Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo: Reach Bundle

Microsoft announced the Xbox 360 Limited Edition “Halo: Reach” Bundle, which will be available September 14th and will include the new version of  Xbox360 with an exclusive silver design, two custom “Halo: Reach” Limited Edition Wireless Controllers and themed Xbox 360 wired headset, a token for the Limited Edition Elite armor set, an episode of “Halo Legends” as well and a copy of “Halo: Reach” game.

The new silver version is designed by Bungie and includes all standard features of the newly Xbox 360 console, a 250 GB Hard Drive, built-in Wi-Fi and has a suggested retail price of $399 USD. In addition, the specially designed console, “not only captures the look and feel of the game, but also features custom sound effects from the “Halo” universe. Whatever that means!

The Limited Edition Wireless Controller and Wireless Headset with distinctive silver color and exclusive “Halo” artwork by Bungie will be available in late August for $59.99 and $49.99 respectively, and also if you get the controller you will receive a Xbox LIVE token for an animated Covenant Banshee Avatar item.

The Halo: Reach launches worldwide on Sept. 14, 2010, and in Japan on Sept. 15. and is available for preorder in Standard, Limited and Legendary editions for $59.99 , $79.99 and $149.99, respectively. As a special bonus, fans can receive a token to unlock an exclusive in-game Spartan Recon Helmet, by picking up a copy of the game on launch day at North American retail stores, and outside of North America by making a pre-order reservation at participating retailers.

Freescale Smartbook Tablet Design

Freescale presents its reference design of Smartbook tablet featuring a 7-inch touchscreen. The tablet is powered by Freescale’s highly integrated i.MX515 processor incorporating ARM Cortex-A8 core, OpenVG and OpenGL/ES graphics cores and HD video decoder. It has 512MB of RAM and up to 64GB of internal storage.

Freescale’s smartbook tablet gets a 7-inch 1024×600 touchscreen and supports GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi 802.11b/g/n. There is an integrated 3 Megapixel camera, speaker, microphone and microSD card slot. 3G modem and RF4CE protocol options are available. Those who need a keyboard can get the optional keyboard accessory. The tablet supports Android and Linux OS.

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Alienware TactX Gaming Keyboard and Mouse

Since PCs alone can’t pay the bills these days Alienware has expanded its reach into the gaming peripheral market and has this week released two such products, the TactX keyboard and mouse. Going for $99, the wired TactX keyboard has USB connectivity, has six customizable macro keys, support for unlimited customizable user profiles, and the AlienFX lighting system which has 20 color choices enabling up to 400 pimpin’ combinations.

Also priced at $99, the TactX mouse has a 1.8-meter long cable, nine customizable buttons and five user profiles, a 5000 DPI laser sensor, the AlienFX system, and both vertical and horizontal scrolling thanks to the Dual Vertical Scroll modes.

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Portable Xbox 360 Could be a Reality

Microsoft corporate VP Shane Kim confirmed that a portable Xbox 360 could very well be in the works, and released sooner than later. He stated: “We’re building a service in Live that will…will extend to other platforms…no question about it.”

Surprisingly, Kim even touches on the always touchy (and often not even mentioned) Live Anywhere initiative, saying, “We talked about Live Anywhere a few years ago … Live is the connective tissue.”

The Fast and the Furious: Pink Slip for the iPhone

In Fast and Furious: Pink Slip, “the racing is spread across several different events, from drag racing to drift runs, but with one singular goal - fill your personal garage with some of the flashiest rides straight from the films, including a special appearance by Dom’s muscle car from the original Fast and the Furious.”

Designed as a pure arcade-style racer instead of a more narrative-driven game like the previous entry in the series, Fugitive, Pink Slip is exactly what the title promises: A series of breakneck races.

TrueMotion 3D Offers Motion-Sensitive Gaming

Aside from using an accelerometer, the TrueMotion 3D system employs “a magnetic field to track both your hands’ positions in 3D space.”

With a refresh rate of ten milliseconds and accuracy up to a millimeter, and interest from developers including Activision and EA, this guy could someday relegate your Sixaxis to the back of your junk drawer — right next to your old Atari’s paddle controller.

Sony Could be Building PSP2

Britain’s Imagination Technologies announced that they have licensed their “high-performance graphics processor core to a major international consumer electronics company — actually meant Imagination had inked a deal with Sony to supply the graphics processors for a PSP successor.”

On the one hand, it’s certainly plausible: Imagination are also the team behind the iPhone’s graphics processor, though the one mooted for the PSP2 - the unannounced SGX55x - is obviously more powerful.