GDC 2010: PlayStation Move Gets First Wii Port

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With the obvious similarities between the Wii and Sony's recently announced Move, you may have been wondering how long before Wii games would be ported to the PS3. Not long, in fact, just a few hours. Warner Bros has announced that The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest will be making an appearance on the PlayStation 3. We talked about this briefly in our podcast, and yes we have one. The full press release can be found below.

Burbank, Calif. – March 10, 2010 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, The Saul Zaentz Company and New Line Productions, Inc. announce today that The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest videogame will launch on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system with full support for PlayStation's upcoming motion controller technology at the controller’s launch. This family-friendly action-adventure game, based on the films and literature of The  Lord of the Rings trilogy, will ship in fall 2010 for the PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ system.

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In The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest videogame, players become the legendary hero Aragorn and relive his most daring battles from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The action-packed sword, bow and horseback adventures will be enhanced for players of all ages through high-quality graphics and gameplay created especially for the PlayStation 3 system. Utilizing PlayStation's upcoming motion controller for precision through mastery, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest videogame engages players with intuitive motion-control gameplay where every controller gesture instantly and accurately translates to weapon strikes in the game. Exclusively for the PlayStation 3 system and Wii, two-player motion controlled co-op gameplay featuring Gandalf allows kids, families and friends to battle side-by-side in the heart of the action.

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest videogame will feature the voice talents of actor Sean Astin (Rudy, The Goonies, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and actor and vocal artist John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy). Both Astin and Rhys-Davies will reprise their on-screen roles of Samwise Gamgee and Gimli. The game also showcases original in-game music tracks along with music from The Lord of the Rings film scores created by composer HowardShore.

The release of The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest videogame will be preceded by two highly anticipated The Lord of the Rings home entertainment offerings as well as collectible merchandise. Warner Home Video will launch Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy on Blu-ray Disc April 6, 2010 as The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy. The set will also be available day and date on Video on Demand from cable and satellite providers. The literal adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings Animated Version will be released in an all-new Deluxe Edition on Blu-ray Disc for the first time on April 13, 2010.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products has teamed up with top licensees Games Workshop Ltd., Tonner Doll Company, Inc., Sideshow Collectibles, The Noble Collection, WETA, Pez Candy, Funko, LLC, Bioworld Merchandising Inc. and WMS Gaming to create an array of merchandise supporting The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, including apparel and accessories, novelties and collectibles, stationery and paper goods, toys and games.

The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is developed for Wii by Headstrong Games and for the PlayStation 3 system, PlayStation 2 system, PSP system and Nintendo DS by TT Fusion. For more information visit www.aragornsquest.com.


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wii cheats (not verified)
Tue, 2010-03-16 21:40

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chris (not verified)
Fri, 2010-03-12 01:09

yay now we get the crappy games too! i'm so very excited!!!

Antman217 (not verified)
Thu, 2010-03-11 22:06

maybe they will update the graphics of the wii games and hopefully make them way better and this will probably end the wii forever!... or maybe not lol.

saiyn (not verified)
Thu, 2010-03-11 19:59

Ok, so it's gonna be a Wii port, I've got the doubth if they are going to make a sh*t port making the playstation Move to work at the level of Wii mote, without make use of all it's precision converting it into a very casual experience, OOOOR will they make a re-mastering in the control side to make all the use of the precision from the Playstation Move capeabilities. Of course, for the companies, the easiest is to make a sh*t port, but for the players, that would only mean "don't expect good games for this new sh*t controller". What's gonna be the reality of these port games? One more note: ¿So natal is going to continue making that stupid demo of the avatar hiting upcoming balls or they're going to show us real, or at least, a "little funny" game, if they have it of course?.

TfnJ (not verified)
Thu, 2010-03-11 12:32

Hear comes the crap...

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