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CES 09: Microsoft Responds To Sony’s Console Add-On ‘Peddling’ Claims

Earlier this week, Sony sent us an oddly timed media bulletin, trumpeting the PlayStation 3′s value versus the Wii and Xbox 360. It also accused Nintendo and Microsoft of “peddling add-ons.” What say you, Microsoft?


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CES 09: I Just Played Guitar Hero III… In 3D!!!

3D gaming is huge at CES 2009. It’s a great gimmick that blows the mind of the buttoned down conventioneer glassy-eyed from looking at television monitors and cell phones that are 0.01% different this year.


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CES 09: Relive Sony’s CES PlayStation Press Conference

Miss Sony’s PlayStation press conference? You’re not the only one. Fortunately, G4 was there, cameras in hand, lens pointed directly at the stage, moments captured, off-screen video shot.


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CES 09: What Did Microsoft And Sony Bring To Vegas?

Games! Or, I should say, games. Mostly older games, but games nonetheless. CES isn’t the place for four year-old tech like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But that doesn’t mean they’re totally absent.


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The Electrifying InFamous CES Trailer

Sucker Punch pulls no punches in this new trailer for their upcoming PlayStation 3-exclusive free-roaming superhero game InFamous, which displays an outstanding disregard for public transportation, and the public in general.

Looking just as good as it did during my time with the title at the 2008 Games Convention in Leipzig, the new trailer wastes no time in getting electrified protagonist Cole into the thick of things, clinging to the sides of buses and leaping about as he serves up dish after dish of delicious electrified doom.


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Halo Wars Play in the Snow

This detailed glimpse of a bit of Halo War gameplay does more than show off the snowy terrain and unit design. We also get a chance to see how simplified they’ve made unit selection and description. I’m not sure if I love or hate that when you select a unit it tells you, clear as day, what that unit is good for.


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Killzone 2 Footage: Ragdolls, Bullets & Bugs

Couple of new Killzone 2 clips from the CES showroom floor (so excuse the quality). The first one, showing the game’s ragdoll death physics, is good for a chuckle. The second one? Shows some bugs.


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CES 09: Prototype Impressions: It’s Been A While, Alex

Radical and Activision brought a newly previewable build of the open world game Prototype to CES, showing it off in the THX booth. THX? Why? Well, Prototype is THX 7.1 certified on the Xbox 360.


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CES 09: Wii Accessory Maker Offers New Pink Things For Girls

Good news, girls. You’re getting new pink things! Technology is moving forward for things that girls like and we have proof from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Remember when all this stuff was white?


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CES 09: Hands-On With Home’s EA Sports Complex

Sony dedicated one of the PlayStation 3s at its CES booth this year to show off its new partnership with Electronic Arts. The publisher’s newly announced space in Home, the EA Sports Complex, was playable.