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by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:38
The Legend of Zelda originated 25 years ago today, when Nintendo released the original game for its Famicom console in Japan on February 21st, 1986. Benj Edwards is celebrating with a look at some of the franchise's odder sidelights, from a version broadcast by satellite to the unexpected true story of where the game got its name."If you're in the mood for more nostalgia, 1Up has a collection of articles delving into the past two and a half decades of Zelda. And since it's cool, here's a link (sorry) to a guy who hacked an oscilloscope to display Gameboy games, using 1993's Link's Awakening as a demonstration.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/0...Zelda-Turns-25 ...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:37- Categories:
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Australia's Home Affairs minister Brendan O'Connor has told press that he'd like to get an R18+ certificate introduced for games by July of this year.
Currently, Australia's highest certificate for games is 15, meaning that most games which are given 18 certificates elsewhere are simply not allowed to be published in the country. O'Connor wants this situation rectified post-haste, but the absence of New South Wales representative John Hatzistergos from the Standing Committee of Attorneys General in March makes a decision then impossible.
"It would be optimistic to assume we would even get to the voting stage in March," O'Connor toldGameSpot AU. "But we need to resolve this issue one way or another. From the Federal Government's point of view, we'd like the matter determined at the July SCAG meeting, regardless of which way it swings.
"We can't continue to go back and forth on this. I can only keep presenting the arguments, and by then, all the ministers will be present, and everyone will have had a good chance to look at the issue properly and determine a final position."
O'Connor plans to use the March meeting to bring representatives up to speed on the most recent and compelling arguments for the legislation, pointing out that a vote could possibly be taken at that point in the unlikely event of unilateral support. NSW could then be allowed to add its assent at a later date.
However, given that Hatzistergos' absence from the meeting is due to state election commitments, O'Connor is aware that he may well have a different representative to convince of the matter come July.
"As I understand, the NSW Opposition hasn't made its views clear on R18+. However, if there is a strongly held view that R18+ should be introduced after the March SCAG meeting, I will be impressing this position upon whichever party that wins the NSW election. There will be great pressure on the party to carefully consider SCAG's position if it is recommending changes.
"We can't continue to have an outdated arrangement, which doesn't reflect technological changes, just like we can't continue to deny the rights of adults. We simply can't continue to justify the current arrangement."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...te-by-mid-2011
...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:35- Categories:
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Namco Bandai's latest game in the popular 'Tales' series has taken the top spot on the Japanese software chart, with the PSP exclusive tripling sales of its home platform for the week.
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 sold 222,068 units at Japanese retail for the week ending February 13, which landed Sony 106,893 sales of PSPs - a rise of over 75,000 from last week's 30,475. The figure eclipses its nearest hardware chart rival, the PS3 by four to one. Just 107 PSPgo units were sold in the country last week.
Elsewhere in the software chart, new releases dominated the top ten. Five top ten titles were in their debut week, occupying first, second, fifth, sixth and seventh. Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom 3 rose back up the chart to third from sixth last week.
The 360 SKU of Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption expansion Undead Nightmare is the only title on the Microsoft platform in the top 20, scraping in on the lowest rung on its opening week. The PS3 version managed 13 places higher in seventh, selling an extra 14,000 copies.
Japanese software chart: Week ending January 13. Figures are weekly sales. All data courtesy of Media Create.
- 1 Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 PSP 222,068
- 2 Samurai Warriors 3 Z PS3 208,548
- 3 Monster Hunter Freedom 3 PSP 93,483
- 4 Miles Edgeworth 2 DS 30,910
- 5 LittleBigPlanet 2 PS3 24,648
- 6 Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends Wii 22,598
- 7 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare PS3 21,718
- 8 Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii 15,971
- 9 Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood PSP 14,372
- 10 White Knight Chronicles: Dogma Wars PSP 11,229
- 11 Pokemon Black / White DS 10,433
- 12 Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden DS 10,341
- 13 Wii Party Wii 10,239
- 14 The Last Story Wii 9,052
- 15 Macross: Triangle Frontier PSP 8,409
- 16 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 PSP 7,575
- 17 Valkyria Chronicles 3 PSP 7,491
- 18 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 PS3 7,379
- 19 Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard DS 7,267
- 20 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare 360 7,180
- 1 PSP 106,893 (30,475)
- 2 PS3 26,766 (23,846)
- 3 Wii 15,028 (14,972)
- 4 DSi LL 12,069 (11,555)
- 5 DSi 10,039 (9,954)
- 6 Xbox 360 2,118 (2,282)
- 7 PS2 1,665 (1,897)
- 8 DS Lite 1,003 (1,056)
- 9 PSP go 107 (136)
by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:32- Categories:
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Sony has shed some light on its thinking around platform exclusives, noting its preference to see specific in-game content tied to its PlayStation 3 platform, rather than locking down entire games.
That's according to Scott McCarthy, senior PlayStation software brand manager, who told ScrawlFX that ring-fencing a game for just one platform can limit overall sales - something the hardware manufacturer is reluctant to do for third-party publishers.
"We work very closely with our third-party publishers, not necessarily to lock down games exclusively, but to lock up exclusive parts of games," he explained. "A good example is Batman: Arkham Asylum, where you could only play as the Joker on PlayStation 3.
"When you make a title exclusive, you limit its promotional power; we don't want to do that. We want games to be as big as possible - it's great for the industry.
"However, we want to make sure that you play it on the best system possible, so we like to take parts of games and make them exclusive to the PlayStation system."
It's a change of policy from the PlayStation 2 days, when Sony-exclusive third party franchises included Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy - both of which have since made the jump to multi-platform.
One the highest profile content exclusives in the last few months for Sony was a deal with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, with the Copernicus Conspiracy containing new missions for gamers on the PS3 platform.
But Microsoft has also reportedly spent a considerable amount of money following a similar line, securing exclusive DLC for Grand Theft Auto IV, as well as timed exclusives for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ty-preferences
...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:30- Categories:
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is back at the top of the UK chart, as last week's number one slips to fourth and the best new entry comes in second.
Test Drive 2's top placing proved brief as it drops below Dead Space 2 in third, but Capcom's strong week with Marvel vs Capcom 3 isn't enough to take first from the perennial Black Ops, which is still seeing a 55 to 38 per cent sales division in the 360's favour. Both Wii and PC make up four per cent of Black Ops sales each.
No other new entries made the top twenty this week, with only Toy Story 3 making a re-entry at 17.
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2010 UKIE Ltd.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...software-chart ...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:28- Categories:
- PS3 News
Reports indicate that a new PlayStation 3 hack has enabled modders and hackers to unban their consoles from PSN, as well as letting them ban any other console which they have the serial number for.
Just last week, Sony threatened that anyone detected using a hacked or modded PS3 would be kicked from the PlayStation Network and permanently banned.
Now, Destructoid reports that this has been circumvented by a new security breach allowing users to control the ban-state of their machines and accounts.
The move is another escalation in the ongoing conflict between hackers and Sony, which has centred around George 'GeoHotz' Hotz and the hacking team fail0verflow, who collectively are accused ofprogramming and publishing the "Jailbreak" hack which allows PS3 owners to play uncopyrighted material. Sony is in the process of suing those involved.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...unban-machines
...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:25- Categories:
- Apple iPad,
- Apple iPhone
Minecraft creator Markus Persson has revealed that he is to bring the building and survival indie game to iPhone and iPad.
GamaSutra obtained confirmation of the new version, with Persson claiming that mobile Minecraft will only contain features and updates which "make sense" for touch-based controls.
The digitally-distributed game has sold over 1 million copies since its soft launch in 2009, and currently remains at beta stage.
One-man creator Persson was able to found his own studio, Mojang Specifications, as a result of Minecraft's initial success - achieved entirely without advertising or a publisher.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-ios-confirmed
...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:23- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News,
- Joypad News
Microsoft is to open up its XBox Kinect technology to allow amateur software developers to experiment with it.
The company is to release a software development kit in the spring, which will give developers access to the secrets behind the technology.
For now it will only be for personal use, but Microsoft says it will release a commercial version in due course.
Kinect, which turns the player's body into a game controller, has been a big hit since it launched last November.
It has already captured the imagination of the hacker community, which has been demonstrating various uses for the technology, including 3D photography.
Microsoft is hoping that an army of smarter developers will now find more ways to take Kinect to the next level.
"As breakthrough technologies like these reach scale, the resulting creativity and invention will open up a whole new world of possibilities for computing," said Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer.
The announcement was made during an open day at Microsoft's research centre near Seattle.
The company is hoping that the success of Kinect, developed by its own scientists, can give it a greater presence in the home entertainment field.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12531127
...by Published on February 21st, 2011 20:21- Categories:
- Apple iPad
A new mystery data connection, rumoured to be included on the iPad 2 and an unannounced new MacBook Pro, will be capable of ultra fast transfers exceeding 10Gbps.
Named ‘Light Peak’ and developed in co-operatively between Apple and Intel, the new tech will transfer data at twice the speed of the fledgling USB3 connection, which tops out at 4.8Gbps
Although the touted speeds seem excessive, it would reduce the lengthy time required to sync iPods and iPhones with home computers. With syncing a key element in Apple’s mobile devices strategy, such a high-speed port would be a worthwhile investment.
A new MacBook Pro carrying Light Peak is rumoured to be shipping this week. Apple have halted all current orders for the laptop until new models arrive this Thursday, Geek.com reports.
Apple has made no announcement regarding either Light Peak or potential new products.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/35835...Peak-on-iPad-2 ...by Published on February 21st, 2011 19:25- Categories:
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XCM HDMI Capsule LED 4-Port Switch
Manufacturer: XCM
Site: Buy from Play-Asia
Price: $29.99
Overview : XCM HDMI Capsule (HDMI Switch) is unlike similar HDMI splitter products on the market (most of them are black or grey color). XCM HDMI Capsule is a frosted white color with a built-in 4 set LED for different HDMI ports. Each set of LEDs has its own color and light up when in use. It is in small size and looks cool. You can plug in for 4 different kinds of consoles simultaneously. You can assign which HDMI cable goes to which color for your console; green LED for Xbox 360™, blue LED for PlayStation 3™, red LED for Media Player, Yellow LED for Blu-Ray player or however you like it.
Features :
- HDMI 4 IN 1 Switch
- Group of different color LED lights for each HDMI input.
- Compliant with HDMI 1.3a.
- High performance up to 2.25Gbps.
- Capable of supporting the following digital video formats in deep color mode at up to 36 bits (12 bits/color) DTV resolutions: 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i to 1080p
Quality/Usability : Depending on your HDTV, they sometimes come with 2-3 HDMI ports. But sometimes, that is not enough. So we would need to unplug the HDMI cable from the device we're not using and plug it into a device we are using. This can be annoying and can be a pain to get to. XCM, known for their XFPS line has released their own HDMI switch.
What makes this switch different from the ones I've reviewed or seen is that it does not come in a black or silver housing. It's not long or looks like your average switch that blends in with your devices. The XCM HDMI Capsule is white and a bit bulky. However, rather than a small LED indicating which port is used, the entire section of the port is lit. It would be hard to miss which port is in use. The LEDs are fairly bright but too bright if you're watching a movie or playing a game in a dark room. In a room that is lit, its noticeable but not to the point where it is distracting.
The XCM is powered with an power supply that connects to the wall. It comes with two power cables (US and EU) and a small 5v power brick that connects between the XCM Capsule and power cable. At first, I thought the cables did not plug into the brick as it was hard to get it in. With a little force, it fit in. Removing the cable required force as well. It seems that the groove in the middle of the connector on the cable is a bit too thick. When I inserted it into the power brick, some plastic shaved off. This does not affect performance or cause any damage.
No manual is included and you shouldn't need one but you'll have to supply your own HDMI cable or you can purchase HDMI cables from LighTake, PriceAngels, DealExtreme or VolumeRates.
Conclusion : Overall, the XCM HDMI Capsule LED Switch does what it's suppose to do but is not as sleek as what is available on the market. The size is a bit big but the fact that the entire section of the port is lit up when its selected makes it unique. The price is reasonable. If the thickness of the switch was slimmed down, it would make it more attractive. Would of been nice to be able to change the brightness as it can be distracting when you're in a dark room. Connecting the power cable to the power supply will require some force to get it in and out.
On the description of the box (and probably found on the web), it states the following: "You can assign which HDMI cable goes to which color for your console; green LED for Xbox 360™, blue LED for PlayStation 3™, red LED for Wii™, Yellow LED for Blu-Ray player or however you like it." Opps! The Wii does not have HDMI (unless you use a converter such as VDIGI). We helped XCM with the description and translation and should have caught this error. Bad DCEmu Reviews...BAD!
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