Gamepark Holdings had an idea. It wanted to create a handheld device that could be used for gaming and other means, but also had no restrictions. The company was made up of workers from GamePark who had originally developed a handheld device of that nature called the GP32, and GamePark Holdings wanted to continue that more »

OnLive’s pledge to become available across a wide range of devices went a step further last week. OnLive and Google announced the cloud gaming service will be coming to Google TVs from every manufacturer. The OnLive Viewer can be downloaded right now, but the complete OnLive experience is coming in time.

ePawn was one of the first companies I set up an appointment with at CES. ePawn has a flat, 26-inch flat screen display that is primarily used to play interactive board games. The ePawn Arena doesn’t actually have any games built into it. You have to connect an iOS or Android device to the ePawn more »

Before CES began, I wrote a little something explaining how CES can have a lasting effect on gamers even though it isn’t a gaming show. One of the things I mentioned dealt with head tracking technology. As luck would have it, I had my first gaming experience using head tracking technology Monday evening at CES more »

Did you know uDraw released for the Xbox 360 and PS3? That’s okay because a lot of people didn’t know either. Well, it was either that or they just didn’t care. Even though uDraw saw considerable success on the Wii, it sunk like a stone when versions were released for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Sales were so bad, THQ had to revise its net sales expectations for its fiscal 2012 third quarter by 25 percent. THQ originally expected sales of between $510 million and $550 million Ouch.

Are you already aching for more space on your Xbox 360 Slim’s hard drive? Microsoft has just announced a new media hard drive that packs 320GB of space for all you Xbox 360-related content. The hard drive will be sold all over sometime this month for $129.99. If you live in the United States, the media hard drive will also comes with a download code for Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.

At E3 2011, Microsoft announced different partnerships that are going to be popping up, starting with Youtube. The Youtube partnership will hopefully lead to some rather interesting functionality rather than just playing Youtube videos.

Still, there seemed to have been something missing.

Razer has long been known as a company that makes fancy and expensive gaming mice, keyboards, console controllers, and other peripherals. They have also been known to occasionally come out with licensed products from titles such as StarCraft II and Tron: Legacy. Now, you can add Dragon Age II to their list of licensed products.

Just so you have it all in one place, we have gathered the photos of Sony’s NGP (Next Generation Portable) handheld game system and put them in a photo gallery for you. Scroll down and you can also watch the fanciful video (SD and HD) teasing the NGP as well. The next PSP handheld gaming system, currently codenamed NGP (for “next generation portable”), was announced today (January 27, 2011) at the PlayStation Meeting 2011 in Japan.

Companies are always looking for more ways to immerse us into the media we consume. The key to doing that is to appeal to basic human senses. Force feedback appeals to our touch, 3D appeals to our sight and now ScentScape will appeal to our sense of smell. No longer will we have to wonder what a burning planet smells like because ScentScape will create that fragrance for us.