Nintendo has a penchant for stupid names and keeping that tradition in mind, they blew open the doors to their latest console (once called Project Cafe) at E3 2011, the Wii U. Umm yeah. So anyways, as speculated this console does output HD which means gamers can finally expect better looking games from Nintendo as well as third party stables. Because it's all about U The console doubles up as a controller as well so let’s say, you need to pass over the TV to your parents, you can simply plug the console out and continue your game on its 6.2 inch touch screen display. Price and availability weren’t announced yet but you can soak in all the details through the video embedded below. |
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Normally June’s a pretty mellow month for video game releases what with E3 looming on the horizon. Still this month, there’s quite a bit of stuff coming out to satiate the bloodlust within. Enter the Games of June 2011.
inFamous 2 (PS3)
Tower offense
Cole McGrath, the electric courier from inFamous returns with even more super-powers in this charged up sequel from Sucker Punch. The action this time round has moved to New Marais, a fictional city based in New Orleans where Cole must face his toughest adversary yet. Gameplay stays the same as the prequel with the addition of user created missions that allow users to create and share missions online. Like LittleBigPlanet, only less cute.
Alice: Madness Returns (Xbox360 PS3)
Yup, she's angry all right
Forget about what you’ve read or seen in the movies; this right here is a highly twisted take on Lewis Carroll novels with content that’s not really meant for children. Alice: Madness Returns is essentially a third person action game with focus on melee combat that’ll oscillate between all out combat, puzzle solving and platforming. The game takes place nearly 11 years after American McGee’s Alice and will delve into Alice’s twisted past as she strives to liberate herself from it.
Shadows of the Damned (Xbox360 PS3)
Yeah, that's gonna hurt real bad
A demented love child between designers Goichi Suda and Shinji Mikami, Shadow of the Damned is an action horror game with a ton of crazy sprinkled in there thanks to Suda. In it you’ll play as demon hunter Garcia Hotspur who quite literally travels to hell and back in a bid to save his love. Be warned though; this game probably will contain a lot, and I mean a LOT of penis jokes, as was evident in the last trailer.
Duke Nukem Forever (Xbox360 PS3 PC)
His own worst enemy
The King’s back and he’s about to kick some butt cos he’s all outta gum. After nearly a decade, Duke Nukem emerges from the dead, courtesy Borderlands and Brothers in Arms developer Gearbox Software. Even though the game’s being released this month, gameplay is still reminiscent of the nineties with a focus on big guns, big enemies, toilet humor and tons of bodacious babes.
Red Faction Armageddon (Xbox360 PS3 PC)
Bring it
Red Faction Guerilla was perhaps the most open-ended, destructive game ever made allowing players to annihilate structures down to their very last brick. With Armageddon, developer Volition are planning on upping the ante with a lot more destruction and devastation, only this time they’ll have monsters as well. Wait, what! Yeah apparently, a few years after the events of RFG, humanity had to head underground due to unlivable conditions above the surface. In doing so they managed to awaken a race of Martian creatures who obviously are really cranky and not to mention hungry.
F.E.A.R 3 (Xbox360 PS3 PC)
Ketchup accident
F.E.A.R. was one of the most cathartic shooters in its time. It was scary, violent and shooting someone in the face with a shotgun while slowing time down was immensely satisfying. After a bunch of lackluster expansions and a rather average sequel, the F.E.A.R. franchise is about to kick start with F.E.A.R. 3. You’ll still have your creepy gameplay complimented by fast-paced kinetic action but now you can embark upon this journey with a friend as F.E.A.R. 3 will ship with co-operative play.
There’s a sci-fi buff inside every one of us. We have had our inspiration from a ton of movies, novels and video games. How many of us don’t wish our otherwise-average-TV transforms into a humanoid that further breaks into a techno jig? Fact is, we all do, well at least many of us.
Taking a pick from the sci-fi genre, we bring five gadgets that we’ve seen, read or heard about and today can actually get our hands on one. Check them out.
Tablets
Starting off with something that has been in the news, markets, events and almost everywhere. What we call the tablet today, was actually the PADD (Personal Access Display Device) from Star Trek, a TV series since 1967 and movies which were made since 1979. Okay not actually, but more or less the same. The device seen in the pictures back then is nowhere close to the tablets of today. But you really have to admire the fact that something like this was conceptualized a long time back.
Taking a pick from the sci-fi genre, we bring five gadgets that we’ve seen, read or heard about and today can actually get our hands on one. Check them out.
Tablets
Starting off with something that has been in the news, markets, events and almost everywhere. What we call the tablet today, was actually the PADD (Personal Access Display Device) from Star Trek, a TV series since 1967 and movies which were made since 1979. Okay not actually, but more or less the same. The device seen in the pictures back then is nowhere close to the tablets of today. But you really have to admire the fact that something like this was conceptualized a long time back.
PADD's the way I like it...
Of course the tablet is not a very new idea, there were concepts earlier, but like it or not, they have become a lot more popular now then it was back then. So round one, Star Trek brings the tablet concept to the general public.
House Cleaning Robots
Cartoon time! If you’ve spent your evenings after school gobbling milk and cookies and staring at Cartoon Network, you’re bound to remember The Jetsons. No one better than Rosie the robot that can clean up the mess that Astro their pet dog made! The real life counterpart we’re talking about here is Roomba.
Oh dear Rosie...
Although not as interactive as Rosie, the robot does the job of getting under couches, cleaning off the dirt and heads straight back to the docking station after work. The good point you have to note is that Roomba is not as nagging as Rosie!
The roomba doing broomba
Exoskeletons
"Iron Man". That's kind of catchy. It's got a nice ring to it. Sadly, that’s not what the real-world exoskeletons are actually called. SARCOS or the XOS exoskeleton as the US Army calls it, gives the user “super-human” strength.
Wish I had that!
XOS is also referred to as half-human and half-robot. The robot part is obviously the metal-based exoskeleton which the user controls. So if you’re readying yourself to carry a big block weighing 200 pounds, the sensors placed in pivotal points of the exoskeleton detect the parts of the body you’re going to use. After detecting, those particular joints of the exoskeleton get into action and the user doesn’t feel anything but lifting their hands! Pretty neat for now, but you never know, the future exoskeletons could have jetpacks attached to it!
This looks something that I can have.. Hmm..
Wristwatch Phones
The concept dates back to 1940 with Dick Tracy using one of these to for audio communication. It’s also being said that the later models (sometime in the 60’s) also had video. The real life gadget is our very own LG GD910 Watch Phone.
Even if it's not exactly Dick Tracy's, you certainly can try it...
LG’s GD910 is something that many would like to have. With normal features of making calls and sending texts, it also has video playback and a camera. What might eventually stop people to buy this is its pricing, but if you dig espionage, save up for this one!
Lightsabers
Although I never thought of including this, I just couldn’t resist telling you all about how cool a Star Wars sword would actually be in real life! Admittedly, the Star Wars weapon has not been mastered in terms of functionality. Nevertheless, current technology cannot be far from it. We’ve seen lasers rip off metal and concrete although they aren’t really portable.
Darth Vader welcomes you...
So if the current Spyder III Pro Arctic Laser doesn’t come close to the actual thing, then what does? The only difference is you won’t see your friend (or enemy) being amputated if you just pretend to slash him/her.
Good to shoot down spyders
These are the gadgets I feel have been awesome in reel as well as real life. The fact that none of these were from the gaming world is quite a bummer. If you think there are any gadgets that you would like to see, you can tell us in the comments section.
SAN FRANCISCO: Sony revealed that it is adding a streaming music service to PlayStation Portable handheld gaming gadgets.
A Music Unlimited service powered by Qriocity will let PSP users with PlayStation Network accounts tap into a library of millions of songs stored on computers in the Internet "cloud" beginning April 14, according to Sony.
PSP devices will need to be connected wirelessly to the Internet at "hotspots" to access tunes, according to the Japanese consumer electronics titan.
The service already streams music to personal computers and an array of Sony devices including newer model Bravia televisions, Blu-ray disk players and PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.
"PSP owners can also enjoy a common and synchronized music experience on their PS3 systems as well as PCs and other network-enabled Sony devices without the need to manage or transfer music files," Sony said in a release.
Sony charges a $3.99 monthly subscription fee for basic Music Unlimited service, which offers commercial free listening.
"PSP owners can also enjoy a common and synchronized music experience on their PS3 systems as well as PCs and other network-enabled Sony devices without the need to manage or transfer music files," Sony said in a release.
Sony charges a $3.99 monthly subscription fee for basic Music Unlimited service, which offers commercial free listening.
SAN FRANCISCO: Sony revealed that it is adding a streaming music service to PlayStation Portable handheld gaming gadgets.
A Music Unlimited service powered by Qriocity will let PSP users with PlayStation Network accounts tap into a library of millions of songs stored on computers in the Internet "cloud" beginning April 14, according to Sony.
PSP devices will need to be connected wirelessly to the Internet at "hotspots" to access tunes, according to the Japanese consumer electronics titan.
The service already streams music to personal computers and an array of Sony devices including newer model Bravia televisions, Blu-ray disk players and PlayStation 3 videogame consoles.
"PSP owners can also enjoy a common and synchronized music experience on their PS3 systems as well as PCs and other network-enabled Sony devices without the need to manage or transfer music files," Sony said in a release.
Sony charges a $3.99 monthly subscription fee for basic Music Unlimited service, which offers commercial free listening.
"PSP owners can also enjoy a common and synchronized music experience on their PS3 systems as well as PCs and other network-enabled Sony devices without the need to manage or transfer music files," Sony said in a release.
Sony charges a $3.99 monthly subscription fee for basic Music Unlimited service, which offers commercial free listening.
A new videogame that requires you to abduct women and give them a "reassuring slap" if they freak out has gamers and women's rights-groups crying foul.
Brace yourself for the awfully sexist world of Duke Nukem Forever.
The game's 1996 precursor Duke Nukem 3D -- which sold 3.5 million copies, made millions for its developers and transformed the entire world of video games -- depicted women as strippers and prostitutes. The new iteration of the game, set for release this spring, takes sexism to a new level -- starting with Duke receiving implied oral sex from twins in school uniforms.
"It was offensive then and it's even more offensive now," Jamia Wilson, vice president of the Women's Media Center, told FoxNews.com. "These depictions of women are extremely harmful, especially to young women," she added.
Duke Ferris, editor-in-chief at gamehelper.com, said sexism is an intentional part of Duke Nukem Forever. “The game is meant to objectify women -- that's the point,” he said.
Gearbox Studios bought the rights to the game last year, following 15 years of delays and disappointments that made the Duke a running joke among gamers. They described an especially controversial multiplayer mode called "Capture the Babe" in an interview with the Official Xbox Magazine.
The magazine described it as "more goofy than offensive."
"The 'Babe' will sometimes freak out while you're carrying her (somewhat understandably we'd say), at which point you have to hit a button to gently give her a reassuring slap," the magazine wrote.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board labels all video games as a guide for parents (E for Everyone, T for Teen). It described some of the sequences gamers will encounter: "A couple of missions within this level require players to recover sex toys and pictures of topless women. A few sequences strongly imply sexual acts: Two women appear to perform fellatio on the central character," reads one passage.
“Our job is to provide consumers with information and guidance that helps them choose games they deem suitable for themselves and their families,"
Eliot Mizrachi, a spokesman for the group, told FoxNews.com.
The game will be available in stores and online, where customers must click a button stating they are 17 years of age or older -- the only barrier to children buying such a game.
The ESRB argues that its ratings effectively allow consumers to self-police: If you find that sort of thing offensive, simply don't let your kids buy the game.
"This game carries a Mature rating indicating that it’s intended for ages 17 and up, and retailers overwhelmingly enforce their store policies requiring that M-rated games not be sold to a customer under that age without a parent’s consent,” Mizrachi said.
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford defended the Capture the Babe mode in an interview published in Xbox Magazine.
"Our goal isn't to shock people, but I think there's some stuff that'll be just a bit uncomfortable," he said. "We try to get right up to that edge and then relax enough so people don't reject it."
They may have crossed the line this time.
Following the what-were-they-thinking response shared across the gaming community, Gearbox announced Thursday yet another delay to the overdue game's release. Duke Nukem Forever, which had been slated for release May 3, is now scheduled for June 14.
The company did not say whether the delay was related to the controversy.