The Xbox Kinect is specimen of motion-tracking and voice-recognition technology, its awesomeness undermined only by an apparent inability to support no play space other than professionally-lit studios. Apartments, dorms, small game rooms … all have fallen victim to the Kinect’s warehouse-only space requirements. Enter Nyko’s Kinect Zoom, a magnifying glass of sorts that slips over […]
Activision killed the Guitar Hero franchise, Rock Band seems like little more than a DLC machine, and Ubisoft’s new Rocksmith game sounds awesome if you want to jam on a real guitar, although the jury’s still out about whether it actually teaches you anything. All of this is to say that the world of videogame
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A second game demo for Sonic Generations prior to the title’s launch on Xbox 360 and PS3, SEGA announced today. The second Sonic Generations demo will go live on Oct. 18 for Xbox 360 and on Oct. 25 on PS3. The first demo, released June 23, allowed fans to play as Classic Sonic only. The
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One of the most unique titles we’ve seen this year, including at E3 2011, is now available at retail, as Activision has begun shipping Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3. The Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure Starter Pack includes the game, three Skylanders action figures, the Portal of Power peripheral, a poster
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Microsoft dropped a cluster bomb of new info about Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary this weekend, including announcing Xbox Kinect support for the upcoming Halo compilation and revealing that the classic multiplayer map Hang ‘Em High has been reimagined for the game. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition is slated to release Nov. 14. You can pre-order
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Having seen Transformers: Dark of the Moon release on Blu-ray Disc, it occurred to me that I never reviewed its video game tie-in. Call me skeptical of a movie-based game. Call me callous for taking this long to get to it. Or, just call me forgetful. Regardless, one thing you can definitely call me is
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The Grammy Award-winning group Coldplay will make its Rock Band debut on Oct. 18 with a six-pack of songs in the Rock Band 3 Music Store. The Rock Band 3 DLC from Coldplay will be available for the Xbox 360, Wii and PS3. First up in the Coldplay six-pack is the single that pushed the
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Sony Online Entertainment today announced its squad-based FPS PAYDAY: The Heist will be available for download via the PlayStation Network on Oct. 18. In PAYDAY: The Heist, players assume the role of a career criminal and engage in a number of high-stakes, death defying heists in pursuit of the next “big score.” The online co-op
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One of the biggest games of the year is getting even bigger, as EA and BioWare have announced Mass Effect 3 is getting multiplayer via a download called Galaxy at War. This is the first time the Mass Effect series has included a multiplayer component. The Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War feature will be
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The PlayStation Network has been hacked again, with non-credit-card information available to the perpetrators. Fortunately for the majority of PS3 owners, the latest PSN hack only affects approximately 93,000 people — or one-tenth of one percent of all PSN and Sony Online Entertainment users. According to a post on CNN, “Network customers who were affected
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