“Two of the new technical additions we have in PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour is support for the PlayStation Move on PlayStation 3 and Wii MotionPlus support on the Nintendo Wii. The use of both these controllers has allowed us to add exciting additional motion based features, that have never been seen before in a PDC Darts game.
“Both the PlayStation Move and Wii MotionPlus allow us to more accurately capture the player’s gesture movement than we could before. The primary benefit this gives us as developers (beyond a more accurate way of measuring your throw) is that we can now map the controlled player’s hand and arm on screen to accurately reflect the way the respective motion controller is being held and the position of your own arm. Together this combines to create much more of a connection between what the player is physically doing, and what is represented on screen allowing you to ‘feel’ the game by both ‘doing’ and ‘seeing’.
“A couple of unique features to the MotionPlus are the ability to affect the spin and land angle of the dart, through the throwing gesture. Adding spin to the dart results in a small bonus the accuracy, while affecting the land angle is important for the reason described below.
“Professional darts players have a preferred land angle to their dart, which allows them to plan their shots to the board to allow the maximum possible room on the board for that third dart into the Treble Twenty. As there is not much room, and darts can collide with and bounce off of other darts: this is incredibly important to them. In PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour the angle of your Wii MotionPlus controller at the moment of release when you throw your dart, can influence the ‘land angle’ of your dart to the board and therefore the amount of room you have left for subsequent shots. This adds a whole level of realism to the game that has never been present before, and greatly adds to the experience and simulation.
“Regardless of the platform or accessory used, PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour is by far the best iteration in the franchise to date and we hope that you enjoy playing the game as much as we have enjoyed making it!”
PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour is set for release on 26th November 2010 for Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360.
