All posts containing the tag: "video game"
Posted Oct 5th 2007 12:33AM by TMZ Staff
Maybe you can sing or maybe you can dance. Can you do both at the same time?
The new EA game, Boogie, gives you a chance to show your friends that you can do both. Using Nintendo Wii's innovative controllers, you shake and move to the rhythm -- while singing along with the included microphone.
Versions of hit songs by The Jackson 5, Kool & the Gang, M.C. Hammer and our favorite TMZ train wreck, Britney Spears, will make your karaoke parties dance-tastic.
Practice, and perhaps you too can be a hit at the VMAs!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: ea, nintendo, singing, technology, video game, VideoGame, wii
Posted Jul 12th 2007 3:42PM by TMZ Staff
Nintendo's ongoing crusade to shrink the waistlines of Wii owners continues ... fat chance!
If Wii Sports wasn't helping you get your sweat on, Nintendo's latest game, Wii Fit, will surely help you work off those extra pounds. Wii Fit will come bundled with the Wii Balance Board. Players stand on the Balance Board and it measures their center of gravity, weight and Body Mass Index. The board acts as a controller for over 40 types of training activities and games included in the Wii Fit package.
Activities like aerobic exercise, yoga poses, muscle conditioning, ski jumping, soccer and dancing will get you into into shape faster than you can say, "Now you're playing with power!" Unfortunately, a launch date hasn't been set.
Now you have no excuse for not getting in shape, and Bai Ling will have no excuse for her dancing.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: gadget, gamers, nintendo, technology, video game, VideoGame, wii, wii fit, WiiFit, workout, yoga
Posted Jun 5th 2007 6:59PM by TMZ Staff
If you're tired of the run-and-gun of first-person shooters, Shadowrun is definitely for you.
Mix your regular FPS arsenal with magic and flying -- and you have a brand new experience in first-person shooters. Teleport through walls, cast resurrection spells on fallen comrades, you can even summon your minions to kill an opponent from across the map. Shadowrun is the first game to utilize Live Anywhere technology. Xbox 360 and PC gamers can compete against each other for the first time online. Finally, the mouse vs. controller debate can be settled! W00t!
To learn more about this groundbreaking new game, check out the documentary, "The Making of Shadowrun," tonight at 9:00 PM EST on GAMEPLAY HD, part of the Voom HD network. The Shadowrun demo will be available on Xbox Live starting tomorrow.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: gameplay hd, GameplayHd, shadowrun, video game, VideoGame, vista, voom hd, VoomHd, xbox 360, Xbox360
Posted May 11th 2007 6:48PM by TMZ Staff
When the Halo 3 beta test hits XBox Live on Monday May 16, why not get in the mood with some hot gaming video?
Super Halo 3 beta tester Mr. Juke has compiled a video of his beta-testing ways, and Bungie Studios, makers of Halo, has posted it for all the world to drool over. Mr. Juke utilized the Saved Films feature that will be available in Halo 3.
Keep in mind the video is footage of an internal build of the Halo 3 beta. It is older then the beta version players will encounter on May 16.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: bungie, gadget, halo 3 beta, Halo3Beta, microsoft, mr juke, MrJuke, test, video, video game, VideoGame, xbox 360, Xbox360
Posted May 10th 2007 1:53PM by TMZ Staff
Homer, Bart and the rest of the Simpsons clan are making it a very yellow summer.
FOX and Microsoft are teaming up to promote "The Simpsons Movie" by offering fans the chance to win one of 100 limited-edition "Simpsons" Xbox 360 Pro consoles. The consoles can be had through a series of special events and promotions.
If you're not lucky enough to win the "Simpsons" console (doh!), don't fret. EA Games announced an upcoming "Simpsons" video game available on all the major consoles and handhelds. The game will follow the Simpsons' adventures when they realize that they have been licensed as a video game. So it's a video game about a video game with parodies of current and past video games. Mmmmm, slightly confusing video game plot.
It's turning out to be, in Comic Book Guy's own words, "The best summer, ever."
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: homer simpson, HomerSimpson, movie, technology, the simpsons, TheSimpsons, video game, VideoGame, xbox, xbox 360, Xbox360
Posted Apr 20th 2007 6:46PM by TMZ Staff
Trying to catch them all is more difficult than we originally thought!
Pokemon is back with a vengeance -- on the Nintendo DS handheld console -- and they're kicking off the debut of two new Pokemon titles, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, with a huge party at Rockefeller Center in New York City. Thousands are expected at the Nintendo World Store to celebrate the April 22 arrival of the already wildly popular games, which have racked up pre-sales of more than 500,000 units!
The new titles allow players to wirelessly battle with their friends, utilizing built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, and to chat using the DS Microphone. Online interaction with other gamers is limited to designated friends.
The Nintedo DS Microphone, Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl -- in stores April 22.
Filed under: Kids, Celebritoyz
Tags: diamond, gadget, nintendo, nintendo ds, NintendoDs, pearl, pokemon, video game, VideoGame
Posted Apr 16th 2007 1:07PM by TMZ Staff
What do you give the hilarious talk show host who has everything? If you're Nintendo, you give him the mental training he needs to stay at the top of his game.
For his 60th birthday (!), "The Late Show" star David Letterman got a special present from Nintendo -- a copy of the video game "Brain Age," and a Nintendo DS hand-held console on which to play it.
"Brain Age" works out your gray matter with a variety of brain-stimulating activities specially selected by Japanese neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima -- including memorizing words that appear on screen, quickly performing simple math problems, reading classic literature as fast as possible, plus everyone's favorite number game, Sudoku.
Nintendo even sent Dave's mom a version of the game so they can see who's sharpest in the family. Expect a "Top Ten Reasons Why Dave's Mom Beat Him at Brain Age" soon.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Celebritoyz
Tags: 60th birthday, 60thBirthday, brain age, BrainAge, david letterman, DavidLetterman, nintendo, nintendo ds, NintendoDs, video game, VideoGame
Posted Mar 12th 2007 5:10PM by TMZ Staff
You think you got old skool video game skills?
Check this game out.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: gadget, technology, trivia, video game, VideoGame
Posted Dec 1st 2006 5:48PM by TMZ Staff
Few video game characters have the staying power of Sonic the Hedgehog. After 15 years of super-speed coin grabbing, Sonic is still blasting past the competition, with his friend Shadow, and new character, Silver.
With Sonic's blistering speed, Shadow's ability to commandeer vehicles, and Silver's futuristic telekinetic power to pick up objects and hurl them at enemies, the heroes must band together to rescue Princess Elise, who is voiced by longtime Sonic fan, actress Lacey Chabert ("Party of Five," "Mean Girls").
With cameos by longtime sonic allies like Blaze the Cat and Tails the Fox, and graphics and game-play optimized for the Xbox 360 and PS3, Sonic is sure to keep your Red Bull-fueled holiday video game marathons blasting away.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: 15 years, 15Years, new, playstation, ps3, sonic the hedgehog, SonicTheHedgehog, video game, VideoGame, xbox 360, Xbox360
Posted Nov 20th 2006 3:39PM by TMZ Staff
Now that both next gen systems have hit stores, sucking hard-earned cash out of gamer wallets, let's take a look at the very different console launches.
The PS3, with its cell processor and Blu-Ray, was created and marketed for the hardcore gamer. Gamers who flocked to the release of the $600 system were a bit more tenacious than retailers expected; stabbings, shootings, robberies and mini-riots plagued campout lines. Not exactly the welcome Sony expected. Most of those waiting in line were planning to sell the system on eBay for a quick buck; some sold as high as $2500, they're now selling for more reasonable $1200 on the auction site. Still a tidy profit (if you don't mind standing in the rain for three days).
Conversely, the Wii launch was a well-oiled machine. Most who waited in lines were guaranteed a Wii for $250, with chances of bodily harm remaining slim. A virtual love fest. In order to choose console recipients, raffle tickets were handed out to people in line, instead of the lunatic PS3 race for chairs that caused one gamer to receive a dislocated jaw -- the guy hung in there and got a PS3. Seriously dude, that's hardcore.
An unscientific poll of gamers (friends) and non-gamers (the rest of the TMZ staff) has the Wii on top, citing the wireless remote and lower cost as main factors.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: console, ebay, lines, nintendo, playstation 3, Playstation3, ps3, riot, riots, roundup, shortage, shoting, sony, stabbing, system, video game, video games, VideoGame, VideoGames, wii
Posted Sep 1st 2006 11:23AM by TMZ Staff
"Invincible" took in $17 million at the box office last weekend -- a respectable opening, sure. But it's nothing compared to the more than $100 million dollars in sales the latest edition of the Madden football video game took in during its first week.
"Madden NFL 07," which was released on August 22, sold more than two million copies in its opening week, according to the game's publisher, Electronic Arts. The figure represents a 12% increase over last year.
To compare it to this year's Hollywood releases, only "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "The Da Vinci Code," "Superman Returns" and "X-Men: The Last Stand" made more than $100 million in their first seven days.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: madden nfl 07, MaddenNfl07, video game, VideoGame
