Gadgets and Video Games

Filed under: Mac , PC , Meta (about Joystiq) A ton of huge PC game news surfaced this past week, such as the launch of StarCraft 2 ’s beta test and the announcement of Civilization V . Who says PC games are dead? No, seriously, who

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The Best of Big Download: February 15 – 21

Wearing a zippered pullover, jeans and not looking at all like the CEO of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick delivered a deliberately human speech at DICE today. Part autobiographical story about his start in the games business, part contrition, the Kotick who spoke at DICE conveyed the sense of a misunderstood

A very elegant Uncharted box set will be released in Japan on February 18 for

Now you’ll be able to buy games for your book! Amazon just announced its Kindle Development Kit , which will allow companies (and individuals!) to create “active content” for Amazon’s e-reader device. The examples given in the press release include an interactive Zagat guide, and … games! According to the announcement, mobile publisher Sonic Boom will release “word games and puzzles” for the device — which seems like a natural fit

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App store, and games, coming to … Kindle

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter doesn’t think the announcement of Netflix streaming on Wii is that big of a deal in growing the rental service’s customer base. Pachter’s perspective is that “fewer than 20 percent” of the US’s 26 million Wii owners are connected to the internet, which is a necessary component to stream movies through the service. In comparison, he believes over 75 percent of Xbox 360 and PS3 users are caught up in the internets. IndustryGamers reports that Pachter expects “some traction” from the Wii announcement, but that it won’t “jump start Netflix activations.” He believes the Nintendo console’s installed base will “embrace the Netflix service only gradually.” With so many consumer electronics receiving the Netflix streaming service, Pachter does believe it’ll “allow Netflix to maintain its prior pace of subscriber additions as new customer additions from the Xbox 360 installed base begin to slow.” Pachter: Netflix on Wii won’t matter as much as on other consoles originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Pachter: Netflix on Wii won’t matter as much as on other consoles

Three years after being unveiled at CES, Microsoft’s Mediaroom software is finally coming to Xbox 360 (in the form of Mediaroom 2.0 ) “later this year” thanks to AT&T’s U-verse service. But, that’s all the details we had .

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Details, limitations of Xbox 360 Mediaroom 2.0 IPTV support

Click image to embiggen 2K Games sent over some new screens from upcoming Spec Ops: The Line and, as one can imagine, the shots feature a lot of the same stuff we saw in the VGA trailer last month: sand; dilapidated buildings; and lots of bang-bang shoot-shoot . While producer (and ex-GameSpot EIC) Greg Kasavin played up the appeal of setting a game in a veritable wonderland of architecture (see: neat buildings to shoot dudes in) during a recent interview , we have to wonder if staring at all of these bieges, browns and mustards will become annoying after a while. We guess everyone will find out when the game releases later this year

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Remedy’s Xbox 360-exclusive Alan Wake , described as “the TV show Lost , as written by Stephen King, and filmed by David Lynch,” by Microsoft Entertainment & Devices head Robbie Bach will — much like Fable II — be expanded upon via additional downloadable episodes. Bach made the announcement concerning the long-in-development title during the company’s CES 2010 keynote this evening, saying, ” story-driven like a TV series , Alan Wake will be told in episodes with even more episodes available on Xbox Live after its launch this year.” Let’s just hope Remedy isn’t taking cues from The Sopranos when deciding how long it will be between the release of the game’s episodes. Alan Wake will stay up late with post-launch DLC ‘episodes’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Alan Wake will stay up late with post-launch DLC ‘episodes’

When it comes to MMO news and special features, Joystiq sister site Massively.com has you covered. Whether you’re looking for info on the hottest new MMO, or you’re just curious about an old favorite, you’ll find it at Massively. Check out our biggest features of the week: Massively’s predictions for 2010 With 2009 wrapping up today and 2010 lurking creepily around the corner, we’re eager to release our predictions on what the next year may bring to the MMO scene. Even though we try to keep our news relatively neutral, it’s the editorials and opinion pieces that garner the most reaction from the readers.

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MMO Roundup: Massively’s week (and year) in review

Last week, we received word that Zachary Quinto , who provided the fresh face for Spock in this past summer’s Star Trek relaunch, would do the voice of Star Trek Online ’s “Emergency Medical Hologram tutorial.” Today, we received further Spock-based news for the title: According to an Atari press release , Leonard Nimoy will narrate the game’s introduction, and can also be heard during cut scenes and other events throughout the game. For instance, he’ll offer a brief congratulation when your first Seaman egg hatches . Of course, this announcement has caused fans of the series anticipate the in-game appearance of “old Spock” — just as Quinto’s involvement brought murmurs of a “new Spock” cameo

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Leonard Nimoy lending deep, soothing voice to Star Trek Online