For those, like myself who have bought the $7.99 brilliant car racing game GTS World Racer off the Apple App Store for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the game has just been updated.
Handmark, the game’s maker says the updates are for the iPhone, and are as follows…
- Updated graphics
- Improved vehicle sound effects
- General bug fixes
By the way I’ve forgotten to mention that the new Zune will also have FM radio function, here’s a demo video I just bumped into from CNET….
Just a few days ago, we were just chatting with Hojimoto about the cult of geeks nowadays and how difficult it is to explain to someone who has no idea about the many terms we use almost unconsciously in our daily language here at the blog.
This little joke shows a conversion between two men at a dinner table, though it involves no strange language or anything, it just illustrates what a geeky conversion is commonly like! Click to enlarge…
Though the iPhone has already got many fun and entertaining games to offer. Many have always doubted whether the iPhone could really become a gamer’s best friend (maybe not the best, even just a friend) right from the very start when it was launched. With just a touch screen and literally no buttons at all, let’s admit it, the iPhone isn’t necessarily regarded as a proper games console. But now, what you see in the picture below, may be a piece of gadget that may turn that belief around.
Enter the iControlPad, a device that wraps itself around your iPhone and provides some tactile controls to software. Touch Arcade’s got more on how it works and pictures of another rumored device. Buttons that you can see work via delivery through the serial port, the great news is that jailbroken apps already support the pad, with full code and SDK support to come.
Though not yet available for sale, iControlPad is planning on selling for a good affordable price of $30 USD, good price for what it can offer. If the gaming pad does go on sale, it can expect alot of competition from other gaming gadget firms that will follow its path…
As you can see, the upcoming PSP that Sony has just unveiled at the Leipzig Games Convention is no different from the one that you have at home. However the new PSP-3000 which will soon be arriving Europe in just two months time will feature a better screen, this improved screen has been said to tackle the glare that so many users have been upset about. We also know at this point, the PSP-3000 will feature a built-in microphone. Though not much visible improvements, there will definitely be more info on changes in terms of its hardware, we’ll keep everyone updated as soon as this surfaces!
Meanwhile, three bundle packages have already been announced…
Ratchet & Clank PSP Entertainment Pack – available October 14th for $199.99 in North America and October 15th Europe for €199 ($291)
- Mystic Silver PSP-3000
- 1GB Memory Stick PRO duo
- Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
- National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets UMD
- echochrome PSN voucher
- AC adaptor
- battery pack
PSP 4GB Memory Entertainment Pack – available this November in North America for $199.99
- Piano Black PSP-3000
- 4GB Memory Stick PRO duo
- Everyday Shooter PSN voucher
- AC adaptor
- battery pack
This is just some very limited news we have at the moment, but we’re receiving words that the ever so popular Nintendo handheld game console, the NDS could be getting a motion and tilt sensor with the new and upcoming Tony Hawk game. This speculated news is currently coming from Australia where the new game has appeared at the Australia Ratings Classification board aka OFLC and it’s called Tony Hawk’s Motion. The game itself will be G rated, some say that all this speculation does fit with what Activision have already said, that the new game in question will launch with a new technology that has not been seen on the NDS as yet…
If you think this was just any old 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System then you’re completely wrong! Because hidden underneath is actually a PC, a working PC that runs Windows and rightly so being consistent with its external features, it retains its ability to run and play NES games for your entertainment needs! Not only does it still serve as a genuine NES game console but also for other retro systems like the N64!
The mod has been especially done so that the system runs on an Intel mini-ITX mobo, which is definitely powerful enough to run retro game emulators at speeds required. And as you can see in the pictures (click to enlarge), everything has been stripped out and rewired to fit into the good old NES casing, also hidden underneath are four USB ports so you can always bring your own favourite non-NES controller for your gaming needs! Check out the video after the jump…
