In an effort to raise more money for charity, Plantronic has decided to reduce the price of the Halo 2 Headset from $50 to $15 at its online store and is now saying that they will donate a portion of all money they receive through headset sails to charity. The headsets work with both the XBOX as well as the XBOX 360; however, the volume controls do not always function properly when using the headset with Microsoft’s newest console. This low price will...
All I can say is what was Sony thinking? In a new advertisement it released to promote the new White PSP, it has a white woman choking a black woman. The advertisement is supposed to mean that the white PSP is better and newer than the black PSP, but using racial differences to promote the idea was definitely not a smart idea and has many people up in arms across the world. “The days of blacks being portrayed in minstrel shows are long gone, and with...
The new Lord of the Rings game will release tomorrow July 7th, 2007 in gaming stores across the United States. The game, Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth, has been much anticipated by many fans of the trilogy movies and games. “We are thrilled to bring the first Real-time Strategy game to the Xbox 360 and offer you the opportunity to command massive armies from The Lord of the Rings universe for the first time on console,” said Louis...
Nothing seems certain about the release date of the Nintendo Wii. Now, many sources are reporting that the Wii may now drop this summer to get a head start ion the Playstation 3, but nothing is certain. The Wii is expected to start at $250 in the US but this too was not officially announced. The new rumored release date would have a number of advantages for the Wii which include a very helpful head start and increased sakes and popularity by the time the PS3...
The signature “Platinum Game” title, given to games that have sold a certain number of copies and are then sold at a decreased price, was recently introduced for the Playstation Portable. The concept of the “Platinum game” dates back to 1997 when it was often used with the Playstation. Microsoft adopted this concept and used it for the XBOX as well. “It is exciting to be in a position to offer consumers Platinum games less than...
We said yesterday that a French gaming magazine had found out that the Nintendo Wii would release on October 30th. A new report, which can be found in the magazine Sports Illustrated for Kids has now published that they were told from a “reliable source” that the console will actually launch November 6th of this year. Now, the October 30th release date may be for its launch in some other part of the world, as the report in the kid’s sports...
The Nintendo Wii and the Playstation 3 real size cardboard models were recently compared to one another. And the result? More bad news for Sony. In these days, many people like their electronics small and nit bulky, and compared to the Nintendo Wii, the new Playstation 3 is a mammoth which further encourages people not to buy the gaming console. The Playstation 3 is absolutely gigantic and it will be very hard for many people to fit the console into their...
This is just a new rumor that has been floating around recently and Nintendo has not confirmed this officially. It is speculated that the release date of the Nintendo Wii will be October 30th a few European sources are reporting. French gaming website, Impact Virtuel, says that they took out a Nintndo executive for a few drinks and in general conversation, the executive slipped the release date for the Wii as October 30th. No further information was given about...
In an attempt to justify the extremely high price of the Playstation 3, Sony developer Hideo Kojima said that unalike the XBOX 360, the Sony PS3 will provide a “movie theater sound quality and picture” when watching DVD’s and playing games.“The PS3 is a movie theater,” said Kojima. “You pay 1,800 yen and view a movie with great sound and a huge image. These aren’t movies that are remade directly from television, but...
There have been some rumors that have been flying around about the XBOX 360 recently that claimed that Microsoft would be coming out with a XBOX 360 that would come with a build in HD DVD player. Well, on the official Microsoft XBOX blog, it was stated that these rumors were officially false and that Microsoft is not considering developing a XBOX 360 with a HD DVD player. The system will have an external HD DVD player, but again there are no plans on launching...