Archive for the ‘Gaming Consoles’ Category

Alienware M17x gaming laptop hands-on: it isn’t quite “all powerful,” but it’ll do in a pinch

Monday, April 26th, 2010

We're still not sure where Alienware gets off calling this thing "all powerful" -- where do you go from there? -- but we certainly like what's under the hood. This 17-inch M17x desktop replacement, which is due for E3 next week, has started cropping up early and we've gotten a ...

PS3 Slim sales up nearly 1000% in the UK, Noel quits Oasis (again)

Monday, April 26th, 2010

It looks like Engadget editors aren't the only folk who prefer technology that's slimmer, cheaper, and better. According to an article at GamesIndustry.biz, a group that charts retail sales in the UK is saying that sales of the PS3 increased over 999 percent in the week since its British ...

Wii MotionPlus impressions: it works, but so far the games aren’t worth the fuss

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

At first glance it's a little difficult to understand the necessity of another motion-sensing add-on. What could possibly be inside this particular block of white plastic that's not inside those other countless slabs of white plastic that Nintendo has already slathered on the Wii? Sure, we know in theory that ...

Rock Band Bar Nights encourages sloppy thrashing in watering holes

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

There are a few things you should generally avoid whilst inebriated in a bar: saying something offensive to someone larger than you is one, and attempting to play a song with any accuracy is another (see dude on left for proof). Regardless of the facts, MTV Games and Harmonix are ...

GameStop to start testing game downloads early next year

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

GameStop has been dropping hints about its digital download plans for a little while now, but it looks to have done its most extensive and official talking about the matter yet at the recent BMO Capital Management Digital Entertainment conference, where it confirmed that it will start testing the program ...

Black Nintendo Wii bundle listed on Amazon UK for £164.99

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

That black Nintendo Wii bundle Nintendo is gifting to Europe on November 6th has found itself home amongst the Amazon UK listings. Recommended price is £179.99 but the online retailer is knocking off eight percent to make it an event £164.99 -- that's about $269 to the US gamers who ...

Netflix on the lookout for gaming platforms engineering guru

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

We've heard whispers of Netflix heading to other, non-Xbox 360 game consoles before, and now adding to the susurrus is a job listing from the company for Engineering Lead - Gaming Platforms. The description calls for someone familiar with the technical hurdles of current-gen consoles for building a small team ...

Video: WODE module allows disc-free, wide-open, heavy metal Wii gaming

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

What you see above is not a Tibetan sky burial for a dearly departed console, nor an attempt at extremely modern art. It's a Wii that has been... augmented with a Linux-running module called the Wii Optical Disc Emulator, or WODE. It clips onto the system board where the machine's ...

Video: Beatles Rock Band trailer, screenshots, Ludwig drums unveiled at E3

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Today at E3 some seriously awesome Beatles Rock Band awesomeness was unloaded upon the world. In addition to getting a look at the full band set-up, confirming that you will, in fact be able to perform multiple vocals (read: harmonies), Harmonix also showed off the general in-game madness we can ...

Xbox 360 Elite in white package in the wild, Pro SKU missing on back-of-box chart

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Can't say we're all that surprised given other sightings, but one anonymous tipster has sent us pics from a local Walmart of the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite in a shiny white package with a back-of-box chart that neglects to mention the Pro models, essentially striking it from the records. It's ...