Tag: E3
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Xbox 360 Slim edition incoming
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Project Natal becomes Microsoft Kinect: New games and features detailed
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Xbox 360 to go 3D at E3?
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Nintendo 3DS nearly as powerful as a PS3?
Nintendo were given some grief when it came to the relatively under-powered nature of their Wii console, which was little more powerful than its predecessor the Gamecube. However if IGN's sources are to be believed, their next handheld could give…
Sony: Don't make bad Wii game clones for the PS3 Move
Sony are looking to safe-guard themselves against suggestions that their forthcoming PS3 motion-controller is just a rip-off of Nintendo's Wii. Looking to reassure Playstation-fanboys who are worried that their favourite console may be about to get a barrage of Wii-ports…
BREAKING: 3D capable Nintendo DS successor, the 3DS, to be revealed at E3
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Publisher calls the Sony PSP a "b*ll*cking waste of space"
You know your console is in trouble when even top-tier publishers are slagging off your machine. We'd imagine Sony are licking their wounds after Codemasters VP Gavin Cheshire launched a scathing attack on Sony's PSP console in the latest issue…
Sony demo hand-held motion controller at E3
Sony has formally joined the battle of the motion controllers after unveiling their, as yet unnamed, hand-held motion controller at E3.
Made up of two handsets the new controller works with the existing PS3’s eye.
The “technology demo” showed the way in which a player becomes part of the in-game experience, appearing on-screen, with the controller replaced by a variety of implements, from a baseball bat, to a weird sort of light-sabre whip thing.
Richard Marks, head of development for Sony’s new motion controller said “The controller can be measured to sub-millimetre accuracy.”
And in three dimensions, so not only does it know how far your controllers are from each other, it knows how far they are from the screen, which will allow for some potentially very immersive 3D gameplay.
Kaz Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment President, said: “With PlayStation 2, when we launched the EyeToy camera, we had already perfected the art of playing games just using your hands.”
“The motion controller we demoed today, it raises the bar in terms of accuracy in 3D. It’s all about the accuracy and tracking.”
The new controller is being muted for a Spring ’10 launch, though by then Project Natal will be everywhere. Sony have been quite sorely beaten to the punch on this one, and by Microsoft, stuffy old Microsoft – that’s got to hurt.
(Via BBC)
