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Sports Champions (2010)

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Let's Play

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A PlayStation Move developer diary focussing on the Brunswick Pro Bowling game for the new peripheral.

PlayStation Move is a motion-sensing game controller in development for the PlayStation 3 video game console by Sony Computer Entertainment. Consisting of a handheld wand, the controller uses the PlayStation Eye webcam to track the wand's position, and inertial sensors to detect its motion. Originally announced to launch in Spring 2010, PlayStation Move is slated for worldwide release in Fall 2010.

PlayStation Move features an orb at the end which can glow in any of a full range of colors according to the RGB color model using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The colored light serves as an active marker, the position of which can be tracked along the image plane by the PlayStation Eye. The uniform spherical shape and known size of the light also allows the system to simply determine the controller's distance from the PlayStation Eye through the light's image size, thus enabling the controller's position to be tracked in three dimensions with high precision and accuracy.

The sphere-based distance calculation allows the controller to operate with minimal processing lag, as opposed to other camera-based control techniques on the PlayStation 3. A pair of inertial sensors inside the controller, a three-axis linear accelerometer and a three-axis angular rate sensor, are used to track rotation as well as overall motion. The inertial sensors can be used for dead reckoning in cases which the camera tracking is insufficient, such as when the controller is obscured behind the player's back.

As with the standard PlayStation 3 controllers, the PlayStation Move will use Bluetooth 2.0 wireless radio communication, and a rechargeable internal lithium-ion battery. It will feature buttons on the controller, an analog trigger, and vibration-based haptic technology. In addition to providing a tracking reference, the controller's orb light can be used to simulate aesthetic effects, such as the muzzle flash of a gun, or the paint on a brush.

Around 10 games compatible with PlayStation Move will be released in 2010. Currently a number of games have been announced to include support for PlayStation Move, including:

* Ape Escape (working title)
* Echochrome 2 (working title)
* Eccentric Slider (working title)
* Sing and Draw (working title)
* Champions of Time (working title)
* Move Party
* Sports Champions
* SOCOM 4
* Motion Fighters
* The Shoot (working title)
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
* Tower (working title)
* Under Siege

In addition, support for PlayStation Move will be added through software updates to various other titles:

* LittleBigPlanet
* Pain
* Flower
* Hustle Kings
* High Velocity Bowling
* EyePet
* Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition.

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