Activision has confirmed that standalone wireless guitar controllers for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will be available by early 2008.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will let fans thrash and burn completely wirelessly with new guitar controllers available for each platform, including exclusive Gibson Guitar’s Les Paul model for the Xbox 360, as well [...]

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DS Lite handheld system with a pair of models with unique colors and game bundles. The Gold model comes with the Zelda game Phantom Hourglass and reflects this with a special Triforce logo from the game on the outer lid. A counterpart Metallic Rose model substitutes Nintendogs and adds a paw print in place of [...]

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Sony has halved the price of a software development kit that designers need to make games for the PlayStation 3, the BBC reports.
Prices for the PS3 development package will be slashed to around $10,000 in the States and 7,500 euros in Europe.
This is an a desperate attempt to “woo” game designers to create games for [...]

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Earlier today, a post popped up on the Bungie.net website revealing a special deal for new Xbox 360 buyers who upgrade from an original Xbox. According to the post (which has since been removed for some reason), if you buy an Xbox 360 this holiday season, you’ll be able to grab a free copy of [...]

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Personally, I think Sega did a good job of this a good number of years ago with the GameGear, but if you weren’t lucky enough to latch onto one of those (I have 2, they’re great) then you can pick up one of Tec Toy’s offerings. Their system appears to offer a slightly improved button [...]

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Thrustmaster has announced the launch of what they claim is the world’s first ever joystick for PS3, the T. Flight Stick X.
The new peripherals will let PS3 owners “take to the skies” and manipulate their aircrafts in flying games such as Blazing Angels 2, which it is has a default configuration for.
With no need for [...]

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While the choice of seat might seem more appropriate for a racing sim rather than a flight sim, I don’t think any hardcore gamers would complain if they found this under the tree Christmas morning. The HotSeats 723 not only includes all the accessories you’d need for a half-decent flight sim like flight controls, pedals [...]

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DivX and Sony today announced that the PlayStation 3 will receive support for the DivX video format, giving owners of the console the ability to play the much-requested format without having to transcode videos or use network streaming software. The companies have yet to detail whether the PS3 will play movies at 1080p or with [...]

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