Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010
Today in Techland: Superman is a dick, Lev seeks out the meaning behind Twilight and Peter brings us the news that PS3’s motion controller won’t be here until the fall. Bummer. The good news? Techland launched its very own YouTube page. You should probably subscribe to it.
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Techland’s Peter Ha reacts to nytimes.com announcing they’ll start charging in 2011, gives more insight into new revelations that Superman isn’t always a hero and explains why Sony is joining Wii in producing a motion-sensing controller.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Peter Ha and Time.com’s …
Contrary to popular belief, the name of Sony’s motion control system will be called just that: motion controller*. Actually, that’s its tentative name until Sony can figure something else out.
Motion Controller will be released in the fall in Japan, Asian regions and countries, North America and Europe/PAL territories along with an …
It’s a question that’s becoming one for the ages: when will Gran Turismo 5 finally go on sale?!
Japanese gamers have come the closest to a resolution—they were supposed to be getting behind the wheel this March—but earlier this week Sony Computer Entertainment announced an indefinite delay for the racing game. The setback …
Heavy Rain is sort of like those Choose Your Own Adventure books from our childhood, where you’re able to decide what you want to do and then turn to the corresponding page to see what happens.
But in the PlayStation 3 game, obviously, the stakes are much higher, and you’ve got a lot more choices than just page 10 and page 33. In …
Instead of writing my own captions for new screenshots, I took one of our reader’s suggestions from last week and now I’m putting you to work. Here’s a new screenshot from the upcoming PlayStation 3 game Heavy Rain.
What do you think’s going on in this image?
Share in the comments. I know you’re not working today…
Today I went back Home. To PlayStation Home, that is.
The PlayStation 3’s online, avatar-based social networking community is filled with plenty of other player avatars, mini-games, shops, music, advertisements and video previews. I’ve only hung out in the virtual world a handful of times since the beta launched about one year ago …
We’re back with a brand new giveaway just in time for Turkey Day. The folks at Paramount and PlayStation have been kick-ass enough to provide TECHLAND with 30 PSN download codes. If you don’t have a PlayStation 3 then this contest doesn’t really do much for you. Sorry. But for those of you who do, this is your lucky day. We’ll …
Look at that. Rumors about the PS3 getting Facebook were swirling last week and the PS team has just confirmed that the upcoming firmware update (v3.10) will include Facebook. Linking your PSN account to Facebook will give you the option of updating your Facebook feed with Trophy and PS Store updates. Because your friends really want to …
Trekkies-
I’m here to inform you that J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek will be available on DVD and Blu-ray next Tuesday. It’s probably already on your calendar, so consider this a friendly reminder. With that being said, I would love to appease your rage over the Nerd World relaunch with a peace offering. On Monday we’ll be giving out …