Sony has seen the wisdom behind Nintendo’s motion control system that is employed in the Wii, helping an inferior hardware platform to achieve dominance in terms of sales across the globe due to its once-labelled “gimmicky” waggle controls. Well, they recently announced that they too, will be jumping aboard the motion control bandwagon in the near future with what looks like a simple microphone, and today we have confirmation from Sony Computer Entertainment that they will be rolling out a new Motion Controller for the PS3 as early as spring next year. Bear in mind the name Motion Controller is a temporary one as the boffins at Sony have yet to decide on a permanent name for this.

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Just when I am still reeling after Space Foosball, another electronic tabletop game that requires the player to stand comes my way.

Introducing MaruBot Football League, a new way of playing soccer on the table. As you can see, miniature robots rest safely under glass, and it is up to the four players (two on one team, two on the other) to control them.

These players are moved by joystick controls, and their goal is to make goals. Oddly enough, these robots have LEDs in their eyes that indicate emotions. So if the other team scores a goal, they look flat and sad. If you make a goal, the eyes look wide and happy. Check out a mini photo gallery after the jump to see for yourself.

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Every time I think the word “foosball”, what comes to mind are semi-pleasant memories from Junior High School. Our lunchroom had about four of these tables out, and each of them had at least one player missing.

It would appear that no game is out of the digital realm as the Ewha Women’s University has created Space Foosball. As you can see from the picture, all the men are rendered in CG, so there is no chance of them breaking off after too much playing.

The handles are made with infrared sensors so they will move out, in, and spin as the user reacts. I would imagine the program would keep track of the force exerted on the ball, so it would know how much to rebound. You can watch the video after the jump for some virtual foosball action.

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If you thought that it was bad when the Wii first came out, just think how TVs will do with this Wii accessory around.  It’s like they’re just begging you to chuck something through your TV.  I’ll bet this was secretly created by a company that makes televisions, it could happen.  Well this accessory not only will tempt you to break your TV, but might make your favorite football games just a little more fun for you.

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Now here’s something that ought to attract all of you gamers, especially those who grew up on a healthy dose of Tetris. This arcade cabinet is not ordinary in any way, where it comes with a gigantic joystick to help you navigate those bricks into place so that you can make a feeble attempt at breaking the high score. We wonder how many quarters you are willing to part with just to get a feel of what a really huge stick is like…

Source: Kotaku

The Xbox 360 has been around for quite some years already, but good thing this product life cycle is much longer lasting compared to its predecessor, giving gamers the opportunity to enjoy their favorite titles on the Xbox 360 for many more years before having to start building up a new game library all over again with the next console release. Microsoft and Activision have teamed up to bring gamers the Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console, where it will not only come with the Xbox 360 itself, it will also include Infinity Ward’s “Modern Warfare 2″, which is the blockbuster sequel to the best-selling first-person action game in history.

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Yesterday, I reported on the Domyos Interactive System, an exercise video game that doesn’t require a specific console to play. Now it would appear that music video games may soon be played sans console as well.

Recently, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick announced that “you should expect to see many of our products to be playable on the television independent of a console”.

Well, we all know what Activision makes, besides those really cool Atari 2600 games like Pitfall and Starmaster in the eighties. They are the big cheese behind Guitar Hero!

Surely they could make a Guitar Hero game that would plug right into the television itself, and would play the game based on the memory inside of it.

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Considering the WiiFit and Dance Dance Revolution have sold well in the non-gaming crowd, I have been wondering when some company was going to come out with something like this.

The Domyos Interactive System is targeting a whole new type of audience of non-gamers as it doesn’t require any console to plug it into, but fits right into any television set or display.

From there, the user can work out with one of the game cartridges on an exercise mat that includes a sort of DDR type game that several players can join in on. (Provided they have the correct number of mats.)

There is also this hurdle sort of game, and this system keeps track of your calories burned. There is a video of it after the jump.

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