Microsoft Unveils New Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
Microsoft has announced a new wireless controller for the Xbox 360. It features a new D-Pad that can be raised, a more thumb friendly concave analog stick and ABXY buttons are now monochrome translucent. The controller comes pre-packaged with Microsoft’s Play and Charge kit and it will retail at $64.99.
Final Fantasy XIV Online Trailer and August 31 Open Beta
Final Fantasy XIV Online, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is the fourteenth installment in the Final Fantasy series, due for release on September 30, 2010 for Microsoft Windows and March 2011 for PlayStation 3. Check out the pre-release trailer.
Open beta starts on August 31 in the US.
Halo: Reach Leaked Before September 14 Release
The next chapter to the Microsoft and Bungie franchise, Halo: Reach, has been leaked to file sharing site. Check out the intro video from the leaked game. Also have a look at the gameplay below.
PS3 Now Jailbreakable via USB Key?
Hacker group PSJailbreak has release a USB key that can jailbreak the PS3 to run pirated games. For 4 years, the game console has been impenetrable by hackers until now.
The USB key comes with the software that the hackers claim will let users save games to the PS3′s hard drive. The players just have to insert the USB key into the PS3 and boot up.
Bioshock Infinite Takes To The Skies
The new Bioshock Infinite game will be out in 2012 and this time the game will be set in the sky instead of underwater. The game is set before the previous two games in 1912, and you are in a floating skyward steampunk-style city named Columbia. More information will be revealed in the next few months. Check out the trailer now.
Playstation Phone With Android 3.0 Out October
Engadget has reported that Sony Ericsson is going to release a smartphone using Google’s Android 3.0 releasing sometime this October. The Playstation phone is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go. Possible launch games are God of War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and LittleBigPlanet.
Machinarium Bows To Pirates
Amanita has revealed that only 15% players of Machinarium bought the game. The company is offering those who downloaded the game illegally to redeem their karma by buying the game for only $5 and it will include the soundtrack.
From Amanita:
We released the game DRM free which means it doesn’t include any anti-piracy protection, therefore the game doesn’t bother players with any serial codes or online authentication, but it’s also very easy to copy it. Our estimate from the feedback is that only 5-15% of Machinarium players actually paid for the game. If you decide to buy the game, you can be sure you’ll support directly the developers, not any big publisher or distributor.
Ultimate Boxing Gloves For PS3 Move
Sony will soon release motion controller PS3 move in September, CTA Digital as announced they will release the Ultimate Boxing Glove for the controller. The glove will allow gamers to securely grip the PlayStation Move controllers during gaming. The fist-clenching ability and feel of the gloves will adds realism and excitement to boxing and street-fighting games, while the secure elastic strap prevents controllers from slipping out.
The Ultimate Boxing Gloves will cost $20 and available October 1.
Early Review Of Starcraft II – Rated Highly
Starcraft II:Wings Of Legacy is a sequel 12 years in the making. The game will release midnight on 27 July.
GameTailer has given an early review, rating it 95%. Here is the review summary:
The game continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. This is a real-time strategy game featuring armies of futuristic races in conflict with each other. Players control assorted units of humans, warrior races, and aliens through combat missions around several planets. Combat is presented from an overhead perspective: players’ soldiers use machine guns, grenades, mobile tanks, lasers, and aircraft to kill enemy units. Artillery fire is depicted with realistic sound effects, including battle cries and yells from injured characters; explosions occur frequently, and can be large and detailed. Aliens and soldiers are sometimes depicted bursting into small splashes of blood; gibbing effects and small body parts can also be seen strewn on battlefields; and a few cutscenes may depict small pools of blood around characters, or alien blood spurting across the screen. The game also depicts characters smoking cigars or drinking alcohol in cutscenes. Characters use profanity such as “sh*t,” “b*tch,” and “a*s” in the dialogue.
Buy Starcraft II: Wings Of Legacy from PlayAsia for $64 (PC)
Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Coming Soon
Microsoft will soon release a Halo:Reach Xbox 360 Slim bundle for $400 this holiday season.
The limited time bundle comes with the Halo: Reach game, silver 250GB 360 slim and two wireless controllers.
