Killzone 3 limited "Helghast Edition" revealed (along with plenty of pre-order bonuses...)

Sony and Guerrilla Games have today revealed that on February 22 two versions of Killzone 3 will be released: a regular one for $59.99 and a limited one known as the "Helghast Edition" and retailing for $129.99. 

As reported a few days ago exclusively by iWaggle3D, besides the Helghast helmet, a Cloaking Helghast Marksman action figure will be in the pack as well (created by DC Unlimited). Pre-order bonuses are also on offer.

New details on Move support in The Sly Collection

We knew since July that the PlayStation Move support in The Sly Collection was going to be limited to some mini-games. Today, Sony has revealed a little bit more about those, whilst confirming 3D support throughout all the 3 games (and mini-games) included in the collection, as well as announcing a solid release date for North America: November 9th (at $39.99).

PlayStation Move third party accessories tour Chapter 4 of 4: Grips and stuff

Guns? Check. Swords? Check. Chargers? Check. Having covered all of the above categories it's time to take a look at the last but not least important PlayStation Move accessories of our tour: the grips, the straps and the camera TV clips. Basically all the stuff that helps in protecting our PlayStation Move paraphernalia.   

First Universal 3D Shutter Glasses to debut soon

Just a few days ago I published an article offering some ideas about how to ease mainstream adoption of 3D shutter glasses technology. The first, most important proposition I made was to come up with a standard that would allow glasses cross-compatibility across different TV brands whilst laying the foundations of a third party market. Which then again would help in bringing down the average price of the glasses.

Well, guess what? Turns out my call for a standard was already made by some entity slightly more relevant than iWaggle3D. Not only that, but the first universal 3D shutter glasses are coming out this very month. With more to follow throughout the year.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Stereoscopic 3D Q&A

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you should be aware that the upcoming Call of Duty: Block Ops will feature a stereoscopic 3D mode. On every system. 

Senior Manager IT at Treyarch, Robert Sanchez, was kind enough to answer some of my questions on the subject.

Poll of the Week (October 25th to October 31st)

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5 ways Sony could improve 3D glasses reputation

Ask any "3D hater" what he actually hates about this whole 3D fever, and the first thing he will mention is probably going to be the glasses (quickly followed by arguments related to pricing and health issues). After all, that's what Nintendo itself identified as the main barrier to 3D adoption. "It's the glasses...", remember? (@ 11:41)

PlayStation Move Heroes developer walkthrough shows some... frisbee action (sort of)

The US PlayStation Blog has published a video developer walkthrough about the recently renamed and Move exclusive action-adventure game PlayStation Move Heroes (previously known under the tentative title of "Heroes on the Move"). 

Sony sells 2.5 million PlayStation Move motion controllers to western retailers

Last week, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss Andrew House stated that "about 1.5 million" PlayStation Move had been sold in Europe. Today, SCEA representatives Jack Tretton (President and CEO) and John Koller (director of hardware marketing) have gone on record about the performance of the device in the American regions during its first 30 days on the market.

PlayStation Move third party accessories tour Chapter 3 of 4: Chargers and stuff

As you can guess by the title, this chapter focuses on the charging stations currently available for the PlayStation Move set. And man, are third party manufacturers in love with this sort of equipment. Besides the official Charging Station, in fact, there are more than 20 alternatives out there!

RUMOR | Helghast goggles and Scout figurine coming with Killzone 3 special editions

A work in progress (as you can tell from the placeholder Latin descriptions) and probably not meant to go live yet page over at the official Killzone 3 website lists 3 different editions of the game for pre-order. All of them seem to be offering the very same bonus content (Blood and Thunder Map Pack, 10 euro [Retailer] Gift Card, Helghast Goggles), which is obviously a mistake. But wait, there is more. 

VIDEO | iWatch: A closer look at the Charging Station

Being able to charge the PlayStation Move by simply plugging it into any USB port is nice and all, but it's not really as practical as doing the same with a DualShock 3. The reason being, you can't really play with it while it's charging. 

Of course there are different means to overcome this little inconvenient, but perhaps it's worth considering the purchase of a dedicated charging station. 

Poll of the Week (October 18th to October 24th)

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PlayStation Move third party accessories tour Chapter 2 of 4: Swords and stuff

Welcome to the second part of our trip across the plastic lands of the third party accessories for the PlayStation Move. In this chapter we are going to take a look at those attachments that don't involve shooting, but rather actions like slashing, swinging, turning or punching. 

Yep, it's time to get physical. 

PlayStation Move third party accessories tour Chapter 1 of 4: Guns and stuff

Three months ago I published an article about the first 3rd party accessories being developed for the yet to be released PlayStation Move. Since then, the catalog has grown exponentially, to the point that it can easily take a couple of days of Google searching to build a comprehensive knowledge of all that is currently available out there. No sane person would do that, right? Well...

Virtua Tennis 4 will support different control methods

Talking about Virtua Tennis 4 to the great people over at DualShockers, Sega representative Fabian Doehla confirmed the game will support all sorts of alternative control methods beyond the already known Move only solution, allowing to use the Navigation Controller to move you character around as you swing the racket with the Move as well as to ditch both and just play with a traditional DualShock 3 controller. 

Japanese PlayStation Move launch commercials

Curious to see how Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is promoting the PlayStation Move launch on Japanese television? Good, because here is a collection of all the ads being aired right now for you to enjoy. Mind you there is a lot of Beat Sketch! love in these ads, which makes sense as that's the first party game Sony decided to bundle with the PlayStation Move. Someone at SCEI must be quite addicted to it.

About 1.5 million PlayStation Move sold in Europe

During an interview conducted by Bloomberg, head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Andrew House, revealed some quite good sales numbers with regard to the PlayStation Move performance in Europe.

Japanese PlayStation Move launch recap

As the PlayStation Move draws near in Japan (less than a week till launch now), perhaps it's a good time to summarize what our fellas over there will be getting on October 21st in a single, handy post. 

VIDEO | iWatch: SOCOM 4 WIP Demo

In the wake of my recent video analysis of the first PlayStation Move enabled online shooter MAG, here is another Zipper production being put under close inspection: the highly anticipated and sadly delayed (to early next year) SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs! 

Poll of the Week (October 11th to October 17th)

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SOCOM 4 will support stereoscopic 3D

You might have read about this already, but yeah, SOCOM 4 is indeed going to be supporting stereoscopic 3D mode alongside the PlayStation Move motion controller. 

VIDEO | iWatch: A closer look at the Navigation controller

I know I'm a bit late to the party with this, but finding a Navigation controller ain't easy these early days. In fact, it seems to be a very rare bit of equipment as Sony is apparently distributing it to retail with a ratio of 1 every 40 PlayStation Move Starter Packs. Or something like that, a trusted source told me.

About Flight Control HD music not looping... [UPDATED]

Isn't it annoying when the rather nice and fitting Flight Control HD music ends during gameplay, leaving you with just the sound effects? Yeah, it is. We have contacted developer Firemint for an explanation and to investigate about a possible via-patch solution.

[UPDATE] Should have done my homework before asking since PSNStores already did and got the answer. Which reads as follows: 

"Since some people play for hours and hours, we’re pretty sure they would get sick of it. This way it's a short, sweet melody to welcome you back every time you play!"

Fair enough. Here are a couple of suggestions about how to deal with it anyway.

VIDEO | iWatch: MAG 2.0

Finally! The iWatch video you have all been asking (and patiently waiting) for since the release of the MAG update 2.0 is finally live, coming with an analysis of the new PlayStation Move control system and plenty of actual online warfare action. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops goes 3D

Yep. Another day, another game going 3D. This time around it's the next Call of Duty game by Treyarch, Black Ops, which will be released in November. 

Poll of the Week (October 3rd to October 10th)

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iWin | Flight Control HD

Pay attention followers. You like free games don't you? Good, because that's exactly what you might be getting by participating to the herewith debuting iWin contest! 

VIDEO | iWatch: PlayStation Move Vs Calibration

Following my "Calibrating Hues: How the PlayStation Move knows where it is" article posted about a week ago, here his the promised iWatch version of it, describing the inner workings of the PlayStation Move relative to the device start-up calibration process.