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#pc The beta test for Final Fantasy XIV was due to kick off yesterday. It didn't happen. The problem was "critical bugs". Fret not! Developer Square Enix will have the beta up and running soon. More »

According to a Eurogamer Spain interview (translation) with Microsoft PR & Event Manager Lidia Pitzalis, Kinect will not support voice control in all regions when it launches this November. At launch, according to Pitzalis, voice control will be available in the US, UK, Mexico and Japan.

Eurogamer Spain notes that speaking English (or Spanish with a Mexican accent) won't suffice either, as voice control will actually be disabled in the affected countries at launch. Spain and other launch countries, including France, Germany, Italy and even Canada, will have to wait for a Spring 2011 update to enable the voice control features. For those without an internet connection, the update will be provided on future games and via "other solutions that do not involve an additional cost."

Mystery site promises Tokyo Game Show reveal for new game.

Hey guys, Chris here from Perpetual FX. We’re really excited to finally announce what we’ve
been working on exclusively for PSN: Top Hand Rodeo Tour! We are creating something no one has ever seen before, as there has been no rodeo game that will compare visually and from a gameplay standpoint.

Here’s a sneak peak of what it will take for you to become the top hand. Check it out!

With Top Hand Rodeo Tour, we really wanted to bring the full experience of professional rodeo to anyone and everyone asrealistically as possible. That’s why we chose to work with the PlayStation Move motion controller.

Everything in the game you play, see and hear was created from scratch and designed from the ground up for a completely fresh take on the modern face of rodeo. We have a ton planned for the game, including a variety of white-knuckle events like calf roping and team roping. We also are currently working on never-before-seen barrel and mounted shooting mechanics and track configurations, all of which will be playable in highly competitive online and local multiplayer.

For those of you who really want to channel your inner-cowboy, you’ll be able to customize
your cowboy, cowgirl and horse visually, as well as upgrade and customize their statistics
helping you down the line as the levels get better and faster.

Bottom line, we couldn’t be happier about working exclusively with Sony and using PlayStation Move to bring you guys and girls the most unique take on rodeo this side of the Rio Grande. Let us know what y’all think and be sure to check out our website for more information.

#culture This is a common question Westerners have. Japanese characters in anime, manga and video games, they say, "look" Caucasian. That is all a matter of perspective, no? More »

#indie Hello, what's this? A new action-RPG that's also very easy on the eye? Please, Supergiant Games, continue. More »

#clips There's not a whole lot you can do with the EyePet at this point to make it the sort of game I'd want to play. More »

#xbox360 Oh dear. It's not just Spaniards who won't be able to control Kinect with their voices when the peripheral launches. It's everyone who doesn't live in the US, Mexico or United Kingdom. More »

#clips Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 gets a healthy helping of motion controlling when the Move releases later this month. More »

Remember when you were 5, and you went to McDonald's one day with your parents and they got you the Happy Meal with the windup Luigi toy in it? Remember how ecstatic you were that you had a real version of Mario's bro in a plastic bag along with your cheeseburger and fries, and remember how you went home and played with it all day until it stopped winding and you completely forgot about it until you had to clean out your desk drawer for college?

Well, 11-year-old Oscar Bown has that times a thousand. The kid's collected over 1,000 bits and pieces of Mario-related paraphernalia, and you can see most of them in a video after the break. He's got everything, from Mario Monopoly to Mario band-aids to pretty much every single vehicle toy from Mario Kart. Just saying: Whenever he eventually leaves for college, that desk drawer is going to be pretty full.

#playstationmove A free patch will allow Heavy Rain players to control the game with a PlayStation Move wand in one hand and either a Navigation controller or DualShock 3 in the other. So how will you find Jason? Watch. More »

#starcraft Starcraft II sold a million copies in its first 24 hours on sale. Not bad, but not as great as the last new Blizzard game to be released. How'd it do, then, in its first month on sale? More »

#impressions The light gun game, like the fighting game, has enjoyed a revival over the past few years. And while there is no light gun Street Fighter IV, the tech in the Wii Remote, and now in the PlayStation 3 Move, raises hopes that the genre will continue to charge ahead. More »

Feature being patched in next Spring.

#impressions You hear talk about games that are "not for you." You try to keep an open mind. You play Gears of War; you play de Blob. You enjoy both. But here, at last, a game that's not for me. More »

#sega The first Valkyria Chronicles game was set in an alternative version of Europe in the year 1935. Could this Japanese teaser site with "Code 1935" in its URL be for Valkyria Chronicles 3? More »

#impressions We've already been drooling about Echochrome ii here. Kind of unsightly. But look at this video I shot of the demo version of this upcoming PlayStation 3 Move game and tell me I should stop. More »

#impressions Last week: I had no desire to paint music using a PlayStation 3 motion controller. This week: I yearn to play the full version of Beat Sketcher. Remember that game name. More »

#clips High Velocity Bowling first hit the Playstation Network back in 2007, but later this month it's getting an update, adding Playstation Move support to the bowling game. More »

There isn't much we can do to help you get the potential human-robo love in Fallout: New Vegas off your mind -- believe us, we've struggled with it ourselves, attempting to wrestle it from our mind's eye like a grease-covered bear. Still, we're resolved to get past this and offer you this aid: Achievements. Xbox 360 Achievements has the skinny on all of the new game's cheevos, so head on over and check 'em out. You gotta get your mind off it, guys, lest you go insane.

#review They're launching the PlayStation Move with a game that plays like a Tony Hawk downhill trick racer, if Tony was a nerdy private detective guy or a girl who knelt on a chair and stuck her butt in your face. More »

#bayonetta Kayo Satou, aka "Kayo Police", has not only been called one of Japan's best Street Fighter IV players, but also one of Japan's best-looking Street Fighter IV players. Thing is, she is a he. More »

#impressions If it wasn't for the fact that it appears to be an -ahem- expansion of Wii Sports Tennis, the most notable aspect of Ubisoft's Move version of Racquet Sports would be that its characters look like Xbox 360 Avatars. More »

#mmo Ever wanted to play an MMO where you are not a druid, or an elf, or a mage, but a TANK? Then World of Tanks is for you. More »

#bayonetta Kayo Satou, aka "Kayo Police", has not only been called one of Japan's best Street Fighter IV players, but also one of Japan's best-looking Street Fighter IV players. Thing is, she is a he. More »

#review The most futuristic thing you can do in video games so far this year is to play Start The Party. More »

Friends, we're nearing the day when our vision of a single, wireless charging station for all our electronic devices can be realized. CTA Digital has brought us one-step closer with the "Quadruple Induction Charge Station," an instrument capable of juicing up four Wiimotes and a DSi simultaneously.

Worth fitting under your salary cap?

#legal An Australian man has lost a court case he brought against Sony after the company removed the "Other OS" feature from its PlayStation 3 consoles. More »

#review Playing with blocks never gets old, especially if you're using a motion-control enabled Playstation 3 to do it. More »