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Microsoft is set to announce it’s new member to the Microsoft Xbox 360 family called ‘Lips’ 8bitjoystick, confirms. Speculation have been that Microsoft named it Lips, because it has to do with a voice communication device or possibly a voice recognition device in games such as a microphone for singing games like Rockband, Karaoke Revolution and Singstar. Whatever Microsoft comes out with, we are sure that Lips is going to be an important step in bring gamer and software closer to the reality of experiencing games online and on your Xbox 360.

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Microsoft can never stop coming up with something new. Gamers loved the Xbox when it rolled out of production lines. Soon after the Xbox, we go the Xbox 360. Now, according to news reports, 65 nm GPUs for Xbox 360 are leaving production lines and should hit the stands by the fall of 2009, and is expected to be called the Xbox 540. The 65nm technology doubles transistor density compared to the previous 90nm generation, and delivers powerful performance and performance efficiency, and will have the Valhalla chip, which is a “system-on-a-chip design”, giving you a slim looking case.

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Having promised a follow-up to Skate (Xbox 360, PS3) a few months ago, Electronic Arts expects to release it next year. Meanwhile, they’re letting loose a sequel to the game for the Nintendo platforms, the Wii and the DS. So, it’s bound to be a rebirth for the Skate It. Skate ‘extensions’- the Wii-mote, Wii Balance Board control and FlickIt controls are really going to enhance gamers’ delight and admiration. It favors stylus as the technique for stringing tricks in concert. Feel free to stand on the Balance Board while you’re playing, anyway. EA looks confident in offering bright new designs and game play mechanism. This DS version is also set to have some of the finest graphics that the console has ever put out. The game’s probable public reveal should be sometime later this year.

Source: Wired

British rockers Muse are rocking Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with Activision with their three songs Muse Track Pack having hit the Xbox Live Marketplace last Thursday. The rock band renowned for their breathtaking live performances and a signature music style are returning to Guitar Hero for an encore performance with the release of three track downloadable song pack. The pack includes hits like “Exo-Politics” and “Supermassive Black Hole” from the trio’s critically acclaimed album Black Holes and Revelations and “Stockholm Syndrome” from their multi-platinum album Absolution. For 500 points, the Muse Track Pack is available for Xbox 360 as well as the PS3 (at the PlayStation Store).
Source: Xbox 360 Fan boy

I don’t know what the fuss is all about. Sure this Brand Name Style Portable Video Game Console with AV-out and 117 Games looks like a really cheap copy of the PSP but that doesn’t mean we have to diss this thing squarely. I mean think of the cheapskate drunk distant uncle who cannot buy his introverted 8-year old nephew a real PSP for his birthday because he has to spend his 5-figure salary on booze and strippers. If somebody hadn’t gone on and made this doppelganger copy, where would that uncle go for a begrudging hug? Anyway, if you happen to be the cheapskate drunkard uncle yourself, this handheld is quite a bargain. With 5 built-in games, a TV-out composite AV cable and a 112 games cartridge free, the $48.80 fake-PSP is quiet a bargain for you, especially if you’re trying to buy a week’s stay on your distant cousin’s couch by gifting it to her kid.
Source: Play Gadgets

Yeah, this Xbox 360 case mod really made me think of the beloved croc hunter from Down Under. If he were alive today, I’d certainly have tried to persuade a few fellow fans of the late conservationists to send him this thing as a gift. The creepy yet funny-in-a-way mod is the brainchild of modder dfwmonkie who hand-sculptured the console’s case into the rugged gator hide using innovative stuff from Bondo and coated it with paint and clear-coat to give it that glossy wet, just-crawled-out-of-the-water look. The good thing is that the mod is made from fake lizard-textured material and has a realistic alligator eye popped in place of the power switch and an equally real-looking set of teeth lining the DVD drive. The mod really dares you to face your worst gator fears in order to just start the console and I really think you need nerves of steel to have this thing staring at you while you ‘try’ to play your fav shooter.

Source: Techna Bob

The useless chunk of land could be decorated more beautifully by all you Viva Piñata lovers for the colors that the screen shots of the game reveal are astounding. We know that this game has the capability of vowing the tots and the elders alike and the screenshots portend the continuity of the same admiration level. But, I don’t think it would be all about decorating the paradise anymore and there would instead be demons to screw-up the pleasant surrounding. Buy my verdict or not is another question but the suffix ‘trouble in paradise’ is favoring my take for sure. More images after the jump.

A hell lot of news regarding the Nintendo DS Lite these days seem to be surrounding rumors of a revision or upgrade of the hugely popular model. Nintendo have denied any such development so far by sticking to the current model and even launching new games like Guitar Hero: On Tour on the portable console. But that isn’t stopping many DS loyalists from coming out all guns blazing and proposing their own versions of what the new handheld should look like. We went ahead and found some very interesting concepts that fans had proposed and needless to say, at least design wise, we loved the Moto Razr-like design featured above, the best. Of course we won’t know what the real revision, if any, will be the official version Nintendo finally opts for, but if these puppies are anywhere even close to that final design, we’ll have plenty to be happy about anyway.

Source: Video Game Blog

As you idle away your time on your PSP, think of what else your little handheld could do. Imagination stretched? Well for one you could use it as a torch at night. Not with the screen light though. Just preorder the XCM Magic Night Glow Face Plate especially made for the slim PSPs and you could make it glow at night. An ordinary shell by the day, the XCM Magic Night Glow face plate gives a wonderful radiance in the dark. It is made of material that absorbs natural light during the day and shines using the same at night. Pricing details are not out as yet but the makers are taking orders. Available in a variety of colors these XCM Magic Night Glow Face Plates would be very neat diversion at night. Maybe they’d also come in handy while playing games.

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Wii madness is all set to reach dizzy heights as Nintendo have officially launched the Nintendo Channel exclusively for Wii. The Internet Channel will boast of super-cool features like console downloads mini documentaries, product demos, gameplay trailers as well as info on all your fav Wii and DS games. The channel will also allow users to download order games right on their consoles taking the Nintendo gaming experience to a whole new level. The service will also allow fans to recommend any game they’ve owned for more than an hour to other online players which will provide gamers a rather realistic ratings system based on real people’s experiences. Watch the demo video below if you don’t know what all this hype is about.