wireless controller
Best Buy has PS3 and Xbox 360 deals for Presidents Day 2011
Presidents Day is February 21, 2011 and Best Buy wants people to celebrate with a new console. The store’s website has a two day sale going on, from February 20-21, 2011. There are only two deals, one discounting a PS3 and one discounting a Xbox 360, so maybe it’s time to head to Best Buy’s website and finally grab yourself a system. Each of these custom bundles come with everything you need to get started and playing with family or friends…
Gamertell Review: Nintendo’s Wii Remote Plus (with advice for holiday shoppers)
Nintendo has finally released a Wii Remote Controller with the MotionPlus attachment built in. The MotionPlus improves the controller’s accuracy so that the console will more accurately track real-world actions in the game.
Sony goes sweet pink with the DualShock 3
Sony is now offering the DualShock3 wireless PS3 controller in Candy Pink for the retail price of $54.99. The controller appears to be ye olde DualShick, sorry, DualShock 3 in a candy colored shell. I guess that means it’ll melt in your mouth but not in your hands? (Sorry, could not resist). Click through to get the specs…
Gamertell Review: Konnet’s PS3, Xbox 360 hybrid Power Pyramid
Wireless controllers constantly need to be recharged. Play a lot of games and you find yourself buying multiple controller or multiple battery packs to charge. Let them sit in a drawer for a few weeks and they lose charge faster than their of-the-shelf-non-rechargeable counterparts. And, if you own more than one system, the issue is simply compounded.
Konnet came up with a clever solution in its Power Pyramid recharger. You can get a pyramid-shaped charger to replenish either four PS3 controllers our Xbox 360 controllers or – get this – a pair of both at the same time. And it looks pretty wacky when controllers are docked.
Leaked wireless Halo: Reach Xbox 360 controller is spiffy and sleek (updated)
It is a fantastic day for website leaks in the video game world today. First, Marvel.com accidentally reveals two new Marvel vs. Capcom 3 characters. Then Xbox.com accidentally revealed a Halo: Reach Xbox 360 wireless controller. However, in both cases the revealing information has been removed from the websites.
As you can see from the picture, the Halo: Reach wireless controller looks futuristic, armored and awesome…
Deal of the Day: Komodo Shock-Wave MR6 wireless PS3 controller for $17.99
Singapore-based bargain site Meritline is offering a black Komodo Shock-Wave MR6 wireless controller for PS3 that includes with SIXAXIS motion sensor and Dualshock 3 for only $17.99.
This looks like a limited time sale that appears to have started…
CES 2010: CyWee Group’s CyWee Z 3D wireless motion game controller for PC, Mac
Hidden among the many booths of big-name gadgets, electronics and myriad gear at CES 2010 there will also be plenty of lesser-known game-related products. CyWee Group, for example, will be there demonstrating its WiiMote-like game controller that works with PCs running Windows and Mac OS. And it doubles as a computer mouse.
Currently available for $79.99 (regularly $99.99) through the company’s web site, CyWee’s press release promises that the CyWee Z is a hinged, wireless motion-sensitive controller that “incorporates the latest in motion-sensing technology” and can be used in four basic configurations: straight and swung like a golf club, bent at the hinge and held like a gun or bent, held like a steering wheel or rotated and held like a futuristic jet plane.
E3 2009: The Tony Hawk: Ride wireless skateboard controller
Announced by Tony Hawk at the Microsoft press conference, the wireless skateboard controller is smaller than a standard skate deck and “full of technology.”
Thanks to two internal accelerometers and four infrared sensors (two on each side), it will recognize foot placement for tricks, hand movement for grabs and recognize subtle movements for accurate leaning. You’ll be able to kick it up and even kick along the sides as if you are actually pushing to gain speed. Developed by Robomodo (after eight prototypes, one of which included elements from a WiiMote, Sixaxis and wireless Xbox 360 controller), the deck has a plastic body, will be battery powered and includes buttons on the side (direction pad and four main buttons) for menu selection.
E3 2009: Microsoft wants to make you the controller with Project Natal
During Microsoft’s E3 2009-launching press conference, IEB VP Don, Mattrick started the Project Natal presentation quite simply: “People ask me, can we add a motion controller. I tell them of course we can. Can we make you the controller? We can.”
Dropping wires and even the need for an object to hold, Microsoft’s Project Natal utilizes what appears to be a special video camera (with microphone) that works in cooperation with motion sensing and video technology. Movements are then reflected within the Xbox 360 environment including games.















