Blogs Posts in Games Consoles category; 431 blog posts

Kids Choose a Day of Work Over TV or Video Games

Eleven participants in the programs at Station Maine took four hours of a beautiful Saturday afternoon this past weekend to help sand and paint aboard the Schooner Isaac H. Evans. Muriel Curtis and her team are no strangers to hard work and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Blockbusters straddle game worlds

Two of the biggest games of the year have finally arrived and they could not be more different. For the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 Grand Theft Auto 4 is the latest in the hugely successful crime series. Nintendo's Wii receives another inn [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Mario, Priestly Tout Nintendo

Mario hasn't got his hack license, but he will treat unsuspecting New Yorkers to a free cab ride tomorrow. The popular video game character will be hailing cabs for midtown Manhattan commuters in the morning and during lunch to promote the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Release of latest 'Grand Theft Auto' comes under fire

A best-selling video game series, Grand Theft Auto, is releasing a new version Tuesday amid a firestorm of concern about the impact of violent games on children. The Chicago Transit Authority is pulling ads for the game off its buses. The [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Sony Delays PlayStation Home Again

The once-delayed PlayStation Home online community for PS3 will be delayed a second time to at least fall 2008, Sony Computer Entertainment said on Tuesday. The service was first announced in July last year and promised to provide users wi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Sony close to offering video downloads on PlayStation 3: rep...

Sony Corp. is reportedly negotiating licensing deals with studios to distribute videos online through a long-promised service for the PlayStation 3. Citing studio executives who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the n [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

New Wii Games Find a Big (but Stingy) Audience

Nintendo sits atop the home video-game market. Its Wii, though less technologically advanced than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 or Sony’s PlayStation 3, continues to outsell those machines and is now in more than 20 million homes.So why [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

PlayStation 3 Outsold Xbox 360 In March, Claims Pachter

As usual, Pachter added, the Nintendo Wii was far ahead of its rivals, but such figures are anything but new to the business. According to Patcher, the PlayStation 3 sold 365,000 units, while the Xbox 360 ended the race with only 310,000 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

iriver G10 Portable Game Console

The folks over at Akihabara News posted about this new cool looking portable game console from iriver, the iriver G10. The G10 game console runs on Windows Mobile 5 and comes with storage space between 4 and 8GB. The G10 emplo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Nintendo Gamecube

Designed to optimize the gameplay experience, the system features the best technology in each field including the main memory and embedded memory, both with very low latency enabled by 1T-SRAM technology, a proprietary optical disc and a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

N-Gage Gets an Official Launch

After moving from concept to public beta testing through the First Access program in February, Nokia’s N-Gage gaming service for its mobile phones finally launched officially on Monday. It includes a marketplace of made-for-mobile g [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Dark Sector (Xbox 360)

Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria – an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that hides a deadly Cold War secret. In the midst of Dark Sector's [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Turbo Subs Game

The Turbo Subs game is Oberon Games’ sequel to the hit Time Management game, Turbo Pizza. But this time, instead of pizza, Robert and Rebecca are now pitted in the world of subway sandwich making. In fact, your first restaurant locati [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Developer Diary

The second Developer Diary for the last entry in the Rainbow Six Vegas sub-series released today. This one addresses the topics of Multi-Player and Co-op, dropping nuggets such as drop-in-drop-out co-op and a story explanation for the Co-op [...]