Nintendo plans to drop the price of the DSi and DSi XL in Japan the weekend following E3. They will also be releasing three new colors for the DSi XL: Yellow, Blue and Green. That’s it! No fancy names like Wine or Cheese Wine or Puce. Just Yellow, Blue and Green. Reminds me both of…
Microsoft has today added Medal Of Honor: Airborne and Soulcalibur IV to the 360’s Games on Demand service, both for the “getting warmer, guys” price of $20.
According to “a very reliable source”, gadget site Gear Live is reporting that Microsoft is set to unveil a nice little surprise during its E3 press conference: the addition of TV streaming service Hulu to Xbox Live. Requiring a separate subscription fee – just like Netflix – Hulu would let Xbox 360 users watch (most…
Despite flogging the PS3 as a high definition system, Sony has long been content to ship the device with composite cables. As in, one the worst quality standard definition cables you can get. What this means is that for millions of people who may not take this stuff as seriously as you or I might,…
There have been Mario Kart-themed remote control cars before. But without power-ups, they were mere remote control cars. A new Mario Kart range from Takara Tomy does have power-ups, and it looks fantastic How does it work? With sensors. Your controller has a small bar for power-ups; as you run over the relevant spot on…
Spotted near the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is reader Bretspot’s train station.
Earthworm Jim is back, and this time, he’s in HD. How’s he look? Just fine, thank you
The upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron isn’t just a promising-looking action game. It’s also a love letter of sorts to old-school Transformers fans, let down by Michael Bay’s recent “interpretation” of the franchise. There have been few better examples of this than the advertisement above, which not only has Soundwave transforming into a boombox –…
Pachinko? Boring. One of our least favourite types of gaming. A pachinko machine with adorable little Ghostbusters and an official license, though, well, now we are interested Fujishoji is releasing this particular unit in Japan, and it looks incredible. It not only recreates key moments from the movies – yes, even Ghostbusters 2 – but…
Hey, remember how in 2008 EA said a Chinese company would be making an MMO out of classic strategy title Dungeon Keeper? That project is still happening. Let’s look at some artwork from the game. At first glance, things aren’t looking too bad! The picture above certainly looks familiar. It’s also been revealed that the…
E3’s famous “booth babes” don’t just appear out of thin air. They’re hired somewhere. Usually in ads like this, for publisher THQ, which has some stringent demands for the upcoming trade show next month in Los Angeles. On June 15, THQ will be hosting a party, and ladies, if you’ve ever wanted to tart yourself…
Hello Games’ Joe Danger, for the PS3, looks amazing. We’ll get to see whether it actually is or not next week, since that’s when it’ll be available for download from the PlayStation Network. June 8 is the exact date you’ll be able to put Joe through his paces, in a game that plays a little…
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for Americans, where a nation pauses to solemnly pay tribute to its war dead. It’s something video games could do a little more often. Most games don’t just feature violence, they feature killing. It’s encouraged, often in a militaristic setting. And after decades of advances in design and…
Totally subjective question, of course, but movie mag Empire decided to try and answer anyway, its writers nutting out who they thought were the greatest video game characters of all time. The winner? It wasn’t Mario. It wasn’t Lara Croft, either. Or Master Chief. Or Link, or Snake, or even Mai Shiranui. No, the winner…
Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, a spate of suicides at its Shenzhen complex attracting worldwide media attention. It’s also attracted the attention of Sony, for whom Foxconn manufacture consoles. Like Nintendo, Sony has launched its own instigation into work practices at Foxconn’s factories, issuing a…
On launch day, Apple sold 300,000 iPads. It’s now sold a whole lot more. Kicked along by the tablet’s international launch last week, which saw the device become available in Europe, Japan, Australia & Canada, Apple declared today that over two million iPads have been sold in less than two months. For a piece of…
The Citadel, home of the Council and the single largest structure in the Mass Effect universe, is impressive enough when you see it in-game. Seeing it recreated in LEGO form just brings a smile to your face. Catsy has recreated the Prothean space station with nothing but standard LEGO bricks and some fancy lighting. Sure,…
LARP stands for Live Action Role Playing. It’s when someone literally plays the role of a fictional character while gaming. Still confused? Here’s a handy guide to the practice, which depending on the player can be either awesome or creepy While LARPing is usually the domain of people who hook up in the real world…
This might – might – be a teaser for Infamous 2. Thin, we know, but that’s what teases are!
The chop shop team at Thretris have come up with another great way to make an old Nintendo console better: make it look like something out of Tron. The Glowing Tron NES is pretty much what it says it is: it’s a working Nintendo Entertainment System, complete with improved stereo sound, done up to look…
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