video games
Fallout 3 triumphs at UK video game awards
(TIMES ONLINE) - It is perhaps in keeping with the times that there was a distinctly apocalyptic edge to the 27th annual Golden Joystick awards for video games, presented on Friday in London.
The accolade of ultimate game of the year was awarded to the post-apocalyptic adventure Fallout 3, but of the winners [...]
Sky Player launch for Xbox 360 delayed
(TELEGRAPH) - The service – which gives Xbox 360 owners access to hundreds of hours of programming from channels such as Sky Sports, Sky Movies and MTV – was due to go live yesterday, but the launch was suspended due to an “unforeseen technical issue”.
“Sky Player [...]
Game of the week: Wii Fit Plus
(TIMESONLINE) - Couch potatoes beware: your slothful excuses are wearing mighty thin with the imminent release of Nintendo’s new and improved Wii Fit — the Wii Fit Plus. The hardware hasn’t changed, but the exercises it comes with have been overhauled to challenge players with far more varied workouts. The new [...]
PSP Go! Handheld Console with Apps - At Game Stock a Decision was Taken to Give the PSP Go! a Go
“PSP Go!” hopes gamers will embrace digital distribution instead of traditional exposure gained from having games in shops. One online shop reverted their decision to boycott stocking the console due to its digital download content only limitation. At Game Stock a decision was taken to give the PSP Go! a go. The PSP Go! [...]
Nintendo Wii Fit has gone to the dogs
(CS MONITOR) - Among Nintendo’s most popular products in recent years is “Wii Fit,” an exercise game which utilizes the plastic Wii Balance board. Now, Nintendo is trotting out a sequel called “Wii Fit Plus” (the branding team was out that week). Among the highlights? An option to weigh your family pet, and track Rover’s [...]
Need for Speed: Shift - Xbox 360
(POCKET LINT) - Need for Speed: Shift is the latest re-boot to the Need for Speed franchise. Since the days of Underground on the PlayStation 2, people have claimed that the franchise has slowly been going downhill with each title that has come out under the Need for Speed brand. Traditionally, the series has always [...]
Sony rebuts BBC PlayStation claim
(BBC) - Sony has rebutted claims made by the BBC programme Watchdog that its PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles suffer from a manufacturing fault.
The programme spoke to PS3 owners who experienced the “yellow light of death” - after which the video game consoles did not work.
Sony argued that the small Watchdog study did not support firm [...]
Sony rebuts BBC PlayStation claim
(BBC NEWS) - Sony has rebutted claims made by the BBC programme Watchdog that its PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles suffer from a manufacturing fault.
The programme spoke to PS3 owners who experienced the “yellow light of death” - after which the video game consoles did not work.
Sony argued that the small Watchdog study did not support [...]
PS3 Slim Console: Pre-Order Prices and Features
Pre-ordering a PS3 Slim ahead of September 1st release date should guarantee you can get hold of one. Many gamers are spectacle about buying a Slim for two mainly understandable reasons. The debate about whether it is worth existing PS3 gamers upgrading to stay credible in the kudos community and those undecided on PS3 [...]
Sony PS3 Slim heralds new round in console war
(TIMES ONLINE) - Microsoft and Sony look set for another bruising round in their console war, with both companies rumoured to be readying price cuts of their gaming machines.
Sony will make an announcement in Cologne at the Gamescom conference on Tuesday, but has dismissed talk of an imminent reduction in the price [...]
