Nabs "most immersive game controller" gong
We know Move works great, you know Move works great, and now Sony's controller has been honoured with an award in Popular Science magazine's "Best of What's New 2010" issue.
Be the Star Wars kid, on PC at least
We've all done it: picked up a stick, pole or golf ball retriever and imagined ourselves as an all-powerful Jedi restoring balance to the Force. Now thanks to Kinect, a PC and a lot of free time, those dreams are one step closer to becoming reality. Or augmented reality, anyway.
Official names for Black and White starters
Regardless of how you feel about Pokémon Black and White's starter Pokémon, at least you now have official names you can call them instead of Smugleaf, Hamferno and The Water One.
Bad news for Europe
If you've been crossing your fingers for Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition in the expectation of it receiving a PAL-optimised conversion, you can unbend them and start using them to type vitriolic comments now – the package will not be 60Hz compatible.
Whoomp! There (it) is
If you can't guess what songs will be included in the next round of downloadable content for Dance Central then shame on you. I Gotta Feeling from Black Eyed Peas, Word Up! by Cameo and Whoomp! (There It Is) by Tag Team are all heading to Xbox Live next Wednesday for the price of 240 Microsoft Points each.
Will the extra cost be passed onto consumers?
Earlier this year, Satoru Iwata stated 3DS games may cost as much to develop as Wii titles, something that has now been backed up by Japanese studio Marvelous Interactive who's given some frightening figures for studios wanting to get into this potentially explosively lucrative market.
Sensor-ble
Blitz Games Studios has four Kinect titles in development and has already released The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout, so it's no surprise that Microsoft valued its feedback when developing the sensor's libraries. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the studio's CEO Philip Oliver spoke about the collaborative process that led to new features being introduced for Kinect.
So you can sleep easy
Before Kinect launched, Microsoft claimed it would vigorously protect its sensor from hacking, but all the impressive stuff we've seen so far hasn't technically been hacking: it's all been possible through the coding and distribution of open source drivers for Kinect. Maybe that's why Kinect head honcho Alex Kipman has said in a recent interview that, actually, Microsoft isn't all that bothered about chasing down these enterprising users.
Through the fire and flames
There's not too long to wait until Golden Sun: Dark Dawn materialises on North American shores, so now's as good a time as any to take a look at the new Psynergy powers the Adepts will be using on their journey.
New colours abound (now with press release)
It's one of the biggest shopping days of the year, so it's no surprise Nintendo has chosen to launch new DSi colours on Black Friday, according to this Gamestop catalogue.
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