E3 2010: Sony touts 3D, motion-control via PlayStation Move at E3
E3 2010: Sony announced that 20 3D PlayStation 3 games would be out by March 2011 and 40 games using PlayStation Move, the console's new motion-control system, would be out by the holiday season.
E3 2010: An assistant demonstrates the use of the PlayStation Move controller at the Sony Computer Entertainment America media briefing during E3 at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles on June 15. Sony announced that 20 3-D PlayStation 3 games would be out by March 2011 and 40 games using PlayStation Move, the console's new motion-control system, would be out by the holiday season.
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LOS ANGELES
Sony is moving forward with its 3-D and motion-control gaming plans.
The game maker announced Tuesday that 20 3-D games would be released for its PlayStation 3 console by March 2011 while 40 games that utilize PlayStation Move, the console's new motion-control system, would be out in time for the holiday season. Unlike Microsoft's Xbox 360 or Nintendo's Wii, the PS3 has been updated with software to display 3-D games.
"What PlayStation did for Blu-ray, we're now ready to do for 3-D," said Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kazuo Hirai during Sony's Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference. "It's that experience in content that will define 3-D."
Among the unveiled 3-D games, which would require a 3-D television and 3-D glasses to be experienced in full stereoscopic 3-D, were "Motor Storm: Apocalypse," ''Gran Turismo 5," ''Crysis 2," ''Tron Evolution," ''Shaun White Skateboarding," ''Mortal Kombat," ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier," ''The Sly Collection" and "NBA 2K11."
The first-person shooter "Killzone 3" was shown for the first time to the E3 crowd at the Shrine Auditorium in 3-D. Other games that were debuted included first-person puzzler "Portal 2," a new edition of the car-combat franchise "Twisted Metal" and "Sorcery," an action-adventure title that transforms the lollipop-shaped Move controller into a magical wand.
Sony also revealed the Move controller will be available Sept. 19 in the U.S. for $49.99. The Move's navigation controller will be sold separately for $29.99. Sony will also sell bundles of the controller, camera and the new action sports title "Sports Champions" for $99.99. The controller, camera, console and "Sports Champions" would cost $399.99.
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