Confession time: I'm never really much of a PSP guy. I know, there's that vast library of top-notch games to consider, and the fact that six years on, the PSP still is the gadget to beat when it comes to portable gaming. Although, personally, I'm stupid enough to go for the iPod touch just for the handheld version of Street Fighter IV. Waiting - very impatiently, I might add - for the 4th generation to come out this September. But if there are any truth to these rumors about the PSP2, I just might change my mind about the gaming console. According to VG247, PSP2 is going to have a touchscreen, two ...
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Okay, sure, old-school gaming emulators are a dime a dozen. You can easily download one off the net for a small price - or if your Google-fu is strong, free - and you can just download the ROMS of the games that you legally (heh) purchased back in the console's heyday, and play away! I actually have quite a few installed on my computer and a NES and GBA emulator on my Nokia E63 as well. So what's the big deal about playing SNES games on the Nokia N900? Well, I don't think any other cellphone can allow you to play SNES games through a PS3 SixAxis controller. And if ...
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Whether you're a Wii fanatic or prefer pocket-sized fun with the DS, you're likely to find something worth getting excited about as Nintendo today announces its Autumn/Winter collection of games and other software titles, hitting stores from tomorrow, through Christmas and into the new year.

First up, Wii Fit Plus will hit European stores at the end of October, offering a range of new exercise features including personalised yoga and strength training routines, lifestyle routines, calorimeter, and a range of new training regimes.

On 20th November, Super Mario Bros arrives on Wii, featuring a fully-fledged adventure that up to four people can play simultaneously.

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Not wanting to be overshadowed by Microsoft's announcement that Project Natal is gaining support from a number of major games manufacturers, Sony has declared that its motion controller for the PS3 console will be available early next year.

Linking up to a PlayStation Eye camera, the system allows face, voice and body movement recognition in order to control games in a completely different way.

This motion controller (which doesn't have an official name yet) is equipped with two motion sensors, three axes gyroscope and three axes accelerometer that can detect the controller's angle and movement held in the user's hand.

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Logitech has today announced two new music game controllers designed for use with music games on the Nintendo Wii.

The Wireless Guitar Controller for Wii is constructed with a maple neck, rosewood fingerboard and metal frets, so it both looks and feels more authentic.

It features a noise-dampening design and fret buttons, plus a touch-sensitive slider on the fret board.

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Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 Elite games console has dropped in price by $100 so that it's now $299.99. In the UK it will now cost £199.99.

The Xbox 360 Pro will be phased out, with remaining stocks priced at $249.99, while the Xbox 360 Arcade will retail for $199.99 (£159.99).

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That slimmer PS3 rumor from a couple of months ago has finally come to pass, with Sony announcing that a new PlayStation 3 will be released in September.

The new PS3 will feature a 120GB hard drive, Blu-ray drive, new system software (version 3.00) and BRAVIA Sync (for tying up to your Sony TV). It'll cost $299.

Sony's making a big thing of the re-branding, changing the name from PLAYSTATION 3 to PlayStation 3 (note the capitals — I've obviously been getting it wrong all these years as I've often referred to it the "new" way) and introducing a "PS3" logo to be engraved on the surface of the new console.

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The much-anticipated Beatles edition of Rock Band will contain 45 music tracks, and we now know all but one of them.

Today, MTV Games and Harmonix revealed 19 more of the on-disc tracks. With venue, they are:

"Boys" / Cavern Club "A Hard Day's Night" / Ed Sullivan Theater "I'm Looking Through You" / Shea Stadium "If I Needed Someone" / Shea Stadium "Ticket to Ride" / Shea Stadium "Drive My Car" / Budokan "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" / Abbey Road Dreamscape "Getting Better" / Abbey Road Dreamscape "Good Morning" / Abbey Road Dreamscape "Hello, Goodbye" / Abbey Road Dreamscape "Hey Bulldog" / Abbey Road Dreamscape "Dear Prudence" / Abbey Road Dreamscape "While My Guitar Gently ...
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It seemed to work for Radiohead last year when they released their In Rainbows album on a "pay what you think it's worth" model, and now software company Eidos Interactive is looking to do the same with the latest incarnation of its Championship Manager football game.

Championship Manager 2010 for PC launches today, and can be purchased online for as little as one British penny (plus a handling fee of £2.50).

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Crysis developer Crytek has threatened its home country, Germany, to leave the country if the ban on violent games isn't lifted.

"A ban on action games in Germany is concerning us because it is essentially like banning the German artists that create them," he told PC Games Germany. "If the German creative community can’t effectively participate in one of the most important cultural mediums of our future, we will be forced to relocate to other countries." "The current political discussion will deprive German talent of its place on the global game development stage, and deprive German consumers of entertainment that is considered safe and fun around the world."
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