What we said about the Sonos controller being outclassed by Sony yesterday? We take that back. The music streaming guru’s new Sonos CR200 controller for your multi-room setup has just leaked out, and this time there’s a touchscreen. Say goodbye to the clickwheel!
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DJ Hero, the upcoming Activision spin-off of the Guitar Hero series for the Sony PS2 and PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, is to retail for a recommended price of £107.99, according to one online retailer.
We were excited to hear that Apple iPhone and iPod Touch would be getting “third party game accessories” yesterday. No sooner did that bombshell drop than a third-party iPhone game controller dutifully showed up. Behold the frankly weird looking GameBone Pro controller, which aims to bring six buttons and an 8-way direction pad to your Apple handset.
DJ Hero
Microsoft, along with Sony, is rumoured to be revealing the Xbox 360′s answer to the Nintendo Wii at next month’s E3 event. But while Sony seems to be angling for a Wii-like zapper, Microsoft is rumoured to be going for a full-body motion sensing bar that needs no additional controller. Sounds a bit like science fiction, but get this: the very same technology may have been demoed already at a previous tech shindig – CES.
Zeemote – the Bluetooth game controller for mobile games – is finally to be available as a stand-alone product rather than part of a mobile gaming bundle.
A student at Missouri State University had his prized Xbox 360 nicked from his dorm room but was able to recover it with some quick thinking and a lucky break with his wireless controller.
Remote control vehicles have been around for ages, but it’s only in the last few years that they’ve moved from anoraked pastime to boy’s toy and stocking filler. And yep, we’re thinking about Christmas already.
In preparation for the holiest (and greediest) day of the year, we’ve taken a look at the RCs that give micro machines a run for their tiny money.