PS3 gets Kinect-like Kung-Fu game

Plus: LBP2 demo! Alien Breed 2! New deals!

News by Robert Purchese Associate Editor

Updated on 8 Dec 2010

There's a curiosity on the PlayStation Store today: a PlayStation Eye game called Kung-Fu Live!.

It's nothing to do with PlayStation Move and looks more akin to something you'd find made for Kinect.

The PlayStation Eye scans your person and transports a mini-you into a side-scrolling world. The gestures you perform relate to super-moves in the game, so if you hold your hands above your head, your character does a multi-metre high back flip; or lift your knee to execute a sliding power-knee attack. The videos on the PlayStation website make it look, well, fun - and responsive.

Other full games arriving today include Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves (only for PS Plus subscribers - everyone else gets it next week) - the Move-enabled 10-level demo for LittleBigPlanet 2 - and Team17's Alien Breed 2: Assault.

Look out for the new outfits for Super Street Fighter IV, the Hazardous add-on for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and the Medal of Honor cheat I mean shortcut Pack 2, too.

Today's full PlayStation Store update, courtesy of the European PlayStation Blog, is listed below this video.

King-Fu Live!

Special Offers (available until 22nd December)

Tank Battles (was £3.99/€4.99 now £0.79/€0.99)
DropLitz (was £7.99/€9.99 now £3.99/€4.99)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood: Old West Map Pack (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (was £7.99/€9.99 now £5.49/€6.99)
PSP: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (was £19.99/€24.99 now £13.99/€17.99)
PSP: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (was £15.99/€19.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
PSP: Splinter Cell Essentials (was £15.99/€19.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
PSP: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator (PSP) (was £23.99/€29.99 now £16.99/€20.99)
Mini: Panda Craze (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.49/€2.99)
Mini: Caterpillar (was £3.99/€4.99 now £2.49/€2.99)

PS3 Demos

Zen Pinball (New Demo)
Saw 2: Flesh and Blood

PS3 Games

Alien Breed 2: Assault (free trial, £7.19/€8.99)
Kung-Fu LIVE! (£10.99/€13.99)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (£23.99/€29.99)
Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves (£4.79/€5.99)
Qlione Evolve (£4.39/€5.49)
High Velocity Bowling Complete (£11.99/€14.99)
NEO GEO Heroes: Ultimate Shooting (£15.99/€19.99) - Out on Tursday, 9th December

PS3 Game Content

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift: Makoto=Nanaya (£4.79/€5.99), Valkenhayn=R=Hellsing (£4.79/€5.99)
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: A Hazardous Reunion Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
Monopoly Streets: World Championship Board (£1.99/€2.49), Cannon Token (£0.79/€0.99), Horse and Rider Token (£0.79/€0.99), Rocking Horse Token (£0.79/€0.99)
My Aquarium: Jellyfish Set (£0.79/€0.99)
Super Street Fighter IV: Super Challengers Pack 2 (£3.19/€3.99)
Medal of Honor: Multiplayer Shortcut Pack (£7.99/€9.99)
ModNation Racers: Sly Cooper Pack (£1.39/€1.99), Santa Pack (£0.79/€0.99), Super Mod Pack (£0.79/€0.99), Winter Bundle Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock: 90s Rock Track Pack (£5.49/€6.99)
Rock Band 3: Queen Extravaganza Pack (£4.99/€7.99), Queen Rock Band 3 Enhanced Pack (£4.99/€7.99)
Rock Band Network: 'Engine' by Wargasm (£0.99/€1.49), 'Guitar Sound' by Ronald Jenkees (£0.99/€1.49), 'Inno a Satana (Live)' by Emperor (£0.99/€1.49), 'Redemption' by Andy Timmons (£0.99/€1.49), 'White Heat' by Cetan Clawson (£0.99/€1.49)

PSP Games