EA’s given me a reason to consider picking up the upcoming “Need for Speed Undercover” action racing game - the title will be featuring Maggie Q as the lead character in several live-action sequences for the story line. Don’t remember Maggie Q? She starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard and well yeah.. just do a Google image search on her.
Need for Speed Undercover will hit the U.S. stores on Nov. 18th and European stores on Nov. 21st and will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, PSP, PC, and mobile platforms.
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Written by flung on August 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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The red Playstation 2 (SCPH-90000 CR) will be released in Japan in July 3rd, 2008. Priced at 16,000 Yen or around $160, the console comes equipped with an analog controller, AV cable and power cord. [Sony via Video Game Blog]
Written by Joe Gadget on June 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Look out Rock Band - you’ve got some competition coming at you this fall in the form of the newly announced Activision Guitar Hero World Tour. The new game will marry Guitar Hero’s guitar gameplay with a cooperative band experience which includes a genuine electronic drum kit, a microphone, a new Music Studio music creator system that allows players to compose, record, edit, and share music, and new online capabilities including Band Career and 8 player “Battle of the Bands” contests. The game will feature the largest on-disc set list for any game to date including master recordings from classic to modern rock bands. You’ll also be able to download localized music on all of the next generation consoles.
Here are some of the more interesting details about the new game:
- The electronic drum kit will feature three drum pads, two raised cymbals, and a bass kick pedal
- The drum controller combines larger and quieter velocity sensitive drum heads with soft rubber construction to deliver authentic bounce back
- Instruments will be wireless
- Music Studio gives players a full compliment of tools to create digital music from scratch using all of the instruments in the game. You can then share your content with friends online through GHTunes
- The game introduces Battle of the Bands concept which allows eight players to join online and challenge each other band-to-band. There’s also a Band mode which allows up to four players to jam together online or offline
Guitar Hero World Tour will be available for the Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and the Nintendo Wii.
One thought.. I’m going to run out of room storing all of this equipment if I have both Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour! Sheesh!
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Written by flung on May 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Electronic Arts is bringing family board game favorites to the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 2 this fall in the form of the Hasbro Family Game Night video game. The video game will feature six favorite board games - Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, Connect Four, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders. Gamers will be able to play the classic versions of the above games or play new versions such as Connect Four Power Chips, Boggle Portal Cubes, Reverse Yahtzee and Battleship Barrage. You can play with up to four people with Yahtzee, Boggle, Sorry!, and Sorry! Sliders. You can play with up to two players in Connect Four and Battleship.
Players can also customize their own digital game room within the Hasbro Family Game Night video game. This means you’ll be able to choose a setting, add earned trophies, add distinctive furniture and decorations all themed to your favorite games.
Hasbro Family Game Night is due to come out this fall for the Wii and the PS2
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Written by flung on May 16th, 2008 with no comments.
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Here’s an interesting device for fitness oriented folks out there. Qmotions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Actiga, is launching a new game controller called the FunFitness which turns boring exercises into fun video racing games. The FunFitness controller measures running or biking body movements and then translates these movements into a video game. This means you can turn something like running in place or riding a stationary exercise bike into a full fledged gaming experience.
According to Qmotions, the FunFitness is easy to install and requires no tools at all. All you need is a stationary bike, a PS2 or Xbox, and a compatible game. Some of the games which will work with the FunFitness include:
- MTX Moto Trax
- Need for Speed Undergroud 1 & 2
- Need for Speed Most Wanted
- Gran Turismo 1,2,3, & 4
- NASCAR Sim Racing
- NASCAR Chase for the Cup
- ToCA Race Driver 1 & 2
- Midnight Club 1,2, &3
You can see a video of the controller in action here. Qmotions expects to launch the FunFitness during the second half of 2008.
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Written by flung on April 17th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Forget about those cheap steering wheel video game accessories if you have some serious cash to spend - the folks over at The Gamers Cockpit have your virtual racing desires covered if you have the money put down. Meet the GT3, priced at around $3,250.
The Gamers Cockpit GT3 will work with select racing games on your PlayStation 2 or Xbox 360. It consists of an all steel chassis, advanced racing seat, steering wheel, pedals, a Logitech surround sound system, your choice of video game console, your choice of video racing game and a 19-inch Samsung LCD television.
What we particularly like about the chassis is that you can customize it in a bunch of different colors. The same can also be done for your racing seat. About the only thing missing now is a beer company sponsorship and a bimbo in a bikini sprawled across the simulator.
Gamers Cockpit GT3 [via Born Rich]
Written by Nino Marchetti on March 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Ok, we all know the Eee Pc is small, but the Mtube, which fits i the palm of your hand is a fraction of the size.
The Mtube runs on a 1 Ghz , x86 CPU produced by Via Technologies. Its basically a pocket PC for surfing the internet, watching video streams, listening to MP3’s, and watching TV. (more…)
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Several HP iPAQ devices were on display at HP’s CES 2008 booth including the following:
Here’s the HP iPAQ 300 Series Travel Companion:
The HP iPAQ 300 series Travel Companions are personal navigation systems that provide a unique 3D travel experience. The device comes with a 4.3 inch touch screen display and an integrated GPS receiver. Features include:
- View maps in 3D
- Locate millions of points of interest
- SiRFtitan 600MHz Dual Core processor
- 4.3 inch touch screen transreflective display (800 x 480 resolution) and LED backlight
- Integrated World Clock
- Enjoy music, videos, pre-installed games and photos
- Plan trips from your PC
- Search for POI, personalize your trip, share with friends - all from your PC and then download to your device and go
- Bluetooth support for hands-free answering system
- 128MB SDRAM, 2GB ROM
- Measures 4.3 x 0.7 x 3.4 in
- Weighs 6.6 oz
- Removable/rechargeable 1700 mAh Lithium-ion battery
HP iPAQ 200 Series Enterprise Handheld
The iPAQ 200 (here’s the 210) series are designed for business/enterprise users who want a beefy PDA device with a large display. Features of the iPAQ 210 include:
- 4 inch touch screen transreflective color display (480 x 640) with LED backlight
- 3 year lifecycle
- 802.11 b/g wireless networking
- Bluetooth wireless
- SDIO and CompactFlash slot
- Marvell PXA310 processor running at 624 MHz
- 128MB SDRAM
- 256MB ROM
- Windows Mobile 6 Classic
- Windows Mobile Office
- Measures 2.99 x .63 x 4.96 in
- Weighs 6.8 oz
HP iPAQ 110 Classic Handheld:
The iPAQ 110 certainly reminds many iPAQ fans of the original iPAQ design yet still has a modern stylish look to it. Features of the iPAQ 110 include:
- Wi-Fi support - 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth support
- Windows Mobile 6 Classic OS
- Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- View PDF documents
- 3.5 inch touch screen display (240 x 320) with LED backlight
- HP Photosmart Mobile
- Marvell PXA310 processor running at 624 MHz
- 64MB SDRAM
- 256 MB ROM
- Integrated microphone, receiver, speaker
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- 1 SDIO slot
- Measures 2.71 x 0.54 x 4.59 inches
- Weighs 3.86 oz
- Removable/rechargeable 1200 mAh Lithium-lon battery
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Written by flung on January 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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EA’s given me a reason to consider picking up the upcoming “Need for Speed Undercover” action racing game - the title will be featuring Maggie Q as the lead character in several live-action sequences for the story line. Don’t remember Maggie Q? She starred in Mission Impossible III and Live Free or Die Hard and well yeah.. just do a Google image search on her. 
