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Next-gen Wii in 2011 suggests Square Enix chief

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

Nintendo regularly quash Wii HD rumors, but they keep on coming back. Latest to reignite the speculation is none other than Square Enix chief Yoichi Wada, who has stuck his neck out and suggested 2011 as the launch window for the reworked console. Wada tips the new Wii HD as having many of the features as the Xbox 360 and PS3, to which we're assuming he's referring to media-centric functionality.

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Space Foosball table brings retro gaming up to date [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

Take one of the most iconic arcade games, mix it up with a classic real-world game, and you might be so lucky as to end up with Space Foosball. The DIY handiwork of Young J. Kim’s team at the Korean Ewha Women’s University Computer Graphics Lab, Space Foosball uses the familiar handle controls from a foosball table but encodes their movement digitally, with the university’s own Everyware physics engine used to power gameplay.

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SteelSeries Siberia v2 headset for gamers unveiled

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Sep 18th 2009 No Comments

Many hard core gamers prefer to play their favorite games on the PC using a headset or headphones rather than using speakers. This is because the headphones allow you to hear more of the nuances of the in-game sound and some gamers feel they can hear where their enemy is.

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Sony PSP mini games fast-track approvals strips out networking, multiplayer

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 18th 2009 No Comments

Sony’s PSP “minis” download games for the upcoming PSP Go are already prompting confusion, not least because of the company’s own guidelines for developers hoping to fast-track their submissions. Sony has revealed its policies for PlayStation Network approval, including details on the “accelerated approvals process”; unfortunately, for titles to qualify for that process they must be single-player, have no network or downloadable content, and no peripheral support.

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Spawn Labs HD-720: remote console gaming on your PC [Video]

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 15th 2009 No Comments

Spawn Labs have announced their HD-720 remote gaming adapter, and from the sound of it they’re trying to do to console games what Slingbox did for TV. The HD-720 hooks up to your console – both Xbox 360 and PS3 are natively supported, with adapters for other versions – and then streams gameplay over WiFi to your PC. While that might not seem much use if you’re at home, it does mean you can keep up with your favorite game while on the road without having to lug your console along with you.

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Zune 4.0 Software released; Zune HD to get 3D gaming, Twitter & Facebook

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 15th 2009 No Comments

It comes as no great surprise, given our unboxing video and hands-on with the new PMP is already live, but Microsoft have officially announced the Zune HD. As well as reconfirming the specs we’ve already heard – NVIDIA Tegra processor, 720p HD playback, OLED multitouch touchscreen and either 16GB or 32GB of storage – Microsoft have also revealed that yes, the Zune HD will play 3D games such as Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition and Audiosurf Tilt together with getting Twitter and Facebook clients later in 2009.

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ODROID Android handheld gets HD TV/gaming video demo

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 15th 2009 No Comments

Last we saw of the ODROID Android Entertainment device was a spec-sheet and some tiny images; now, at least, we know they have a working prototype. The company has sent us a video demonstrating the ODROID’s HD movie-out connectivity, as well as some big-screen gameplay, with the gaming handheld’s ARM Cortex A8 processor proving just as capable as we’ve seen from the iPhone 3GS.

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Ben Heck Atari 800 laptop casemod mk3 is best yet [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

Be still my beating retro heart. Ben Heck has been flexing his awesome mod-skills and produced this incredible Atari 800 laptop casemod, replete with hearing-aid-beige casing, authentic keyboard – which pops-up at an angle – and front-loading cartridge slot.

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Zune HD premature promo video confirms 3D gaming

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

With the Zune HD officially launching in a matter of hours, it isn’t long before all the mysteries of Microsoft’s new PMP are splayed open like a druid sacrifice. Still, until then we’ll keep gobbling up whatever we’re given, such as some prematurely posted adverts for the Zune HD and seemingly confirmation that it will be capable of 3D gaming.

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Nokia N900 big-screen gaming gets video demo

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 3 Comments

Apple’s iPod touch 3G may be “the funnest iPod ever” now that Steve & Co have decided it’s a hardcore gaming machine, but it looks like they may have some competition from Nokia. One of the N900’s less publicized features is its TV output, which can be used to play the preinstalled games – Global Race and Bounce – on a bigger display. Maemo-Guru shot some footage of the N900 doing its gaming thing, and it certainly looks promising.

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