Posts By Michael Kaplan

Bannco brings X Scorch to Xbox 360

Bannco brings X Scorch to Xbox 360

Bannco has brought its successful FragNstein product to the Xbox 360. It is now called the 'X Scorch 360' and provides a mouse and left hand grip for avid FPS fans. However, the product does requr... Read More

Datel TiltFX adds tilt-based motion controls to PSP

Datel TiltFX adds tilt-based motion controls to PSP

The TiltFX is a new accessory that promises to add motion controls to "all games" on the PSP. According to a press release, the device features a three-axis MEMS sensor and is able to replace the fu... Read More

Trinity Universe hits western PS3s this June

Trinity Universe hits western PS3s this June

NIS America has announced today that Trinity Universe, released October 2009 in Japan, will be making its way to North America and Europe this June exclusively for PlayStation 3. The game is an all-n... Read More

FarmVille community surpasses 80 million players

FarmVille community surpasses 80 million players

According to information collected by AppData, the FarmVille player base passed the 80 million mark yesterday. And to be more specific and give you they exactly numbers of players playing farmvil... Read More

Over 3.5 million people have downloaded the Bad Company 2 demo

Over 3.5 million people have downloaded the Bad Company 2 demo

According to a recent tweet from EA, over 3.5 million people have downloaded the sneak peek on 360 and PS3. Game out 3/2! Demo ends 2/25Read More

GeoHot: PS3 is hacked just like iPhone and PSP despite root key

GeoHot: PS3 is hacked just like iPhone and PSP despite root key

To this Twitter post GeoHot states that the PS3 is 100 percent hacked: Today I verified my theories about running the isolated SPUs as crypto engines. I believe that defeats the last technical ... Read More

Death Track: Resurrection Coming To PlayStation 3

Death Track: Resurrection Coming To PlayStation 3

Death Track: Resurrection was released for PC last March, but according to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, its on its way to PlayStation 3. The game has been rated Teen, due to 'Alco... Read More

Steam has over 25 million members

Steam has over 25 million members

Valve has announced that its digital distribution and community service, Steam, surpassed 25 million members in 2009. That's a 25-percent increase over 2008, according to Valve, with the company a... Read More

Codemasters cancels Heist

Codemasters cancels Heist

Codemasters has confirmed that it has cancelled work on the bank job themed action game Heist. 'Codies' as they be known are opting to focus their efforts on internal development. Codemasters has c... Read More

EA claims Mass Effect 2 ‘sold in’ over 2 million units already

EA claims Mass Effect 2 ‘sold in’ over 2 million units already

BIOWARE'S MASS EFFECT 2 HAILED AS 1st BLOCKBUSTER OF 2010 Game Earns Rave Reviews, Sells 2 Million Units in Week One Guildford, UK (January 29, 2010) – Forty perfect scores. Two million unit... Read More

Famitsu 360: Japanese developer making a lot of Xbox 360 titles

Famitsu 360: Japanese developer making a lot of Xbox 360 titles

Munetatsu Matsui, editor in chief at Famitsu Xbox 360, has updated his Twitter status with very interesting tweet yesterday. Apparently, he met with a Japanese game developer who’ve yet to release... Read More

EA Sports confirms FIFA 10 WORLD CUP EDITION

EA Sports confirms FIFA 10 WORLD CUP EDITION

No surprises here as FIFA 10 WORLD CUP EDITION has been confirmed by EA. They tweeted that we can expect the first screenshots from the game soon and they will be going up live on FACEBOOK. A twe... Read More

Wii could have had 360’s Natal, but declined due to cost

Wii could have had 360’s Natal, but declined due to cost

According to reports, technology similar to the upcoming Project Natal was offered to Nintendo way back in 2007, but they declined it due to the high cost. No surprises there then. While the Wii re... Read More

Crackdown 2 demo confirmed before release

Crackdown 2 demo confirmed before release

James Cope, producer of Ruffian Games’ Crackdown 2, has confirmed in a recent interview that the sequel will receive a demo before it releases later this year. “You can definitely expect a ... Read More

ESPN live streaming coming to Xbox LIVE?

ESPN live streaming coming to Xbox LIVE?

A New York Times article is reporting that ESPN and Microsoft are currently discussing a subscription-based service that would bring live streaming sports to Xbox LIVE wihout the need for a cable co... Read More

Final Fantasy XII sequel Fortress in development at Square Enix

Final Fantasy XII sequel Fortress in development at Square Enix

It was already known that a Final Fantasy spin-off was in development at Bionic Commando developer GRIN before the studio shutdown. However, details and video of that game, which is apparently a s... Read More

Bungie asking Halo 3 players to show their hearts for Haiti

Bungie asking Halo 3 players to show their hearts for Haiti

If you haven't got any cash to donate to charitable organizations who're currently lending a hand with recovery efforts in Haiti, don't fret -- Bungie's organizing a free method for you to show your... Read More

Volition developing ‘Secret Project X’

Volition developing ‘Secret Project X’

Volition Games, developers of Saints Row and Red Faction, are working on a new project — one they are calling ‘Secret Project X’. The project is listed on the “Games” page of their offic... Read More

Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition gets debut trailer, box art

Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition gets debut trailer, box art

The debut trailer for Capcom’s upcoming Resident Evil 5 re-released, subtitled Gold Edition, has been let loose today. The trailer highlights the two brand new episodes available to players in t... Read More

Assassin’s Creed II sells 6 million, new game in development

Assassin’s Creed II sells 6 million, new game in development

Assassin’s Creed II was a hit, Ubisoft has announced today, selling over six million units worldwide and expecting to sell nine million by this March. According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, sale... Read More