In a move to further confirm the assumptions of jocks and parents world-round, Sony has patented a controller that looks like some sort of a cross between a Star Trek phaser and a novelty item for children that you see in magazines that sell cheap Chinese crap designed to waste batteries and break. To further engender the lusty gaze of Star Trek fans you can slap the controllers together to make something that looks sort of like a Bat'leth. (Please note that I put a considerable amount of time into finding out the name of that weapon... I can assure you that I've never spent this much time looking up a Star Trek related item that didn't involve 7 of 9 porn.)

All derisive comments aside, this looks like a really neat piece of kit. It can sense like 58 billion things like relative motion, and everything else that the Wii remote can't even come close to doing. Additionally, since it teams up with the PlayStation Eye it can sense body and facial motion. All-in-all, it looks as if Sony could have something amazing on their hands if they can bring it out for a reasonable price, and supply a constant stream of quality software based on the technology including third party support.

Ratchet & Clank: meet Gorgeous on your new PS3.

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Insomniac Games has announced a new title for the next Ratchet & Clank title in the series.

The game will be entitled, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Brian Allgeier, design director said, "The name Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction works on many levels. It signals a new era for the franchise, ties into the game's story, and includes one of our signature subtitle double entendres."

“This exciting new relationship permits us to introduce an entirely new level of strategy game play to the North American marketplace,” said Pro Sotos, Manager of Business Development at Strategy First. “You are immersed in a real-war experience without the need of tedious resource management, and the voice control option allows you to react immediately to changing circumstances.”

Uros Rogulja, Chief Operating Officer of Gameyus, said: "We’re very happy to be working with Strategy First to bring Alliance Future Combat to North American strategy fans. Strategy First, like us, always focus on innovative strategy titles that provide gamers with a new and challenging experience. We believe “Alliance” will satisfy even the most demanding strategy fans, and we say that because everybody in our team is an avid gamer as well. We invite all fans to let us know what they think of Alliance, and to send us their suggestions for our future titles."

No word on a release date.

This review was originally published on Gaming Horizon, GameBump's predecessor. Its format does not match our own but we support its content. It was written by Chuck Landry.

The team over at Free Radical would have a hard time shaking the title “the makers of Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64.” But if your development studio had that label, would you mind? Of course not – because Goldeneye (developed by Rare employees who later broke off to create Free Radical) is generally accepted as the best N64 game that ever was. The reason I mention this is that everybody who’s anybody has played Goldeneye at some time (if not, go find a used N64 and a copy). Therefore, everybody should have a good idea of how the Timesplitters series plays once it’s in your hands. Timesplitters: Future Perfect is the third in the series that began on the PS2, and is essentially very much like the famous 007 game in terms of the controls, pace, and core gameplay mechanics.

Of course, Timesplitters doesn’t follow the exploits of an agent of espionage. Instead it revolves around Sergeant Cortez – space marine extraordinaire. Cortez is always trying to keep the time crystals away from evil mutant monsters called (you guessed it) timesplitters. Each Timespliiters game sends players back and forth through different eras on a mission to collect the time crystals before they fall into the wrong hands. These are first-person shooter games that are fast, colorful, and frantic – and most importantly never take themselves too seriously.

Timesplitters: Future Perfect is the third game in the series, and while it will be familiar to veterans of the sequence, it does add a few twists to the gameplay experience. For one thing, past games had players take control of characters living in each particular time period, taking on their forms. In the newest game, players will be Cortez throughout the entire story. But don’t fret – that doesn’t mean the game isn’t chock full of quirky new characters that will assist you (or defy you). In fact, don’t be surprised to see plenty of cameos from returning favorites like Harry Tipper (Austin Powers wannabe) and Khallos (cat-stroking maniacal fool bent on world domination). And monkeys.

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