What was once an April Fools Joke last year is an April Fools Joke no more. Diehard gamers have another console to get excited about this year thanks to the iCade, a hack that originated at ThinkGeek that has since been made real for the good of mankind. The iCade got hands-on treatment at CES … [Read more...] about The Real iCade Turns Your iPad Into An Old-School Arcade Machine
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Xperia Play PlayStation Phone
Unfortunately, Sony did not bring their highly anticipated new Xperia Play PlayStation Phone to CES, but Chinese enthusiast blog IT168 has posted an extensive preview of the device on their site. The post confirms that the new Xperia Play PlayStation Phone will be powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon … [Read more...] about Xperia Play PlayStation Phone
Razer Switchblade Provides Hardcore Portable Gaming (video)
At CES this week, Razer has been showcasing its prototype Switchblade gaming netbook, touted as one of this year's best gadgets of CES. The Switchblade is a hardcore notebook computer that runs on an unreleased variant of the Intel Atom processor together with a capacitive multitouch screen, 1024 x … [Read more...] about Razer Switchblade Provides Hardcore Portable Gaming (video)
ThinkGeek Joystick-It brings Analog Arcade Flavor to Touchscreen Devices
ThinkGeek has unveiled one of the coolest gaming products I have ever seen for capacitive touchscreen devices like the iPad. That is assuming the screen is large enough to support the cool Joystick-It controller. The thing sticks to the screen of your iPad or other capacitive device and lets you … [Read more...] about ThinkGeek Joystick-It brings Analog Arcade Flavor to Touchscreen Devices
Play PacMan Around your Own City Streets With PacMap (video)
If you are a fan of PacMan, you might be interested in a new Java application that has been created, allowing you to use your own city streets as your PacMan game board. PacMap is a location-based game designed for Android devices and is played in real-time using your GPS location. To play the … [Read more...] about Play PacMan Around your Own City Streets With PacMap (video)
Microsoft Sells 8 Million Kinect’s In 60 Days
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has announced that they have sold a total of 8 million Kinect devices in the first sixty days since the Kinect went on sale in November 2010. Ballmer made the announcement during his keynote speech at CES 2011. The Microsoft Kinect has had impressive sales since … [Read more...] about Microsoft Sells 8 Million Kinect’s In 60 Days
WAVI Xtion Is A Kinect Like Device For Your PC
PrimeSense, the company who worked with Microsoft on their Kinect motion controller, are now teaming with Asus to create a similar device called WAVI Xtion for computers. Similar to Microsoft's Kinect, the WAVI Xtion connects to your PC via a wireless transmitter and sits by your TV, allowing you … [Read more...] about WAVI Xtion Is A Kinect Like Device For Your PC
StarCraft 2 Custom Map: Star Battle, Takes The Fight To Space
A new user-created map called Star Battle is now taking the world of StarCraft 2 into space, in a 6 vs 6 scenario UMS map that makes you the commander of a powerful space warship ready to battle between Terran and Protoss warfleets. The new Star Battle map allows you to pick one of four unique … [Read more...] about StarCraft 2 Custom Map: Star Battle, Takes The Fight To Space
PS3 Firmware Can Now Be Customised First Custom PS3 Firmware Already Created
If you have a few skills in Linux programming, it is now possible for you to create your very own personalized firmware for your PS3 system. Thanks to the work completed by the fail0verflow team in breaking the PS3's copy protection wide open last week. KaKaRoTo has now created the very first … [Read more...] about PS3 Firmware Can Now Be Customised First Custom PS3 Firmware Already Created
Call OF Duty Subscription Or Premium Content Charges Expected
The Call of Duty game franchise has always categorically stated that the boxed games in the series will never come with a subscription charge, but this doesn't mean that some sort of in-game charge for premium content or multiplayer subscription services might not be released in the future. The … [Read more...] about Call OF Duty Subscription Or Premium Content Charges Expected
Angry Birds Arrives On PS3 And PSP
The phenomenon that is Angry Birds has now arrived on the PS3 and PSP as promised by Rovio. The Angry Birds game will be released as a PlayStation mini title, meaning it can be played on either a PlayStation 3 console or a PlayStation Portable. The Evolution of Angry Birds Angry Birds isn't the … [Read more...] about Angry Birds Arrives On PS3 And PSP
Call Of Duty Players Log More Than 600 Million Hours In Just 45 Days
Activision has released statistics showing that more than 20 million Call of Duty: Black Ops players logged more than 600 million man-hours within the game in just 45 days since its November 9 release. With the total amount of hours played equivalent to over 68,000 man-years, this amounts to an … [Read more...] about Call Of Duty Players Log More Than 600 Million Hours In Just 45 Days
