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Wait, There’s A 120GB Xbox 360 Slim? [Update]
At E3 earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled a new 250GB Xbox 360. According to a report on Giant Bomb, there’s also a secret 120GB version available. Popping down to a local Best Buy to pick up one of the new consoles, Tested.com’s Will Smith was charged $279 for his 360, not the $299 it should…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2010 -
How Does The New Xbox 360 Perform Compared To The Old One?
In broad terms, the new Xbox 360 “S” model is the same as the previous console; it plays the same games, does the same stuff. But under the hood, there have been changes, and mostly for the better. AnandTech have put the new Xbox to the test, comparing it to three previous iterations of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Pac-Man Might Get A New Cartoon Series
There was a Pac-Man cartoon series in the 1980s. All things considered, it wasn’t that bad! Now, Namco Bandai wants to make a new series. For the 21st century. Avi Arad, former Marvel Studios CEO, has a pitch to reinvent the arcade hero in a new 3D series, which would see Pac-Man – a high…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Want To See What 3DS Games Look Like In 3D?
Sadly, there are no official videos of the Nintendo 3DS in its full three-dimensional glory. Instead, we’ll have to watch fake ones! The game may be fake, but the 3D effect is real, so grab a pair of glasses and pretend it’s actually Mario Kart. Actually, don’t. Freddie Kart Super Circuit looks way better. Thank…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
A Black & Red PSP For The God Of War Fans Out There
Buried inside Sony’s press packs for this year’s E3 is this black & red PSP-3000, which will form part of a bundle to coincide with the release of God of War: Ghost of Sparta. I think it would be better as a bundle to coincide with the A-Team. Or old Air Jordans.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
E3 Recap: Day Three
Day three of E3 saw the flood of big news slow to a trickle, giving us all time to sit down and spend some quality times with the games on the showroom floor. Some of these impressions were posted today, others are to come in the days ahead, so stay tuned over the weekend for…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Burger King Returns To The 360, This Time For Kinect
Burker King’s cheap 360 games a few years back were a surprise success. Now that Kinect is due in stores for the holiday season, the food giant wants to take a second bite of the Xbox market. While exact details on the style or number of games aren’t being disclosed until later in the year,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Gran Turismo 5’s Most Beautiful Screenshots Yet
Yes, the actual game never looks this good. That’s how it’s always been with Gran Turismo, and it’s how it will be with Gran Turismo 5. Just think of these as great pictures and we’ll get along just fine. These shots highlight the game’s Italian and Spanish tracks, the Top Gear test track from the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Darksiders 2 Coming In 2012
Darksiders, one of the surprise hits of 2010, has done enough to deserve a sequel, publishers THQ revealing this week that Darksiders 2 will be out in 2012. That’s a while away, I know, but it’s also enough time to do a proper sequel, not your standard “crank out a new story on the same…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
A Closer Look At PlayStation Move’s Plastic Gun
That PlayStation Move gun sure looks…interesting, doesn’t it? I can see the reason it exists. As the Wii has shown, this kind of motion control is calling out for shooting titles. But does it have to look like an old prop from Star Trek: The Next Generation?
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Counter-Strike Source Hits Mac Next Week
It’s been nearly six years since Counter-Strike: Source, a fancy revamp of the original Counter-Strike, was released on PC. Next week, Macs will finally get in on the action. Valve says today that, despite the hustle and bustle of E3, there’s obviously enough lackeys left behind at the company’s headquarters to work on getting the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
OnLive Goes Live, Did You Sign Up?
OnLive is either the future of video gaming come early, or snake oil dressed as cloud computing. What will determine which it ends up being is up to you, the user, and with the service now live, is anyone using? The switch on the service was flicked earlier today, meaning anyone that wants to use…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
The 3DS Also Has A Pimp Range
While we’ve seen pictures of the Nintendo 3DS in black, red and blue, there are two other colours on display on E3’s showroom floor: a garish shade of orange, and a garish shade of purple. They look more like the kind of colours Sony would use on a Japan-exclusive PSP, but then seeing as these…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010 -
Unreal Engine Puts BP Oil Spill Into Perspective
Initial estimates had the amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico at 25,000 barrels a day. This clip, made using the same engine that powers many of today’s biggest games, shows how much oil that really is. And that’s only 25,000. When you consider that, a few months later, the best guess is…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2010
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