Brand new video from CG specialists
Under Siege is preparing to storm the PlayStation Store's barricades in early December, and developer Seed Studios has teamed up with CG experts Axis to get gamers excited about the upcoming Move-enabled RTS.
Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Batman: some of the world's biggest film franchises have received the Lego treatment, and now it's time for Disney's popular pirates to walk the bricky plank, as Disney announces Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game out next year.
But could lead to future Terminators
Seeing Kinect do everything from video conferencing to building 3D models of bedrooms is all well and good, but what about strapping the sensor to a robot and sending it out to take 3D readings on the move? That's what the Personal Robots Group at MIT decided would be a good idea, and as you can see from this video below, they were right.
Big and little names lined up
If you've hit a plateau with your game-making inspiration in WarioWare: DIY for DS, Nintendo's next series of downloadable minigames might put the spark back into your ideas.
Will be in 2K12 though
If you've been playing the superb NBA 2K11 with PlayStation Move, you might have been disappointed that the Navigation sub-controller is unsupported, leaving you with a Move in one hand and DualShock 3 in the other. Whilst we presumed Navigation support would be introduced later in the game's cycle, 2K Sports' Community Manager Ronnie Singh has confirmed that there will be no patch to add this feature.
When will those PSP2 rear touchscreen rumours die? It was a hoax! http://is.gd/hl7QU
"Order now or be disappointed"
If you're still waiting to take the plunge and pick up Kinect for Christmas, you might want to get a move on – Microsoft has stated this is the last week to grab one before Christmas.
T-shirts, figures, in-store credit and more
North America gets a banana, whilst Australian gamers receive a plush DK, but UK gamers have the luxury of choice when it comes to their free pre-order item.
I finally played Sonic Colours on Wii last night. Hard though this is to believe, it's actually really good. It is, honest.
But it will in 2011
Kinect's voice recognition works a treat as long as you live in a supported country and speak a particular language – at the moment English, Mexican Spanish and Japanese. Not all varieties of English are accepted though, as Australians and New Zealanders are about to find when the sensor launches there without voice commands.
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