Microsoft Kinect video game sensor goes on sale this thursday. According to Don Mattrick from Microsoft, sales could surge to 5 millions units before Christmas. Right now, Kinect Launch Event in Time Square, New York is really huge. As a standalone product, Kinect will cost $149.99. With an Xbox 360 250GB and the game Kinect [...]
Written on 03 Nov 2010 by Vincent AbryMicrosoft announces that the record for the best single-day sales has been broken with the release of its new video game Halo: Reach. Count in some 200 millions of dollars sales for the first 24 hours as it hits the United States and Europe. Still it doesn’t match the performance of Activision, with its Call [...]
Empire Avenue is a new social network-game experiencing great success. What was some limited invitation beta some time ago is now open to everyone (free subscription). I hence seized the chance to create an account under the ticker symbol “ABRY”. Ticker Symbol, What’s that? Indeed the main feature (according to me) of this unique social [...]
The Sony Playstation Move will have a new special accessory. It is actually a handgun. It can be used on the games announced on PS3 like Time Crisis: Razing Storm for example. Upon observation, you will notice that it is simply a shooter kit in which you can insert the Playstation Move controller (the last [...]
Onlive, who self-proclaimed itself as the future of video games (Cloud Gaming) has officially been launched on the 17th June 2010. After seven years of hard work, no wonder that this concept will grasp the attention of each and everyone. The basic principle: you play without any physical support, game or console but solely a [...]
It is official: Modern Warfare 2 video game has set the World’s Guinness Record for the most successful launch in the history of entertainment industry. This new record sets behind, Grand Theft Auto IV with its 310 million dollars sales on the first day (previous record was Halo 3 with 170 million dollars sales). Modern [...]
A new type of ballistic vest has been invented by Saurabh Palan, a Pennsylvania University student. This vest emulates the sensation of being shot down to the gamers (through impacts and vibrators) and apparently that’s some great relaxing experience according to a scientific study from researchers in Helsinki. This sensorial jacket operates with 12 engines, [...]
Have you ever seen such a racing game simulator at anyone’s home? A seat, a steering wheel, a flat screen TV, all connected to three mobile pillars that can move crossways and vertically. A truly unique experience, for it rocks! You can get a pro version with the Cruden Hexatech Formula 1 simulator for $190 [...]
The short film Play (FutureStates) from David Kaplan and Eric Zimmerman, shows to us a world where people move from video game to the reality and back to the video game. The entire gear is passionate and exciting, making us recall of The Matrix movie. We are not seriously able to distinguish whether the player [...]
Visual imparity or complete blindness will no more restrict people from enjoying their Rubik’s cube now. What we got here is a Braille Rubik’s Cube ! The brains behind this innovative concept are none other than the German designer, Konstantin Datz. Concept via Yanko Design.
Sony announced that its latest gaming motion controller, the Playstation Move will be released in autumn this year. This device reveals itself as direct competitor to the Wii from Nintendo, which has already experienced some great commercial success. The Playstation Move is a wireless gaming controller for the Sony PS3 . It works in compliance [...]