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Gold, diamond-studded Wii going for almost $500k
Consumer electronics bling-modder Stuart Hughes has transformed the $200 Wii into a £299,995 ($491,000) console. The device took six months to convert, and features 2,500 grams of 22 carat gold and 19.5 carats of diamonds on the buttons. Only three units were made. Some of you out there may be asking: "Well, what do I do if the Wii breaks? Who handles the warranty?" If you're asking that ...read more
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Sky Crawlers release date crawls back a week
Did we say January 5? You're actually going to have to wait a little longer for The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces on Wii. XSEED has informed us of a new release date for the Project Aces-developed flight game: just one week later, on January 12, 2010 [edit: Corrected the date.] While that might not be the best news, the publisher also let us know the MSRP for the game: just $29.99. That's going ...read more
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Traveler's Tales director assesses Sony and Microsoft motion control
Speaking to Develop, Traveller's Tales director Jon Burton voiced concerns about Microsoft's motion control solution, Project Natal. Specifically, Burton stated that Natal's lack of controller input as well as input lag could limit the kinds of games made for it, though he did admit that the device is "exceedingly clever." Burton prefers Sony's motion controller, noting that it will be "cheap, ...read more
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Modern Warfare 2 - 10th prestige in 10 kills - Xbox360
omfg no wai! Yes thats right you can get 10th prestige in 10 kills on the xbox 360 lots of people have been asking about this so here it is we had to cover the gamertags up due to IW getting mad but just put it down to "the usual suspects" hit the forums for an invite there is a sticky topic only post within that and we will invite you if we have any games running soon
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United Arab Emirates Considering Censoring Spec Ops: The Line
The United Arab Emirates is considering censoring just-announced video game Spec Ops: The Line. At issue is the game's setting: Dubai, after a massive sandstorm has ravaged the city. The game's location would likely have been fine with censors a few years ago, when the UAE city was a massive global boomtown filled with dreams, cash and utterly insane buildings, but since the world economy took ...read more
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New Splinter Cell Conviction trailer reveals co-op campaign
A new trailer for Splinter Cell Conviction has landed on Xbox Live, giving us the first official reveal of the rumored co-op mode. The game will feature an entire co-op campaign, which will serve as a prequel to the single-player story of Sam Fisher taking on his old organization, Third Echelon. The co-op campaign stars two special agents, an American Third Echelon agent named Archer and a ...read more
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Quadriplegic Gamer Asks For Custom Button Remapping
Chuck Bittner is petitioning not only to game developers, but console manufacturers as well for custom button remapping for game controls. His petition: To: Video Game Console Manufactures & Video Game Developers Game developers Zipper, Infinity Ward, Treyarch etc. and video game console manufactures Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo. This is a request for the ability to change ...read more
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Sony Mentions Charging For PSN
In a discussion about online revenue streams in Nikkei Japan, Sony technology platform boss Masayuki Chatani mentioned the idea of charging for the PlayStation Network. Don't get too up-in-arms, though: If there is a plan for pay-for-play, it isn't public yet. Below are Chatani's words. Parse them as you see fit: "Servers and the like have running costs... after we sell the hardware, ...read more
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Square Enix Ships 1 Million Pre-Launch Copies Of Final Fantasy XIII In Japan
Square Enix has understandably high hopes for the long awaited Final Fantasy XIII, and to prove it, the publisher recently shipped 1 million copies of the epic role-playing game to retailers in Japan, where the game will be released exclusively on the PlayStation 3 this Friday, Ameba reports (via Kotaku). Square is planning to send out an addition 300,000 units during the games first week of ...read more
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New DLC Pack Adds Water To LittleBigPlanet
The next batch of downloadable content for Media Molecule’s acclaimed PlayStation 3 platformer, LittleBigPlanet, arrives on Dec. 22. And while I’m sure there are some LBP fans out there eager to get their hands on the new Pirates of the Caribbean costumes and movie-themed levels, I’m guessing most players will be more excited to try out the game's new water feature being ...read more
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