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Technology Showdown: Sony’s Move vs. Microsoft’s Kinect vs. Wii

Jeremy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:51:31 +0000

E3 is back in a big way, and this year was the battle of the motion controllers and 3D tech. While Nintendo® was the first to prove that motion technology was viable to gaming with the release of the Wii™, Microsoft® and Sony® are attempting to raise the bar with their own versions of motion control...but have they succeeded? The answer is yes and no. We'll break down both technologies and point out advantages and disadvantages versus the Wiimote™.
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R2-D2 Arcade Machine’s Got Game

Jeremy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:01:35 +0000

Star Wars and Gaming fans unite in awe at this R2 with more gaming power than the original Star Wars special effects computers and C-3PO combined! PopSci reader and engineering student Brian De Vitis converted this R2-D2 cooler into the ultimate Arcade Droid with eight game consoles, even including a projector in it’s dome just [...]
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E3 ‘09 to Bring Motion Controls to the Xbox 360 and PS3 At Last? No, really!

Jeremy — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:37:52 +0000

E3 is here again! The excitement as usual is unbearable, what-oh-what will be revealed this year. We find it interesting that so little is known about any big announcements expected this year from anyone. Does this mean that there will be surprises of a major scale from all parties? A new Mario from Nintendo perhaps? Let's revisit a rumor that we have been following closely for quite some time now that just doesn't go away...motion controlled gameplay on true next-gen consoles! The month of May has been blowing up with new information that leads us to believe (yet again) that it will finally be revealed this year. Follow along to see what the buzz is all about.
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Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection (PS3) Review

lisa — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:00:06 +0000

Remember the Sega Genesis? There were so many good games. Now you can relive 49 of them on Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Playstation 3, for the retail price of $29.95. Seriously, for 30 bucks you really can’t go wrong. Armando Rodriguez from 411Mania rated this game a 9 out of 10, and while [...]
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Peter Moore on MS and Sony Motion Plans

Jeremy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:10:12 +0000

EA Sports president Peter Moore thinks Sony and Microsoft are not planning to simply replicate Nintendo Wii-style motion control, but instead go one step further. “I think that, knowing Microsoft in particular obviously, that they are constantly thinking three to five years ahead of where consumer behaviour is going to be, how do people want to [...]
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Xbox 360 Motion Controller Detailed, and DS Gets Motion Too

Jeremy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:59:42 +0000

You may recall the news that In2Games was making their own Wii-like motion controller for [true] next-gen consoles. Now In2Games has become ‘Performance Design Products’, and more details are starting to flow in about their GameTrek Freedom device including how it works, when it will be released, and on which system. Note the lack of [...]
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King of Fighters XII for PS3 and Xbox 360

lisa — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:52:31 +0000

More HD goodness is the works. This time it’s King of Fighters XII for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Set to be released in July 2009, this fighter will feature 20 playable characters and the game will undergo complete graphical overhaul using newly drawn sprites and detailed backgrounds. Unlike other HD 2D games that [...]
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BlazBlue Arcade Brawler Coming to US

lisa — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:56:12 +0000

From the makers of Guilty Gear comes BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, a high definition 2D fighter set to be released on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 this summer. Originally released in Japanese and US arcades, this game features 12 playable characters, a branching storyline and over 30 hours of gameplay. Depending on the certain battles [...]
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Xbox 360 Motion Controller Rumors Resurface, Is Microsoft Buying Motion Tech Firm?

Jeremy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:32:34 +0000

Anonymous sources close to Microsoft have confirmed that the company is buying 3DV Systems, a motion-detection interface company. 3DV has been designing its camera technologies for some time; its ZCams are said to be a far more accurate version of Sony’s EyeToy, due to the fact that the devices can interpret how far away a subject [...]
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Evolution of Game Controllers

lisa — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:00:35 +0000

Many have speculated and even analyzed how video game consoles have progressed over the decades in terms of graphical capabilities, sound, storage capacity and speed. With an abundance of specs to compare on the game system itself, it seems that the heart of user and console interactivity, known as the gamepad, has been ignored all [...]
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