Archive for the Consoles category

Could Monster Hunter Be Vita’s Lifeline?

The PlayStation Vita is by no means an outright failure just yet but that doesn’t mean it won’t be. It’s no secret that Monster Hunter kept the PSP ticking over [...]

Wii U Is Only “Twice As Powerful” As Xbox 360

It’s time for another session of “random shit said by nobody in particular about the next generation of consoles”. Today’s victim is the Wii U which we at least know [...]

Sony Designer Wanted Vita To Go On A Diet

I quite like the Vita’s design and it isn’t really that bulky given the hardware it has on-board. However, being Japanese means that Takashi Sogabe, the console’s designer, isn’t quite [...]

Get A Vita, Look Like A Complete Douche

So someone decided that instead of receiving the super awesome Kevin Butler treatment, the best way to market the PlayStation Vita now that it has launched in Europe would be [...]

Nyko’s Power Grip Could Potentially Fix Vita Battery Concerns

Nyko, a peripheral company, is gearing up to dish out a range of new peripherals for the PlayStation Vita when it launches next month. However, out of all of them, [...]

3DS Sales Give Sony Hope

PlayStation Vita is nowhere near being a failure just yet but people seem to be writing it off already due to a slow start in sales. What they seem to [...]

PS2 Is Matching PS Vita In Sales, This Is Plain Crazy

Mazel tov to Alessandro who will be taking delivery of his shiny new PlayStation Vita today but it seems like the good captain won’t have much of a crew to [...]

House: Sony “Not Contemplating” Talk About Future Consoles

According to Sony Computer Entertainment president Andrew House, the firm isn’t yet contemplating talking about “anything to do with future console iterations at this point”. There’s been a great deal [...]

Indie Review: Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts

Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts is a satirical turn-based RPG from developer Headup Games. The game parodies the RPG genre with all its frills and steel plated armour. Any [...]

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Vita Will Be More Focussed Than PSP – Sony

Sony seems to have learned from the overall mistake that is the PSP and promises to do things right with the PlayStation Vita. The Vita will be billed first and [...]

Sony Speaks Up About The PS4, Just Don’t Expect Many Words From Them

Okay so it’s not exactly a revelation and Sony’s not exactly dropping huge details on us but we finally know something about the PS3′s successor despite the complete lack of [...]

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Free Movies On PlayStation Home

Free movies will be coming to the virtual world of PlayStation Home thanks to a deal that Sony has signed with movie streaming provider Crackle. The movies will be available [...]

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Xbox 720 Is “Going The Apple Route”

So Microsoft has announced that the successor to the Xbox 360 is in development but that’s about all we’ve heard from the company itself. That doesn’t mean other people can’t [...]

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Kinect For Windows Due ‘Early 2012′

It’s recently been Kinect’s birthday, and because it usually goes that we benefit from other big companies’ parties, Microsoft is celebrating this with some announcements for PC gamers. Starting with [...]

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PS4 Games In Pre-Development Concept Stages

This is not exactly the most concrete scrap of news since industry site Develop references only “a trusted source connected to the matter” as the origin of this information. However, [...]

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Kinect’s “Second Generation” Now Happening

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, recently speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, said that support for Kinect will improve as it now enters its second generation. So, if [...]

Gabe Newell Still Cares About You, PC Gamers

Valve Boss Gabe Newell spoke up for PC gaming and its patrons in the latest issue of PC Gamer UK saying that gaming PC’s are “great value for money” and [...]

Everyone’s In On The New Xbox TV Experience

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the Xbox 360 would have  access to content from almost 40 new media partners in over 20 countries by Christmas 2011. The partners in question [...]

Sony Has Quite Possibly Made One Of The Best Gaming Ads Of All Time

Sony has undoubtedly made one of the coolest gaming TV adverts ever, if not the best we’ve seen to this date. Seriously, check it out yourself. The advert features some [...]

TGS 2011: Vita’s PS3 Remote Play Is Miniaturised Awesome [Video]

One of the PS Vita’s big back-of-the-box-advertised features is the PS3 Remote Play which allows users to play all of their favourite PS3 games on the Vita by remotely accessing [...]

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Sony Considering UMD Conversion Program For Vita

Excellent news for all of you sitting at home with a heap of PSP titles and wondering whether any of them will be playable on the new Vita handheld console. [...]

The Evolution Of The Game Controller, A Graphic Representation

Over the years we’ve come a long way in terms of how we interface with the games we play, certainly from the days of the two-button box that was used [...]

This Skyrim Xbox Will Make You Commit A Double Homicide

As you read this, two lucky bastards people are enjoying ogling and using their very own Elders Scroll V: Skyrim-themed Xbox 360′s given out at a walkthrough of the game [...]

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The Ultimate Modular Sports Controller

No controller is perfect, right? The PS3′s one has clunky ergonomics and sticky trigger buttons whereas the Xbox 360 has a soft D-pad. Do you prefer to 360 or PS3 [...]

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PS Vita Won’t Support 3D, Sony Explains

Sony’s PlayStation Vita won’t be supporting 3D technology when it launches, and Mick Hocking has provided us with an explanation on why. Speaking with GameSpot, Hocking said that 3D gaming [...]

Indie Review: Proun

Proun is a Dutch made indie game unlike anything you’ve seen or played before. It is free. It is fun. There is no good reason why you should not give it a try.

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PS3 & Xbox 360 Are “Getting A Bit Long In The Tooth” – OnLive

That’s the opinion of Steve Perlman, CEO of cloud gaming initiative OnLive, who believes that both current-gen consoles don’t have the processing power developers need to produce higher performance games. [...]

Microsoft Believes Kinect Will Grow On Hardcore Gamers

Microsoft believes that Kinect will eventually win hardcore gamers over. Many core gamers were disappointed with Microsoft’s Kinect-centric E3 2011 press conference. Speaking with Eurogamer, Xbox senior product manager David [...]

E3 2011: Behold Micrsoft’s New Xbox Steering Wheel

Feast your eyes upon the latest official Xbox steering wheel peripheral to come from Microsoft. The biggest thing to notice is the lack of any wires. The wheel is wireless [...]

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E3 2011: Sony Committed To 3D, Big Plan Of Action Revealed

Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America and presenter of Sony’s press conference, revealed Sony’s big plan of action to show their commitment to 3D and HD classics. The [...]