Xbox Live hacks sees Microsoft promise 'aggressive' action
Microsoft has acknowledged the spate of attacks against Xbox gamers. The boss of Xbox Live promises aggressive action against cybercriminals targeting gamers for millions of pounds.
In an open letter to Xbox Live users, Xboss Alex Garden assured gamers, "We take your security and online safety very seriously." Acknowledging that account hacking is a thriving business, he promises "aggressive steps to help protect you against ever-changing threats". Continue reading...
PlayStation Vita 3G is £279 on Vodafone
Vodafone is flogging the 3G version of the PlayStation Vita for £279, chucking in a 4GB memory card to boot, and Wipeout 2048 thrown in as a free download if you top-up £5's worth of data. But is that a good deal, and will you get enough data when the Vita launches on 22 February?
If you want to use the Vita's online features while away from a Wi-Fi connection, you'll need to buy the 3G version. Price-wise, Vodafone's deal isn't bad, but it's hardly blown our minds either. Continue reading...
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Gene Simmons confirms Angry Birds KISS incoming
KISS frontman Gene Simmons is known for many things. A penchant for producing some of the most bouffant-ed hair metal ever is one. His extra-long tongue is another. But a love of Angry Birds?
Well it seems Simmons not only loves the game, he's in the process of inking a deal with Angry Birds-maker Rovio to bring a KISS-themed version to phones and tablets soon. Imagine flinging birds across a screen to this. Continue reading...
PSN down for 18 hours maintenance, back Friday 8am
Having PSN trouble? Don't panic! Sony's PlayStation Network is undergoing maintenance today from 2pm, and is scheduled to come back online at 8am tomorrow.
The timing is a tad inconvenient, especially for PS3 gamers in the UK, and will leave some folks feeling cheesed off. Several services are expected to be borked during the mammoth 18-hour maintenance session, which will encompass all of Thursday evening -- prime gaming time. Continue reading...
Three reasons PlayStation Vita is no match for iPod touch
There's not that much wrong with the PlayStation Vita, Sony's latest handheld -- we awarded it three stars in our review, signalling that it's pretty good. But in the dog-eat-dog world of gaming, 'pretty good' doesn't cut the mustard.
I'm going to lay down three reasons why you'd be better off with an iPod touch, and then explain why even the most muscly-thumbed of joystick-wigglers should have a long, hard think before throwing money at the Vita. Continue reading...
Kinect spotted built into Asus Windows 8 laptops
Kinect is coming to computers. The first prototype laptops have been spotted with motion-sensing Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect technology built in, made by Asus and running Windows 8.
The Daily spied prototype Asus Windows laptops that had Kinect sensors, so they can be controlled with a wave of your arm or hand, without touching the laptop or even being anywhere near it. Continue reading...
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Xbox 720 not out this year, says Microsoft exec
Dry your eyes, Xbox fans -- a Microsoft bod has confirmed there won't be a successor to the Xbox 360 on sale this year.
The marketing director for Microsoft France has poured water on hopes that we'd see the so-called Xbox 720 lining shelves this Christmas, Eurogamer reports. A translated interview has the exec quoted as saying, "What's certain is that there will be nothing new in 2012." Continue reading...
Sega Mega Drive named best retro console
The Sega Mega Drive has been named the most popular retro games console, narrowly beating the Nintendo 64 in classic console combat.
Gaming site Playr2.com asked 1,411 British button-bashers aged 18 or over to name their favourite vintage videogame console. 61 per cent of those who replied named the Sega Mega Drive as their favourite. Continue reading...
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock coming soon to the PS3 and Vita
The clock is ticking for Doctor Who landing on the PlayStation 3. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is coming soon, featuring timey-wimey gaming thrills pitting you against the Daleks, Cybermen and Silurians.
In the game you take contol of both the Doctor and companion River Song, voiced by Matt Smith and Alex Kingston, to unravel the mystery of The Eternity Clock. Players sneak, run, swing and jump across rooftops and fog-shrouded London streets, heading "into the belly of the beast" to defeat the nefarious plans of the new-look Cybermen, Daleks and Silurians, as well as the Silence. Er... what were the Silence supposed to be again? Continue reading...
World's biggest NES controller and other giant tech in video 
The world's largest video controller has been unveiled at London's Liverpool Street Station. The controller is an exact replica of an old NES joypad, scaled up 30 times in each dimension. Hit play on our video to see the massive pad in gigantic action.
The working humungopad, which is 4m long and weighs 120kg, was created by British engineering student Ben Allen and collaborators from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. It takes two people to play with and has to be transported in a lorry. Continue reading...
Angry Birds Year of the Dragon trailer teased
An update to Angry Birds Seasons is due to land on Friday, according to a teaser trailer punted out by Rovio. And it'll tie in with Chinese New Year, which happens three days later, on 23 January.
It seems those green pigs are up to no good again… Continue reading...
Razer Project Fiona gaming tablet runs Skyrim in our video
We've gone hands-on with Razer's sense-defying Project Fiona at the CES trade show in Las Vegas -- hit play on the video above to check it out in our analogue-wiggling video.
Project Fiona is basically a Windows tablet with two massive prongs stuck on the side. Each of those prongs plays host to an analogue stick, four face buttons, and shoulder and trigger buttons. Continue reading...
300 Foxconn staff threaten mass suicide over Xbox pay row
The controversial Foxconn manufacturing plant in China is under the spotlight once again, after up to 300 employees working on the Xbox 360 assembly line threatened to commit mass suicide following a pay dispute.
The dispute occurred when a dispute over compensation prompted hundreds of workers to threaten to throw themselves off the roof of the giant plant in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei, Want China Times reports. Continue reading...
Cut The Rope now playing for free in your browser
Delivering candy to your hungry Om nom has never been so easy as the popular iPhone and Android game Cut The Rope is now playable in your browser -- and better yet, it's free.
Not content with simply dominating your time on your commute, creator Zepto Labs, in partnership with Internet Explorer, have brought the game to your desktop browser, letting you waste away your entire working day through the magic of HTML 5. Continue reading...
Xbox 720 could record video, hints patent
The next Xbox could boast DVR capabilities if a Microsoft patent is any indication, letting you record video on your games console.
Shortly after Christmas Microsoft was awarded a patent titled 'Recording media on gaming consoles'. The patent was filed way back in 2007 and describes "a digital video recorder (DVR) application running alongside a television client component" that "allows users to record media content on the gaming console". Continue reading...
Nintendo 3DS sells 4m in Japan
Wow. Here's some very interesting reading from the land of the rising sun. The Nintendo 3DS has sold over 4 million units in the 10 months it's been on sale in Japan, but perhaps most interestingly, over 500,000 of those were sold in the last week, The Verge reports.
Seeing as the brand new PS Vita sold over 300,000 in its first two days on sale in Japan, it seems the 3DS has some serious staying power. Continue reading...
PS Vita: UK launch games priced, no 32GB memory card
Sony confirmed prices for its UK first-party launch titles and accessories for the PS Vita late last night, but for some reason we won't be getting a 32GB memory card, CVG reports. Doesn't Sony think we've got enough data to fill them or something?
Sony also confirmed the full line-up of 25 titles for the US, but is yet to give a full list of third-party games for our launch. Strange, seeing as it'll hit the UK the same day as the US. Continue reading...
Xbox Live update leaves gamers locked out
Xbox Live is dead for some gamers. The recent Xbox Live dashboard update has left some disgruntled users unable to access their Xbox Live accounts -- but Microsoft says it's working to sort things out.
The update arrived a day late -- and a dollar short, it seems, for some users. Those affected are unable to download their profiles or get their purchased content, and can't join in the fragging fun on the Xbox Live network. Continue reading...
PS Vita sells 300,000 in two days, some broken
The PS Vita only went on sale in Japan on Saturday, but has already shifted 321,400 units, according to Japanese magazine Famitsu, CVG reports. That's twice the original PSP's sales in its first two days, but falls somewhat short of the Nintendo 3DS, which sold over 370,000 in its first weekend.
All's not going completely smoothly, however. Some videos have surfaced online of early buyers experiencing some issues with their new toys. One posted pictures of stains on the screen, while some couldn't boot up theirs, despite them being fully charged. Continue reading...
PS Vita teardown reveals hefty battery
So the manual isn't enough for you? Behold! The PS Vita has been subjected to a teardown, with every undignified part of it being snapped. It's pure geek porn.
The handheld console went on sale in Japan on Saturday, but that was more than long enough for Nikkei Electronics' Teardown Squad's curiosity to pique. They talk us through the process in the kind of cold terms we imagine a serial killer using while dismembering his victim. "Looking at the case of the console, we found some screws used on it... They did not seem to be special screws. So, we removed them with a screwdriver." Chilling. Continue reading...
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