Tag archive: move

House of the Dead: Overkill, from Sega, continues to be one of the best gaming experiences one can find on Nintendo's Wii. The new House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut doesn't really fill the same role in its new PlayStation 3 release, but that doesn't really matter. Shooting zombies for points is still ridiculously entertaining, and the experience is further enhanced by some of the funniest writing that video games have… Read More

Today Sony announced its new Move.Me application, which will allow select individuals to get their own hands on the capabilities of its motion-based gaming technology. “PlayStation Move’s camera-plus-controller combination allows for the most precise and immersive gaming experiences,” senior engineer of SCEA developer support said in a statement today. “Now we’re formally taking that advanced technology, which was almost 10 years in the making,… Read More

One day, we will all look back at the current generation of motion controls and laugh at our own primitive nature. After we finish guffawing at how we looked while waving our hands or moving around wands, we will then put our helmets back on, grab our shields, and jump back into the game. At least, that is the future that Aiken Labs sees with their new interpretation of the motion controllers that have gripped the fascination of gamers… Read More

Claims that the Microsoft's Kinect would outdo the success of the Playstation Move could be right. Even as Sony was celebrating its inability to keep its new motion gaming device on shelves, analysts were calling the company’s triumph premature.  Only once its direct competitor, the Kinect, was released, could Move’s real market success be defined. One research firm in particular gave Kinect the benefit of the doubt, assuming the… Read More

Sony's PlayStation 3 game console will work as a player for 3D Blu-ray movies, music videos and games starting Sept. 21, Sony announced at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday. Originally scheduled for release later this year, Sony pushed the date up to take part in the current  momentum being built around 3D technology. A downloadable software update will enable the capability. The 3D capabilities for the PlayStation 3 will not be as robust… Read More

Sony today announced that two new PS3 bundles are on the way this fall, and each will offer larger hard drives. The first will be the 160GB model that will replace the current 120GB bundles that sell for $300. The price will remain the same, the only difference will be the increased hard drive capacity. The 160GB model is shipping now, and should be on shelves as soon as the current stock is sold through. The second new bundle will feature a… Read More

Computer maker Dell is further refining its move into traditional retail, announcing yesterday that it will be closing some 140 kiosks it operated to showcase its computers and technology. Dell launched the kiosk program in 2002, and the 140 locations were mostly in shopping malls around the United States. Dell says it will shutter the kiosks to focus on its new retail strategy, which has the company pushing computers through traditional… Read More

Computer maker Dell has begun retooling its consumer business strategy in an effort to make its electronics offerings more appealing to customers. Its first move: offering Sony Bravia flat-screen televisions for sale on its Web site. At the moment, Dell is offering the 46-inch KDL-46V2500 1080p-capable Bravia LCD TV along with two 40-inch Bravia models, the 1080p KDL-40V2500 and the 720p KDL-40S2010. The units are priced at $2,999,… Read More

Combined with government support for the move to digital, the advancements are building a DTV market poised to reach sales of $70 billion worldwide in 2008, International Data Corp. said. The projections indicate that the shift from analog to digital TV is in full swing. “As consumers become exposed to the crisp, vivid images and overall cinematic experience of [high definition], they will begin to see a compelling reason to… Read More

The move brings Microsoft's DirectX graphics applications programming interface from the PC to the XBox for the first time, essentially letting game developers write one title that can be used on PCsand XBox machines. The move could help attract more game developers to the XBox where it currently lags in number of titles behind Sony Corp.'s Playstation and Nintendo's Gamecube. “This is how Microsoft gets bigger [in… Read More

A total of about 50 jobs would be lost in the move. We are consolidating our design resources and this is part of our semiconductor product sector,” a Motorola spokeswoman told Reuters. “For all three design centers, we are looking at fewer than 50 employees in total.” She said the move was partly aimed at trimming costs. Read more at Reuters Technology.