All the stories tagged with: Gaming
Logitech Driving Force GT Racing Wheel
02/20/2008, The Gran Turismo franchise has received its official racing wheel, courtesy of Logitech – the Logitech Driving Force GT Racing Wheel. Some of the interesting features found on this high-end computer peripheral include :- Powerful force feedback for greater realism [...]
Emotiv is Nearly Ready
02/20/2008, It is nearly a year since the Emotiv prototype was demonstrated to Ubergizmo, and as one expects, a whole lot can happen within a year. The latest Emotiv model is almost ready for prime time action, where you will soon [...]
Wii Fit US Launch in May
02/20/2008, Looks like the Wii Fit will be landing on US shores this May, enabling people living Stateside to take advantage of the weight-and-motion sensing device known as the Wii Balance Board right smack in the middle of their comfortable living [...]
ToyQuest Touch Table EES
02/20/2008, ToyQuest has unveiled its 21″ Touch Table EES educational system that offers a variety of activities to keep your child occupied and captivated without the negative input that most TV shows offer these days. Some of the features include games, [...]
Second Life Heads For Mobiles
02/19/2008, Looks like cell phone owners aren’t left out of the Second Life loop either, with Vollee planning on rolling out technology which makes it possible for Second Life to run on 3G handsets courtesy of Vollee’s streaming media service. Sounds [...]
Mario Kart Wii Wheel: Good or Bad?
02/19/2008, Mario Kart has definitely evolved over the years, from the solo days of the SNES version to Double Dash on the GameCube where you get to play as a tag team. With Mario Kart Wii hitting retail game shelves this [...]
Emotiv EPOC Neuroheadset: Mind-Controlled Video Games
02/19/2008, [GDC 2008] Last year, we published about Emotiv, a brain/computer interface headset prototype launched at GDC 2007. Today, Emotiv unveiled the EPOC neuro-headset that allows gamers to control a video game using their thoughts, expressions and emotions. This consumer product [...]
Rumor: Blu-Ray Xbox 360 in May?
02/19/2008, The latest post-DVD-war rumor is that Microsoft is set to “dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008”, according to smarthouse. The authors say that they have learned this from insiders [...]
Nintendo Character Evolution Shows How Compute Graphics Have Evolved
02/19/2008, Geekologie has a cool post (and most importantly image) about the evolution of three historic game characters from Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong. While I’m not sure that all the images fit a global respective timeline, but we can say for sure that [...]
Zeemote Bluetooth Mobile Game Controller Hands-On
02/18/2008, [GDC 2008] You might have seen the Zeemote during Mobile World Congress last week, but the company will promote the software development kit (SDK) at the Game Developers Conference being held in San Francisco. We meet Beth Marcus, the founder [...]
Obvious: SEGA is Happy with Sonic for iPod
02/18/2008, SEGA said that Sonic for iPod was a “fantastic opportunity”. Sega of America’s Simon Jeffrey also said: “The iPod is arguably the most pervasive cross-demographic piece of consumer electronics today. There are no age or fashion barriers to iPod adoption, [...]
PlayStation 3 Messaging Details Officially Leaked
02/15/2008, The picture on the right was taken from the official PS3 website and it shows a new “Friends and Messaging” feature for the PS3. This is basically an IM client for the PS3 that would offer the usual text, voice [...]
PlayStation 3 Outsells Xbox 360 in January, Gets Close to Wii
02/15/2008, The PlayStation 3 has outsold the Xbox 360 and got very close to the Nintendo Wii last month, according to the latest market research. Wii: 274,000 units PS3: 269,000 units xBox 360 : 230,000 It might be that consumers are [...]
