Posted on 03 July 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming
Sony has pulled the 2.40 firmware update from both its in-console update and website after some users reported that the firmware has bricked their system. SCEA PR director Patrick Seybold told Joystiq that Sony is “looking into it right now and will work with those customers directly to address any issues they might be experiencing.” Has it bricked your system? Let us know in the comments below.
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Posted on 02 July 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Storage
Nyko’s got a knack for delivering some of the ugliest, most preposterous third-party peripherals on the planet, yet — for whatever reason — we can’t help but love ‘em. The latest abomination from the outfit that begins to grow on you almost immediately is the Media Hub for PlayStation 3. For those that went cheap on the 40GB PS3 and missed out on a multicard reader and the full array of USB ports, this here adornment presumably connects to one of those USB sockets and adds three more while tossing in the card reader you’ve so dearly missed. Thankfully, Nyko’s only charging $19.99 for this, so you should be okay even if your ship has yet to come in.
[Via Joystiq]
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Posted on 01 July 2008 by admin
It’s never clear how a company plans on implementing a given patent, but Sony’s patent application for a haptic touchscreen composed of “tactile pixels” lists former Sony Personal Entertainment chief Phil Harrison as the inventor and makes several references to potential use in “a game device” and to “game events,” so it’s a safe bet that it was at least developed with the PSP in mind. The patent app describes a sophisticated haptic feedback system that goes well beyond the basic rumble of today’s device — the pixels themselves are able to move up and down between two positions, providing direct feedback to user actions. That’s certainly an interesting idea, but like all patent news, we’re not going to hold out hope for it to surface in a consumer device anytime soon — but we’re willing to be surprised, you know?
[Via PSP Fanboy]
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Posted on 30 June 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming
Continue reading Video: In-game XMB demonstrated on PS3 v2.40
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Posted on 29 June 2008 by admin
Posted on 29 June 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming, Portable Video
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Posted on 28 June 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming, Portable Video
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Posted on 27 June 2008 by admin
If you haven’t heard of AMD’s new RV770 graphics processor then you either haven’t been paying attention or are simply too set in your ways to begin calculating your GPU’s performance using a 1.0 TFLOP base unit. For the rest, we bring you all the reviews that on-line advertising can purchase in the link round-up below. We’ll give HotHardware the honor of summarizing the performance of the sub-$200 Radeon HD 4850 and $299-ish 4870: “it appears AMD is back in the graphics game versus rival NVIDIA.” Now put on your propeller caps and begin clicking.
— Hot Hardware
— Personal computer Perspective
— Hardware Canucks (HD 4870 only)
— AnandTech
— TweakTown (4870 in Crossfire)
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Posted on 26 June 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Just five days after ATI fessed up with an official release of its Radeon HD 4850, along comes a similar announcement for the just-leaked Radeon HD 4870. This dual-slot beast is finally being outed on the record, and at the very least, Diamond Multimedia’s version will come stocked with 512MB of DDR5 memory, a clock speed of 725 MHz, 900MHz memory speed and 800 stream processors. The unit also provides CrossFireX upgradeability and should be available here soon from your favorite online retailer.
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Posted on 25 June 2008 by admin
Filed under: Gaming
The folks of WiiHD, in honor of the current Quake release for Wii homebrew, have put together an easy-to-follow guide for getting the Wii homebrew channel up and running on your tiny white console — plus a pre-packaged zip file with some ready-to-go ‘brew if that’s the way you care about it. You’ve really got zero excuse to hold off on homebrew with as purtiful and straightforward all these fine hackers have made the process, but if you’re still unconvinced, check out the Quake video after the break.
Continue reading WiiHD’s homebrew guide: hacking doesn’t get much easier than this
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