Oh! Gizmo

By Jonathan Kimak

Aptus Games has recently announced several new games that will be released later this month for the PC. Each game comes with a unique mini-motion controller designed to look like the on screen object in the game. The skateboarding game has a miniature skateboard controller, the baseball game has a controller with a mini bat and ball.

Now while Aptus calls these motion controllers to me they just seem like glorified joysticks, only less functional. There doesn’t appear to be any real motion capture at all.

Screenshots of the games look rather low-res so I’d suggest waiting until the games are released and quickly sent to the dollar bin before even considering buying any of these.

[ Aptus Game Controllers ] VIA [ Everything USB ]

By Jonathan Kimak

Sony has announced that it will release a 1:1 motion capture sword game in time for Christmas. The game will work with the popular EyeToy camera. Players will have a fluorescent-green sword that they can swing around and have their on screen character perform the same moves precisely.

As you advance in the game the sword will gain more powers. And if you place the sword behind your back you dim the light of the sword so that monsters have a harder time of finding you.

This is being released for the Playstation 2 and has a chance of becoming a big seller due to the fact that millions of people still have(and enjoy) the PS2 and a Christmas release means this will be out months before the Wii Motion-Plus.

[ Dark Zero ] VIA [ Engadget ]