Mass Effect 2 demo ready to hit the Sony PS3

Better late than never is the adage that PS3 owners will subscribe to as they hear of news of the Mass Effect 2 demo being made available to the PS3 console from next Tuesday onwards via the PlayStation Network. Once that happens, you will need to wait for around another month before the real deal is rolled out in January 18th 2011. Of course, this ...
Angry Birds Coming to Xbox Live, Playstation Network, and WiiWare

The popular mobile game Angry Birds will soon be coming from the small screen of your smartphone to your television screen. The game was previously said to expand to more devices, and just recently,developer Rovio has announced at the Social Gaming Summit that the game will be ported to Xbox Live, Playstation Network, and WiiWare, though a release date ...
Toshiba To Sell Glasses-Free 3D REGZA TV In December (In Japan)

The rumors we blogged about in August proved to be true: Toshiba has been working on the development of a glasses-free 3D TV, and they are ready to sell it as early as December this year (in Japan, at least). The company today announced [JP] there will be two versions of the so-called “Glass-less REGZA 3D TV”, the 20-inch 20GL1 and the 12-inch 12GL1. The 20-inch LCD will feature a resolution of 1,280×720 (both for 2D and 3D images). It also comes with a special version of ...
Review: Sony PlayStation Move

Short Version: Sony sent us 4 games along with the PlayStation Move. Two of them make me want to turn off the PS3, curl up into the fetal position, and cry my pain away. One is decent. One of them is so damn good that I want to invite everyone I know over for a glimpse into the future. The platform that Sony built here has incredible potential — now it’s up to game developers to make it worth while. Long Version: How it works: Back in ...
Medal of Honor Now Most Pre-Ordered Medal of Honor In History of Medal of Honor

All this negative attention? Apparently not have a negative impact . EA’s upcoming Medal of Honor now holds the distinction of being the most pre-ordered game in the series’ history. Nice. The Limited Edition is available on Steam for pre-order, and it comes with a beta key for Battlefield 3 , download key for Medal of Honor: Frontline (PS3 only), and a few exclusive weapons. But the game is $60. Asking that much for a PC game isn’t cool at all.
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Turtle Beach crams 7.1 channels into Ear Force DX11 gaming headset

5.1 channels of faux surround sound not enough for your two ears? Fret not, dear gamers, as Turtle Beach has outdone itself once more. The Ear Force DX11 gaming headset launched today for Xbox 360 and PC gamers, providing a pair of 40mm drivers, a fold-down microphone (with accompanying 'fro, naturally), a breakout Dolby 7.1 processor, bass boost, S/PDIF-to-analog converter, front panel USB pass-through port and independent volume controls for game and voice signals. It's ...
Pink PS3 DualShock 3 Wireless Controller On September 21st

Not everybody is fond of pink, but we're fairly sure that there are enough gamers out there to warrant a pink-colored DualShock 3 controller. In case you think this is the perfect gift for your partner, it's already listed online for $55 and is expected to hit store shelves on September 21, which is just around the corner.
It Turns Out The Shapes On Playstation Buttons Aren’t Arbitrary After All

This is pretty interesting. I’ve always thought that the shapes on the Playstation controllers were chosen just to be distinctive, and so they didn’t have to use a numbered or lettered face button scheme like Nintendo’s. As it turns out, they were picked for good reason. Sony’s Teiyu Goto explains : Other game companies at the time assigned alphabet letters or colors to the buttons. We wanted something simple to remember, which is why we went with icons or symbols, and I came up with the triangle-circle-X-square ...