game suggestions to new users at the same time the site normally suggests music a new user might like. “We’re making sure that when users sign up to MySpace, on the first screen after sign-up they have recommendations, which include games and bands — at the same time … that’s getting the user initially seeded with the content.” Unfortunately, though, Jones didn’t say a peep about games that go a bit deeper than the standard Mafia Wars fare we’ve come to expect from social networks and their free-to-play games.

GDC: MySpace making a push into games, hoping it’ll be as popular as music originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s GDC panel “Introducing the PlayStation Motion Controller was exactly that: An introduction to the newly named Move peripheral. David Coombes, Kirk Bender and Anton Mikhailov showcased a number of impressive tech demos, many of which demonstrated the Move’s incredible precision and low latency. One of the most impressive demos showcased full body tracking using an on-screen body puppet, not unlike one of Project Natal’s tech demos.

Body tracking is made possible by combining the Move and PS3’s head tracking capability. According to the presentation, the PS3 can also detect faces, going so far as to identify individuals through face contour and feature detection. The software will be able to recognize gender, age, smiles and when eyes open and close.

Coombes explained that all the calculations necessary to handle image processing are done by the Cell CPU, which apparently excels at the doing floating point calculations. The raw data can be processed incredibly quickly by the PS3, taking “under a frame” to translate to a game experience. And while Mikhailov didn’t reveal how much of the CPU’s overall power the Move controller requires, he did reveal that the memory demands are truly “insignificant” — 1-2 MB of system memory.

PlayStation Move requires 1-2 MB of system memory originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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