I just stepped into the future of gaming. Well, that's not quite correct. I sampled one possible future: the one where you can take the power of your entire gaming PC absolutely anywhere.
Launching for iOS and Android phones and tablets on November 13 in North America (22 in Europe), the free official PlayStation App adds almost as much functionality to the PlayStation 4 as the day one patch.
Playing a Doctor Who Wii game with a Wii-Remote could be fun. This is better.
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All of the details can be found on Pocket-Lint.com
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Black versions of the Wii remote and nunchuk will go on sale on Nov. 16, Nintendo announced this morning.
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The Wii ships with a free tennis game bundled in with a clutch of other sports titles, so how can you convince Nintendo gamers they should spend more money on a stand alone tennis title?
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The Energizer Inductive Charging System is a neat little Wii remote charger that can charge your controller whether it sports a silicon jacket or Wii Motion Plus add-on.
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Earlier today Nintendo announced that they would start selling the MotionPlus snap-on for their Wii remotes on June 8, for $20 a pop.
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The Boston Globe has a short but sweet piece in their paper today about the man behind the Nintendo Wii hack that turns a remote into a wireless foot pedal of sorts.
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Rather than rely on a controller add-on or a full blue tooth keyboard, Success HK has just released a 3-in-1 wireless keyboard controller that provides a more convenient way to navigate PlayStation Home.
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Digitimes is reporting that Nintendo has placed extra orders with InvenSense, its component supplier, in preparation for a jump in Wii sales.
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As my son said when he caught a gander at these hacks, "This is really cool!"
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I just ran by the Nyko meeting rooms to find out about their Wii Remote Charging Station. That's the thing that comes with replacement rechargeable batteries and allows you to dock your remotes in a holder to charge them when not playing. Personally I find mine irreplaceable, mostly because I can never remember to…
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Lets get to what everyone is thinking first: No the Wii version of Samba de Amigo shown this week did not have Maraca-shaped Wii remotes. But that doesn't mean they aren't coming.
I have no idea how it feels, but Nyko's Perfect Shot for the Wii remote certainly looks kick ass. My only issue is that I tend to forget about controllers that I have tucked away in elaborate cases, like the one still sitting dormant in my Guitar Hero controller.
