Kinect hacked to work with PlayStation 3, plays Killzone 3 badly

Microsoft's Kinect, the fastest-selling gadget ever, has now been hacked to work with the PlayStation 3.

The Kinect isn't directly plugged into a PS3, though (that would be too awesome). Instead, it's plugged into a conventional PC laptop, where PrimeSense's first-party drivers are used to interface with Kinect. The data from Kinect is then converted into a format that the PS3 can understand, and output directly to the console using using diyps3controller, which lets the laptop USB controller interface with the PS3.

There's a video of the developer logging in and playing Killzone 3 on his PS3 using the Kinect after the break. Well, attempting to play Killzon 3, we should say. It seems like the hack has a little way to go before it's actually usable...

Crytek: Crysis 2 needs 90+ score to make an impact

Crytek executive producer Nathan Camarillo has said he believes the studio’s latest game, Crysis 2, needs review scores to average over 90 percent if the game is to make an impact.

EA Partners boss David DeMartin’s recently commented that the game would easily average over 90 percent on Metacritic, and in response to this Camarillo told CVG:

“We’re going to put out the best game that we can make and that’s probably over a 90 rated, although it’s up to the reviewers obviously. I hope he didn’t jinx us.”

Camarillo went on to say that review scores are very important to any company, and those who don’t make the 90 mark are less likely to make an impact.

“I think you have to be 90 plus to make an impact in any genre now. The quality bar is so high and publishers and developers have put so much effort against high quality games.”

“If you want to be recognised at all, regardless of genre, like anything you need to create the highest quality product possible and anything else is not going to get noticed.”

Crysis 2 is due to release on March 25 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Pre-order the limited edition here for the standard price.

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Woman Busted For Raping 13-Year-Old She Met on Xbox Live Chat Room

blogs.ocweekly.com — The child-rape bust of a 36-year-old Lake Forest resident is unique on two counts: the suspect is a woman and she is alleged to have traveled to Maryland to molest and rape a 13-year-old boy she met via an X-Box live chat room. 5 days ago

Silver xbox 360 controller dated for UK

Fans of fighting games such as Street Fighter will not have to wait much longer for the new silver controller.

The new silver controller was designed with fighting games in mind, the standard Xbox 360 controllers have a disc with four points on. The new silver controller will feature a turnable D-Pad which can be either the standard disc or raise the arrows so they become ideal for fast action  fighting games.Along with the new D-Pad the buttons have been tweaked to match the silver theme.

The new controller will release in March in the UK, bundled with a Play and charge kit this device will retail at £44.99. Ensure to keep an eye out for some good deals that are bound to come along.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC named ‘Reverie’

Konami have just left on their facebook page a mysterious note detailing one of the newly announced DLC.

“Tick tock… It’s time for another glimpse into the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow ‘Reverie’ DLC. What might Gabriel try to change with this time machine?”

The answer to that is obvious, bring his Marie back by preventing her demise in the first place. But how? Where is this time machine coming from?

Two DLC packs are set for launch this year. Both remain mysterious.

Check out our review of Lords of Shadow to see what all the brouhaha is abouthere.

Thanks,  PushSquare.

Xbox 360 Only Console Up in 2010

NPD data showed today that Microsoft experienced it's best year for the Xbox brand.  The company sold 6.7 Million Units at a 47% increase year over year.  The official Microsoft Blog determined that with 6.2 billion dollars spent at retail more than any other current generation console.  Despite shortages, Xbox 360 console sales remained strong in December where it sold 1.9 million units.

Helping the console along were Call of Duty: Black Ops and it's rather problem free experience on the 360, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Kinect Sports.  These final numbers for 2010 helped seal the best year in Xbox 360 history where the console ended with over 50 million Xbox 360 consoles sold worldwide to date, alongside 30 million active Xbox Live subscribers, and 8 million Kinect sensors sold in the first 60 days.

The company noted that 2011 looks equally strong with titles like Gears of War 3, Forza Motorsport 4, and Avatar Kinect due to strengthen their gaming portfolio.

Aaron Greenberg noted about the console "Only console up in 2010". And I'm pretty sure he may or may not have said "Bitches!" after that.


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Microsoft Focusing on Xbox 360 with Kinect

With all of the news in the last week about Kinect at the Consumer Electronics Show, Steve Ballmer also announced that in time the Kinect would be supported by Windows PC's.  Perhaps this was a little of a premature statement by the CEO.  Microsoft recently sent clarification on the subject by stating that it's focus for the device is fixed on the Xbox 360 for now.
It doesn't look like Microsoft's full backing is stopping anyone from forming new and interesting uses for the device however.  The slew of applications that the device has been used for is already quite large.  With the swiftness of the Titanic,  by the time Microsoft gets around to integrating this device into Windows there will have long been software and revisions of software that have already enabled this functionality anyway.

As important as some of it's uses could become outside of the realm of video games, lets remember why you bought this thing in the first place.  To play games.  Hopefully 2011 will bring us new and exciting experiences for the device.

Source: CVG

Sony Will Ban Jailbroken PS3s from Network

The PlayStation 3 console has been jailbroken with George Hotz's hack on the console, but what aside from the moral repercussions of hacking your PS3 and pirating software, what will Sony enforce in this new era.  It is being rumored that Sony will begin to ban jailbroken PlayStation 3 consoles much like Microsoft did with the Xbox 360 in the Fall of 2009.

Upon booting up your PlayStation 3 console, the machine communicates with Sony's servers.  And chances are that if you try to run games from an unauthorized source like back-up manager this will be associated with your PSN account and ultimately the console you are playing on via your console identification number.  Using this information, Sony could ultimately use this with a periodic banning tool much like Microsoft does with the Xbox 360.

So despite the possibility of breaking your PS3, and the fact that it is against the Terms of Service of the console, and the opinion that it is morally wrong, you have one more reason not to jailbreak your PS3.  That reason is the banhammer.

Update: Sony has now filed a lawsuit against George Hotz for more information HERE

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Showtime: Kinect Video Scratch

*Hard to believe we won’t be seeing plenty more of this. Installation artists, start your engines.
via @kinecthack

Kinect Video Scratch from vjdrmo on Vimeo.

FIFA Interactive World Cup Enters The Guinness World Records

FIFA Interactive World Cup celebrates a record breaking year

The FIFA President had the pleasure of welcoming a special guest to the Home of FIFA this week when Nenad Stojkovic, FIFA Interactive World Cup Champion 2010, joined Joseph S. Blatter to celebrate the tournament’s entry into the latest version of the Guinness Book of Records. 

The FIFA Interactive World Cup is now officially the largest gaming tournament in the world, with 775,000 competitors taking part in the 2010 edition of the event. This event climaxed in Barcelona in May 2010 when Nenad was crowned champion after defeating all challengers at the Grand Final.

“The FIFA Interactive World Cup is of great importance to FIFA’s portfolio of events” said Mr Blatter, “the tournament gives us the opportunity to engage with a wider target audience through a platform which is of high relevance to the next generations of football fans”.

These words were echoed by the Chief Editor of the Guinness World Records, Gaz Deaves, who congratulated FIFA and its Partners EA SPORTS™ and Sony Playstation, saying “The strength of the FIFA Interactive World Cup is a hugely impressive achievement and its 775,000 participants are a testament not only to the popularity of sports videogames but also to the incredible effort it takes to organise the biggest gaming tournament in the world. We are pleased to award this record to FIFA and look forward to seeing it broken in 2011.”

This year’s edition of the FIFA Interactive World Cup now promises to be larger than ever, breaking its own record for the number of competitors. The tournament has a new format this year, with six online seasons making the event more accessible than ever. For general information on the event please check out the following link:http://www.fifa.com/interactiveworldcup/news/newsid=1324520/index.html

FIFA Interactive World Cup Champion Nenad has also committed himself to helping to improve the skills of fellow players all over the world. Every Friday a selection of Nenad’s favourite tips and tricks will be hosted on the FIFA Interactive World Cup section of fifa.com - www.fifa.com/FIWC