Gadgets and Video Games

Battle vs. Chess appears to bring Battle Chess to a new generation, with a similar hook and a name that just skirts a potential copyright lawsuit. With “upbeat combat visuals & mechanics,” the game sounds like a modern update of the classic chess game that let us watch chess pieces beat the stuffing out of each other. There don’t appear to be any videos showing BvC ’s animations.

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Filed under: Features , Microsoft Xbox 360 , Action There you are, old Sam Fisher, minding your own business at some unknown cafe when the waiter brings you a cell phone and Bluetooth earpiece, compliments of the caller. It’s Grim, it’s Third Echelon, and it’s the end of his vacation. Some thugs have managed to upset his vacation — now we know why he’s always carrying 12 rounds and a pistol. Gallery: Splinter Cell: Conviction (X10) Continue reading X10: Splinter Cell: Conviction hands-on X10: Splinter Cell: Conviction hands-on originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Ubisoft has apparently delayed Splinter Cell: Conviction for “a bit more polish,” the publisher told Eurogamer . Although the common wisdom is that the delay occurred due to the unnaturally packed Q1 of triple-A goodness, a representative for Ubisoft stated, “The game looks brilliant, but we want it to be awesome.” Play this post off, Keyboard Cat Sam Fisher . Splinter Cell: Conviction merely looks ‘brilliant,’ delayed to make it ‘awesome’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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These are dire times for ye olde book industry. Dire indeed.

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Dante’s Inferno special edition printing provides ‘unique insight’ into game’s creation

[ EndSights ] Having already implemented major layoffs for a second year in a row , EA CEO John Riccitiello needs to start cutting more nitty-gritty costs. Following up on previous statements about cutting the number of releases per year, the executive tells Reuters that the company will have 40 releases in the next fiscal year, but that around 30 releases a year “wouldn’t shock [him] at some point in the future.” Focusing on fewer, quality titles sounds like the THQ gambit . Another way EA can reduce costs is by cutting down on its packaged goods manufacturing and distribution

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Activision has announced that GameStop will be hosting a special DJ Hero demo event this Sunday, October 11. The event is taking place at all United States GameStop locations from 10:00am to 6:00pm, and will give gamers the chance to try out the game a full three weeks in advance. Gamers will also have the opportunity to win prizes, including a trip to meet Eminem and see him perform in New Orleans. Naturally, a few copies of the game and some Xbox 360s will be up for grabs as well.

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Play DJ Hero at GameStop this Sunday

Many franchises attempt to break apart from familiar genres in an effort to expand their fan bases. Metroid went first-person, Halo went RTS and Square Enix’s long-standing, tactical RPG franchise, Front Mission , has turned into a standard third-person action game. For players still clamoring to return to the world of MechAssault , Front Mission Evolved may help cater to their needs

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Hands-on: Front Mission Evolved

What’s New? For one: a class action lawsuit filed by John Kennedy, who accuses Sony’s 3.0-version PlayStation firmware update of breaching implied warranty and signaling an act of negligence (among other complaints). As detailed by Courthouse News Service , the suit alleges that “thousands” of PS3 owners downloaded the update, only to find that it caused the system to malfunction and suffer damage to hardware

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If you want to watch friends and loved ones pretend to skateboard/fall repeatedly this fall, Robomodo’s Tony Hawk Ride is the only product catering to those admittedly unhealthy urges. Here’s how those monsters came up with the name. When Josh & I first talked about creating this company, I offered up the name because I felt it fit the criteria we were trying to fill: Sounds “fun” (i.e. anybody hearing it would expect to be entertained by our product) Rolls off the tongue & unique Available (i.e. its .com isn’t already spoken for) “Just fits” (i.e.

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What’s In a Name: Robomodo

Each week Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq (“LGJ”), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games : Something that comes up from time to time in the gaming world is faulty products. Or potentially faulty products. Most recently, it seems to be Halo 3: ODST at the center of the issue (which, for the record, I’ve had no trouble with thus far), but the issue has touched numerous games, including Guitar Hero III , and consoles . While most people might lump all this together into ’stuff that’s broken,’ the reality is it touches two legal topics: warranty and products liability.

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