While we're still waiting for our PS3 price drop, Sony has announced the release of a newer, cut-rate PlayStation dev kit. While the current Reference Tool is priced at a mere $10,250 and has all the personality of a Betamax VCR, this new guy is going for a jaw-droppin' $2,000 and shares the PS3 form factor -- not that you're buying these things for aesthetic purposes, but it's true! The company promises "enhanced technical support for developers, an optimized PS3 compiler (SNC PPU) to improve efficiency, and better documentation for PhyreEngine.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 12:53
We've talked about the Tectoy-backed Zeebo before, but now we've got a little more insight into its plan of attack straight from its presentation at this week's Game Developers Conference.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 12:43
Here's a note to humans of the future who may one day mail a limited edition Xbox 360 to someone at Engadget: stick it inside another box. Seriously -- the above picture is exactly how it arrived.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 11:15
If you wanted to launch a videogame site in the old days all you needed was high school grammar and a bunch of grainy, 300 x 200 screencaps of Mario 64.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 09:22
What if you could stream games, any game, over a decent broadband connection to your PC or Atom-based netbook at the same quality as the PS3? Would you walk away from your beloved console? That's the of hope of Palo Alto-based OnLive.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 01:28
Heads up, we've got another game console hitting the scene, but this one has a few interesting tricks up its sleeve. Zeebo's built on Qualcomm's MSM chipset and uses the same 528MHz ARM processor found in the Xperia X1.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.24 at 01:09
A little while back, Activision -- the fine folks responsible for bringing Guitar Hero to the world -- confirmed that it was working on a similarly named new title, DJ Hero.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.23 at 18:45
ARM has been talking up its Mali-200 and Mali-400 processors for a little while now, but according to the company's graphics product manager, Remi Pedersen, they're now finally on track to land in some actual products, and the first cellphones using 'em could show up as soon as winter 2009.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.23 at 14:08
We could ask if this trend will even end, but considering that we're hoping with all our might that the answer is "no," we'll just skip the inquiry altogether.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.22 at 05:30
There's a new survey from Netflix making the rounds, asking customers if they'd like to watch Netflix on the Wii. The service would apparently require a $9.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2009.03.21 at 12:23