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Gaming peripheral-maker SteelSeries has just introduced the SteelSeries MMO Keyset for the Shift gaming keyboard. This keyset changes the Shift into an MMO keyboard with an arrangement labeled for movement, communication, and emotes. By buying the keyset, gamers get a more cost-effective option, versus buying an entire MMO-only keyboard.

Each Shift keyset is compatible with the Shift’s base through the SteelSeries ID2C, a unique programmed chip found on the back of each keyset powered by SteelSeries Engine software. That software delivers a drag-and-drop method of recording capabilities for every key. Compatible with all current MMO titles, this keyset can be customized: gamers can record a sequence of actions with delays, then map that sequence to any key. Since keys can be remapped in three layers, that means several different actions can be performed with a single key. The Shift MMO Keyset sells separately from the Shift Keyboard, for $24.99.

Everybody’s favorite instant streaming video game service just came into its own: OnLive is launching the MicroConsole right now, a tiny box that turns your Speedy Gonzales internet connection into a virtual game console. Sure, the company’s cloud computing service already lets you do the same from any old netbook — that’s kind of the point — but the $99 OnLive Game System gives you the leanback HDTV experience complete with a custom wireless gamepad, and (assuming you use HDMI) it’ll come with all the wires too when it ships December 2nd. We sat down with OnLive VP of Engineering Joe Bentley to get a handle on the hardware within, and learn about the budding ecosystem you’ll be dealing with if you buy in. See what the long-awaited system looks like below, and get the full scoop after the break!

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OnLive MicroConsole official at $99, we go hands-on and bombard you with details originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve seen quite a few programming projects lately, from CPUs built in the world of Minecraft to a full-blown Game Boy emulator in JavaScript. And now? Wiremod forum member Techni has taken the CHIP-8 virtual machine and got it up ‘n running in the Garry’s Mod sandbox for the Source game engine. Sure, CHIP-8 has been around since the 70s, and since it’s small and easy to program it has a following that persists to this day — but that said, we never expected to see it running Space Invaders from inside a game of Half-Life 2, in all its 8-bit glory. That’s what we call progress! Or at least a satisfying hack. See it in action for yourself after the break.

[Thanks, Jason]

Continue reading CHIP-8 emulation comes to Half-Life 2, you can finally retire your Telmac 1800 (video)

CHIP-8 emulation comes to Half-Life 2, you can finally retire your Telmac 1800 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is it Sony’s play against the Wiimote, or the Kinect… or both? Hard to say exactly, but there’s no question that the PS3 is no longer on the outside looking in when it comes to motion gaming. Now that it’s been on the market for a few months, we’re looking to hear from early adopters — have you enjoyed your time with the Move? Has it lived up to your expectations? Any quirks with gameplay that you’d iron out? Any particular games that you’d prefer to see play nice with the apparatus? Set yourself in the mindset of a SCEA designer for a tick and let us know how you’d do the Move differently down in comments below. And yeah, sticking with “Arc” is totally an acceptable suggestion to make.

How would you change Sony’s PlayStation Move? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rather like Nokia and its market share obsession, Nintendo just can’t seem to stop talking about its hardware sales lead. The company’s US chief, Reggie Fils-Aime, recently dished some NPD data detailing the specific advantage that the Wii has over its competitors in the US since the current console generation launched: Mario’s team has managed to sell 30.4 million units of its hardware, followed by Microsoft’s Xbox 360 at 21.9 million and Sony’s PS3, which lags somewhere far behind with 13.5 million total sales. On the more mobile front, DS sales have ratcheted up to 43.1 million, more than doubling the PSP’s 17.7 million shipments to the US of A. Nothing we haven’t heard before, really, but it’s always good to get a statistical update for the sake of keeping flamewars as informed as possible.

Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime dishes cumulative sales numbers for current console generation originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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