Sony lists internal wand launch projects

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 September, 2009

Echochrome 2! Ape Escape! Bowling.

As well as promising Resident Evil 5: Director's Cut and LittleBigPlanet support for the PS3's wand motion controller, Sony today revealed a list of launch games being developed internally to make use of it.

They are: Ape Escape, Echochrome 2, Eccentric Slider, Sling and Draw, Champions of Time, Motion Party, The Shoot, Tower, PAIN, Flower, Hustle Kings, High Velocity Bowling and EyePet. Some of those are on the market already of course, suggesting we'll see patches via PSN, and some of the others sound like extensions of technical demos showcased at E3.

The motion controller is due out in spring 2010 and features two motion sensors, a three-axes gyroscope, three-axes accelerometer, a rechargeable battery and Bluetooth connection to the PS3, and a bit of rumble. It requires the PlayStation Eye camera to play, as it works in conjunction with the big-headed little peripheral.

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  • rayk2099 #1 2 years ago

    :)

  • El_MUERkO #2 2 years ago

    ape escape, the first game to use the playstations new analogue controllers and now the first to use it's dildo controller, apes are always at the forefront of technology, they even got into space ahead of us

  • the_dudefather #3 2 years ago

    Hope one of theme is a skeleton killing game like that one from E3

  • X201 #4 2 years ago

    Flower will be a perfect fit for it.

  • samaran #5 2 years ago

    wow, i sure can't wait for motion party

  • TopKatt #6 2 years ago

    I just can't get excited about either this or Natal. Hopefully I'll be proved wrong but at the moment I'm clinging onto my gamepad for dear life.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #7 2 years ago

    It still doesn't sound to me like they've got a killer app in there. Nothing sounds like it's going to sell the technology like Wii Sports or Fit does, or even Eyetoy Play did, and there's no high profile dedicated project from a Core games developer like Milo and Kate.

  • woodnotes #8 2 years ago

    @ samaran: what is this Motion Party you speak of?

  • chrisjm #9 2 years ago

    bowling? just bowling? not monkey bowling?
    dissapointed.

  • woodnotes #10 2 years ago

    It's the bowling game that's been on PSN for the past couple of years, just with a patch.

  • Mkwone #11 2 years ago

    Hmm, obviously early days but i was hoping for something a bit more interesting.

    Hopefully when we've got more info it might putaside my fears. But PAIN, Bowling, Flower are all well and good, but it's fairly similar to the wii's mini games.

    LBP and ape escape are the ones that most interst me. I wonder if any of the demos the showed at E3 will turn into full games. Quite liked the idea of commanding a toy army. :D

  • albertofustinoni #12 2 years ago

    Sigh, they just had to completely ruin the Ape Escape series, didn't they? I've been waiting for another entry as good as the first one for so long...

  • Spunkweazle #13 2 years ago

    I Really dont like the idea of an "Internal Wand", i am quite anal about my gaming but that is just taking it too literaly

  • moggsy #14 2 years ago

    So, Eye Toy+ then with a bit of Wii Motion in there for good measure?

    Natal's tech is very far in advance of this.
    Edited by 1 at 24/09/09 @ 11:36

  • bigjimbeef #15 2 years ago

    I like the sound of Tower. Yep.

  • dredd97 #16 2 years ago

    natal is not that far advanced as this.. the eye toys seems to be able to do everything natal is 'going' to do once coupled with the wand...

  • Shinetop #17 2 years ago

    "natal is bollocks. you need something to physically hold and press. waving about or pretending to hold/grab stuff wont be intuitive. "

    Yes, because dear god, everyone knows that it becomes impossible to actually hold a physical object when a camera is pointed at you.

  • davisorle #18 2 years ago

    If you so cant wait you can buy a Wii ya know. Been out for years and doesnt need a camera neither to buy extra the camera and wands. Wiimotes come along with the wii. There you have your motion parties with shitloads of games to use them with... ffs If it wasn't for the wand you would never know what motion control is or better.... I was right about the original PS3 controler's motion control being a dissaster and dropped for the better at least rumble :) Some live and never learn. Thank god some of us know what to expect at least. :p

  • makeamazing #19 2 years ago

    Ive got a wii, a PS3 and an Xbox, so i have all controllers :)

    I like the wii controller, but got totally bored of the Nintendo type games and the thing that really swung it was the lack of high quality graphics. I brought it originally because of the controller, I knew the graphics werent as strong and in the beginning it didnt matter, but over time i thought I am missing out on high quality AAA games - both from style and visuals. For me I cant say that the nintendo games are my cup of tea, perhaps its their style or age range i dont know. The kids still love playing it.

    @Donnie, you do know the only people generally making money out of the Wii is Nintendo, most 3rd Parties dont. This does not bode well for the long term of the console. It can sell a gazzillion consoles but if the only people making games are those that can do it cheaply and Nintendo, then many people are going to be disappointed. This might be even more costly for developers if/when Wii goes HD.. if its easy to develop a game from the Xbox and PS3, then it will be fine the cost wont be an issue, but I dont see developers rushing to make a AAA high quality HD game for the Wii alone. Also who is going to buy a Wii 2, yes the nintendo hardcore, but not all these people that went out and purchase it for Wii fit alone etc.

    As for the Wands, I'm not convinced by it yet, and the list of games that it supports is not Anything amazing. The camera, well that will be in more homes when Eye Pet comes out, so the cost will be reduced over time for people (they wont have to buy in one go). I also dont like the idea of holding a sixaxis in one hand a wand in another, but we shall see what happens as its not out yet.

  • dadrester #20 2 years ago

    have sony detailed anything on the games we haven't heard of before? Eccentric Slider, Sling and Draw, Champions of Time, Motion Party, The Shoot and Tower

  • Geordiemp #21 2 years ago

    In the covering article, from what I can see, is the tease :

    " sign of a secret blood oath involving a serrated DualShock "

    See, in Spring, it suggests split the dual shock in half, use the analogue left bit with the wand.

    HD graphics, higher accuracy pointer, wii style point and shoot - Maybe we will get a proper star wars light saber one day...

  • Skooch #22 2 years ago

    "natal is not that far advanced as this.. the eye toys seems to be able to do everything natal is 'going' to do once coupled with the wand... "

    @ dredd97 - I am guessing that '97 was your year of birth and that you are only 12yrs old, as such a silly comment couldn't have come from anyone with any maturity or knowledge of the topic.

    edit: typo.
    Edited by 1 at 25/09/09 @ 12:34