Tag: GAMING

Nintendo to launch next Wii in 2012 and show it at E3 2011 (PR)

Nintendo just put an end to all rumors about the next WIi. The company will show the new Wii at E3 2011 and will make it available in 2012.

What could Nintendo possibly bring to the gaming experience this time ?

Press Release

April 25, 2011

To whom it may concern:

Re: Wii’s Successor System

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.

We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.

April 25, 2011
PlayStation games now available in Android Market Limited to Xperia Play

Sony PlayStation games have begun appearing in Google’s Android Market. Five title’s became available in the Market on Thursday, including Syphon Filter, MediEvil and Cool Boarders 2. Currently available titles are listed for $6.38 each. More are on their way and should be added to the list of ever-growing Apps on the Android Marketplace.

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia PLAY will be the first PlayStation Certified Android smartphone that will be capable of playing original PlayStation games downloaded through the Android Market.

April 2, 2011
Super Mario shown off in 3D first person, gives us a Headache

Freddie Wong is a full of imagination Youtube publisher who in his latest video appears as Super Mario in First person shooter mode. Combine this with Xbox Kinect = epic exercise and massive headache. Check out the video and tell us if you would be inclined to play a game like this. All powerups and pole dancer included.

March 19, 2011
The Typical Person will be an Indian Man in 2030, What will he Look Like

National Geographic has been researching on the world’s population which currently stands at 7 Billion, 9 Million of which come from Male Chinese Han origin. This means the most typical man is a Han Chinese Male, and a composite of their faces reveals the image above. But their study also states:

By 2030 the Indian male population will have overtaken the Chinese Han, and the Image of the Typical Man would be a composite of images of Indians.

Proud Much? Think Not.

Check out the full video below.

March 3, 2011
Sony Ericsson Announces the Xperia Play at Mobile World Congress
After months of leaks, rumors and blatant denials from Sony Ericsson, the most anticipated device from there stable is finally here the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.

The best part its playstation certified.Tech Specs include
- Latest version of the Android platform (Gingerbread version 2.3)
- 60fps play-back
- Snapdragon 1Ghz processor
- Enhanced graphical processor unit the Adreno 205
- Dedicated gaming controls for real console quality game play
- Four-way directional keys
- ABCD keys with PlayStation iconography
- Left/right shoulder keys
- Two analog touch inputs for joystick action
- 4-inch brilliant multi-touch display
- 5.0 megapixel camera
Look at the official Images along with three intro vids from Sony Ericsson.

Official Press Release

ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Are Americans ready to play? Sony Ericsson and Verizon Wireless think so. Sony Ericsson today announced that its new Xperia™ PLAY, the world’s first PlayStation Certified smartphone, will be available on the Verizon Wireless Network in the Spring 2011.

“This Spring, expect to see a lot of people with their heads down and thumbs up,” said Peter Farmer, Head of Marketing for North America, Sony Ericsson. “Xperia™ PLAY combined with the power of the Verizon Wireless network gives you everything you need in a smartphone and the one thing you want – the ultimate gaming experience.”

Xperia™ PLAY is powered by the latest version of the Android platform (Gingerbread version 2.3) – and is PlayStation certified, which ensures an optimized gaming experience featuring content from the PlayStation Suite. Xperia™ PLAY will provide a best-in-class gaming experience right out of the box with many of the most popular games pre-loaded, including Asphalt Adrenaline 6, Bruce Lee, Star Battalion, The Sims 3, and Tetris. More than 50 additional titles from top franchises at leading game publishers will be available for purchase at launch.

“Working with Sony Ericsson to bring the world’s first PlayStation Certified smartphone to the nation’s most reliable network builds on our commitment to deliver the best mobile gaming and entertainment experience to our customers,” said Jeff Dietel, vice president-marketing for Verizon Wireless.

According to the Entertainment Software Association’s 2010 consumer survey, in the United States:

67 percent of households play computer or video games
42 percent of heads of households report they play games on wireless devices, up from 20 percent in 2002
The average game player age is 34 and 40 percent of game players are women

Facebook users can enter the First2Play contest and could be one of the first 10 people to get the Xperia™ PLAY by visiting www.facebook.com/SEUSA.

Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY Key Features:

PlayStation Certified gaming experience
Latest version of the Android platform (Gingerbread version 2.3)
60fps play-back enabled through the Snapdragon 1Ghz processor, optimized with enhanced graphical processor unit the Adreno 205
Dedicated gaming controls for real console quality game play, including four-way directional keys, recognizable ABCD keys with PlayStation iconography, left/right shoulder keys and two analog touch inputs for joystick action
4-inch brilliant multi-touch display
5.0 megapixel camera
February 14, 2011
BlackBerry Messenger 6 detailed, promises BB users more interaction than they get.

Details of the BB messenger 6 leaked out, and looks like BB- Addicts will be gaming over the BB scape. It will work on all Blackberries on BB OS 5.0 and above, Allow users to use their BBM name as their gamer name, as well as update their status automatically to reflect completed gaming tasks. BBM 6 would also allow for larger chat groups and cross chat.

Source BB Community

January 29, 2011
Sony Releases Next Gen PSP (called : NGP) with quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, quad-core GPU
Sony today announced the NEXT GENERATION PS PORTABLE (NGP) Specs include
- quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor
- 5-inch touchscreen OLED display with 960 x 544 resolution
- dual analog sticks (not nubs as on the current generation)
- 3G, WiFi, GPS
- rear-mounted touchpad
- the same accelerometer / gyroscope motion sensing as in the Move
- electronic compass
- cameras front and back
The new console’s UI will be called LiveArea, which has a bunch of vertically navigable home screens and built-in social networking through PlayStation Network. You can jump between games and the LiveArea without losing your progress and comment on your buddies’ great feats of mobile gaming.

Sony trotted out Hideo Kojima to show off a cutscene from MGS 4 rendered in real time on the NGP. It was pulled directly from the PS3 version of the game and ran at 20fps.

Check out the Press Release

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ITS NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

Ultimate Portable Entertainment System Makes Its Debut This Year,
Further Expanding the PlayStation® Business in the Portable Gaming Market

Tokyo, January 27, 2011– Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced its next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP), which delivers the ultimate portable entertainment experience. NGP will make its debut at the end of the year 2011.

NGP is designed to offer unparalleled interactive entertainment that is only possible on PlayStation®. This new system offers a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context, made possible by leveraging SCE’s experience from both PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®3 (PS3®) entertainment systems.

Deep and immersive gaming is at the core of PlayStation’s DNA, and NGP is the latest embodiment of this vision. By having both Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity, together with various applications, NGP will enable infinite possibilities for users to “encounter,” “connect,” “discover,” “share” and “play” with friends wherever they are. Within the device are a range of features that provide a genuinely cutting-edge, next generation ultimate portable entertainment experience.
?Stunning OLED and Revolutionary User Interface

NGP incorporates a beautiful multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display. A high-performance CPU / GPU combined with OLED enables rich, visually striking graphics never seen before on a portable entertainment system, for both games and other digital entertainment content. The new system also incorporates a unique multi-touch pad on the rear, and together with the front touch display, NGP offers new game play allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” moves of the fingers.
?Super Oval Design and Dual Analog Sticks

While succeeding the basic design philosophy of PSP, NGP adopts the Super Oval Design form factor, created to fit comfortably in users’ hands. For the first time, a portable entertainment system will feature two analog sticks, which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable experience.
?LiveArea™

Every game title for NGP will be provided with a space called “LiveArea™” where users can share the fun and excitement with other players. Users will have access to the latest information of games provided from SCE and 3rd party developers and publishers through PlayStation®Network. Additionally, NGP users will be able to view an “Activity” log that is constantly updated with accomplishments from users who are playing the same game, which in turn can trigger active real-time communication among users.
?Near

SCE will also provide location-based services on NGP as part of the basic features utilizing PlayStation Network. The new application called “Near,” developed specifically for this service and the network, will be pre-installed in the system to let users find out what their friends in the vicinity are playing now or what they were playing recently. Users can meet their friends and new players virtually, regardless of what games they are playing, simply by sharing their game information across different dimensions of time and distance.
?New Game Medium

NGP adopts a new game medium, a small flash memory based card, dedicated for NGP software titles. Taking advantage of the flash memory feature, this innovative card can store the full software titles plus add-on game content or the game save data directly on to the card. By adopting flash memory based card, SCE will be able to provide game cards with higher capacity in the future, allowing developers to store more game data to deliver rich and immersive games.

NGP will also come equipped with two cameras on its front and rear, as well as three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass, all of which are designed to enable users to enjoy the world of entertainment that is linked with real life experiences.

PlayStation®Suite (PS Suite), announced today, will also closely coordinate with NGP. The newly developed and released game content for Android™ based portable devices can also be enjoyed on NGP. As a result, users will have access to not only the most leading-edge content, but also some of the more casual experiences that typify the mobile market place.

SCE will vigorously promote NGP towards the launch as the next generation portable entertainment platform and deploy various measures to further expand the portable gaming market.
January 27, 2011
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (Playstation Phone), Caught in the Wild
Folks over at engadget got their hands on a prototype of the “Playstation Phone” . Which is actually officially called the XPERIA PLAY. Specs include (most of them are just guesses)
- 1 GHZ Processor
- Adreno 205 GPU
- Android 2.3
- 512MB of RAM
- roadcom BCM4329 wireless chip
Hit the Source Link Below for a full preview of the device along with more than 50 images of the product.

Source Engadget
January 27, 2011
PSP2 will have 3G cellular data, OLED touchscreen says Nikkei

Only 3 days to go for the PSP2 to be announced, Jan 27th unveiling. Japan’s Nikkie newspaper reports that the handheld gaming revolution will have an OLED multitouch display along with a 3G data slot. Allowing users to play multiplayer games on the go, in trains , schools, colleges, etc

The only drawback, this device wont make phone calls. Now, unless it sports a data only chip like the iPad 3g, hackers will surely crack this baby to get more juice out of it, Geohot perhaps!

The device is roumored to be likely as expensive as its $250 PSP predecessor

Source : Nikkei

January 24, 2011