Before Kinect, Microsoft Had “Exotic” Motion Controllers

In 2010, Microsoft’s Kinect is a motion-sensing camera that requires no control pad. You are, as the marketing goes, the controller. In the beginning, though, things weren’t so fancy. According to a big write-up on the history of Kinect on Wired, in 2007, Xbox boss Don Mattrick had called for a “reimagining of the way…

Don’t Expect That World Of Warcraft Movie Any Time Soon

While Hollywood director Sam Raimi is keen to make a World of Warcraft movie, whether he made it soon was always going to come down to the result of a tussle for his attention between it and another project. And it looks like that other project – Disney’s Oz: The Great And Powerful – has…

This Week’s Madden Moments Are Free

A sponsorship with Verizon Wireless means the three latest “Madden Moments Live” for Week Four of the NFL are 100 percent free. Ordinarily they’re redeemed with Madden Coins, which are earned in online play or purchasable outright. Ordinarily, Madden Moments Live have asked you to rewrite history; two of them this week ask you to…

Sexy Ninja Turtle Costumes

At this very moment, I’m browsing the “sexy costumes” category of an online retailer, wondering what can out-weird the fact that they sell “sexy” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle inspired get ups. Oh, right. This is tonight’s open thread. Sorry. One school of thought contends that any character, any uniform, can be sexy-fied. Their evidence comes…

Have You Seen This Wolf Pup?

Capcom’s official Okami Facebook page is running a giveaway; first three to spot this lost-dog poster in New York will get a plush Chibi. See the page for details on submitting your entry. The phone number is real. It connects to a voice mail asking you to bring Chibi to the address on the poster.…

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Beta Comes To All PlayStation Plus Members

Sony’s PlayStation Plus service moves firmly toward “worth it” today, now that Ubisoft has extended the beta program for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood from “select” subscribers to “every” subscriber. Everyone in the PlayStation Plus camp should now be able to grab the game’s multiplayer demo from the PlayStation Store. If you’re hungry to play some Assassin’s…

Awesome Kicks For Your Xbox Live Avatar

Preordering NBA 2K11 via GameStop delivered a free Chicago Bulls road jersey for your avatar; NBA 2K11 now has six different pairs of classic Air Jordan sneakers to help complete the look. The shoes, for 160 Microsoft Points (or two bucks) are the Air Jordan I, III, IV, VI, XI and XIII, makes that will…

StarCraft II’s Next Episode Still A Good 18 Months Out

Blizzard fans are a patient lot, so the gap between StarCraft II‘s future episodes focusing on the Zerg and Protoss races should be easy going. It’s only going to be about 18 more months before we see the next one. So said Battle.net project director Greg Canessa at GDC Online in Austin, Texas today, according…

Duke Nukem Forever Walks A Fine Line — Of Decency

The studio in charge of Duke Nukem Forever asked that press not film a trailer featuring strippers,”the word f—-ing” in giant letters and an alien getting punched in the balls repeatedly, because it risks a harsh rating. Don’t film the trailer? You mean this one? Randy Pitchford, chief of Gearbox Software, which is now handling…

Halo Waypoint Spawns ‘Apt. 117,’ A Cartoon About Bores & Idiots

The current home of all things Halo, 343 Industries, is working with Powerhouse Animation Studios—responsible for the animation in Risk: Factions—on a new, ongoing Halo-themed animated series dubbed Apt. 117. Maybe you’ll think it’s funny? Maybe not, because Apt. 117 is pitched as “an underwhelming animated series” about “a boring, average guy who lives with…

Club Nintendo Of America Comes Through For Fans

The previously coveted Japanese folding fans—sensu, they call ’em in Japan—offered by Club Nintendo overseas are coming to North America, courtesy of Club Nintendo of America. How much will cost to experience this raw, manual cooling power? Just 300 coins for Club Nintendo members, a pittance for a fan that has Bloopers printed on it.…

Fox News Wonders If NBA Jam Is A Truly Bipartisan Game

EA Sports president Peter Moore appeared on Fox News earlier this day to talk about the unlockable political celebrities in NBA Jam, out now for the Wii, and artfully fielded a question that sounds loaded, considering the source. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comAppearing today on the network’s "Happening Now," Moore pointed out that Bill…

Left Dead 4 Modern Shooter

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: These Are Some Nice Nuts I’m finished playing Dead Rising 2 for a bit, now that the review has run. Now I’m on to modern-day shooters. Our Halo: Reach giveaway wraps up tomorrow. Don’t forget to go through comments and approve new users in that post tonight. Ask Luke to…

Pokemon Black & White Sales Still Super Effective In Japan

Another week, another few hundred thousand copies of Pokemon Black and White snapped up by Japanese gamers. The Nintendo DS game appears to be on track to break the 4 million mark any minute now. The latest Pokemon double release outsold its nearest competitor—K-On! Houkago Live!!, Sega’s music game for the PSP based on the…

Play Paper Football On Your Desktop

Remember paper football? I never learned how to properly fold up the notebook paper into a triangle. My older brother did. We played it on a coffee table given to my great-grandfather by an admiral in the Korean navy. Where was I? “The Paper Triangle Football Game” by Burak Kanber, a flash game he programmed…

NBA Elite 11 Coming This Month — For iPhone 4

EA Sports’ decision to indefinitely delay NBA Elite 11 doesn’t affect plans for the mobile version of the game. It will arrive later this month for iPhone and iPod Touch, and will take advantage of the iPhone 4’s high-quality display. A news release issued yesterday said NBA Elite 11 will feature unlockable legends such as…

Play God Of War III (Again) As Kratos’ Hairier Brother

PSP game God of War: Ghost of Sparta has one more incentive that might convince serious fans to pick up the soon to be released action adventure, the option to play as Kratos’ brother, Deimos, in God of War III. That downloadable skin for the PlayStation 3 game will be available in copies of Ghost…

The New Face Of EVE Online

EVE Online’s character generation is getting a much-needed facelift in next month’s Incursion expansion, paving the way for players to eventually get out of their ships and walk around. So far the paving looks quite fetching, doesn’t it? The Incarna expansion that sees players exiting their spaceships and walking about on space stations isn’t due…

NBA Elite 11 iPhone Screens

This Is The Official PlayStation Move Gun

You want to play a light-gun game with a PlayStation Move, but you want to hold something shaped like a gun. What can you do? You could wield this official Sony PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment. Kotaku had it assembled and disassembled today in New York. The shell will work with any shooting game. Sony’s pushing…