Category: News (Page 93 of 108)

      Halo Waypoint Hits Your Hands Nov. 5

      September 10, 2009 /

      Master Chief in the desert.The Halo Waypoint Twitter account posted some fantastic information earlier today. The service designed to completely inundate you with anything and everything related to Halo launches on November 5th.

      As the Twitter feed said:

      Nov 5. Mark it on your calendar. That’s when you will get your hands (or controllers) on Halo Waypoint. 🙂

      Just think of the massive influx of pimple-faced boys, those same 13 year-olds who corpse hump you and call you all sorts of non-PC names, that will be gracing the Xbox Live servers on the 5th, hoping for gratuitous Cortana nudity. It could be a great day, but it’s probably going to be a sad day.

      News, Xbox 360

      Toys R Us Unveils Buyback Program

      September 10, 2009 /

      Toys R Us.It looks like Toys R Us is entering the used game business, but not in the way you might expect. Originally it looked as if they would be accepting used games and reselling them, just like your average GameStop, Blockbuster, or Hollywood Video does. As it turns out, though, they’re just buying the game, but they’re even buying the old stuff. As far back as Intellivision old stuff. Yeah, that’s old.

      The company is taking the games it purchases back and giving them to a third-party company who refurbs the games for resale. I’m not sure just what that entails, and Toys R Us has yet to be forthcoming with details. As several commenters on Joystiq pointed out, it seems and odd program to establish, particularly because those old games can fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay. For newer games it seems to make some sense. Gamers get store credit for every game they turn in, which in turn means more business for the toy store. But aren’t other companies already doing this? And aren’t they doing it really well?

      Deals, News

      C64 Is Off The App Store Again

      September 8, 2009 /

      FAILJust a day after it was approved, C64 is once again off the app store. The developer foolishly left the feature that got the app rejected in the first place, the BASIC interpreter, in the application, just hidden like Yelp’s “monocle” feature. A few keystrokes and the interpreter was back up and running, and, of course, Apple heard about it.

      So the app is back off the App Store until further notice. Why the C64 developer thought he would get away with it is beyond. Yelp got away with “monocle” because it didn’t allow you to do anything prohibited by the developer ToS. This, on the other hand, is strictly forbidden, whether it’s hidden or not. The developer issued the following statement:

      Unfortunately Apple this night pulled the C64 App from the App Store. We had agreed with Apple to remove basic from the application, but as we believed it would be possible to convince Apple to let it in later on, we left it in the app to be activated remotely by us when we had “go” from Apple.

      Clearly it wasn’t going to be remotely activated. It was activated by the user. Think this one through next time guys. It’s not that complicated.

      Mobile Gaming, News

      Commodore 64 Emulator App Gets Approved

      September 7, 2009 /

      C64 iPhone app.The latest in Apple’s string of backtracking and approving formerly rejected apps comes to us in the form of the officially licensed Commodore 64 emulator app. I’m sure you’ll remember the app making headlines for being initially rejected because it contained its own executable runtimes for the ROMs of classic C64 games.

      Well Apple has given the app another chance, and its already live in the App Store for just $5. The reason for the approval is that the 3.0 SDK makes allowances for in-app purchases, which probably means there’s now an infrastructure in place that keeps the ROMs and the app in the same location, one that doesn’t require access to any other parts of the phone. Purchase of the app includes Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck, and Jack Attack.

      Mobile Gaming, News

      Ben Heck Makes An Accessible 360 Controller

      September 5, 2009 /

      Ben Heck's accessible controllerBen Heck spends most of his free time making mind-boggling mods of popular game console hardware. He’s the guy responsible for the 360 in a box, that Microsoft console with an attached screen inside a briefcase. He doesn’t just work for fun, though. This past week Ben hacked together a controller to do some good – a controller that would allow people who would otherwise find it difficult to play to be able to play with one hand.

      As you can see in the picture above, Ben’s mod involves swapping the D-Pad out with the ABXY button set, allowing one-handed control of just about any game. He’s also switched the triggers, so the right-handed trigger, the one used for most primary functions like shooting, is on the left with the controls. As you can imagine, he could probably make one for right-hand folks too. For the truly hardcore of the one-handed contingent, Heck’s also added smaller ABXY controls to the back of the unit, allowing you to keep that thumb on the control stick as while you melee someone in the back.

      Head over to his blog for the complete set of pics and contact info regarding customization.

      News, Websites, Xbox 360

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