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PlayStation Store Update: Starting Off 2010 Slow
Aside from Matt Hazard: Blood Bath & Beyond and some downloadable content for Disgaea 2 on the PSP, we’ve got a very video and theme-centric fist PlayStation Store update for 2010. It’s a slow start, but it’s certainly a start. Blood Bath & Beyond looks like it has potential, and there’s always the Dark Void…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Red Bull Gives PlayStation Home New Things To Do
The first consumer brand to be a part of PlayStation Home extends their presence today, with Red Bull Flugtag and Red Bull Illume added to Home growing stable of places to do stuff. Red Bull Flugtag is a competition that challenges people to build human-powered flying machines, and the new PlayStation Home Red Bull Flugtag…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up So You Don’t Have To
Who pays $20 for a Wii video game based on the Cold Stone Creamery ice cream franchise? I do, and then I play it, so you don’t have to. Though you actually might want to, depending on your level of dedication to the ice cream retailer arts. Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up from Zoo…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Pac-Man Gets Pac-Bun
While some of us are still waiting for burgers to be made in the shape of burgers from Burger Time, this meat(?)bun made in the shape of Pac-Man will have to do. Kotaku reader Marcus informs our staff that this Pac-bun is going on sale this month in Japan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The PSP Gets Hexyz Force In May
With a name like Hexyz Force, it can only be some sort of Japanese RPG being released for the North American PSP by Atlus, the company that brought us Yggdra Union. Hexyz Force (pronounced “I have no idea, perhaps Hex-ees?), is a Japanese RPG being released for the PSP on May 25th by Atlus, so…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Razer, Sixense To Demonstrate Motion-Controlled Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2, not being a Wii game, hasn’t been playable by many people with motion controls. But PC peripheral maker Razer and motion-control company Sixense are teaming up at CES to bring motion control to the PC’s finest. Sixense offers wand-shaped motion controllers that use an electromagnetic system as opposed to the Wii’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 -
UncategorizedHands-On With Xbox 360’s Arcade-Crazy Game Room
Our men at CES have just tried out the Xbox 360’s virtual arcade, the Xbox Game Room, at CES. Watch and decide if the Game Room is for you. Some very cool stuff here, about, of all things, the audio.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
3D Games Now Available For Palm webOS
Palm Pre owners can now get as distracted in the bathroom as iPhone owners do, as Palm introduces the first 3D games to the Palm App Catalog, with Electronic Arts, Gameloft, and Glu Mobile leading the charge. I have to admit that I know next to nothing about the Palm Pre, but it has to…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
More Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Moments From Panama
DICE blows up more stuff in Panama in the latest installment of Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s Battlefield Moments. At first I thought this was the same Panama trailer that Luke posted back in December, but upon closer inspection it’s obvious this footage and that footage are different. For instance, it’s nearly a month later, and…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Alienware’s Sub 12-Inch, Sub $1k Gaming Laptop
Alienware today showed off a new 11-inch gaming laptop that they call the “most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop in the universe.” The M11x sports HD 720p resolution, a battery life of 6 1/2 hours, that will sell for less than $1,000. Gizmodo reports that the laptop can run Crysis at 50 frames-per-a-second and Call of…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The First 30+ Games For Microsoft’s New Game Room
Microsoft confirmed last night it was bringing the Game Room virtual hang out space to Xbox 360 and Games For Windows this year, an online arcade and—ahem—virtual console for your Xbox Avatar. What games will Xbox 360 owners get? Initially, the service will launch this spring with 30 original arcade and old school console games,…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
U.S. Xbox 360s Get IPTV Through AT&T Uverse This Year
Three years ago, Microsoft unveiled its IPTV plans for the Xbox 360, offering a working preview of the service at CES 2007. And, finally, IPTV is coming to the Xbox 360 in the United States by way of AT&T Uverse. Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer announced at the company’s pre-CES keynote that, later this year, AT&T “will…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Natal Recognizes 31 Body Parts, Uses Tenth Of Xbox 360 “Computing Resources”
Project Natal knows when you’re holding your hand behind your back, according to a new report. But it also might require enough horsepower to limit its relevance to system-pushing video games. A reporter for the New Scientist was given a demonstration and some data regarding how Microsoft’s hands-free sensor-based Xbox 360 control system, Project Natal,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Rest Of Nyko’s New Products
The Nyko Wand+ isn’t the only new product Nyko is introducing at CES 2010, with a quad induction charger for your Wii remotes and a couple of items aimed at making your PS3 Slim cooler, literally and figuratively. The Charge Base Quad IC is a new version of Nyko’s normal Charge Base IC, supporting four…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ford Lets You Have LAN Tailgate Parties
LAN parties on the go could be coming to Ford vehicles this year, the company announced at CES today. Ford’s new MyFord Touch driver connect technology and second generation SYNC system features a WiFi signal receiver that gives passengers wireless internet access in the vehicle. The system lets you plug a compatible USB mobile broadband…
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nyko’s Wand+ Has Wii Motion Plus Built Right In
Nyko does what Ninten-didn’t with the introduction of the Nyko Wand+, a Wii remote alternative with Motion Plus support built right in. Debuting today at CES in Las Vegas, the Nyko Wand+ features Full Motion Technology, offering the same 1:1 movement tracking capability as the regular Nintendo remote with the Wii Motion Plus add-on attached.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Harvard Lampoon Skewers Twilight, Sega
In The Harvard Lampoon’s literary parody Nightlight, potential vampire Edwart Mullen warns the naive Belle Goose that he won’t always be around to protect her from Sega. Bookstore gift certificates are wonderful things. My older brother gave one of them to me for Christmas, which I used to purchase several fine publications. I picked up…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Should Enemies Be Able To Surrender In Video Games?
Game developer Andrew Doull recently asked reader of his blog whether players of his upcoming game should be able to get enemies to surrender. You seldom see this option, because, well, it’d be messy. Doull pondered how surrender would work in his game, Unangband, which is classified in the strategic genre of “roguelike”: I’m going…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Halo Legends DVD Release Dated And Detailed
Halo anime anthology Halo Legends is coming to North American DVD and Blu-Ray on February 16th. Which of the three versions will you be picking up? The Halo Waypoint previews have come to an end, and now the only way to get your anime-style Halo fix is coming on February 16th in three different flavors.…
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Backbreaker Scores A Proper Trailer
505 Games and NaturalMotion’s Backbreaker finally gets a proper trailer, complete with pulsing soundtrack and overdramatic voiceover. You’ve read AJ’s preview, now get a look for yourself at how far Backbreaker has come since those early demos wowed us back in 2007.
By Mike Fahey Published January 7, 2010