Archive for the 'Gaming' Category

Nintendo’s Dunaway: No Wii Successor ‘Anytime Soon’

Miyamoto may have been dropping hints about some new Nintendo hardware recently, but it looks like a true Wii successor isn’t among the options in the short term. That’s according to Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway, who told GameSpot during the company’s just-concluded Media Summit that she doesn’t see a proper Wii follow-up coming “anytime soon.” She [...]

Sony Exec Says PSP Go ‘Confused’ Consumers, Might Have Been Too Expensive

Well, we’ve already heard some rumors that Sony was considering a relaunch of sorts for the PSP Go, and it looks like at least some execs from the company are now starting to speak publicly about why such a move might be necessary. In an interview with IndustryGamers, SCEA Senior Vice President of Publisher Relations [...]

PS3 Getting 3D Firmware Update This Summer

Get your active shutter glasses ready: your PS3 is going to go 3D this Summer. In conjunction with the release of its 3D BRAVIA LCD sets, Sony is planning to release updates to turn the PS3 both into a stereoscopic 3D gaming platform, in addition to a 3D Blu-ray compatible movie player. Sure, we knew [...]

Nokia’s Ovi Maps Racing Now Available, Makes The World Your Course

Since it looks like GT5’s still another decade or two away from release, racing gamers need everything they can to survive the wait, and this is just about the most creative way we’ve seen to do that. At a glance, Nokia’s Ovi Maps Racing looks like a pretty simple, standard 2D racer with an overhead [...]

Hong Kong International Airport installs PS3 Game Poles, Delays More Flights

It’s not fair, is it? You’d think Hong Kong’s award-winning airport already has enough to keep travelers jolly (there’s free WiFi too), but as the old Chinese proverb goes: “Those who don’t move forward will only go backward.” As of this week, Hong Kong International Airport has 14 free-of-charge PlayStation 3 game poles that are [...]

Sega Ultimate Genesis Collection Bringing Oficial Genesis Emulation to iPhone, Pain to Your Wallet

After packaging and re-marketing to us our childhood over Nintendo’s Wii Virtual Console and in a multitude of other forms, Sega is putting another platform to good use in its eternal quest to make us poor: the iPhone. Due for the App Store next month, the upcoming Sega Ultimate Genesis Collection will bring together some [...]

Sony PS3 Motion Controller Delayed Until ‘Fall 2010′ Globally

Last official word we had on the launch of Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller was Spring 2010. However, we just received a press release from Sony Japan with a revised availability of “Fall 2010.” The calendar push affects Japan, Asia, North America, and Europe. In the statement, Kaz Hirai avoids using the “d” word saying only:
“We [...]

ESPN Streaming Coming To Xbox 360?

As if you needed another impetus to abandon cable and satellite TV, The New York Times is reporting behind closed door dealings are afoot between Microsoft and Walt Disney Company, with order of business being ESPN streaming via Xbox 360. According to the anonymous source, live streams of sporting events à la the now aptly-titled [...]

Leopard And Snow Leopard Flaw Exploited in Proof of Concept, Real-world Tomfoolery Surely Coming Soon

Look at you, all cuddled up with your Leopard install, sipping on a steamy hot cocoa, watching the snow fall outdoors, and thinking you don’t have a care in the world. We hate to break it to ya but you do have a care, a big one, thanks to a proof of concept hack exploiting [...]

‘Xbox Live Games’ To Plug Windows Mobile into Xbox Ecosystem At Last? Wouldn’t That Make Too Much Sense?

We don’t want to get our hopes up again, after having them repeatedly bashed against the rocks by a merciless Microsoft that’s spoke quite highly of the potential synergy of its brands and yet so far held its mobile and gaming segments far apart, but this sounds promising. Apparently a slide from some internal Microsoft [...]