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Microsoft Encourages Geohot To Jailbreak Windows 7 Phone
When Geohot (infamous for the i-Jailbreak, PS3 Jailbreak) expressed that he would jailbreak Windows 7 Phone, Microsoft actually encouraged him by offering him a free Windows 7 phone. In a tweet, Microsoft product management head Brandon Watson said, “if you want to build cool stuff on [Windows 7 Phone], send me email and the team [...]
Pachter: Nintendo Has “Completely Blown It” With Wii 2 strategy
Wedbush Morgan analyst boss Michael Pachter has laid the boot into Nintendo in the wake of this week’s 3DS launch announcements, saying the Kyoto firm was missed its chance with a next-gen Wii. “With as much respect for Nintendo management as I can muster, I think Nintendo’s completely blown it with their second generation Wii [...]
Nintendo 3DS Price Confirmed At $250, Releasing March 27 2011
Nintendo said today it will launch the 3DS in the United States on March 27, 2011 for $249.99. The announcements came during the company’s worldwide press events held in New York City and Amsterdam. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said that during the system’s launch window – between the launch of the 3DS in [...]
Mandatory Xbox Live Dashboard Update Coming Jan 19, Re-enables “Boot To Disc”
Microsoft is to release a mandatory Xbox 360 dashboard update this week that will introduce a few minor changes to your experience. On Wednesday, January 19, an update will re-enable the ‘Boot to Disc’ option Read more here.
Bilson: “It Would Be Horrible” If New Hardware Came Out Right Now
THQ core boss Danny Bilson has told Eurogamer “it would be horrible” if new hardware appeared now. “It would be horrible. But I think they all know our model’s broken anyway,” he said, speaking at the publisher’s New York event last week. “It still costs us a fortune to make games on this platform. If [...]
Hands-On Tester Calls Out 3DS Stability Issues
In the midst of a media blitz of 3DS enthusiasm, another negative note has sounded. The Geek Beat’s David Ewalt called the 3DS “extremely cool”, but expressed reservations about its augmented reality features and narrow depth of field. “The 3DS wants you to keep a distance of about 30 inches from the card, and every [...]
Nintendo 3DS: Region Lock A ‘Possibility’ For Some Software
Nintendo has suggested that 3DS software won’t be entirely region locked across the board – but confirmed the “possibility” that certain games won’t be compatible with foreign handhelds. Read more here.
New PS3 Custom Firmware Bricking 60 GB Consoles
Custom firmware v3.55 has killed quite a few launch PS3s as people rushed to “back up” their games without waiting to see if the thing actually works. Even when it was discovered that the firmware is utterly broken, people were still bricking their consoles because they weren’t reading whole forum threads. Read more here.
Kinect PC Support ‘In The coming Months’
Microsoft will announce official Kinect support for PC “in the coming months”, according to Winrumors. News site WinRumors claims that “Microsoft officials are currently readying an official SDK and Kinect drivers for Windows”. The website says Microsoft “is set to unveil driver support and an SDK in the coming months and will allow third-party developers [...]
3DS Hardware Info Round-Up
Andriasang has rounded up the latest bits of 3DS hardware news. Here are a few points of note: 1. The 3DS cartridge is smaller than its DS counterpart. The 3DS cartridge has a protruding edge on the top right. 2. You can use your DSi and DSi LL AC adapter with the 3DS 3. Outside [...]
Infinity Ward Admits COD4 And MW2 Hacks, But Blames PS3?s Lack Of Security
Infinity Ward has finally admitted that Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2 has been hacked but blames it on PS3′s lack of security. Sony has recently acknowledged a breach in security on the PS3 which resulted in games to become exposed to exploits and hacks. Modern Warfare 2 is no exception to this [...]
Xbox 360 Is Now Selling Better Than The PS2 Did
The PS2 has always been the darling of the industry with sales now well over 100 million and it still selling well across the globe, especially in the emerging economies. However VGChartz has been crunching some numbers and has come up with a surprising situation, the Xbox 360 is selling far better now than the [...]
Crytek Wants To Make iPhone/iPad Games
A recent job listing reveals that Crytek wants to move into the iPhone/iPad gaming market. The job listing requires an individual who has experience “designing and developing complex, integrated iPhone and iPad applications.” Read more here.
Analyst: Kinect Outsold Move By 5 To 1 In December 2010
Gaming analyst Michael Pachter has said that Kinect bundles have outsold Move bundles by 5 to 1 during December 2010. You can read more here.
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