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CES EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag 2010 CES Gaming Showcase to grow 50 percent 4 The Consumer Electronics Show does have plenty of gaming news coming out of it, but for the past several years I've attended, I can tell you that almost none of it comes out of the event's Gaming... CES 2009: Presenting our CES WTF video 12 Just like in previous years, we've pulled together a collection of things at the Consumer Electronics Show that make us say what the f*ck?Really, really weird things are interspersed with huge h... CES 2009: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock reaches $1 billion in sales 18 Showing how big of a role name recognition plays in the videogame market, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has become the first game to earn $1 billion in sales. Activision Publishing CEO Mike Gr... CES 2009: Gaming floor video overview 12 As we told you before, the whole state of the Consumer Electronics Show is pretty sad when it comes to gaming. There are games here, but they're off site in private meetings. We visited the floo... CES 2009: New Killzone 2 footage impresses 51 What's the hype about? Killzone 2 looks amazing, and these new videos definitely impress.To be honest, I wasn't very excited about the title up until this week. I didn't understand they hype. I ... CES 2009: Over 110,000 ill-dressed douchebags in attendance this year 5 According to retail publication Twice, over 110,000 balding, overweight, blue-jacket-with-brown-slacks-wearing douchebags waddled the floors of the Las Vegas Convention Center this week to check ... CES 2009: Microsoft wants you to have more than 100 friends on Xbox LIVE 20 If there's one thing people have been asking for since pretty much the first month or so after buying their Xbox 360, it's that Microsoft removes the 100-person friends list restriction.Some of u... CES 2009: Flock! hands-on impressions 15 You see that video right up there? That's a trailer for the coolest thing I saw at CES. Oh, sure, Resident Evil 5 was being played on the side of Planet Hollywood and there was a porn convention ... CES 2009: Escaping 3D gaming and movies was impossible 23 If there were two things we saw too much of at this year's CES it's third-party music game peripherals and 3D gaming and movies. It was everywhere. And apparently, it's the future.NVIDIA had thei... CES 2009: Behold my future gaming throne 26 You know what I'm going to do once I've become disgustingly wealthy because of my highly literate work on a major gaming blog? I'm going to buy one of these chairs, sit down and never stand up ag... CES 2009: Peavey's custom-made Jimmy Buffet guitar peripheral looks like a shark 3 When it comes to gaming-related peripherals, the amount of fake-plastic instruments at this year's CES was at an all time high. From guitars to the dozens of plastic drum varations, it all starte... CES 2009: The show's over and this is the best piece of schwag we got 22 Well folks, this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has finally shuttered its doors. We came, we saw, we wrote some stuff. And honestly, us not having to be here for a moment longer co... CES 2009: Nyko's Wand Wii controller hands-on 7 A few days ago we told you that Nyko has a new Wii remote in the works. Not to call anyone out, but some were quick to write it off as a poor knockoff when we ran the story. Days later, this dev... CES 2009: Resistance: Retribution presentation 9 At Sony's PlayStation presentation, Insomniac studios showed off Resistance Retribution. The focus of their portion of the show was all around how the upcoming PSP title will connect with its con... CES 2009: Destructoid's impressions and floor video 7 Those that have never been to the Consumer Electronics Show may think it to be an exciting event. It isn't. And if you're a gamer, it's even more of a drag. It's really just miles and miles of t... CES 2009: Dark Void's void is darker than ever, and that's a good thing 19 When I first saw Dark Void early last year, I came away impressed. Airtight Studios, the folks best known for their work on games like Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, looked to be crafting a... CES 2009: Street Fighter IV's Fei Long and Rose in action 12 Yesterday we were able to show you a few of Street Fighter IV's newer stages and fighters in action, but it seems that Fei Long and Rose slipped through the cracks in our coverage. We can't get ... CES 2009: There's some Pepsi in my Bionic Commando 23 In a casual playthrough of Capcom's upcoming Bionic Commando at a CES 2009 event, a vending machine in the background scenery caught our eye while running by. We did a double take when we though... CES 2009: Dead Rising music video with subtitles is still completely amazing 14   OK, Conrad wasn't doing jumping jacks of joy after he got his hands on a preview build of the Wii-exclusive Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop at CES. If anything, there has been some go... CES 2009: Capcom's CES party at Planet Hollywood 9 You might have heard that Capcom (among many others) was throwing a party here at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. Of course, Team Destructoid was in attendance, and we shot some quick video ... CES 2009: Dead Rising Wii... Jesus Christ 69 Up in the posh Capcom suite at Planet Hollywood, we were handed a Wii remote and placed in front of a new preview build of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. Now, it is no secret that those of us a... CES 2009: Feet-on with Nyko's Rock Band/Guitar Hero 'Metal Pedal' 16 When Nyko first revealed its third-party drum peripheral kick pedal replacement, the "Metal Pedal," I was in awe. As I put it: "it has a motherf**king skeleton on it, guys. And you... CES 2009: Hands-on with Hasbro Family Game Night 12 My board game love is the stuff of legend but I tend to play more complex or lesser-known games than the standard Hasbro lineup of classics. Still, with last week's announcement of Hasbro Family ... CES 2009: Cam video of new SFIV stages and moves 32 A few Destructoid readers requested that we get video of some of the new stages of Street Fighter IV, and Capcom was glad to show them to us at a meeting yesterday. The first stage you'll see in... CES 2009: Rolling down the river with Sheva and Chris in Resident Evil 5 25 With Resident Evil 5 hitting shelves on March 13, we're getting into critical "give me this s**t now" territory. From our first detailed glimpse early in 2008 to the levels Hamza got hi... CES 2009: Capcom teases us with the Resident Evil 5 Collector's Edition tin 16 When Capcom invited us up to its suite to check out their new wares today -- Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, and Dark Void, among others -- we didn't know we'd get a gift. Yup, Capcom handed ... CES 2009: Street Fighter IV Mad Catz controller cracked open 35 While visiting with Capcom today, we had the chance to play a little Street Fighter IV on the Xbox 360 with Mad Catz line of new controllers for the game that we showed you earlier today. Capcom... CES 2009: Q&A with Sucker Punch on inFamous 31 This morning we got to see a pretty kickass presentation of the third-person, open-ended superhero PS3 game inFamous. We had the pleasure of seeing it in action, watching gameplay as the newly po... CES 2009: Fat Princess impressions 24 Remember Fat Princess, the cooperative strategy/action game coming to PSN that garnered a little bit of controversy from feminist groups for its namesake portly royalty? Sony had an early build ... CES 2009: Prototype is 'all crunch, but no munch' 31 It's been awhile since we've seen or heard anything from Radical Entertainment and its third-person, open-world action title Prototype. In fact, the last time we really heard anything new about t... CES 2009: Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic hands-on 10 Sony brought along some of the upcoming PlayStation Network games to CES this year, and Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic is one of the coolest ones we've played. This is a multiplayer party fig... CES 2009: Jakks shows off motion-controlled plug n' play games, now I'm a Jedi 13 Jakks Pacific's "Plug It In & Play TV Games" are nothing new; the standalone controller units that plug directly into your television have housed games like Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, ... CES 2009: EA thinks Home needs more buildings, releasing their own this spring 13 At the same CES press conference where Sony announced a landmark partnership with MTV, EA Sports announced exclusive content for the PlayStation Home beta. It’s exclusive because Microsoft ... CES 2009: Kodu impressions from a demo slower than a speeding Sparrow 16 See that girl up there standing next to Robbie Bach? That's 12-year-old Sparrow. At Microsoft's CES 2009 keynote presentation, Sparrow gave a live demonstration of Kodu, an upcoming Xbox LIVE Com... CES 2009: Digital Experience! overview video 8 Last night we attended the Digital Experience!, a sort of CES pre-show where highlighted items were shown off to an invite-only crowd. Covering general electronics, there was a bit of everything... CES 2009: Sixense one-ups the Wii remote 24 When it comes to all things CES, words only mean so much. Anyone can claim to have the hottest, most feature-packed device on the planet, but you truly need to see the product in question to bel... CES 2009: Halo Wars actually coming out March 3 7 Turns out that there was a little slip up last night during Robbie Bach's presentation at Microsoft's keynote. He had stated that Halo Wars would be coming out February 28, but as it turns out, i... CES 2009: The Wiimote from Cyberpunk Hell announced by Nyko 40 Vile sinners, gaze in awe and wonder at this instrument of darkness, and ask in confusion and horror why your Lord has forsaken you. This ... beast ... is the twisted brainwrong of Nyko, a third ... CES 2009: Halo Wars release date and demo announced 12 The CES 2009 keynote just wrapped up where our boys Nick Chester and Dale North tweeted their brains out about all of the new Microsoft products coming out soon. Windows 7 looks pretty tempting! ... CES 2009: Xbox Live Primetime hits this Spring 9 Microsoft’s presentation at CES lacked flash and spirit. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t have some merit. One of the first things revealed by Robbie Bach is quite important for... CES 2009: Microsoft announces Kodu game creator for Community Games Channel 15 At its CES keynote speech moments ago, Microsoft announced a new addition to the Community Games Channel, called simply Kodu. A game designed to "turn Xbox 360 players into creators," K... CES 2009: Harmonix's Alex Rigopoulos talks Rock Band 3, selling listenable songs 25 Owners of Rock Band games have repeatedly suggested that Harmonix sell music through the games -- imagine being able to purchase MP3s of Rock Band songs, iTunes-style, from the Rock Band Music St... Rumortoid: Microsoft CES keynote will bore gamers to tears 13 First and foremost, CES -- which takes place in Las Vegas later this week -- is not a gaming show. Sure, there will be gaming-related things happening there (like the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo... Party with Capcom, Chris Redfield, Chun Li, and Nathan Spencer in Vegas 4 Holy hell -- it's New Year's Eve already! And next week is CES, which takes place in Las Vegas from January 8 to January 12, and we'll be there to cover any gaming related news and events. Capcom... Nyko bringing their wares to CES, includes drum pedal with a skeleton on it 14 Woah, look at that thing. That's Nyko's "Metal Pedal," compatible with Rock Band 1 and 2 drums, as well as Guitar Hero World Tour's kit. In addition to it being "heavy duty," ... Activision boss Mike Griffith to give keynote at 2009 CES 4 Ah, CES. The Consumer Electronic Show is the last proper mega-convention, if you ask me. It's definitely the bastion of booth babes; they have no problem with even lingerie-clad women walking aro... CES 2008: CNET awards Nyko Wireless Nunchuk 'Best of CES' award for gaming 33 When Topher wrote about Nyko's forthcoming wireless Nunchuk peripheral for the Wii back in December, I was a bit skeptical -- a wireless nunchuk? The Wii remote itself is already untethered, and ... CES 2008: Sneak a look at SOE's The Agency 31 Sony Online Entertainment invited me over to take a peek at their upcoming spy-themed MMO, The Agency.The PS3/PC title lets players enter the world of espionage as a member of either the stealthy... CES 2008: Wiiiiiidescreen: Alienware's Curve display 41 Alienware is proud to show off its Curve display here at CES. At the width of about two 24" monitors side by side, it's turning a lot of heads. An Alienware rep explained that this is displa... CES 2008: New SoulCalibur 4 trailer shows Darth Vader and Yoda in action 196 You've no doubt already heard the big news in regards to SoulCalibur 4 earlier today. Well, now we have a new trailer of Darth Vader and Yoda in action in SC4. It's not much really, but it's enou... CES 2008: Nyko aims for our hearts with the Charge Base 2 for PS3 34 Any PS3 controller charger is enough to win me over. Having to directly connect USB cables to the console and power it on to charge the SIXAXIS is quite the hassle, and it's not as quick as it co... CES 2008: In-game XMB is coming to a PS3 near you soon 36 It's almost time to quit yer bellyachin', as Sony has finally announced that PS3 owners will soon be able to get into their console's operating system without having to leave the comfort of their... CES 2008: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 70 LucasArts was kind enough to invite me out to their private suite to see the latest build of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Unfortunately, they weren't kind enough to give me some hands on time,... CES 2008: PlayStation 3 MIGHT make money ... maybe ... we think 28 Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, everyone's favorite Tekken character lookalike Kaz Hirai has made an encouraging claim for investors -- the PS3 may make money one day! As we all know, ... CES 2008: LucasArts' Fracture 64 The fine folks from LucasArts invited us to a private showing of their new, next-generation IP, Fracture.In the Fracture world, the United States aren't so united anymore. In the 2100's, global w... CES 2008: Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker not just a fancy cash-in ... really 30  This one's for all of you sour-pusses who say things like "Why don't you just play a real instrument?" every time the subject of Guitar Hero comes up. A new toy by Jada Toys, Inc.... LittleBigPlanet producer hints at upcoming public beta, fall release 23 I think it's safe to say we're all tired of waiting for Sony to release LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation 3. It was first revealed at last year's Game Developers Conference to squeals of deligh... CES 2008: Bill Gates' huge announcement is that he knows Slash 51 For gamers waiting for the rumored Earth-shattering Xbox 360 news, tuck the kids in and go to bed. If it's coming at all at this year's CES, it sure isn't happening tonight. At this year's press ... CES 2008: British Telecom to offer first Xbox 360 set-top box capabilities 12 Details are scarce, but Microsoft announced this evening that British telecommunications company British Telecom will be the first company to use the Xbox 360 as a set-top box. Robbie Bach made t... CES 2008: Disney, ABC, and MGM bringing content to Xbox LIVE Video Marketplace 44 Good news for fans of Miley Cyrus and Dr. McDreamy. 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