When Nintendo took the stage at E3 and unveiled their new revolutionary handheld console, the Nintendo 3DS, there was something of the whiff of the prototype about the unit. Many of the game demos were conceptual instead of a confirmed product, Nintendo wouldn’t be nailed down on the device’s release date, and they were so [...]
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Thanks to a friend, one of my favorite games of recent memory has been Settlers of Catan. For those of not familiar with this popular board game that originated from Germany, players are tasked to build cities and roads, using resources that are gained by occupying hexagons on the island of Catan. Playing it is [...]
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Conflicting views on the Microsoft Kinect have been circulating on the internet even before Microsoft switched the name from Project Natal. Some bloggers say it won't work. Others say, even if it does, it's not worth the $149.99. After trying out the Kinect for myself at E3 2010 last week, I'm less enthused about the so-called functionality of the upcoming motion control hardware than I was before the expo.
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Last week we found out that a basic OnLive subscription would cost $4.99 a month, but that just got you access to the service, community features, and free demos. Now we can tell you the real cost of using the service. As OnLive is a rental service you technically can’t buy a game as you need [...]
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That was fast… An Xbox 360 Slim was already modded to get a a case window and blue LED lighting. It’s nothing crazy, but this must have been pulled off in just a day or two, which is pretty incredible. How he even managed to get the unit is a bit of a mystery as well–it’s [...]
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will hit store shelves on July 27, and peripheral manufacturers have realized there’s money to be made supporting the game. Razer is one such manufacturer and has this week announced three new products. First up is the Razer Spectre StarCraft II Gaming Mouse offering the player 5 buttons, 5,600DPI laser sensor, [...]
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If the OnLive cloud gaming service seems too good to be true, so does the initial subscription charge. If you register your interest before July 15, your first year using the service will be completely free. This does look too good to be true, and in a way it is. The sign-up page lists the free [...]
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Finally you’ll be able to experience the thrill of a Predator hunt in the palm of your hand or on your expensive couch computer. There’s no doubt Chillingo has struck gold by securing this A+ movie tie-in. In case you didn’t know, there’s a new Predator movie coming out on July 9. Unlike the Alien vs Predator series, [...]
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One thing we can be certain of: the iPad is not powerful enough to play the latest PC games. Even if a developer spent a year porting such a game to iPad we’d see a very different game released to the original. But with OnLive it just works. In the video above, recorded by touchArcade at [...]
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Behold the first Sony-branded surround system designed specifically for your console. It takes little space and yet delivers sound quality expected from a traditional home theater system. Someone at Sony must have realized that PlayStation 3 is an excellent home theater device. Designed for plug-and-play functionality, the surround system connects to your console via the included optical digital [...]
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As far as most gamers are concerned Bethesda is the owner of the Fallout IP. But there is one exception to that: it doesn’t own the rights to develop a Fallout MMO, that right is still held by Interplay. Bethesda has attempted to get the MMO rights from Interplay by suing them and getting an injunction [...]
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As we reported yesterday, Sony and Polyphony Digital have decided on a final release date for Gran Turismo 5 on PS3. Complete with a 3D play mode you’ll be able to pick it up on November 2nd worldwide. With a date now set, Sony can get on with enticing you to pre-order the game. Even though [...]
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Pocket-Lint just grabbed the information that everyone following E3 2010 has been waiting to find out: the pricing and release date of Sony’s Move motion control system. First off, Move is landing September 19th in the US and September 15th in the UK. That’s well ahead of Microsoft’s Kinect, which will be hitting gamers on November [...]
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French game designer Eric Chahi will be known to many older gamers as the creator of Another World. A ground-breaking game in its time, the experience left a lasting impression for being so different to everything else released in the early 90s. Since then he worked on the disaster that was Heart of Darkness before [...]
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Back in January, we reported that ESPN would bring live sports to the Xbox. Now it seems that Microsoft and ESPN have agreed to an exclusive deal that will bring over 3500 live events to the gaming console. Best of all, the events will be in HD and you will even be able to control [...]
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The big news for Microsoft at E3 is Project Natal, now officially called Kinect. But rumors of a slim version of the Xbox 360 console are still being heard, and now an advert showing an image of the new machine has appeared. The ad was shown on the Italian gaming website console-tribe.com, but was quickly pulled [...]
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Late last month, Valve whimsically announced in a press release written in the style of GLaDOS herself that they would be canceling their E3 Portal 2 event and replacing it with a surprise E3 announcement. They then announced that Portal 2 was being delayed until 2011, but that they’d still be making a Portal 2 [...]
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When a game doesn’t see a release in Australia it’s usually to do with the strict age ratings and lack of an R18+ rating. But in the case of Realtime Worlds’ forthcoming MMO All Points Bulletin (APB), the reason is one of hardware, or a lack of it. According to EA, which is distributing boxed copies [...]
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One of the neat things about Post-Its is how a cheap dollar rainbow stack of them can be used as pixels to recreate your favorite NES-era 8-bit characters as pixel art. That said, the Japanese Mario fanatic who created this fantastic stop-motion video recreating the first level of Super Mario Bros has taken things to [...]
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The Dreamcast was a great console with a lifespan that was way too short. But during its time on the market it had a lot of memorable titles released. Now it looks as though we will get to buy them again in updated form. Sega has confirmed that a number of DC titles are receiving updated [...]
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DJ Hero 2 will hit stores sometime this fall, Activision announced Wednesday. The upcoming music game will feature tunes from Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Metallica, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and more than 85 other artists.
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At next week's E3 2010, Square Enix will be previewing a number of their highly anticipated games from Deus Ex: Human Revolution to Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. However, their recently released E3 line-up also features an unnannounced title: the newest installment of the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
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Linden Lab has announced a number of big changes to the way it operates as a company and how 3D virtual world Second Life will operate in future. First the bad news for staff at Linden Lab. In what is being classed as a “strategic restructuring” 30% of staff will lose their jobs. The jobs being [...]
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Last month Square Enix revealed the U.S. launch date for Dragon Quest IX would be July 11. This week sees the start of its promotion of the game with an updated trailer including gameplay footage. DQIX has been out for months in Japan, and has sold millions of copies. The U.S. and European launches are just [...]
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Where it came from, who’s behind it and what purpose it serves is yet unknown, but the Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short film, released today via YouTube, is worth seven and a half minutes of your day. Living up to its subtitle, its goal is to seemingly reinvent the entire universe set by the past 15 [...]
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The Japanese Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association (CESA) has been doing some very speculative calculations when it comes to game piracy. Specifically, CESA has calculated that over the 2004-2009 period handheld game piracy cost the games industry $41.6 billion worldwide. So how did it get to that huge figure? CESA took the figure it actually knew for [...]
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Square Enix and Obsidian Entertainment have come together to create Dungeon Siege 3, Square announced in a press release Monday. As developer, Obsidian will receive input from the franchise’s original developer, Gas Powered Games. Dungeon Siege 3 will be the franchise’s debut on high-def home consoles when it releases on the PC, Xbox 360, and [...]
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Planting virtual crops is soon to go mobile. During his keynote speech at Apple's WWDC 2010 event, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus announced Farmville for the iPhone.
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You ever have one of those days? Server meltdown? Failed hard drive? Smoke coming from your PSU? When nothing seems to be going your way might I suggest a little app that will help you relax a little and take out some of your frustrations on the Internet itself. This Firefox add-on installs a menacing little [...]
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ForceTek has the goal of immersing players in video games through the use of advanced exoskeleton technology. This is the same technology that has been used in sports training and physical rehabilitation. The technology will provide the appropriate response based on body position and speed of movement along with other data sensed by the exoskeleton. The [...]
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If you haven’t played the Lord of the Rings Online MMO yet, but were considering signing up, wait a few more months as it is about to transition to free-to-play. Lord of the Rings Online is operated by online gaming company Turbine who were acquired in April by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. The decision to [...]
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Company of Heroes' new MMO counterpart will hit the North American market this fall. Developed by THQ's Relic Entertainment studio, Company of Heroes Online is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game built on the original Company of Heroes. The PC exclusive was previously announced for South Korea and is currently in beta in China.
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Amongst the tablet and netbook crush at this week’s Computex expo in Taipei, Intel made a quiet little splash by showing off the fodder of many the MMORPG raider’s nocturnal emissions: portable World of Warcraft. As you can see in the video above, Intel has managed to get World of Warcraft running on its Moorestown [...]
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According to Treyarch head Mark Lamia, Call of Duty: Black Ops will feature several co-operative modes while nixing the co-operative campaign. MTV Multiplayer sat down with Lamia this week to discuss Treyarch's newest title. As the developers behind Call of Duty: World at War, the Treyarch team has decided to split from its path of co-operative campaigns and (possibly) Nazi zombies. Instead, Black Ops will feature a campaign that is strictly a solo experience. However, the game will also include several co-op modes.
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This interesting strategy game has generated quite a stir, partly because it was created by former Westwood people behind the original Command & Conquer games. Filed as a turn-based strategy game with a social twist, Highborn offers a casual tactical experience rather than frenetic RTS play for die-hards. Based on the classic good-versus-evil formula, the [...]
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Microsoft has used the D8 conference this week as another opportunity to give us a preview of Project Natal. The demonstration starts with Microsoft’s director of marketing communications for the Xbox team, Molly O’Donnell, having her movements tracked with a special demo. This is followed by the much-used ball-hitting demo which shows improved on-screen responsiveness, but [...]
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Despite details on the Arkham Asylum sequel presumably hiding behind the looming door of E3, Batman fans have another fix of the Dark Knight in the form of Batman: The Brave and The Bold – The Videogame. Based on the newest animated series, TBATB clearly aims to appeal to the old-school beat-’em-up crowd. Sure, it’s a [...]
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Space stuff is cool and so are video games. But let’s not forget how cool building with LEGOs can be. Now imagine, if you will, all three of these things combined into one awesome concept. It’s almost too much for this geek to handle. Brandon Bannerman who is apparently as much of a huge fan of [...]
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Rockstar Games, the company behind the Grand Theft Auto series and the recently released Red Dead Redemption, will no longer be attending E3 2010.
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Sony has announced 3 games that will be the first to receive an update with 3D visuals for the PS3. They are: Wipeout HD Super Stardust HD Pain Both Wipeout HD and Super Stardust HD will receive the updates free, but Pain will require an additional payment of $3.20 to get the enahnced visuals. The updates are only of use [...]
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Gaming skills are clearly transferable to real-life situations as one Norwegian boy will tell you. 12-year-old Hans Jorgen Olsen called upon skills gained through playing World of Warcraft to save himself and his sister from a moose attack. The two children were out walking in a forest near their home and had strayed into the territory [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010