Rumors

SXSW and the Screenburn Video Game Festival

Hey All,
I will be in Austin, TX starting this Friday for the ScreenBurn Festival. As part of the larger SXSW festival this Video Game conference will let consumers and game developers preview the future of this industry, hear about soon-to-be-released titles, learn fascinating insights from thought-provoking experts, plus meet up-and-coming new talent whose innovations are [...]


Nintendo Will Be at PAX

Got the word form 4CR and GameGirlAdvance that Nintendo will be an exhibitor at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) this year. PAX is an ultra-d0rker-game-a-thon being held in the Seattle area this August. You thought you were geek enough to attend E3, wait until you try on the hordes of PAX. From PCs and [...]


Apple to Create iPod Game System?

Is Apple considering joining the likes of Nintendo, Sony, and Nokia by creating a dedicated gaming handheld? Well, not exactly. But they are finally taking a closer look at games overall. Spymac effectively aligned some recent facts and rumors that have come to light to conclude that Apple might have something happening in their secret [...]


PSP and DS Online Conspiracies

Some of you will get a kick out of this. I posted two entries at digg.com about some rumors and/or news about truly taking the PSP and DS online.
First is Warpipe’s Official Notice. They are dropping support for the GameCube tunneling software. But they are telling us that demasked will be released this year and [...]


LG Gaming phone perhaps offers gaming experience

Here’s a game/phone hybrid that just might work. LG’s new “3D Game-Phone” has the small clamshell form factor we get excited about. Not only will it feel good in your pocket, but it is loaded with revolutionary features that will encourage developers to think differently about game design.
The LG phone’s features offer a unique [...]


What Nintendo Worry?

Altough the Nintendo DS is set to crush the PSP as far as sales, it looks like Nintendo really want to hammer those nails in the coffin. Check this article out from our friends across the pond. Looks like Nintendo plans to ship an add-on module that provides music and video playback, the company [...]


PSP in 3 tasty (yet expensive) flavors

Faithfull reader absurdlogic (and hopefully future staff member) send us in this goodie from a UK magazine. The forthcoming Sony PSP will come in 3 flavors. The first one comes with a PSP unit, a battery, a charger and a 32 MB memory stick. The price? $199.99
The second flavor will feature the same thing but [...]


Preview: Two New Limited Edition GBA SPs with Bundled Games

From recent conversations: The UK Nintendo GBA SP will be released in two new bundled packs as limited editions.
This first is to coincide with the UK launch of Mario vs. DK. The system will be two tone. The bottom half will be the familar silver. The top half will be “mario” red with a big [...]


Austin Game Conference - Programming the PSP

Well today at the Austin Game Conference Sony kept up the tease act it’s been doing since early 2004. Promising us a demo of the first full game at the Tokyo Game Show, as well as some solid benchmarking numbers, they did reveal some more information about the Hardware and Software side of the PSP. [...]


Our Dirty Little Hands

Well we’ve done it. The Console Conspiracy and Portagame has sent me down to wonderfull Austin, TX USA to attend the Austin Game Conference. Starting tommorow morning I will be getting my dirty little hands on some cool console stuff and attending such cool things as Programming the PSP and where Console Multiplayer Gaming [...]