Category: Gaming
AIGO's Cool Box handheld games device
Round my way, a cool box is what you put your sarnies in to keep them nice and fresh for a picnic. Not in AIGO’s opinion though. Cool Box is the firm’s new handheld gaming device, which has just been unveiled at the CHITEC 2007 exhibition.
Get set for The Sims: The Movie
I’m not suggesting that nine out of ten films based on games are rubbish but… well… they are. Utter tosh.
Halo 2 for Vista delayed due to hilarious "partial nudity"
Microsoft has delayed the release of Halo 2 for Windows Vista for one week because of and I quote “an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity”. Microsoft’s response has been to relabel the game packaging to warn customers and to develop a download which will remove the content . This content will be removed from all future runs from the game. And what exactly is this most vile content? It follows after the jump. (Warning: should not be viewed by pregnant women or individuals of nervous temperament.)
5 gadgets you'll need to smuggle into the Big Brother house with you if Jade Goody's there
The boys in the know at Hecklerspray are putting some nice money on the table in the hopes Jade Goody will be re-entering the Big Brother house (for the third time) next week when the eight installment desecrates our television sets. It’s got us thinking about what you’d need to smuggle into the house with you in order to survive the relentless mouthing-off from Goody’s “immense pikey gob”, as Hecklerspray calls it…
Wii online triumph: Mario Strikers Charged Football impressions
Today’s a momentous day for owners of Nintendo’s Wii console – it’s finally getting its first online game. Mario Strikers Charged Football is the game, and as you’d guess, it mixes traditional footy with all manner of Mario Kart-esque power-ups.
PS3 Firmware 1.80 – upscaling now available on your Sony console
Sony has announced details of its latest Firmware upgrade for the PlayStation 3 – the highlight of which is upscaling for your standard definition discs.
Video: Kat talks to Karima Adebibe, model for Lara Croft in Tomb Raider franchise
On a recent chilly afternoon in London, I met up with Karima Adebibe, the 21-year old model who plays Lara Croft in the successful video game franchise, Tomb Raider. In the video interview we discuss the rigorous…
Video interview with Ian Livingstone about Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Lara Croft
I recently met up with Ian Livingstone, Creative Director of Eidos, to discuss the forthcoming Tomb Raider: Anniversary game. Set to be released on 1st June for PS2, PSP, PC and Wii, it’s a re-working of the original Tomb Raider game released in 1996 with better graphics…
Why can't PSP just focus on being a great gaming device?
Stuart Dredge writes…
We live in a convergance era. My phone plays music, my iPod runs games, my set-top box has a whirring hard drive, and my fridge spends half the day pissing about on YouTube rather than keeping my carrots cool. That’s progress, I guess.
BT and Sony turn the PSP into a mobile communications device
What’s the PSP’s prime selling point? Games? Music? Video? Well, it could even more confusing in the near future, with news that the console is set to become a mobile phone – of sorts.
