This has been a topic of much debate since Kinect’s launch: is the camera peripheral spying on you? Microsoft swears blind that it isn’t and they’ve issued official statement after statement denying this so-called hidden agenda. That being said, chief operating officer of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division, Dennis Durkin, has hinted at the potential sitting right in front of advertisers. …
Last week, open source drivers for Kinect were released. Shortly afterwards, we showed you a video of somebody using the motion-sensing device as a means of “multi-touch†input. Today, we have something much, much cooler. A youtube poster by the name of “Okreylos†has used Kinect to generate a 3D model of his room, and himself; showing how impressive the …
The Uncharted movie is a thing that is happening. David O. Russell (Three Kings Flirting With Disaster and I ♥ Huckabees) Is attached to write and direct the adaptation of the excellent PlayStation 3 action adventure. Many, including Lazygamer and the actor himself have been pretty keen on Nathan Fillion stepping in to the shoes of adventurer Nathan Drake. Recent …
As resident “HD Re-Release Guy†I feel it my duty to point this out: a trophy whore* dedicated gamer has just slinked his way through all three of the Sly Cooper games in the recently released, hi-def Sly Collection. He also ensured that he picked up every trophy for the games, thus netting himself one of those coveted Platinum trophies. …
Guess what… in less than two weeks, you could be playing Gran Turismo 5! We recently posted that BT Games had GT5 up for a November 25th release, but a lot of our readers were quick to shoot the story down on the grounds that it was just a placeholder date based on the rumours going around the net. Well, …
Last week saw the worldwide release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, and we already know that its first day sales were off the charts. On Friday, Megarom held its own event to celebrate the release of Black Ops by inviting a whole bunch of us out to a range to learn how to handle some of the real guns …
The last Killzone story was interesting as it is one of the first games that I am aware of that portrayed you in what could be kindly described as “not the best lightâ€. In other words you are placed in the position of being an invader and while you believe what you are doing is correct it’s not a long …
The last time I spoke to a Microsoft rep I was told that the Arcade titles and Marketplace DLC is being added as we speak and that it would start appearing over the next couple of days. Well a few days have passed so I decided to head back and see what’s changed and unfortunately it’s not very much. Last …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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