Anton Mikhailov - Where did I see you before?

Nowadays anyone with some interest in the PlayStation Move should know who Anton Mikhailov is. Or at least what he looks like. But this is not the first time we have seen the young Sony researcher.

Do you remember where and when we have seen him before?

The answer awaits after the jump.

Hint: The PlayStation Move motion controller is not the only Sony project he has been involved with.

VIDEO | iWatch: R.U.S.E. (demo version)

Based on the R.U.S.E. demo version released on August 25th on the PlayStation Store (for Plus members - regulars will have to wait till September 1st), this exclusive iWatch video shows how the upcoming Ubisoft real-time strategy game controls with the PlayStation Move, and how that compares to using a regular DualShock 3.

The ultimate PlayStation Move tech demos video

The PlayStation Blog has published a nice PlayStation Move video featuring all the latest tech demos explained by Sony's R&D researcher Anton Mikhailov. 

While there is nothing new to be seen there for those who have been keeping up with all the Move stuff, it's still a convenient all-in-one-place tech demos collection worth a check. Especially since it's mostly made of direct feed footage rather than off-screen material.

Check the video after the jump. 

Dungeon Defenders announced for PSN with Move & 3D support

Trendy Entertainment announced via the PlayStation Blog the "Online Tower Defense Action Role Playing Game" Dungeon Defenders, a quite promising PSN title coming to PS3 this winter with both PlayStation Move and stereoscopic 3D support. 

Stop wondering: the Navigation controller does NOT have motion sensing capablities (nor does it rumble) [UPDATED]

I admit I've never been 100% sure myself, but since Sony never listed rumble and motion sensing functionalities among the official Navigation controller key features, I was about 99.9% positive the little Move companion would end up being an empty shell with buttons and a stick on it (and a built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery of course).

Well, now we have got an official confirmation. 

R.U.S.E. Senior Producer: "Move experience is better than mouse and keyboard"

Eurogamer has published an interview with Mathieu Girard, senior producer for the upcoming Ubisoft RTS R.U.S.E., in which he describes the experience of playing the game with the PlayStation Move motion controller as "better than on PC with mouse and keyboard because you can play on a couch, really relaxed, and you don't have to get close to your screen, and you don't have to make large movements".

iWonder: "First Person Adventure/RPG" by SSJNeBiRoS

The game would be similar in style to Oblivion, Dark Messiah and this type of games. The setting is not necessary to be from the middle ages. It could be anything, but should always give prominence to melee weapons like swords, axes, and others. Although this does not leave out the long-range weapons like bows or magic, or if it's a more modern era, guns, like in Red Steel 2.

MotorStorm 3D Rift announced and coming to the PlayStation Store today! [UPDATED]

Sony has announced MotorStorm 3D Rift, some sort of slimmed down version of MotorStorm Pacific Rift featuring 10 tracks from Pacific Rift, 10 events (one per track), a selection of 5 vehicle types (Bikes, Buggies, Racing Trucks and Monster Trucks), adjustable difficulty setting, and most importantly full stereoscopic 3D support (the game can be played in 2D anyway). 

Ten PlayStation classics worth a "moving" reboot

Since the announcement of the PlayStation Move motion controller many of you have likely been wondering about specific games that would benefit from its implementation, with titles like Okami, Ratchet & Clank or Demons' Souls probably at the top of your collective wish list (and hopefully on the To-Do lists of their respective publishers).

While these games would definitely benefit from some PlayStation Move magic, perhaps there is an opportunity here to exploit the PlayStation Move as something more than an enhancement tool. 

How about using it as a mean to reboot some forgotten PlayStation games? 

Sony's PlayStation Move Wins GamesCom 2010 Best Hardware

The GamesCom jury has awarded Sony's motion controller with Best Hardware! Other nominees were Microsoft's Kinect, Rockband 3's new guitars, and Mad Catz' insane little mouse, the Cyborg R.A.T. 7. 

Congrats also to Gran Turismo 5 for picking up two awards, one being 'Best of GamesCom'. 

Hit the link for the official press-release or see the list of nominees and winners below.

Grasshopper shooter Sine Mora announced for PSN with 3D support

Hungarian online publisher and developer Digital Reality and Japanese developer Grasshopper Manufacture have announced a partnership for co-developing a range of games, the first of which will be an innovative shooter called Sine Mora (Latin for "without delay"), which mixes traditional side-scrolling gameplay with unique time manipulation mechanics. 

The game will support stereoscopic 3D.

The Fight: Lights Out can be played with just one PlayStation Move motion controller

In an interview conducted by TheSixthAxis, The Fight: Lights Out's Associate Producer Kieran Gaynor has revealed that the Move-exclusive street fighting game can indeed be played with just one PlayStation Move motion controller after all.

There is a catch tho.

Kotaku tries out R.U.S.E. with Move (also: demo coming this month!)

Kotaku gets some hands-on-the-Move time with R.U.S.E. at GamesCom, and likes it. A lot. In the meantime, Ubisoft has apparently announced a demo will be available on the PlayStation Store by the end of this month. 

Heroes on the Move new trailer and fact sheet

The Move supporting game that features an all-star cast of Playstation characters which goes under the appropriate working title of Heroes on the Move has shown up at GamesCom to reveal some more details in the shape of a detailed fact sheet and a new trailer. 

Killzone 3 Move controls explained

At GamesCom today, Guerrilla Games' producer Steven Ter Heide conducted a Killzone 3 demonstration showing off how the game controls when played with the PlayStation Move motion controller.

GameTrailers was there and grabbed the whole thing on digital tape for all of us to see. 

Virtua Tennis 4: First Gameplay Video (off-screen) [UPDATED]

Right after its GamesCom press conference which took place yesterday in Cologne, Sony let attendees have some hands-on time with some of the upcoming PlayStation Move games. Amid the well known The Fight: Lights Out, Time Crisis: Razing Storm and the likes, there was also a demo kiosk hosting the latest new entry in the ever-growing Move (and 3D) games catalog: Virtua Tennis 4 by Sega. 

Dr. Richard Marks is The Grand Master of PlayStation Move Sphere Squeezing

Since when Sony put the Move in the hands of the public, that poor sphere on the top of it has been being subject to countless pushing, pressing, twisting and squeezing as people realized what it is actually made of. Not even iWaggle3D could resist the temptation.

Today, the European PlayStation Blog has posted a video interview with Dr. Richard Marks showing the father of the PlayStation Move performing some of the most brutal Move sphere squeezing action ever seen. 

New PS3 models in PlayStation Move bundles

Sony Computer Entertainment of America has revealed which PS3 model will be offered in the already announced PS3 Sports Champions Move bundle for the US market. Meanwhile, SCEE has also announced a similar offering for the PAL regions. 

First Killzone 3 Multiplayer Trailer

How awesome is this?

This awesome.

Virtua Tennis 4 coming to PS3 with Move and 3D support

They just keep coming. PS3 games with Move or 3D support, that is. Or both.

In fact, Sega has just announced that their latest installment of the Virtua Tennis franchise will land on PlayStation 3 fully equipped for waggling with depth perception!

More news as they come.

MAG to get PlayStation Move support [UPDATED]

During its GamesCom 2010 press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced that Zipper Interactive's massive multiplayer shooter M.A.G. will get Move support via software update.

More details as we get them.

[UPDATE] It's coming this Autumn. Here is the official blog entry 

Flight Control HD will have 3D Mode and 1080p graphics

An official press release to be released by Firemint tomorrow will confirm that the PlayStation 3 version of Flight Control HD will support Stereoscopic 3D (as iWaggle3D suspected/hoped when the game was first announced) as well as PlayStation Move and 1080p graphics. 

No face tracking in The Shoot

I have been sitting on this bit of info for a while now, unsure whether or not to make it public due to the state of the build I've personally tested (it's the old E3 demo). 

But today, having double checked with people who have got the latest demo version of The Shoot, I can finally say with confidence that the game doesn't support any kind of body/face tracking technology. 

All evasive maneuvers are performed by simply moving the motion controller around.

VIDEO | iWatch: Moving around the XMB

You should know by now that you can navigate the PS3 Cross Media Bar (XMB) interface using the PlayStation Move. But how does it work exactly? And most importantly, how does it feel?

VIDEO | iWatch: A closer look at PlayStation Move

Take a closer look at the PlayStation Move in this exclusive video recorded by iWaggle3D (hence the "iWatch" tag).

In about 2 minutes time you'll learn the basics of PlayStation Move ergonomics, functions and components, hopefully coming away with a better understanding of how the device works, looks and feels like. 

Under Siege Official Website now Live!

Seed Studios have just opened the official website for their upcoming PS3 exclusive RTS game Under Siege (about which we talked in our exclusive interview here). 

Kung-Fu LIVE a 'controller-free Move title'

Since its announcement as a "PlayStation Eye and a PlayStation Move title" we have been assuming Kung-Fu LIVE would support Sony's motion controller alongside the PlayStation Eye camera. 

But we were wrong. 

Move goes Home

Starting today you will be able to be a PlayStation Move in PlayStation Home as the Presentation Podium will be hosting a dedicated event that will have you dressing like the Sony motion controller itself. 

DanceDanceRevolution gets Move support

Konami is holding a "DanceDanceRevolution PS3 Launch Party" today, August 12th, in Culver City (CA), where attendees are going to get their first hands-on with the game with an unexpected dancing partner: a PlayStation Move motion controller. 

Heavy Rain Move Edition first screens

Sony has released the first official screenshots depicting the looks of Heavy Rain's interface when played with PlayStation Move. 

You'll need a pair of PlayStation Move controllers to get the Platinum in Sports Champions

The people over PS3Trophies.com have apparently got an early look at the trophies included in the PlayStation Move launch title Sports Champions. And one of them asks the user to play the game with two motion controllers.

iWonder: "FPS with Fixed-Crosshair" by Cake

Developers won't do it! Why not? Well, the problem seems to stem from the fact that your character doesn't have a way to turn 360's, 720's, etc. Our wrists can only go so far, and there's no way - like with a mouse - to "lift" the controller and reset it.

iWonder: "Super Model" by Pistolgrip

Model Creation

You can use your face to map it to a virtual reality model or just choose any other face types. Then with various tools you can modify it, blur any defects etc. Must have an extensive character creation setup where you can pretty much make any face you want from any race with intuitive tools that are fun to use. If you are going to spend a long time creating the perfect model then the tools should be satisfying.

iWonder: "Puppet Master" by Mike Seguin

I'm thinking of a marionette type game called "Puppet Master" with strings attached to the characters, and also hand puppets, which allows to create puppet shows with play, create, share options and YouTube/Facebook support. 

EA announces Create, a new IP with Move support

I think I'll let the press release do all the talking for this one. There are video and pictures available at the official site (link at the end of the PR).

Ultimate Boxing Gloves for PlayStation Move

Accessories manufacturer CTA Digital has revealed its first product for the PlayStation Move, and guess what it is? A pair of boxing gloves. 

Interview | Under Siege (Seed Studios)

We talk to the team behind one of the most ambitious PSN titles to date. 

Think an original RTS game with native 1080p graphics, extensive PlayStation Move support, split-screen and online cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes (with video chat), replay recording and YouTube-uploading, photo mode, custom soundtracks and an in-game editor so deep it's the one the developers themselves use to build the game.  

That's how ambitious it is. 

iWonder: "Needle Threader" by Spats

Since the Move is capable of sub-pixel accuracy in tracking your motion, why not put it to the real test and make a game/demo where you try to thread a needle using it? The objective would be very simple - getting your Move controller through the needle's eye and making a knot as quickly as possible. 

iWonder: "1 to 1 lock-on combat" by SSJNeBiRoS

Ever since Sony showed the first technical demo of the Move at E309, especially the one of the sword and shield (which then turned out to be part of the Sports Champions), I have always thought that it could be very interesting to create a game like Demon's Souls controlled with the Move, where the Navigation controller is used to control the movement of the character, while the Move itself controls the weapon.

iWonder: "Fishing on the Move" by Snuggler

A GOOD fishing sim using the Move would be a must have for me. 

The wand would be a great controller to simulate casting a rod and the genre has been absolutely dismal this gen. 

iWonder: "Back to Hell" by Waggler

What we usually refer to as "augmented reality" is stuff like EyePet: games where our reality is "augmented" by having virtual objects interact with it. That all happens on screen tho, using video feed from the PlayStation Eye camera over which digital imagery is imposed.

Now, how about another way of doing this? How about interacting with game elements which are actually placed in our real world? 

Introducing... iWonder

If you understand the basics of how the PlayStation Move technology works, you also understand how it could enhance current gaming experiences or even create some radically new ones. Actually, chances are you are already thinking about potential applications yourself.

Aren't you?