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  Project Natal Launching This Holiday Season

  It’s always been strongly hinted at, but today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach has confirmed it: Project Natal will be out this “holiday season”. Nothing more specific than that was offered, but we take “holiday season” to be “November”. Guess the motion-sensing peripheral’s other important aspects – namely its…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  CES 2010 Keynote Starring Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer

  Microsoft will kick off CES 2010 with its annual opening keynote, delivered by the energetic Steve Ballmer and presumably with the aide of a few high ranking Microsoft executives. We’re there live, waiting for Project Natal and Xbox Game Room news. In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised to see some more firm dates applied to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2010
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  Motion Control on a New DS — How Might That Work?

  An oblique reference to a DS successor helped turn Satoru Iwata‘s interview with Japan’s leading newspaper into a full-on bombshell. Specifically, the Nintendo chief said such a device must be enabled for motion control. What could they be working on? Motion control in a handheld is trickier proposition because, of course, you’re manipulating the thing…

  By Owen Good Published January 6, 2010
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  Sony Details PSN Expansion To Other Products

  At CES 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment chief Kaz Hirai described long-anticipated plans to unify its PlayStation Network content offerings across its product line – including network enabled Blu-ray players, Sony televisions and PCs. Further, Hirai announced the creation of a new studio specifically to produce content for this type of distribution. The studio will be…

  By Owen Good Published January 6, 2010
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  Sony: Nearly Four Million PlayStation 3’s Sold Over Christmas

  Sony’s Kaz Hirai took to the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier today, and while up there revealed some impressive sales numbers for the PlayStation 3 over the holiday season. According to Sony’s internal numbers, over the five week period running from the end of November to the new year, 3.8…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2010
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  Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Review: The Big Book Of FF Activities

  The Crystal Chronicles continue on the Wii with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, the action-packed third installment of Nintendo’s personal Final Fantasy series. A thousand years after the original Crystal Chronicles the world has changed. The four races are three, with the now dominant plant-like Lilties having defeated the Yuke tribe of machine…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2010
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  LG’s Newest HDTVs Claim “Wii-like” Control Experience

  How can television manufacturer LG Electronics make its latest batch of big black rectangles stand apart from the crowd? While CES is full of bigger-than-last-year TVs and high-def 3D displays, it’s LG’s new “Magic Wand” that intrigues us. The TV maker says that its new LE9500 and PK950 sets “incorporate a unique ‘Magic Wand’ remote…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2010
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  Gentlemiis, Start Your Engines …

  So, the Xbox 360 version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing gets Banjo (and) Kazooie as playable characters. What’s the Wii version offering? Well, you, of course. And by that Sega means Mii. Sega announced on its official blog today that players’ Miis will be part of the racing lineup, likewise taking advantage of special…

  By Owen Good Published January 6, 2010
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  Sony Takes on CES 2010: This Time It’s Personal!!!

  Join us as we sit in on Sony’s Consumer Electronics Show presentation today live in Las Vegas. Join in the chatter and see if Sony brought any bombs or mega bombs with them to the Strip. Click to viewSony CES 2010

  By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2010
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  Mad Catz R.A.T.s Out Premium Cyborg Gaming Mice

  Cybernetic rats may sound like a futuristic threat, but it’s really nothing more than Mad Catz’s new line of premium gaming mice that can be “customized for any grip preference” and make for spectacular product shots. The “key points of contact between the gamer’s hand and the mouse are fully adjustable” touts Mad Catz, which…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2010
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  Microsoft Exec: Project Natal To Be About “Entertainment,” Not Just Games

  In a new internally-produced interview, Microsoft division president Robbie Bach described his company’s 2010 ambitions for the Xbox 360, hyping Halo Reach and Project Natal, the latter which he thinks will turn the “gaming” business into the “interactive entertainment” business. “In terms of Natal, there’s a lot of creativity we’re going to unleash,” Bach said…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 6, 2010
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  Bach Explains To Be Announced Xbox Game Room

  In case we needed further proof of the Xbox Game Room concept, here’s Microsoft’s Robbie Bach explaining exactly what it is, complete with Journey reference.

  By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2010
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  Microsoft To Announce “Xbox Game Room” At CES [Update]

  Today’s Microsoft CES keynote is likely to make mention of the arrival of the Xbox Game Room, a retro-themed game space, at least according to a video interview with Microsoft’s Robbie Bach, president of the company’s Entertainment and Devices Division. More specifically, that’s from the quickly pulled video, originally posted on Microsoft’s On10.net and Channel…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2010
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  Salem And Rios Get Real Jobs

  Army of Two: The 40th Day‘s Salem and Rios decide to quit mercenary work for something a little more challenging, becoming customer service reps at GameStop. Hilarity ensues. The Army of Two: The 40th Day trailers continue to come fast and furious as EA gets the most out of its CGI budget in placing fake…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2010
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  This Week In Video Game Comics

  Hey look, it’s Starcraft Ghost… Academy. The comic. Hitting comics shops this week, along with Mass Effect and Sky Pirates of Neo Terra #4. Click the thumbnails for more information. Mass Effect: Redemption #1 (of 4) Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Drawn by Omar Francia. Summary Via Dark Horse Comics: Mass Effect…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 6, 2010
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  Enter to Win a Copy of Divinity II: Ego Draconis

  Divinity II: Ego Draconis is the ultimate game for your inner dragonslayer. Email your most epic gaming victory to [email protected] by midnight Jan. 8, and you could win a copy! [Rules.] Divinity II: Ego Draconis: in stores now!

  By Chrissie Lamond Published January 6, 2010
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  Memorex Jumps on the Wii Bandwagon, Brings Color

  Memorex, not willing to cede the lucrative gaming Nintendo peripheral market to the likes of Energizer, Mad Catz and Logitech, announced today nearly a dozen accessories for the DS and Wii that you likely won”t need or want. The company is so enthused by the idea of their products helping families spend time together playing…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 6, 2010
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  Gran Turismo 5 Gets Its Cover Car, The Mercedes SLS AMG

  Polyphony Digital‘s Gran Turismo 5 comes that much closer to reality today with the release of the PlayStation 3 game’s North American box art, featuring the Mercedes SLS AMG, the 197 mph “gull-winged terror.” Sony says the Mercedes SLS AMG was “chosen from a total of nearly 1000 cars recreated down to the finest detail”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 6, 2010
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  Bethesda’s Todd Howard Promised Better Graphics, Withstood Your Calls… And Tim Rogers Showed Up

  Our latest podcast is now available for download. Hear Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead creator not just dodge your Fallout New Vegas Questions, not just allude to future work, but chat with “Kotaku crazy uncle” Tim Rogers. Tim wants to be cast in a Bethesda role-playing game. And you wanted to know…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 6, 2010
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  Duke Nukem’s Voice Actor Teases Fans With Duke Nukem Forever

  During a panel at last weekend’s music and gaming festival MAGfest, Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John asked fans to “read between the lines” regarding his imposed silence over Duke Nukem Forever. Is there still life in DNF yet? Every time we think the topic is dead and buried, someone has to go and…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2010