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‘Green’ Cases Don’t Do Much for Greenpeace Rankings
Doesn’t look like cutting a bunch of plastic out of the standard game cases did much for anyone’s Greenpeace ratings. The environmental advocacy group released its quarterly rankings of electronics companies, again tsk-tsking Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Nintendo, I guess because it goes whaling in its spare time or something, again clocked in with a…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
CES’ Burning Xbox Question: Will Natal Not Work With High-End Games?
As the first full day of the Consumer Electronics Show wore on, stories exploring the digital guts of Microsoft’s Project Natal gave way to gamer anxiety that the hands-free controller can’t work with high-end 360 games. Reports covered by Kotaku this morning indicated that the Natal would use 10-15 percent of the Xbox 360’s “computing…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Designer of an Arcade Classic Critiques His Work
No secret one of my most favorite classic arcade games is Paperboy. I was one once. It’s out on the iPhone, and the original designer rather likes the updated 3D version. His own work? He’s a bit more critical. Dave Ralston thinks the bicycle collision was too unforgiving. (Very true. Skidding almost to a stop…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Playing (Casual) Games on Microsoft’s Surface
They weren’t exactly impressive, but the Microsoft Surface tables set up at CES did have games running on them. Too bad they all seemed like the sort you’d find on an iPhone and not a $10,000 interactive computer thingie.
By Brian Crecente Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sonic The Hedgehog Socks Will Keep Your Nintendo DS Warm
Mad Catz isn’t forgetting the Nintendo DS accessory market as it shifts more of its focus to high end fight sticks, mice and non-gaming lifestyle keyboards. So if you need Sonic the Hedgehog socks, Mad Catz has you… covered. Yes, in addition to officially licensing Nintendo products—you know, like wireless Wii sensor bars—Mad Catz is…
By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2010 - Reviews
Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot Micro-Review: A Very Long Engagement
Don’t call it a deathmatch, says Gearbox. Don’t call it Horde mode either. It’s just Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, an epic-length firefight in Borderlands, played to shifting rules and a brass accompaniment of spent casings clattering on the ground. Borderlands’ “role-playing shooter” combination makes it one of 2009’s most spectacularly addicting games. But what happens…
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
MLB 2K10’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria is the coverboy for MLB 2K10, but the third baseman’s bringing backup. With this trash-talking video, 2K Sports touts the “impressive council” of seven baseball all-stars it’s signed to serve as promotional muscle and gameplay advisors.
By Owen Good Published January 7, 2010 - Uncategorized
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