PS3 gets an upgrade and price drop in Japan
Posted by inpheaux on September 23rd, 2006 at 9:34 pmOh, Sony. Not even out of the gate yet, and you're already having to drop MSRP to make your product relevant.
The Tokyo Game Show took place last week, and during Sony's keynote, Ken Kutaragi dropped two last-minute changes. First item: Upgrade. HDMI is in now, for real, on both models of PS3. No, you probably [...]
Double dose of PS3 blunders: delays and shortages
Posted by inpheaux on September 6th, 2006 at 11:49 amThe never-ending PLAYSTATION! 3! (SPIDERMAN FONT!) comedy of errors continues.
Problem #1: Hey guys! Remember that "worldwide" launch planned for November? Well Europe, Asia, Australia, and everybody else gets to watch from the bench, as the November launch is now limited to Japan and North America. The rest of the world gets to wait until March [...]
Duke Nukem Forever’s dev team evaporates
Posted by inpheaux on August 30th, 2006 at 8:39 pmThis news may be too shocking and completely unexpected for some users.
Looks like a large chunk of DNF's dev team has managed to escape the crazy grasp of George Broussard, King of Delays, Master of Vaporware. Shacknews has learned that over the past 8 months anywhere from a third to a majority of the dev [...]
PLAYSTATION 3: A CAPITAL IDEA
Posted by Metallian on August 12th, 2006 at 3:58 pmThe feature list is big. The price is big. The unit itself may weigh as much as a small child. In keeping with this, Sony is letting it be known that the name will be big as well. Specifically, "PLAYSTATION 3®". Not "PlayStation", Not "Playstation". Refer to it with any lowercase in there and I [...]
KillerNIC Pricing and Availability announced
Posted by inpheaux on August 5th, 2006 at 1:58 amAbout a month ago, we reported on what's probably the most pointless extreem-ified PC component ever created: The KillerNIC. A Network card with it's very own processor, so you can offload the decidedly processor-unintensive process of managing the network stack, ostensibly to make your computer amazing. Well, they've got a pre-order page up now, and [...]
KillerNic: XTREEM NETWORKING!!
Posted by Metallian on July 14th, 2006 at 12:24 amNetwork interface cards are pretty run of the mill nowadays. In the rare instance your motherboard doesn't have one integrated, it's a matter of a car trip and 5 dollars to pick up one that's the same as all the rest. Right?
¡INCORRECTO SEÑOR! your pathetic excuse for a NIC disgusts me and it's all I [...]
YOU killed the Dreamcast, IGN brings it back
Posted by Metallian on May 31st, 2006 at 11:16 pmIn today's incomprehensible news, IGN has relaunched their Dreamcast site. Yes! That makes sense, right? Well, apparently, it's a bit of a side project from some of the IGN editors who are even gayer for the Dreamcast than I am. They are kinda hoping their nearly inexplicable act will spur Sega into making a console [...]
Sony announces “Playstation Signature Series”
Posted by Metallian on May 29th, 2006 at 10:12 pmThere are certain companies whose product makes such an impact over time that simply marketing their image becomes intensely profitable and becomes a large part of their operation. Ferrari plasters the prancing horse on sunglasses, letter openers, laptops, and the like. Harley Davidson makes a healthy living selling emblems that prove you are a hardcore [...]
“The Wizard” Slated for Summer DVD Release
Posted by King_Andy on May 23rd, 2006 at 8:17 pmIf you're, like me and the one thing you like more than an excellent movie is a horrible one, then you're in luck! One of the best video game related movies ever is headed for DVD. This August 29th "The Wizard" will hit store shelves. You might not be thrilled about [...]
E3’s Main Event - The Wii Line
Posted by inpheaux on May 11th, 2006 at 9:17 amE3 is all about epic larger-than-life things. It's about taking everything normal and making it 50 feet tall so no one can miss it. Of all the things I saw during the first day of E3, one was clearly the largest: The line for the Nintendo Wii exhibit.
Nintendo's exhibit has two main parts this year. [...]