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Xbox 360 Kinect technology getting better every day: Child of Eden Creator
It’s sort of funny that, when a new technology enters the fast lane of our sometimes incredibly fickle industry, about five minutes are spent pondering what it can do, while another five hundred are spent railing on what it can’t. Such seems to be the case with Kinect, which we nearly mistook for a series of delicious meats, considering how… Read more
Netflix PS3 will no longer require a disc by October
Old, antiquated discs? With steaming media? You might as well be shoving a book into your PS3. No more, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in a recent earnings call. “Before our next [earnings] call in October, we expect to be launching a major new version of our Sony PS3 user interface which doesn’t require a disc, and is dynamically updated… Read more
Zelda: Skyward Sword takes place before Ocarina of Time: Aonuma
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has revealed that a master timeline for the series does exist. How so? He’s told ONM that Skyward Princess takes place before The Ocarina of Time. But speaking to the mag, he wouldn’t go into more specifics about the timeline, saying it was “confidential.” “Yes there is a master timeline but its confidential document,” said Aonuma…. Read more
US Playstation Network Update July 13 2010 – DeathSpank, lots for NCAA Football 11
Sony has updated the US end of PSN, and this week PS+ members get a free LBP sackboy Avatar along with Gravity Crash at a discount, and then there’s DeathSpank for the rest of us. Get the gaming goodies below. PlayStation Plus LittleBigPlanet – Sackboy Avatar (Free) subscribers) MAG Raven Dynamic Theme (Free) MAG S.V.E.R. Dynamic Theme (Free) MAG Valor… Read more
Sony is not losing money with Playstation Move: Yoshida
Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said the firm’s treating Move as if it’s the launch of a new platform. Speaking with Develop, Yoshida said Sony has priced Move to, well, move, but at the same time making sure it’s not taking a loss either. “We are pricing Move as if we are launching a new platform. So because the… Read more
Microsoft Xbox Live beats $1 billion in fiscal 2010
Looks as though Microsoft’s broken into dream-like territory with Live cash, pointing to a ten-figure count in the just-ended FY. An email from Dennis Durkin, Xbox’s chief operating officer, has claimed that about half Live’s 25 million users had Gold subs in the year ended June 30, making for revenue of about $600 million. Sales of products like movie and… Read more
The Game Industry should not discount Kinect and Move: Epic’s Mark Rein
Epic’s Mark Rein has said the industry should not “discount” Kinect and Move, as both Sony and Microsoft are doing “cool things” with Unreal Engine 3. Speaking to GI.biz during last week’s GameHorizon conference, Rein feels that there’s more to Move and Kinect “that will eventually come into play.” “Wait until you see what people are going to do with… Read more
Game Critics Awards Winners announced for E3 2010
The winners of the 2010 E3 Game Critics Awards were announced today, with 3DS, and Portal 2 with two wins each and RAGE walking away with three. Best of Show went to Nintendo 3DS, beating out Dance Central, Portal 2, and Epic Mickey. 3DS also walked away with the award for Best Hardware, edging out Move, Kinect and Rock Band… Read more
Sony and Nintendo in 3G discussions with NTT DoCoMo
Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo has told the Wall Street Journal that its in talks with handheld gaming manufacturers to provide 3G capabilities to next-gen devices. The company’s president, Ryuji Yamada, declined to identify specific companies, but said the firm is discussing 3G with “various players”. “Videogame makers know that in order for portable game machines to take the next… Read more
Nintendo Stole the Idea of Super Mario Galaxy from Sonic X-Treme
Nintendo has everyone fooled on this one, they stole the idea from sonic. Sonic WAS going to use this idea for Sonic X-Treme, and it was almost complete. They had the spherical-world atmosphere long before mario. Did you not read my review explaining this? I was able to attempt at reviewing it since I was able to play the beta… Read more
