News

Arkham City And Saints Row The Third Introduce Third-Party Games To EA’s Origin

The promised inclusion of third-party content on EA’s Origin digital download service kicks off in a big way next month, with Batman: Arkham City and Saints Row the Third leading the charge.


October 4, 2011
Xbox

Xbox 360 Controller With Cheat-Friendly Screen Built In

Datel, the UK-based video game peripheral manufacturer that loves to piss off Microsoft, takes controller cheating to the next level with the latest iteration of its TurboFire 360 controller, complete with built-in “Combat Command LCD interface”.


September 10, 2011
PC

EA’s Origin Prepares For Third-Party Content

It may be inconvenient to users of more popular digital distribution platforms, but its picking up steam. During a UBS conference in London earlier today, EA chief financial officer Eric Brown set Origin install numbers at “about four million”, saying that third-party content was coming “very soon”.


August 3, 2011
PlayStation

This PlayStation Move Knock-Off Completely Misses The Point

Hong Kong electronics distributor FirstSing claims to have the world’s first third-party PlayStation Move controller for sale, and it might; I just don’t see anyone actually purchasing it to find out.


June 14, 2010
News

Tiny Wii Controllers For Your Freakishly Small Hands

Are Nintendo’s Wii remote and nunchuk controllers too big for your hands? Power A has your freakishly misshapen appendages covered with the charmingly named MiniRemote and MiniChuck.


December 15, 2007
News

Reggie On Third-Party Wii Game Quality

While Nintendo’s own titles have been almost uniformly amazing on the Nintendo Wii, third-party publishers have achieved mixed success, with truly stellar titles (Raving Rabbids, Zack and Wiki) few and far between. In the Nintendo conference call today, NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime details plans to help third-party companies achieve Ninetndo levels of quality. “On any system you will have a range of quality. Publishers are working extremely hard to take advantage of the Wii and it’s unique abilities. Those publishers who do a great job enjoy fantastic sales. As publishers understand how to take advantage of the unique aspects of the remote you will see better and better games. We already have a certification program and publishers need to conform with a number of key aspects to get certified. What we don’t do is have some sort of filter for quality, because quality is so subjective. Nintendo is working hand in glove with publishers to share with them our level of expertise with the technology.”

My suggestion? Take that big ol’ glove and use it to smack down anyone who tries to release another Ninjabread Man. The extent of Nintendo’s guidance is anybody’s guess at this point, though I am envisioning “Make Wii Games Like Nintendo” seminars popping up around the world.