May 19, 2013

Console - News


OnLive “PlayPack” Beta Gaming Launched; Unlimited Free Gaming until Jan 15th

OnLive Beta PlayPavk Gaming Image

If you like OnLive and enjoy playing the latest and greatest games without bulky PC hardware or having multiple consoles, then there’s an option for you called Unlimited Play. Cloud-based gaming service announced by OnLive, their intention is to offer a Netflix-like package for gaming. Dubbed “PlayPack,” the $9.99/month flat-rate plan beta is immediately available [...]

“XBox 720″ Boasts to Have AMD Fusion II Processor; Coming in 2011?

XBox 720 design

Since the Xbox 360 just received a massive refresh with the addition of Kinect. There are still 3 years of life left in this console, but it appears that rumors about the next-generation device, Xbox 720 will be released in 2011/2012. Some rumors says that Microsoft being unhappy with Intel and Nvidia, which may have [...]

“Call of Duty: Black Ops” PrecisionAIM Controller for Xbox 360 – Review

Call of Duty: Black Ops PrecisionAIM Controller

Experience the covert operations of the Cold War like never before with Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest in the runaway hit gaming series, Call of Duty. With the Mad Catz’ exclusive line of Call of Duty: Black Ops gaming accessories, you can stealthily defeat the enemy in this action packed first person shooter. [...]

PSP Phone Gingerbread Leaked Video From Greece

Sony Ericsosn PlayStation Phone Image

According to Engadget, the movie was filmed in Greece and shows the full motion – and low quality – debut of Sony Ericsson’s crossover device, an Android smartphone with portable gaming capabilities. The PlayStation Phone, one half portable gaming console, one half Android smartphone. Unfortunately, we never see it flexing out its slider to reveal that [...]

Microsoft Kinect : Sold 26000 Units First Week in Japan

Microsoft Kinect japan

The company that tracks sales data for Japanese video game software and hardware, Media Create presented its weekly report today with an assessment of Microsoft’s Kinect. Describing it as having “a quiet start,” the company reported that 26,000 units were sold during its launch weekend of November 20th & 21st. That figure includes stand-alone units [...]

Nintendo Wii Hardware Bundle – Black Friday Deal

Nintendo Wii Hardware Bundle

Wii is all about the motion controlled freedom and flexibility, and the new Wii Remote Plus Controller, included in this bundle in a matching red color scheme, is the new standard controller for the Wii gaming system. Combining the original accelerometer enabled motion-sensing abilities of the original iconic Wii Remote controller with with the expanded [...]

Nintendo 3DS Coming in January at “Nintendo World 2011″

Nintendo has announced a 3DS demo day called Nintendo World 2011. It will take place on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside Tokyo and admission will be free. So far Nintendo has only showed off the 3DS at press and invite-only events. The amazing new handheld [...]

“Nintendo DSi” Black Friday Bundles Coming in Orange and Green Colors

Nintendo DSi Black Friday Bundles

Nintendo officially announced its new holiday orange and green DSi bundles. Both of the new colors include Mario Party DS, which received a so-so score from us. The new bundle will be in stores on Black Friday for $149.99 MSRP. Orange and green Nintendo DSi bundles will hit North American retailers on November 26 for [...]

Xbox 360 to Celebrate its Fifth Birthday

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console now celebrates its 5th birthday, the first of the so-called “next-gen” consoles – turned five on November 22. It was on this day in 2005 that the Xbox hit the playing field of the new consoles; much before its rivals – Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. It’s somewhat strange to [...]

“Swype Apps” for Symbian Beta now with Support for French,German & Polish Languages

Image of Swype Logo

The beta flavor of Swype for Symbian, the application the Swype team developed in collaboration with Nokia’s Beta Labs engineers, has just got enhanced with support for a wider range of languages. Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen [...]

Activision Shuts Bizarre Creations, Budcat

New Reports are suggests that Activision has shut down at least two of its studios this morning: Geometry Wars creator Bizarre Creations and Blast Works developer Budcat. While official word on Bizarre’s closure has not yet come, several Twitter posts point to the studio being shut down today, with its entire staff of 200+ employees [...]

Diablo 3 Headed to Game Consoles

Blizzard’s upcoming PC game Diablo III appears to be headed to consoles, if recent job postings by the company are accurate. According to the company’s Jobs Directory, Blizzard is currently looking to fill lead designer, lead programmer, and senior producer roles very specifically for a console version of Diablo III. A console port has never [...]