One of the biggest problems gaming peripherals have had in the past is a lack of games that were worth playing. (We’re looking at you Virtual Boy!) Microsoft is hoping to avoid this problem by announcing 16 games for its upcoming Kinect controller that will be released within weeks of the gadget hitting the shelves. While you can debate the price the Kinect will be sporting, how well...
After four years of waiting, and about nine months since it was first demoed, AT&T's U-Verse IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service is finally landing on the Xbox 360 this coming Friday. However, before you get too excited, for some mysterious reason it requires a technician to get it up and running for you, which means a service fee. The Xbox is slowly morphing into an...
It’s hard to believe, but by some analysts measuring, the Xbox division of Microsoft is still unprofitable due to “corporate overhead”. To this end, Goldman Sachs, a well known global investment banking and securities firm, has lowered Microsoft stock from a “buy” to “neutral”, and adjusted the target stock price from $32 to $28. To correct for these issues, the firm is suggesting...
According to NPD Group’s assessment of the video game industry for August of 2010, the Xbox 360 has remained the best-selling console in the United States for the third month in a row. This is understandable, considering the expansion of the console to casual users alongside the revamped console, but what is really shocking about the data released is the poor sales of Nintendo’s motion-...
Treyarch, one of the developers of the acclaimed Call of Duty series, held a press event this evening detailing the multiplayer in the next installment of the franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops. Though we have already seen snippets of gameplay floating around alongside thousands of rumors, Community Manager Josh Olin claimed that the reveal event would detail all aspects of the game’s...
The one complaint many have had against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console is the paid subscription to gain access to the device’s online features. If you noticed an email in your inbox from Microsoft, you may have seen that the annual fee is being raised $10 coinciding with the launch of Kinect. Microsoft’s justification for the price hike is the wealth of online features the company offers...
The sixth main entry in the Guitar Hero franchise, Warriors of Rock is to be released September 28th for all three major home consoles. Warriors of Rock will be Neversoft’s last Guitar Hero title as a result of Activision’s development team restructurings. Lead project manager Brian Bright says the sixth iteration will take the game back in time to please the fans of the earlier...
Rarely do I buy a game on release day, and even more rarely do I finish it in short order, but my love of the original Transformers line is such that I felt compelled to jump on Transformers – War For Cybertron immediately. Set several millenniums before the original 1980's cartoon, Transformers – War For Cybertron tells the story of the final days of the Autobot and Decepticon civil...
The big talk of the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) was clearly the launch of Microsoft’s Kinect and Sony’s Move for the Playstation 3. Say what you will about either motion controller, everyone was talking about them before, during and after the show. One thing that was definitely missing was some of the bigger franchises offering support for either one of them. What gives?...
There’s no doubt that last week’s E3 was one of the better expos in recent years for every platform showcased. The big three all had their own hardware announcements, first party titles, and the support of third parties to make for one exciting year ahead for gamers. Out of Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, only one can walk away the winner of E3. Software titles on all three platforms...