Mar 11
The Playstation Arc as some of you might have known it, is officially the Playstation Move and has been debuted at GDC 2010. Sony’s calling it “the next generation of motion gaming” because of its extreme amount of control and the ability to be precise, latency is about on par with the Dualshock 3. It uses the Playstation Eye to track the Move, and additionally Sony says that this precision will not only allow casual gamers to engage themselves with their games, but creates a “new experiences for core gamers”. There will also be a “subcontroller” which has an analog stick, so you can completely play your way through shooters and SOCOM 4 which will support it. (Yes, it’s a wireless Wii Nunchuck. I get it, okay?)
You’ll be able to move with the Move (sorry with the pun) in three ways: fork over the cash as a standalone, a bundle with a PS3, or a starter kit that’s “under $100″ and includes the Move, Playstation Eye, and a game. That’s all the pricing that’s known for now, but it’s pretty good so far. The release will be Fall 2010.
Promo vid after the break!
Playstation Move press shots
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Mar 03
For those of you who might not know, I am a super fan of racing games. More precisely good racing games. And more precisely still, online awesome racing games. The original Test Drive Unlimited was a dream for me. You started off with a sucky Ford Mustang or whatever you could buy with 5,000 dollars, then you had thousands of miles of Oahu, Hawaii to your pleasure. You could free roam, buy new houses at a real estate office, get chased by advanced cops, and play online and organize the coolest races ever. There was even one race that allowed you to grand tour the whole island for 2 hours. And that’s why Atari has its first customer.
Test Drive Unlimited 2 will also a seamless experience as Atari puts it and “is always live”, meaning that unlike the original which had offline and online modes, there’s a single narrative mode that can be progressed on online or offline, either on the Xbox 360, PS3, or PC this Fall. Good stuff. Press release after the break.
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Mar 01
Do you get it yet? All issues affecting the “fat” PlayStation 3 models are gone, including the clock one, and you can game to your heart’s content once again. It’s unknown if Sony actually did something to the PlayStation Network or if PS3s themselves just went past a certain time for them to work again correctly. Either way, a quickie Q/A is at JoyStiq, and you’ll also get some info on how to recover lost trophy data (in theory).
Source: JoyStiq
Mar 01
Wow. Last night what was only deemed a minor hiccup which escalated to a major error has now turned into a monster. Sony is advising 1st generation PlayStation 3 owners NOT to turn on their systems, because the clock bug would cause data loss. So while you’re trying to find ways on how to entertain yourself, feel free to read more posts from us throughout the day, because Sony doesn’t want you to use your PS3 for the next 24 hours. Don’t believe me? Here’s Sony:
We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.
Ouch.
Source: Sony
Feb 28
You’ve read the headline and now you’re reading the post. Right now, many PlayStation 3 owners are reporting that they are getting the dreaded error 8001050F which so far looks like it doesn’t allow users to play online or log in to their PSN account. This even goes as far as first-generation PS3s where other users are reporting that their clocks reset and they’ve gotten data lost. Other gamer-disrupting errors include not being able to even play a game offline, corrrupted trophy info, and game crashes. It looks like the world is coming to an end for PlayStation 3 owners. Sony says “they’re looking into it“.
We’ll keep this post updated in the meantime while you figure out what to do while your PS3 is in downtime.
Source: IGN Boards, PlayStation Boards, JoyStiq, Kotaku
Feb 24
Despite the larger footprint, as well as price, the DSi XL is probably everything you might love about your smaller DSi, except in bigger American style. There two 4.2-inch LCDs and you’ll have two color options: Burgundy and Bronze. Each unit will come preloaded with two DSiWare Brain Age games, Photo Clock, Flipnote Studio and the DSi Browser. As for the people in Europe, you’ll get your extra-large DSi on March 5th. PR after the break, per usual. UPDATE: We embedded a promo video for you once you click the “Read More” link.
Source: Joystiq
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Feb 18
Way back in 2006 when Dell bought Alienware, the key exces bailed out and started something new: they created a gaming computer company that would make Alienwares the way they were supposed to be made. And the EON18 is their 18-inch gaming powerhouse: 18.4″ full HD widescreen, dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 208M GPUs, 7.1 high-def audio, up to 3 250GB SSDs, and sports a Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 now, but on Monday is stepping up to a Core i7. The laptop is extremely customizable; in fact you can place your name or logo in place of ORIGIN’s logo. Another thing that probably won’t last, but is special since ORIGIN is new: customer service on-demand and the lifetime labor guarantee. Hopefully ORIGIN will go high places. Press release after the break.
Oh and as for the starting price? $1,785 United States Dollars. [OriginPC]
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Feb 10
When ASUS unveiled the G73 at CES, they didn’t talk much; no pricing or release date. But now, you can pick up this 8-pound beast for $1449,99 on Newegg. What do you get for your 1500 bucks you say? A17.3-inch 1920 x 1080 display, a Core i7 720QM processor, an 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, some tasty ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphics, and a DVD burner, among other standard features, all in an angular-shaped laptop. Not bad. [Via Laptoping]
Feb 05
If you want to have a few more hours of Halo 2 on your Xbox then now is the time. All Live service for the original Xbox will disappear on April 15th and this also affects original Xbox games played on your newer Xbox 360. Same goes for an Xbox Original title that you downloaded through your 360; on the 15th of April there will be no LIVE service.
The advantage of cutting off these old games is allowing Xbox LIVE to expand, and as Microsoft put it “in the next few weeks” more functionality and flexibility will be available on LIVE. [Via Gamerscoreblog]
Jan 13
Soon this spring Nintendo Wii owners will have access to Netflix’s media streaming services. Start at a minimum plan of $8.99 a month, users will have the same privileges as Xbox 360 and PS3 owners. As with the PS3, Wii owners will have to obtain a free disc from Netflix’s website, and will have to load the disc to actually stream content. The disc ships this Spring, and you’ll need a broadband connection on your Wii. What I’m wondering though is that since the Wii cannot go past the 480p mark, there will be no HD. Would you still bite?
[Via Associated Press]
