1080p PS Move Top Darts revealed

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 3 December, 2010

Coming to PlayStation Network this Christmas.

Sony's announced Top Darts, a 1080p PlayStation Move game due out this Christmas on PlayStation Network for £6.29 / €7.99.

Wait, that's right around the corner!

On the US PlayStation Blog Sony Computer Entertainment America associate producer Michael Pulst describes Top Darts as a "realistic" darts game, but newcomers are welcome.

It's got 501, Around the Clock and Cricket (no, not that Cricket). Check out the first shiny screenshots below.

Up to eight people can play in multiplayer. If you're on your lonesome, League and Cup modes should keep you busy. That and commentary from Sid Waddell.

Of course the most interesting thing about Top Darts is the ability to play using the Move controller. Just don't let go.

On the EU PlayStation Blog, Mark McGinley, senior producer at developer XDev Studio Europe, explained further.

"The game's controls have been specially designed to take advantage of the three dimensional depth and precision of the PlayStation Move and the interaction between player and dart is better than any darts game you've ever played before," McGinley said.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • bladdard #1 1 year ago

    I love the darts game in Wii super mokey ball and I'm getting move for Christmas. Life is full of win!

    Now back to work. :o(

  • WiseGuy #2 1 year ago

    This is my territory, be on your way!

  • HisDudness #3 1 year ago

    Ladies and gentlemen, I present your "killer app".

    Now you can save money by drinking at home and not waiting in line for those bastards hogging the dart board at your local.

  • StooMonster #4 1 year ago

    "Realistic"? Isn't darts too hard for most people, if it's 'realistic', let alone the casual crowd? Methinks it might not be that realistic.

    One might think it's easier without beer, but it's not (I tried playing the other week).

  • tossetaz #5 1 year ago

    I love how they announce this motion controller game as a 1080p game considering if you have a 40" tv and position yourself more than 1.8 metres from the tv your eyes physically can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p.
    Edited by tossetaz at 03/12/10 @ 10:02

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #6 1 year ago

    Isn't darts too hard for most people?

    In real life, darts can me made easier or more difficult by adjusting the proximity of the target.

  • ThePissartist #7 1 year ago

    1080p I guess should be easy for a game that doesn't exactly contain much detail.

    I was thinking; as the PS-Eye can capture video at 60fps, that means that it'll have no problems with a 60fps game. Though Kinect (which I own) won't be able to play 60fps game quite so well? If you remember the Force Unleashed 2 frame upscaler, the character's motion capture was 30fps and that causes issues with the added interim frames. Presumably the same problem would be true for Kinect.

    Are we ever going to get a 60fps Kinect game?

  • bladdard #8 1 year ago

    I hope it's not too realisitic, I don't know how many times my tv screen could handle have the move controller thrown at it.

  • Sausagechaos #9 1 year ago

    @bladdard- that's why it's got a squishy end.

  • Fab4 #10 1 year ago

    Darts isnt that hard a game. Yes, its difficult to be consistently good because of the mental side of things, but the basic mechanics are pretty simple to master.

  • Bonders99 #11 1 year ago

    I'm rubbish at darts. If I were playing in a convent I'd get "One Nun Dead and Eiiiighty".... Sorry couldn't resist the old lame joke for a Friday

  • Toothball #12 1 year ago

    Don't get me wrong, I like it when things are made in 1080p. It just seems like a strange selling point for a darts game. I can see it as a tick on the back of the box, but for it to be included in the headline makes it sound like there's not much else on offer. It's like when DVDs are advertised as having interactive menus as a feature. Things have moved on a bit now for it to be a selling point.

  • 00.00.01 #13 1 year ago

    Surely a real darts board and some darts are cheaper than a Move-controller and this game.

  • StooMonster #14 1 year ago

    @Mentalist(air)

    In the olden days I used to be able to play pool too, these days can barely hit a dart board no matter how far away; lack of practice methinks. =O)

  • Doctor_What #15 1 year ago

    @The PissArtist: That would be a little pointless - doesn't the Kinect sample at 30fps? (I might be wrong - I'm just remembering some blurb I read while it was being developed, it may have improved before release.)

    Anyway, on topic:

    Didn't a Move darts game just come out?

    EDIT: Yep, here it is: http://www.pushsquare.com/21169/pdc-worl...
    Edited by Doctor_What at 03/12/10 @ 11:12

  • ThePissartist #16 1 year ago

    @Doctor_What

    Exactly the point I was trying to make.

  • xentar #17 1 year ago

    its bad. really. it is quote precise and intuitive, almost, but once again the presentation is awful, extremely awful. Not mediocre as with Sports Champions but bad, bad, bad... And yes, i played it. and no, it is not realistic in the real sense, you need to aim first pointing with move and pushing button so the game remembers your target, then you throw a dart in the real life-like motion and depending on how you perform the throw it calculates what you hit

  • Rufus #18 1 year ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clv0S--z4p0

  • cowell #19 1 year ago

    1080p darts?! Is it not feasible not deliver 1080p on full blown games that people might actually see a major benefit of 1080p?

  • Dizzy #20 1 year ago

    I have a 1000000p dartsboard in my computer room.

    "you need to aim first pointing with move and pushing button so the game remembers your target, then you throw a dart in the real life-like motion and depending on how you perform the throw it calculates what you hit "

    Ouch... that sounds aweful.
    Edited by Dizzy at 03/12/10 @ 14:25

  • Doctor_What #21 1 year ago

    It does a little shonky, but they seem to like it in the review: "As awkward as holding the PlayStation Move is at first, the controls work really well after a little practice. Not only is the gameplay fun, it’s also extremely accurate."