Kinect coming to laptops? Why?

Hey, look at this: Kinect on a laptop. OK, so there we go. According to The Daily, companies are well on their way to making laptops–or, at least, laptop prototypes–running Windows 8 and equipped with Kinect motion camera hardware instead of standard webcams. The Daily got to see some of this technology first hand on [...]

Dial-a-Hacker: LulzSec Opens Request Line for Next Target

Have you ever felt so angry at a company that you wished its website was hacked to shreds, but you didn’t have the technical expertise required? Here comes LulzSec to the rescue. The marauding hackers, with their huge and growing list of conquests — including PBS, the FBI and the U.S. Senate, pornography and gaming [...]

Hacker Raids Sony Videogame Network

A hacker stole the names, birth dates and possibly credit-card numbers for 77 million people who play online videogames through Sony Corp.’s PlayStation console, in what could rank among the biggest data breaches in history. Sony, whose gaming network has been offline for six days, disclosed Tuesday that an “illegal and unauthorized intrusion” between April [...]

Some Internal Specs Revealed for Nintendo’s Wii 2, Including High-Def Support

Time to start your wrist exercises: IGN has gotten its hands on new details about Nintendo’s upcoming Wii 2 console, codenamed “Project Café,” and the system’s specs look pretty beefy on paper. But we should preface this all by saying that Wii 2 is just a nickname for Nintendo’s Wii successor. According to IGN, Nintendo [...]

‘Bejeweled 3′ proves the third time’s still the charm

The long-awaited sequel to the No. 1 selling puzzle game series is now available: PopCap Games’ Bejeweled 3 remains faithful to its roots, but adds enough new content to easily justify the modest $20 price tag. You may be familiar with the “match 3″ game mechanic as Bejeweled puzzle games have been available for a [...]

EA Mobile Makes Almost All its iOS and Android OS Games Just 99 Cents

The mobile division of Electronic Arts is having a big sale — virtually all of its games are now available for just under a dollar each. This includes hot titles like Need for Speed, Battlefield: Bad Company, and Madden NFL 11. Those with an Android OS device can get Need for Speed, FIFA 10, and [...]

Angry Birds, Flocking to Cellphones Everywhere

A game is one of the least likely pop-culture crazes of the year, and perhaps the first to make the leap from cellphones to the mainstream. It sounds like a tough sell: a game that involves catapulting birds at elaborate fortresses constructed by evil pigs. But Angry Birds, a hit game by Rovio, a small [...]

Kung-Fu LIVE, a PS3 Exclusive, Ships with Kinect-Like Controls

In spite of its Xbox 360-like name, it’s only on PS3 but has motion controls that don’t require a Move setup. Kung-Fu LIVE, a full-body motion fighting experience exclusive for the PS3, launched today on the PlayStation Network in North America and Europe with full motion controls. The kicker, though, is that the game achieves [...]

Microsoft Has Sold 2.5 Million Kinects

The company’s motion control system has sold at a a high clip, and it has Black Friday sales in part to thank for it. Microsoft has announced that the Kinect hardware has sold more than 2.5 million units since its launch less than a month ago, with strong Black Friday sales contributing in part to [...]