The Philips HDT8520 isn’t the first Freeview HD recorder we’ve seen, but with its Ambilight style rim, it’s certainly the coolest looking. We got a chance to check it out in the flesh, along with its receiver only little brother, so read on for the photos.
The Samsung Galaxy S is the surprise the South Korean gadget giant had waiting for us at CTIA this week, and it’s one epic Google Nexus One killer. It’s packing Samsung’s gorgeous new Super AMOLED display tech, Android 2.1, and is headed to the UK! Read on for all the official photos and juicy gossip.
We’re almost halfway through the week, so to celebrate, we’ve gathered up all the latest gadget news and stuffed it into one place for you. Read on to see it!
The PlayStation Move motion sensing controllers are Sony’s big gamble against Natal, but if the original E3 demo left you wondering what all the fuss was about, have a look at this new video. There’s not a gimmicky mini game to be seen, just a sensational sample of the PlayStation Move’s accuracy and stunning depth perception as it’s used to juggle augmented reality windows around a screen.
The original Just Cause was the very definition of a rough diamond; it aimed for the sky with some truly stunning ideas and a massive open world environment but was sadly dragged back down to earth by repetitive gameplay and more bugs than your local zoo’s insect house. Read our Just Cause 2 review now to find out of the sequel can do a better job.
Early on in Just Cause 2 a peripheral character describes the South East Asian island of Panau as a “playground” and from the player’s perspective that is absolutely bang-on the money.
With 1000 square miles of land to cover, countless buildings to infiltrate and an abundance of military installations to blow to high heaven, it’s incredibly easy to eschew the focus of your top-secret mission and simply indulge in a spot of highly-addictive mass-destruction.
Panau is a truly incredible setting for a video game. A mixture of snow-capped mountains, dense jungle, urban sprawl and arid desert, it offers a multitude of different environs in which lead character Rico can create trouble. Here’s a quick run-down of the sights you’ll want to see when you visit this South East Asian paradise.
Just Cause 2’s central protagonist Rico Rodriguez is a skilled killer who is part James Bond, part Antonio Banderas. However, regardless of the years spent in intense military training, Rico still needs the right tools to get the job done. Thankfully Panau is an island packed with incredible toys for you to appropriate, including cars, bikes, helicopters, planes and even a military bomber.
