Microsoft Kinect, controller-free gaming device announced at E3
Microsoft just finished up officially announcing their newest gaming innovation for the Xbox 360, say hello to Kinect. Kinect is Microsoft’s new “controller-free gaming device” …
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Microsoft announces a leaner, meaner Xbox 360
Well, it’s official. Today during its E3 keynote, Microsoft took the wraps off the latest and greatest version of the Xbox 360. Described as being …
Microsoft announces the Kinect
Well it’s official — Microsoft formally announced the Kinect on Sunday evening with the aid of a performance by Cirque du Soleil. Previously known known …
Sony says majority of its PlayStation games to be 3D
According to Ray Maguire, head of Sony’s UK PlayStation division, the future will see the majority of first-person games for the PlayStation available in 3D; …
PSX emulator in the works for Android 2.x
Mobile gaming fans who roll with Android, prepare yourselves — a PSX emulator for Android 2.x devices in the works. A joint collaboration between emulation …
Rumors heat up that Sony will introduce paid PSN+ service
According to Joystiq’s sources, this year’s E3 will see Sony introduce a premium subscription service to the PlayStation Network. Dubbed PSN+, the service is said …
Video game sales plummet in April
April saw the video game industry suffer through its worst month in nearly 10 years, as both hardware and software sales tumbled for a combined …
Steam now available for the Mac
Mac gamers got some much needed love from the gaming industry on Wednesday as Valve released its highly aniticipated Steam game distribution platform for the …
Nintendo CEO says 3DS will have new anti-piracy measures, 2D switch
Speaking to the Associated Press on Friday, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed that his company’s upcoming Nintendo 3DS will in fact gamers the choice of …
Google jumps into the casual gaming market by acquiring Labpixies
Google went shopping recently and added Labpixies to its repertoire of acquired properties. For those unfamiliar with the small start-up out of Israel, Labpixies is …
Apple iPad application walkthrough
One of our trusty sources just shot us over a plethora of Apple iPad application screenshots. Everything from the iPad version of Twitterrific, to Flight …
Nintendo slides through the Nintendo 3DS
Sure it might turn out to be nothing more than an incredibly expensive fad, but whether you like it or not, 3D everything is going …
BioShock 2 propels Xbox 360 sales to #1 in February
This February, Microsoft Xbox 360 sales bested those of the Sony Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii for the first time since September of 2007. The …
Sony to launch a multimedia tablet and the long-rumored PlayStation phone in 2010?
According to a rumor from the Wall Street Journal, Sony may be taking aim at the Apple iPhone, the Apple iPad and Microsoft’s Zune Phone …
Video game and console manufacturers sing the blues as post-holiday sales slide
After a strong 2009 holiday showing, the gaming industry once again demonstrated that it is not recession-proof. According to a report released by NPD Group, …
Dell confirms Mini 3 headed to AT&T, reveals 5 inch tablet prototype and updates its PC lineup
Dell unleashed a deluge of products and information upon us today. First up is some clarification on Dell’s Mini 3 smartphone. Though Dell announced its …
WebOS to get 3D gaming and native application support in 2010?
WebOS 1.3.5 was released to the masses last week and its inner workings were promptly picked apart by eager webOS hackers. One of the most …
Microsoft files patent for muscle-based computer controls
While everyone is going “ga-ga” over Apple’s dynamic tactile feedback keyboard patent, Microsoft has quietly filed a patent for several methods of controlling a computer using …
Toys 'R Us Black Friday game deals released
I don’t want to grow up, but even if I did, I still would be a…can you hear it in your head now? Good. Toys …
AMD releases dual GPU beast, Radeon HD 5970
As the prophet Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor used to ask his audience, “what do we want?” More. Power. AMD has just released its dual-GPU …
Tony Hawk: RIDE now available in North America
Dust off your old pair of Vans and get ready to party like it’s 1995, because Tony Hawk: RIDE has finally been released in North …
Modern Warfare 2 sells almost 5M copies on launch day
We all knew that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was destined to smash industry sales records, but the pace at which the game is …
US video game sales continued to decline in August
2009 has not been a good year for video games here in the US. While console sales were up significantly compared to July, August marked …
Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 Elite pricing to $299.99, Pro to $249.99 leading up to discontinuation
Hot on the heels of news that Sony’s PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 3 Slim would soon become available for $299.99, Microsoft has responded with a …
PS3 price drop, Slim model launch imminent
Remember all of those rumors about a PlayStation 3 price drop and a new, slimmer model? Well they might not be rumors for much longer …
Nintendo dishes Wii Sports Resort numbers; 500K in first week
After what was a pretty terrible June for the video game industry, Nintendo looked to July’s highly anticipated Wii Sports Resort release to revitalize casual …
Video game market finally dives in June
Many would say the worst is behind us where the recession is concerned but gaming giants Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would probably disagree. An industry …
Sony to take on the iPhone; envisions a gaming device/mobile phone hybrid
Sony is reportedly considering (yet again) the development of a new hybrid device that will combine the gaming features of its popular PlayStation portable gaming …
Sony's PSP Go information leaked prior to E3
Just a few days before Sony’s upcoming E3 press conference, the company’s next generation handheld gaming device, the PSP Go, has been given some unofficial …
Xbox 360 sales pass 30 million mark
This past week, Microsoft announced a major milestone for its Xbox 360 console. According to Redmond, the 360 has officially surpassed the 30 million sales …
