Coming from Sony’s legendary Santa Monica Studios and developed by Giant Sparrow, the game centers on a runaway swan who leads you through a kingdom filled with weird and wild creatures. As you move through the world, you discover your surroundings by splashing paint onto white surfaces – definitely an offbeat gameplay mechanism in my book. The game is expected to be loaded with puzzles and challenges as you make your way to the King who built the unusual world. Here’s a look at an early teaser for the game to whet your appetite.

Sony hasn’t announced a release date for The Unfinished Swan as of yet, but it definitely looks like the sort of thing that’ll show up on PlayStation Network versus being a high-priced disc title. You’ll definitely want to keep an eye out for this title as it gets closer to a release.

Created by Youtuber Rocky Planetesimal, and set to the dramatic A Wild and Distant Shore by Michael Nyman, Go Right is a loving and often emotionally moving tribute to classic gaming – with a focus of and run-and-gun side-scrollers. Check out the video below, and see if you can name all of the games (leave a comment below if you can!)

[via Joystiq]

Disc Mounts work just like the buttons that hold discs inside a typical case, except they’re magnetized. This way you can both display the artwork on the disc and have easy access to the disc itself.

It’s easy to see the downsides of this tool though. For one, you need to have a magnetic surface. Also, if you clean your room as often as I do – which is approximately zero times per lifetime – the discs are bound to gather dust because they’re exposed on the backside.

If you keep your place metal object-filled and dust-free, you can order Disc Mounts from Laboratory 424. $7.95(USD) gets you a dozen buttons.

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Staying true to its roots – whatever that may be – Nyan Cat is a side-scrolling platformer, with the meme of all memes still being propelled by its rainbow spewing butt. It has five different game modes and other playable characters, including the evil Tac Nayn.

You can get Nyan Cat Adventure from the App Store for $0.99(USD) or from the Xbox Marketplace for 240 MS points ($3). When’s Maru going to get his own game?

[via The Verge]

Mechaton was invented by game designer and publisher Vincent Baker. For its tenth anniversary, Baker and his colleagues launched a new edition of the game called Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack, along with a Kickstarter fundraiser. I have not read the game’s rules but from what I can understand it allows for a lot of flexibility with regards to creating units, or Mobile Frames as they’re called in the game. This means that you can have a truly unique unit and most importantly you can make one from LEGO pieces, which should be cheaper than buying figurines. Check out the gallery below for a few examples of Mobile Frames:

Here’s the Kickstarter video for Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack:

I wish Baker and company would upload a more newbie-friendly video. Not that they need to – they’ve already reached their Kickstarter goal, but the fundraiser is still ongoing. If you already have a bunch of LEGOs, a $10(USD) pledge already gets you a PDF copy of the rulebook, including guidelines for building LEGO mechs. Compare that with the $99 Warhammer starter set. But the game does have high-end goodies for those who are willing to spend: Kickstarter backers who pledged at least $200 will receive unique Mobile Frames designed by Baker’s partners.

Learn more about Mechaton on Vincent Baker’s website and be sure to check out the Mobile Frame Zero Flickr pool for more awesome LEGO mechs.

[via Super Punch]

Angry Birds developer Rovio has teamed up with the Formula One team to advertise the game and some of the merchandise will be coming. The helmet the racer will wear at the season opener is painted up to look like the red Angry Bird complete with Heikki’s name written on the side in proper Angry Birds script. I’m not familiar with Heikki at all, but I will say that red helmet doesn’t go particularly well with his green driving suit.

I would like to see Rovio sign up whoever Heikki’s archrival is to wear a green pig helmet. I’d love to see some bird vs. pig action at 200 miles an hour on a racetrack. The marketing tie-in will also include some other items that will be released this spring and Angry Birds levels with a racing team will be coming later as well.

The latest RE game is set 10 years after the Raccoon City incident, and Leon and Chris will team up in this game. It will take place in a town called Lanshiang in China, in the year 2013. Other characters include Helena Harper: a secret service agent and the president’s bodyguard, Ingrid Hunnigan: Field Operations Support for Leon, and the US president Adam Benford. There’s also a mercenary character who has been told that “he is the man to save the world.” That’s all we know about him.

The game will also feature a revamped control scheme, including the ability to shoot while moving, and slide and roll tactics to get to cover. The zombies will also have some new tricks up their sleeves, the ability to run, jump and wield weapons. Seems like this could make it a whole new game. No more slow zombies lumbering towards you. This should be interesting. In my opinion, the franchise has been getting stale and this should definitely spice things up.

[via geek]

The TheO Foam ball is a thick, protective foam ball with a cutout allowing you to cradle your iPhone or Android phone inside of it. It’s designed so that you play some games with the people you know IRL, not just online. The three games that are currently available are Hot Potato, Interrogo, and Bowling. The apps all use the phone’s accelerometer to function, though it’s unclear how they provide feedback while the ball is rolling along the ground or being passed around the room.

Price and availability haven’t yet been announced, but it sounds kind of interesting. The project was initially slated for funding on Kickstarter, but was unsuccessful. From the Kickstarter page, you can deduce that it will cost at least $25 with the three apps once it’s released.

[via Ubergizmo]

What you’re staring at here is a giant Scrabble board, which measures in at nearly 49 square feet. It’s made by artist John Kahn, using Russian birch plywood, covered with galvanized steel and vinyl game graphics. Each one of the game’s 100 tiles is made from wood with a strong magnet inside, and measures a whopping 4-3/8″ square. The board also comes with two wall-mounted tile holders, and a pair of tile racks for game play – though it would have been nice for them to include two more – in case you want to play a four-player game.

Only nine of this gigantic Scrabble set are being made, and with a price tag of $12,000(USD), I can’t imagine they’ll all be snapped up quickly. But if you have enough enough capital to afford one, you can check it out over at Hammacher Schlemmer now.

[via SUATMM]

By the time the console arrives sometime in 2012, hopefully this app store will be up and running. So far, Nintendo has no comment, but if they are going to compete, I think they need to just do it and run with the idea.

[via Ubergizmo]

You get together with the boys on Wednesday nights and play a couple of hands of poker and lose all of your money. All in all, not that great of a time. (Except for the time when there were four Princess Leia cosplayers who were invited. That – that was fun.) With the Star Wars Poker Set, you’re guaranteed a good time, since anything that involves Star Wars memorabilia is automatically exciting.

This limited-edition set normally costs £70, or (~$109 USD), but is on sale at Firebox for just £35, (~$55 USD). For this awesome holiday price, you get 200 Star Wars chips that feature greats such as Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, the saggy version of Obi-Wan, and Yoda. There’s also a metal Death Star dealer chip included.

The Star Wars Poker Set also comes with a carrying case etched with the Star Wars logo on front, and equipped with 72 LEDs inside. Why are there 72 LEDs? To make your poker chips look like lightsabers, of course! The chips are transparent, so the light shines through and gives a cool effect.

The set also includes two decks of geeky Star Wars cards and two standard decks, so you’re getting a whole lot of bang for your buck. Though not as much as if you were to buy the Exploding Minecraft Creeper Plushie – then you would get your revenge plus an explosion. You know what they say – EXPLOSIONS ARE AMAZING. “Do they really say that?” No, but I do – FIRE IN THE HOLE! *Blows up a watermelon*

If you’re looking for more Star Wars stuff, check out the Needle-Felted Star Wars Ornaments or the Darth Vader Rorschach Thing.

These video game urinals were created by Captive Media, which is a good name. As long as you are slinging wiz, you’re not going anywhere, therefore you’re captive to their entertainment. The games have names like you would expect: Clever Dick, On The Piste and so on, and they are entire controlled by peeing.

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Just aim your stream in the proper direction, and you control the game. If you are proud of your score, you can also post it on the online leader board and Twitter.

Once they market the hell out of this and add advertising, the novelty will wear off and then guess what? Prepare for pooping games. Although I suppose those high scores will be more geared to the largest of humans. I can’t wait. That’s sarcasm. I can wait. Please never make this happen.

[via TNT Magazine]

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you, our readers and fans for all of your support over the years. Without you, we wouldn’t be here. I started Technabob out as a side project while I had a full-time “real job” and literally no budget – working all hours of the night and the wee hours of the morning scrounging for cool stuff to write about. Over the years, we’ve managed to grow the site enough that I was able to quit my full time job, focus 100% on blogging, and actually make a decent living at it. It’s thanks to your readership and loyalty that I can feed and clothe myself, pay for health insurance, and our small, but dedicated team of writers. I know many of you dream of working for yourself some day, and this little blog here is proof-positive that if you put your mind to something, you can really achieve your dream.

As a result of our success, I even have been able to expand our tiny blogging empire, with the launch of The Awesomer (shameless plug time) – which features all tons of cool stuff, like smokin’ fast cars, slick industrial design and art, funny videos, action-packed games, movies, and even a smattering of gadgets and tech. It’s a true showcase for creativity and generally awesome things. If you haven’t checked it out, you should. It’s pretty addictive if I must say so myself.

You’d think that with 10,000 posts under Technabob’s collective belts, there wouldn’t be much else to say, but we’ve only just nicked the surface on the world of cool gadgets, gizmos, games and weird science. Thankfully, there’s no end to the creativity and ingenuity of mankind.

Thanks again. Geeks reign supreme!

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The game moved about 6.5 million copies in those two areas alone. The game that MW3 beat out to take the record was Activision title from last year, Black Ops. That game made $360 million in the first 24 hours. The game proved so popular that Xbox Live set a record as well. There was so much launch demand for the game, prior to its release thieves hit a truck with 6,000 copies of the game inside worth more than a half million dollars.

After two days of the game being available, a record was set for simultaneous players on Xbox Live for a new peak concurrency record. “We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. “Other than Call of Duty, there has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records three years in a row. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise exceed worldwide theatrical box office for Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, two of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time.”

According to one anonymous developer, there is evidence that Nintendo is prepping the console to support two of its touchscreen tablet controllers. The unnamed source says there are “numerous indications” in the Wii U code base that suggest this.

We know that the touchscreen controllers will combine tablet functions with the original Wii‘s set of motion controls. The developer says that Nintendo almost has the kinks worked out to get two tablet controllers to work with the console. If you were hoping for more, for four player games, you can forget it. Some horsepower may need to be sacrificed just to get two to work.

[via Develop via Geek]

In Japan, you can expect the PS Vita to cost the equivalent of $390(USD) for the 3G version or $325(USD) for Wi-Fi, while the U.S. retail prices will be $299(USD) and $249(USD).

[via Andriasang and Geek]

I can imagine seeing these birds flying around in my backyard, only I’d keep my dog away from them, as it looks like they have a mean temperament and might try to fling themselves at us.

Thankfully/Sadly, these Angry Birds won’t starting trying to destroy homes filled with equally real looking green piggies anytime soon.

[via Rampaged Reality via Thaeger]

The new update landed this week, brings the game up to version 1.1.1, and adds in a new Toy Box that has 25 new levels with new game mechanics. It’s really cool to see the developer add in that many new levels at no charge.

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The update also fixes some bugs and optimizes the play. The game requires Android 1.6 or higher. ZeptoLab, the creators of the game claim that over 55 million people have played Cut the Rope to date. It continues to be highly rated with 4.5 stars  on Android and the iOS version has an average 4.81 rating.

What about the cards? Each one has a perk from Fallout 3 or Fallout New Vegas with a retro playing card image in back. It is truly a work of geek art. I wish Elizabeth were my girlfriend.

[via Geeks are Sexy]

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No one may hear you scream in space, but you can feel free to scream at the top of your lungs when you play this one in your own home. It looks like they took a lot of cues from the Dead Space games and merged them with the Alien movies. The result is a good looking game that seems to have great atmosphere.

You can expect the game to arrive in 2012. Right now it is still in development by Gearbox Software. It will arrive next year on the Wii U, PC, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.