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Date archives for January, 2011
January 28th, 2011
Yoostar2 Developer Blog Makes You an Offer You Can’t Refuse
10:30 at kinectaku.com
Yesterday we brought you a new trailer for Yoostar2, the movie karaoke game from Yoostar and Blitz Games that's set for release in a few months' time. If that whet your appetite for what's possible with Kinect, licensed movie clips and your own acting ability (or lack of), let project director Steve Stopps talk you through the game's aims in the first developer blog.
January 27th, 2011
Check Out the Fins on These Flipper 2 Screenshots
20:45 at nintendolife.com
Top Screen Backlight to Blame for 3DS Battery Life
20:00 at nintendolife.com
Too bright by half
There's no dressing it up: the 3DS's battery life of 3 - 5 hours is disappointing. Ryuji Umezu, the system designer, talked to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata about the many features that sap away the machine's battery life, with the main culprit, as you would expect, the 3D top screen.
Sony’s Next Generation Portable is PlayStation Move On the Go
19:00 at movemodo.com
Machine contains identical motion sensors
Sony's Next Generation Portable (NGP) is the successor to PlayStation Portable, and with an impressive feature set including a quad-core processor, 5" OLED screen and games including Uncharted, Killzone, Call of Duty and more. Unveiled in Japan this morning, it's already ignited the gaming media with talk of its graphical power and games line-up, but one of its most under-discussed features is its motion-sensing capabilities that effectively make it a portable PlayStation Move.
Profits Down 46% As Nintendo Makes $1.3 Billion
17:45 at nintendolife.com
Cuts sales projections for Wii and DS
The accounting period just before launching a new console is always a tough one: who's likely to shell out for a machine when a newer, shinier model is on the horizon? Perhaps that's partly to blame for a sharp decrease in Nintendo's third-quarter profits which saw the company's operating profit drop to $1.3 billion / £814m, compared with $2.31 billion / £1.4 billion for the same period in the previous year.
Killzone 3 Gets a Single Player Demo Next Month, Too
16:20 at movemodo.com
Soloing and goodbye
Plenty has been made of Killzone 3's multiplayer mode, but don't forget it has a proper single player campaign mode. If you did forget, Sony wants to remind you by launching a single player demo on the PlayStation Store next month.
Carnival Games: In Action Strikes Kinect in April
15:30 at kinectaku.com
All the fun of the fair
2K Games had a huge amount of success on Wii with casual game collections – Big Beach Sports and Carnival Funfair Games both sold millions of copies, so it's only natural the publisher is bringing Carnival Games: In Action to Kinect in April.
Podcast: Episode 20 – Jon and James Talk 3DS
15:00 at nintendolife.com
Information, impressions and intelligent discussion
It's been a long old time since the Nintendo Life podcast graced your earholes, but if ever there was an occasion to resurrect the series it would be Nintendo's 3DS events in New York and Amsterdam.
Test Your Skills in European Modern Combat: Domination League
13:20 at movemodo.com
Prizes up for grabs
You know the story: you've reached the top of the 72 levels available in Modern Combat: Domination, destroying all in your path, and you're after a real challenge. If you live in Europe, your wish is about to come true.Items of Interest
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