There are just hours to go until the weekend hits, but the tech news is still coming in fast, so we’ve rounded the day’s top stories so far up in to one place for you, just in case they fly by too quickly. Grab them here in the lunchtime lowdown!
Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus peripheral, that improves the accuracy of the WiiMote control, launches today. But… where are the games?
Microsoft’s Project Natal Xbox 360 motion-sensing, speech-recognising, all-singing, all-dancing controller generated the most “buzz” of all E3 announcements, according to Buzz Study, a “web chatter” analysis site.
E3, the world’s largest videogame trade show has been running in Los Angeles this week. And from a damp squib that was described as being like a “hospital corridor” (by Sega’s US boss) last year, E3 2009 has cooked up a storm. Here’s a personal and probably controversial view of the highs and lows of the show that brought videogames into the mainstream spotlight:
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Nintendo’s sequel to its massively popular Wii Fit, and a new Mario game for Nintendo Wii, will release this year in Japan according to Nikkei newspaper.
Pelé, he of Brazilian football and impotence advert fame, is working with games publisher Ubisoft, on Academy Of Champions – a “rich, story-driven adventure” football game for the Nintendo Wii aimed at “kids and families”.
So many iPhone rivals took their lead from Apple’s utilitarian design that the original now looks almost uninspired
It can snaffle up sharper shots when there isn’t much available light around
Red Dead Redemption has been delayed until May but Rockstar has released a Red Dead Redemption gameplay video to keep you hungry for its Wild West adventures. Read on for some new Red Dead Redemption gameplay secrets…
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