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How To Troll The Xbox 360 Kinect Users You Know And Love

There are some pretty cool things about Microsoft’s no-controller Xbox Kinect sensor array. The thing lets you control your TV with a hand-wave and a voice command. But! People near your TV can — and will — mess with you. The problem involves the voice control offered by the Kinect. With a Kinect attached to…

What We Got Right (And Wrong) About The Nintendo 3DS

Yesterday, Nintendo revealed its fourth-generation handheld gaming device, the Nintendo 3DS. For months, we speculated and talked to sources about just what it would be. Well, here it is. Let’s see what our educated guesses nailed and what they didn’t. What we said: “But the new 3DS sports a bigger top screen, presumably a Sharp-manufactured…

It Appears North Korean Sanctions Have Not Had The Desired Effect

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Professor Layton Is Trying To Figure Out The 3DS

Not to be left out of all the fun, Professor Layton and his little friend Luke will have their own 3DS game, tentatively called “Mask of Miracle”. These screens don’t do it justice, as we’d assume/hope that the puzzles would at least in some trivial way make use of the new handheld’s 3D capabilities.

Sony Reveals Surround Sound Accessory For The PS3

Yesterday Sony quietly – very quietly – revealed a brand new console accessory, one that hopes to bring “surround sound” to the PS3-owning masses. It’s called the Surround Sound System for the PlayStation 3. Catchy, we know. Priced at $199, and available in the Fall, it appears to be a standard “project single-speaker sound into…

Donkey Kong Country Returns In This E3 Trailer

Donkey Kong returns in Donkey Kong Country…Returns, for the Wii, and there’s not a plastic drum or Queen song in sight. DKCR is by Retro, the guys who did Metroid Prime, and features same-screen co-op for two players. It’ll be out this holiday season. Click to view

Oh Hello, Do You Have Some XCOM Screens For Us?

Whatever stage of grief “acceptance” is, that’s where I’m at regarding the new XCOM game. So it’s with acceptance that I can appreciate the good things in these new screenshots of the game. Like the alien design. So many games like to throw monsters at you, things with fangs and arms and legs, that it’s…

E3 Recap: Day One

Hello there, readers. Welcome to day two (or, depending on how you look at it, day three) of E3 2010. We’ve another big day ahead of us, but before we begin, let’s look back at what happened yesterday. I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say yesterday was a day of unexpected surprises. We…

Civilization V’s Screenshots Are Taking Over Our World

All the bombastic trailers, third-person shooters and celebrity actors in the world couldn’t stop this from being my most anticipated game of 2010. It’s clear just from these screenshots that the fifth Civilization is in no way dumbing itself down; indeed, the combination of all those buttons and a hexagonal-based screen has this looking more…

Thanks For The Jell-O Shots, Toy Story 3

I highly recommend seeing Disney’s latest Toy Story film at an E3 preview, where you can have all the candy, popcorn, milkshakes, Yoohoo brand chocolate drink, and vodka Jell-O shots you can handle. And I can handle a lot. A special E3 screening of Toy Story 3 was held on Monday night, to commemorate the…

Mafia II’s E3 Trailer Does Not Challenge Stereotypes

I hope you like your Italian-American accents thick, kids, because this Mafia II trailer lays them on thick It’s authentic, I know, but I hope it doesn’t grate after 20 hours. It’s why Joe Pesci was always best in a supporting role.

Fallout MMO Now Accepting Beta Sign-Ups

After a long gestation period – and its fair share of legal woes – the Fallout massively multiplayer online game is now accepting sign-ups for beta testers. You want in? Then head to the site below, where you’ll be treated to a suitably-themed introduction sequence showing a few of the game’s locations and characters/enemies. I…

Street Fighter IV Punching Above Its Weight On The 3DS

One advantage of the 3DS having similar horsepower but a smaller screen than the Wii is that you can get away with porting stuff you couldn’t otherwise on the home console. Like Street Fighter IV. This one may have a rough working title – Street Fighter IV 3D Edition – but at least it’s an…

Activision’s Night Of Far Too Many Stars

A night of live music from artists like Usher, Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden, Maynard James Keenan, Eminem, and more turns slightly awkward as Activision’s lavish E3 2010 production confuses as much as it astounds. I didn’t know what to expect as I approached the bustling entrance to the Staples Center last night after speeding out of…

Killzone 3 Box Art Does Battle With Snow, Logos

Killzone 3’s box art made flesh. It’s nice, but between this and the Kinect covers I’m getting a little sick of this logo overkill.

Infamous 2 E3 Trailer: Times Have Changed

I realise that Sucker Punch had to change the look of Infamous’ Cole. But did they really need to change it to this? Guy looks like he should be dealing cocaine out the back of an Ibiza club, circa 1997. Getting past that, though, other things have changed for the better, including the streets you’ll…

The “New” Link Doesn’t Look That New To Us

There’s a new Zelda game coming! And while at first glance it appears to be following in the artistic footsteps of its predecessor, Twilight Princess, first glances can be misleading. You quickly notice that Skyward, while superficially retaining the design style of Twilight, has a cartoony sheen, giving it an appearance that sits halfway between…

Flower Developer’s New Game Is A Multiplayer Adventure

thatgamecompany, the studio responsible for PSN titles Flower and Flow, have had their next game leaked a little early. Ah well. It still looks interesting! The game is called Journey, and in stark contrast to the solitary focus of their last two games, this is an “online adventure experience”, where players are out to explore…

Zelda Details: Link Is From Cloud City

At an E3 roundtable discussion earlier today, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma revealed a bit more information on the newest game in the Zelda series, Skyward Sword. CASTLE IN THE SKY – In a first for the franchise, Link isn’t raised in a village. At least, not one on the ground. He’s instead from…

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Eyes-On Impressions: Hot Fuzz

After seven years of fans asking for it, Need for Speed finally adds cops to robbers – or, well, racers anyway – in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. And in this game, the fuzz drive a Bugatti Veyron. Electronic Arts put the franchise back in the hands of Criterion and unveiled it Monday with a…