Nintendo Officially Announces March 28th DSi XL launch date

Evan had the March 28th date pegged a month ago, but here it is straight from the source. Nintendo has officially announced that the DSi XL will be available at the end of the month for $190.

Sony Prepares To Do Battle With Apple, Itself

Ask anyone what they think of Sony today and chances are you won’t get a positive response. The company that once dominated the consumer electronics sector has fallen on hard times in recent years. Every facet of the business is playing catch up to companies like Microsoft, Samsung and Apple. What went wrong?

Episode 9: Latest iPad News, How to Win $1 Mil By Playing a Video Game

Techland’s Peter Ha, now back from the Apple event in San Francisco, gives us his thoughts on the iPad now that the news has had some time to sink in (and explains what AT&T is doing to prepare for the tablet’s shipping in a few months).

iPad’s Gaming Prospects: EA and Gameloft React

Two game developers shared the stage with Steve Jobs during today’s iPad announcement. Afterward, Techland chatted with both to get their views on the new device. Here’s a mash-up of the two interviews:

PlayStation Vice-President of Epic Footage Kevin Butler: An Appreciation

This post was supposed to be about MAG, the ambitiously-huge 256-player first-person shooter that came out today. But after watching the commercial for it, I realized I first needed to give props to the sardonic genius known as Kevin Butler. Generally, he’s the spokesperson you see in all of the PlayStation 3 commercials. Specifically, he [...]

Review: Mass Effect 2 Hits Its Mark

Commander Shepard dies. Or he doesn’t. I’m doing nothing here to spoil Mass Effect 2’s ending—or the beginning for that matter. Because of the vast amount of choices you can make in this exquisite second chapter in Bioware’s sci-fi trilogy, your experience will almost certainly be different than mine. Paths begin to diverge immediately, particularly [...]

OnLive Battles Negative Buzz About Its Cloud Gaming Service

OnLive, the upstart company hard at work on a cloud-based, on-demand gaming console, has been on the defensive because of a PC Perspective article published last week detailing the author’s experience with the closed beta test of the service. While his experience with playing Burnout Paradise and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. was generally favorable despite some [...]