Video Game News & Reviews

Arc Rise Fantasia takes gamers to a new world
Arc Rise FantasiaNintendo Wii$49.99ESRB rating: TeenReview rating: 3 stars_______Many people think RPGs have always focused on intense action and streamlined features, but I miss classic JRPGs, where character development and story trump everything else. T…

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Get Your Ears On With Sonic Colors
Sonic Colors (Wii) As close to looking like Sonic without genetic engineering.

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Next-Gen controllers could heat up or cool down while you play
Ever since the Nintendo Wii first took the stage, this generation of the console wars has been more about controllers than anything else. Right now, motion-sensing controllers are the current hotness: consider the Nintendo Wiimote, the Microsoft Kinect and the PlayStation Move… but a couple generations ago, it was all about rumble. What new functionality [...]

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Canada’s Telus Pipes IPTV To Microsoft Xbox 360s
Canadian telco Telus is letting subscribers of its new Optik TV service use a Microsoft Xbox 360 game console as a secondary set-top box, more than three years after the software giant first showed off the concept.

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Microsoft Wins Patent Lawsuit That Targeted Xbox Game Systems
Microsoft Corp., the world’s biggest software maker, won a court ruling that its Xbox video-game system doesn’t infringe a patent over multiplayer gaming, ending a six-year legal battle.

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Ewww: The creepy anatomy of game controllers
Maybe next time you should think twice about throwing that game controller against the wall. Concept artist Mads Peitersen has peeled back the plastic surface of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controllers, and revealed what’s really inside these things: bones, teeth, and flesh. Ten out of ten for originality, Mads. Forty-three out of ten for [...]

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All About Metroid: Other M’s Gameplay
The way that Team Ninja leader Yosuke Hayashi puts it, Metroid: Other M — the Wii action game his group’s developing under the watchful eye of Yoshio Sakamoto, father of the Metroid series — kicked off with the idea that it’d be a truly Wii-ready action game. “Sakamoto wanted to make a 3D action game that could be played with a single Wii remote,” he told Famitsu magazine in an interview …

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Review: ‘DeathSpank,’ ‘Limbo’ bring summer heat
– This summer has been so oppressive throughout most of the United States that even driving to the video-game store feels like an ordeal. Fortunately, you don’t have to leave home to experience some of the season’s most interesting games – you can download them directly to your console. Games – Video Games – Recreation – Technology – Heat Pumps

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Bins, bags keep game controllers under control
Many families are running into one big hassle when it comes to the Wii, PlayStation and Xbox systems: the ever-growing storage problem.

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Microsoft Shows Off ‘Milo’ Virtual Human
At TED, Microsoft showed off its “virtual human” technology, named Milo, designed for the company’s hands-free Xbox 360 motion controller called Kinect at TED Global in Oxford. Milo is built to react to people’s emotions, body movements, and voice, allowing players to interact with the virtual character.

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EA Unveils Medal of Honor Version
Video game manufacturer and publisher Electronic Arts Inc. announced to launch the Medal of Honor limited version.

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Grip-It analog Stick Covers for Game Controllers Launch
If you are a hard core console gamer looking for more comfort and grip for the controllers on your PS3 or Xbox 360 CompuExpert has your gear. The company has a new analog joystick cover for both console controllers that is called Grip-It. The covers pre…

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Can 3G Nintendo DS and Sony PSP Compete With Smartphones?
While your Nintendo DS or Sony PSP may be pretty clever at wireless connection over Wi-Fi, when you wander out of antenna range you’re doomed. To combat this problem, these two companies are creating new technology to boost Wi-Fi reach. But is that enough to stay competitive? As reported by the Wall Street Journal , NTT DoCoMo–Japan’s cell phone network with the most subscribers–is in …

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New Pokemon to offer video chat
Gotta chat them all

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PDP Announces AFTERGLOW “Prismatic” Special Edition Controllers
LOS ANGELES—-Following an incredible showing at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Performance Designed Products LLC , an industry leader in designing and manufacturing products for all major video game platforms, announced today a special surprise for gamers in the Q4 2010 period.

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We have a brand new xbox 360 elite and need another wireless game control, but the xbox brand is about $50 but I see other brands that are much cheaper. Anyone bought an off brand that they recommend?

I want to buy this playstation that works fine, but wont come with controllers when I buy it. I do not want to have to buy the additional controllers separate however i will if i have to.

i want to get rock band for my playstation 2 and i want to use all 3 things (guitar drums and microphone) but i want to make sure that all three will work. is there like an extra thing that i have to buy?

When you buy a Wii game via Wii Shopping do you have to have special controllers for all the games? I want to play the Super Nintendo games that they offer but I only have the standard Wii Remotes.

On the back of the Rock Band 2 box for the Wii it shows a picture of a Wii Remote with a number 2 on it. This normally means that the maximum number of players for the game is 2. However, Rock Band’s big feature is the fact that you can play with up to four people. Can you only play with up to 2 people on the Wii version? Is this a typo? Or is there some other explanation?