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Playstation Move Announced (PS3 Motion Controller)
March 11, 2010
It’s taken a while for the official name of the Playstation 3 motion controller, ‘wand’, ‘arc’ or whatever else people wanted to call it, but Sony have released the official name for their motion controller as the ‘Playstation Move‘.
The announcement was made at GDC yesterday along with a trailer of the type of games that we’ll be looking at playing to start off with. With true 1:1 motion control, it is said to be more responsive than Nintendo’s Wii Motion Plus controllers which is a bold statement.
I’m looking forward to seeing just how the PS3 Move is and what kind of games will be released for it. The fact we’ll be able to play motion controlled games in HD isn’t really a major factor. What I want is a game that uses Move and to get me really immersed in the action. I’m not one for the gimmicky party titles so I’d like to see some new IP games created for use with Move and see how that pans out.
Continue reading »Sony Motion Controller (Arc) Release Date Delayed
January 21, 2010
Sony have announced that their new PS3 motion controller, which was due out this Spring, has had it’s release date pushed back to Autumn 2010 for a worldwide release.
The reason it seems as to why this has been delayed is that:
“We have decided to release the Motion Controller in Fall 2010 when we will be able to offer an exciting and varied line-up of software titles that will deliver the new entertainment experience to PS3 users”
So by the sounds of that, it means that companies aren’t getting the games ready on time for the PS3 motion controller’s original release date and it will now go up against Microsoft’s Project Natal release date that will happen around the same time. Will this delay turn out to be a poor move from Sony?
Continue reading »New High-Spec Nintendo DS To Feature Motion Control?
January 6, 2010
I’m can’t say that I’m surprised to hear this as it was only a matter of time before they brought out a newer version of the Nintendo DS.
This time around however, the new Nintendo DS will feature high-spec graphics and motion sensing technology. The upgraded graphics, which could possibly be powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra Tech, if so that could be quite good, and might entice bigger developers to make more games for Nintendo’s handheld gem, but the motion sensing technology on a handheld? I have my doubts.
Continue reading »‘New Super Mario Bros Wii’ Review
January 3, 2010
When I heard that the Wii was getting some retro Mario treatment after reading the Super Mario Bros Wii preview from the E3 announcement last year, I was rather ecstatic.
I should note that my first encounter with Mario was on the original GameBoy, so despite my excitement I wasn’t sure whether a 2D-based New Super Mario Bros Wii game would work well on a newer console, especially with titles such as Mario Galaxy delivering a 3D update to the old franchise.
As with all Mario games, the objective is to save Princess Peach, who is kidnapped at her birthday party (big surprise there) and need Mario to save her. You navigate around the game, which is broken up into worlds and sub-worlds, by traveling to each sub-world in the kingdom.
Continue reading »Nintendo DSi XL (LL) Goes Bigger And Better?
October 29, 2009
When you need to come up with something new, a good starting point is to take what you’ve got and make it either bigger or smaller – most things in the world of technology seem to go that way (see TV’s for bigger, and mobile phones for smaller) and now the Nintendo DS has followed suit with the Nintendo DSi LL (XL), not long after we wrote about the rumours of a new Nintendo handheld gaming system in development.
The DSi LL is essentially the larger brother of the Nintendo DSi as it is exactly the same machine but 30% bigger, which interestingly gives it two 4.25” screens both of which are bigger than the PSP-3000’s measly 4” one. But why would Nintendo want to do this? Surely the future is in the miniature?
Continue reading »A New Nintendo Handheld Gaming System In Development?
October 19, 2009
This is never going to end is it?
I can’t remember the last time that we’ve had to wait more than 18 months before Nintendo or Sony have announced a newer version of either the DS/DSi or PSP handheld gaming systems. Well it’s Nintendo’s turn………….again.
I love my DS and don’t think I’ll ever get rid of it as I have some really great games for it and there’s still more to come out, or others I haven’t got round to buying yet.
Continue reading »Nintendo Wii Price Cut Coming To The UK
September 28, 2009
What’s that? The Nintendo Wii is finally getting a price cut? Well sat here in Europe we suffer a little in the UK when it comes to international releases: more often than not we are the last of the major technology players to get the latest stuff – behind the US, Japan and occasionally small tribes in Outer Mongolia.
This rule also applies to price cuts and yet again we find that Nintendo have seen to the US before us, however I doubt many people will be complaining because at least it has actually managed to jump the Atlantic. Yes, this is the news that the Nintendo Wii price cut is coming to the UK!
Continue reading »New Nintendo Wii Channel – ‘Today and Tomorrow’ Fortune Telling
September 9, 2009
The first thing that came to mind when I read about this was………..why?
Nintendo announced not so long ago that they were making the Internet Channel free instead of charging people to download the software. For those ‘lucky’ ones who bought their Nintendo Wii early, you got this free anyway. But now they’ve announced a new Wii Channel called ‘Today and Tomorrow’.
Continue reading »Tetris Friends Online Celebrates 25th Anniversary With New Game Modes!
July 7, 2009
A few months ago we covered the newly launched Tetris website called “Tetris Friends” which is a site dedicated to letting you play free online Tetris games – a game that is ever-popular because this game is a true classic and has just recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and it’s still going strong with new generations being able to experience it for the first time!
Therefore, how best would you mark an occasion like this? Why you release 3 new game modes for Tetris players everywhere to play for free anywhere in the world on the Web!
Continue reading »Super Mario Galaxy 2 Fail?
June 16, 2009
If you’re looking for awesomeness with this next installment of Super Mario Galaxy you may be in for a slight… okay, perhaps, epic disappointment. Miyamoto has recently revealed his plans for the new game saying, “I’ve always felt that the Mario games themselves aren’t particularly suited to having a very heavy story.” With this, he goes on to describe the simplicity of the games, which remind us why the game is so popular in the first place.
