Games

One of the interesting trends we saw at the lackluster gaming showcase at this year’s CES was an abundance of Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Sega Genesis hardware manufactured by third-party companies.

Some booths, which preferred to remain nameless, were showcasing 3-in-1 portable players as well, with slots to play all the above-mentioned consoles. All you need are the original game cartridges.  Continue

To celebrate the release of Street Fighter IV, Mad Catz has teamed up with Capcom in order to roll out a collection of branded FightPads and FightSticks emblazoned with various Street Fighter characters.

The FightPad and FightStick will be available for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms in addition to the Tournament Edition FightStick, which features the exact hardware found in arcade cabinets.
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LAS VEGAS–MindArk, the developer of the science fiction-based virtual world, Entropia Universe, has announced that it is spinning off the functional game side of its business into a separate company.

Known as First Planet Company, the new entity will be a stand-alone company that will run the actual virtual world, which it is calling Planet Calypso. MindArk will continue to operate the platform side of its business, focusing on tools that it can make available to partners looking for a custom virtual world. Continue

Home console flight simulator and air combat games just got a bit easier to control. Just in time for upcoming titles like Tom Clancy’s HAWK, Saitek is introducing the Aviator, a flight stick fully tested to work Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games. That said, Saitek claims the Aviator will also perform well with the Blazing Angels series of games released earlier on.

Available for both platforms, each Aviator will also have the ability to work with PC games as well, doubling the compatibility. The Xbox 360 version (pictured) not only has the familiar silver Xbox guide button, it also has room for a headset connection in order to chat with other players during aerial dogfights. The PlayStation 3 Aviator features a Home button for access to the cross-media-bar while playing.
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Mad Catz has unveiled the latest in the company’s line of PC flight sticks, the Cyborg X. While the new hardware showcases many new features, we’re most impressed with the amount of customization it offers.

A total of of 11 buttons can be completely programmed (22 if you’re holding down the shift button) allowing for complete control. Compatible with most air-combat and flight-simulation games, the Cyborg X should pacify even the most hardcore of PC gamers. As an added space-saving bonus, the Cyborg X can fold up for easy storage–a feature we’ve never seen before on a flight stick.
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LAS VEGAS–Imagine playing baseball on Nintendo’s Wii Sports and being able to pull the ball to left field or lay down a bunt instead of just randomly smacking doubles or home runs.

A Silicon Valley company says its take on motion-control technology will offer far more accuracy to such games. CNET got the first look at the technology here at CES 2009.

Sixense Entertainment, based in Los Gatos, Calif., makes the technology called TrueMotion, which was first developed to track the head positioning of F-16 and F-18 jet pilots. It consists of a handset and a base station. The controller tracks movement along six different axes, and the base station generates a very weak magnetic field. The data is used to determine the exact position of the cursor on the screen. Continue

Nintendo has given its hot handheld a massive upgrade. Here’s why we love the new DSi.

The Nintendo DSi is on the horizon, but the millions and millions of original DS and DS Lite owners may be asking themselves whether picking up a new version of their their favorite portable is necessary. The DSi is not just an excuse for Nintendo to make a quick buck it’s loaded with new features. If these five new fun additions don’t have you trading in your old portable at GameStop, nothing will.

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Capcom tarafından yakında satışa sunulacak olan merakla beklenen dövüş oyunu Street Fighter IV’ün koleksiyonculara özel sınırlı sayıda özel paketi hazırlandı.

Dünyanın en meşhur dövüş oyunu Street Fighter, yepyeni versiyonuyla PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 ve PC platformlarında bomba gibi patlayacak. Sıra dışı grafikleriyle merakla beklenen oyunun koleksiyonculara özel versiyonu da üretildi. Collectors Edition adıyla sunulacak kutuda oyunun yanı sıra birçok değerli obje bulunuyor

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