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Nintendo: 3DS Targeting Hardcore Gamers At Launch
Nintendo has said that 3DS and its software launch line-up are targeted at core gamers, a group it’s “absolutely” not planning on ignoring in the future. Read more here.
PSP2 Will Have 3G Connectivity And A Very Fancy Screen
Sony is widely expected to formally unveil the PlayStation Portable 2 later this week, but ahead of this a major Japanese newspaper has spilled the beans on some of the new handheld’s specs and capabilities. Among them include a 3G connection and an OLED screen. Read more here.
Gamespot Reveals Its Impressions Of Nintendo’s 3DS
Gamespot has revealed their likes and dislike about the 3DS in two separate videos. They have queued up their likes and dislikes of the 3DS from the events in Holland and North America. They also showed their views about the latest 3DS news and games. Read more here.
PSP2 To Be Revealed During Sony’s PlayStation Meeting In Japan
Another report is claiming Sony’s to unveil PlayStation Portable 2 during its Tokyo press event on January 27 , according to Andriasang, and the event has been confirmed by an analyst as being called “PlayStation Meeting”. Read more here.
Sony To Implement PC-Style Serial Key System For PS3
A source close to PS3-sense is claiming Sony will introduce a serial key system for PS3 games, like the one already in place with PC games. According to the site’s source, this is Sony’s way of closing the backdoor to its system, which was blown wide open by hacker GeoHot earlier this month. Read more […]
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 […]
