Wii hacker develops head tracking desktop VR with Wii Remote
We all agree that Nintendo’s Wii Remote design is ingenius in its effectiveness and simplicity. Many first-party titles are using it to make certain games more immersive than ever. Unfortunately, 3rd party publishers see the Wii as nothing more than shovelware bait though, since so many people own one.
It took an independent engineer though, to [...]
Activision Blizzard’s CEO speaks
I ran across this interesting video of Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision (and now Activision Blizzard), talking about his thoughts on the general future trends of gaming. I found the bit about planted advertising in games an interesting discussion.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/activision-bobby-kotick-460×368.flv
Xvid on Playstation 3 firmware 2.10 works FINE
According to initial reports, the Playstation 2.10 firmware supported DivX but not XviD. We reported this when the firmware was first announced, because after all, the site that reported it actually had it and actually tested it.
Unfortunately, the person who tested it may not have their network running properly. As it turns out, Xvid plays [...]
PSP Media Manager now available for free
When the PSP first went head-to-head with the DS, many saw it as having a huge advantage of being a personal multimedia player, as well as a gaming device. Unfortunately, UMD movies were a total flop, and converting your own movies for most people was a total pain in the ass with free 3rd party [...]
GTR Tech GT3 Sport Compact PC Case gets $150 price drop
When we reviewed the GT3 “Sport Compact PC” we were impressed with its ability to fit a full-ATX motherboard, full-length PCI-E video card (with double-width cooler), an extra PCI or PCI-E card, 2 hard drives, and standard size CPU cooler in a tiny (4″ wide) case. We even gave it our coveted Innovation Award, only [...]
PS3 Firmware 2.10 Tomorrow - Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 is here!
For all the doubters, turns out we were right ;)
Tomorrow, Sony will release the 2.10 firmware for PS3, which adds Profile 1.1. To find out more about what this means, please read our original post on the subject.
DivX support is also going to be added, along with VC-1 WMV support. However, there are rumors that [...]
AMD Admits it Overpaid for ATI
Guess we can file this one in the “Well Duh!” pile.
AMD has officially admitted that it overpaid for it’s purchase of ATI. Though the 3.2 Billion dollar allocation for “goodwill” (e.g. the value of the ATI brand - almost three times the value of ATI’s product technology) paid as part of the purchase was questioned [...]
