Sorcery casts spell on PS3 gamers
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“Sorcery has remained on of the most eagerly anticipated titles for PlayStation 3 since it was first announced and we’re thrilled to offer this unique title to gamers everywhere today,” Guy Longworth, Senior Vice President, PlayStation Brand Marketing said in a statement to the media. “Built from the ground up with PlayStation Move in mind from the beginning, Sorcery takes full advantage of our motion controller’s precision to provide a compelling game experience that is sure to capture the imaginations of players of all ages.”
The latest addition to the PlayStation®Move Motion Controller software lineup makes magic real for gamers. With today’s North American launch of Sorcery
, a single player action adventure game for everyone, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) is putting the power to cast and control powerful magic spells and conjurations in the Faerie Kingdoms directly into players hands.
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In the Sorcery universe, the Nightmare Queen has broken an ancient pact with humanity and threatens to spread an eternal night over the world. The player, a young sorcerer’s apprentice named Finn, must stop her by mastering the arcane arts needed to fight back the foul and magical creatures now stalking the realm.
As the story begins, Erline (a talking cat who belongs to Dash, Finn’s mentor) talks Finn into accompanying her to the land of the dead. She expects him to run away in fear at his first ghost sighting, instead Finn discovers he’s a natural born spell-caster, just as he’s always suspected. Together with Finn, Sorcery players can explore five unique realms, encounter a multitude of enemies, solve ingenious puzzles, learn powerful spells and craft strange potions as they work to save the Sorcery-verse for a future of eternal night!
The Sorcery feature set begins with the PlayStation Move motion controller, which players use as a magic wand to cast extraordinary spell, brew enchanted elixirs, solve puzzles and defeat the dark forces of the Nightmare Queen. The gesture-based casting system allows users to chain together basic spells into powerful combinations - freeze and shatter enemies, electrocute them by calling down lightening or incinerate them in a firestorm. Players can also collect magic items, learn new spells and concoct upgrade potions to turn the humble apprentice Finn into an unstoppable magic force.