X-Arcade Trackball available
X-Gaming has released the X-Arcade Trackball. It's built to the same standards as the legendary X-Arcade Joystick and works with any game that supports a mouse:
http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/xgaming/t.asp?id=60749&p=trackball.shtml
Hookers demand GTA boycott
You really can't make this stuff up:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14737
XBox 360 supply problems over?
Peter Moore of Microsoft has indicated that retailers will have XBox 360s reliably in stock in four to six weeks:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14680
DVD/UMD movie bundles from Sony
Sony has adopted a new tactic to boost UMD movie sales, bundling DVDs and UMDs together:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14604
With other movie studios cutting back on UMD releases, this may be a last-ditch effort to save the format.
Joystick Junkies has a new site
Check out the latest in classic video game fashion:
http://www.joystickjunkies.com/
About that PS3 dev who got fired...
Gamesindustry.biz has an article about the Sony developer fired for admitting the XBox 360 was a better system:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14477
Racist American Indians attack Activision
American Indian bigots have turned out in force to attack Activision's "Gun":
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14446
PSP 2.0 firmware crack released
The PSP 2.0 firmware has been cracked, allowing homebrew software to run:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14398
Hot Coffee, please die
The "Hot Coffee" silliness just won't die:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14352
Why am I reminded of the protests and killings by muslims over the Danish editorial cartoons?
XBox Portable?
Microsoft says it's considering the development of an XBox-branded portable console:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14327
Infinium acquires more financing
Inifinium Labs has locked in enough financing to launch the Phantom Lapboard:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14287
No word on whether they'll ever get around to delivering their flagship product.
Atari sinking deeper
More on Atari's financial troubles:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14288
Sometimes I think the Atari name is cursed and it just doesn't matter who owns it.
Nintendo DS Lite due out March 2nd
More details have emerged on the Nintendo DS Lite, due out March 2:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14285
ESA fining exhibitors for booth babes
Looks like the ESA will be enforcing the ban on booth babes at this year's E3:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14230
I guess some people will still show up.
EA announces price cuts
Slow sales of current generation video game console titles have led Electronic Arts to start cutting prices:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14204
It'll be interesting to see whether other publishers follow suit, and whether these publishers have difficulty jacking up the prices again with next generation titles.