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Forza 4 Has 500 Cars, Lets You Touch Them (And Drive With Your Face)
We’ve known that Forza Motorsport 4, when it releases later this year, will support Kinect as a control method. A marketing survey now hints at what some of those features might be, such as head tracking to move the game’s camera, and a casual mode that allows players to steer with their hands, similar to…
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PS3 Hacker Didn’t Flee, Did Hand Over Hard Drives, Says Lawyer
The attorney for George Hotz, the hacker being sued by Sony for jailbreaking the PlayStation 3, denies that Hotz fled to South America to avoid a court order and says he has delivered his impounded hard drives as required to a neutral party. Sony, in a court filing, had alleged the drives were delivered with…
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EA Sports is Working on a Baseball Game — Probably for Facebook
EA Sports, whose beloved MVP Baseball series went into exile when 2K Sports won an exclusive contract back in 2005, is working on a Major League Baseball-licensed property, according to ESPN’s Jon Robinson. Before you get all giddy, a close reading of contracts leaves the impression this will be another Facebook game. Robinson points out…
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What Sort of Person Plays Marvel vs. Capcom 3?
Roughly one month after its release, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds churns up fun facts galore that gaming demographer (and social network) Raptr has culled and interpreted for your enlightenment. The full size is at bottom. More analysis, plus an explanation of Raptr’s methodology, is at the link. Marvel vs. Capcom 3…
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Tapper: World Tour Looks Great and is More Fulfilling
Tapper was one of the best examples of the ingenuity that defined the early arcade games, when novel premises, fast action and a lot of imagination were needed to flesh out games running on primitive architecture. As a natural for the multitouch controls of the iPhone and iPad – what’s its name, after all –…
By Owen Good
