There is a niche market for augmented reality shooting games on mobile devices. These games use a smartphone’s camera and accompanying software to bring actual gameplay into the real world. In an attempt to make this experience more enjoyable, a company called Metal Compass is releasing a peripheral for smartphones called the XAPPR gun.

Let’s start out your day today with some sales! Amazon has four available January 31, 2012, to help you say goodbye to January and prepare to ring in February. Two are Wii accessory lightning deals, which mean you’ll have to make sure you’re on at certain times throughout the day. The other two are general more »

The subject of piracy has gotten a huge amount of attention lately thanks to SOPA, PIPA and the shutdown of MegaUpload. Rovio Chief Executive Mikael Hed took the time at Midem this week to speak on piracy as it relates to his company’s Angry Birds videogames and the supplemental products they help produce. Essentially, Rovio doesn’t more »

There’s one consistent problem that plagues 3DS owners. No, it isn’t lack of worthwhile games, as that was remedied in the second half of 2011. It’s the battery life. If you’re still playing with the stock battery, you’re probably feeling lucky if you’re able to play for four hours without recharging. It’s disgraceful. Thankfully, third more »

Mad Catz already has a cozy relationship with Microsoft now that it publishes games and makes officially licensed accessories for the Xbox 360. Today, Mad Catz announced a new licensing agreement of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan to make and distribute PlayStation products in Japan.

Title: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Starter Kit Price: $69.99 System(s): 3DS (Also for PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, Windows, Mac) Release Date: October 16, 2011 Publisher (Developer): Activision (Vicarious Visions) ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Cartoon Violence Pros: Characters and environment look good, lots of Skylanders figures to scan in, figures retain the information earned in the more »

When I played Kid Icarus: Uprising at CES, Nintendo’s representatives made sure to tell me I could aim with the 3DS stylus while moving Pit around with my left hand. I was sitting down at the time and didn’t play long enough to feel any kind of strain in my left hand from supporting the more »

Shortly before the start of CES 2012, CTA Digital announced it partnered with the United States Army to release a number of Army-branded gaming peripherals. CTA Digital’s booth at CES contained all the previously announced peripherals such as throat mics, headsets and assault rifles for the PS3. I managed to get some hands-on time with more »

Another week, another assortment of sales at Best Buy. The January 15-21, 2012 sale ad is waiting in your early edition of the Sunday paper and while there aren’t pages of game sales, there are 17 items reduced and worth checking out. This is especially true if you own a PS3 or want to get more »

Here’s something surprising, a Vita launch game isn’t getting a collector’s edition bundle, but the console ports of it are. Yes, if you buy BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend on February 14, 2012 and own a PS3 or Xbox 360, you’ll have two different versions of the game to choose from. One will be the $39.99 more »