EyePet: Virtual Pets have never been more realistic

And cuter! EyePet is a game on PS3 that makes use of the PlayStation Eye (a webcam peripheral, successor to EyeToy).

This game is all about having fun with a creature that’s little, cute, adorable, funny, energetic, playful… You get the point. I’m still not sure what it is (I mean, what’s a simian? And what mammal comes from an egg?) but, this thing is better than any Tamagotchi, Nintendog or Milo.

It’s very interactive and you can:

• move your arm towards it or roll a virtual ball at it and it will leap over it
• pet it, scratch it, poke it or tickle it
• surprise it by clapping your hands

The possibilities are endless. And did I mention that you can play dress up with it?

EyePet has already been released in Europe and Australia (we got it on October 27!). Details of a certain US release is vague since the release date has been pushed back to the early half of 2010.

Bad luck guys. In the mean time, satisfy your EyePet-ly needs at the EyePet website. There are wallpapers, a game called High Flyer and all kinds of other good stuff.

Check out the video to see this thing in action! N.B. When you see the girl playing with the EyePet, that’s actually what you see on the TV screen. Cool huh?