Del Toro's Horror Video Game 'inSANE' Might Still Happen

Guillermo del Toro really, really wants to make something involving the H.P. Lovecraft mythos, but circumstances (namely the economy) just keep it from happening. First, it was his "Mountains of Madness" adaptation which died a quick death at Universal who were gun-shy about spending a couple of hundred million on an R-rated horror movie, and then there was "inSANE," the Volition-developed title which died a quick death as THQ's financial fortunes took a dramatic turn last year.

But according to a Toronto Sun piece, there might be hope that "inSANE" could live again at another publisher.

“We are in talks with a very, very big company. I can’t say who, but it’s one of the big ones. They really responded to the game, they responded to what we were trying,” del Toro told the Sun last week while doing press for "Pacific Rim." The "Hellboy" and "Cronos" director added that some of the mechanics will need an overhaul so as not to duplicate things already out in the market, and he expressed his commitment to an immersive narrative experience.

Who could it be? EA, who've already got one horror franchise under their belts with "Dead Space." Warner Brothers? If this were further along and not in need of a mechanical overhaul, I'd suggest Activision. I kind of hope it's either Sony or MS, though, who would likely let the game take its time to gestate before release.

The project was originally set up at "Saints Row" developer Volition since 2010 with an originally planned 2013 release. According to del Toro, his vision of "inSANE" involved gamplay "where where every single action makes them question their own senses of morality and reality," making it sound a little like "Eternal Darkness."

[Source: Toronto Sun via Eurogamer]

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New Video Shows How 'Dead Space 3' Works With Kinect

From the looks of it, Visceral Games' Kinect integration into "Dead Space 3" is similar to how Bioware handled the same in "Mass Effect 3." The twist this time around is that the commands you'll be shouting at your TV will focus on the co-op in "Dead Space 3." According to the video, players can quick-call partner healing commands or pathfinding.

Third-party developers are, I think, still trying to figure out what to do for all of those gamers out there with Kinects. The features outlined for "Dead Space 3" are useful inasmuch as we're willing to ignore that they're just an alternate way to deal with existing controller inputs. I think we're all still waiting for the point where one of these titles will figure out ways to have Kinect-specific functions that will do justice to both the games and the hardware.

 

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ASUS PadFone 2 emerges in press shots and video footage

With its official announcement scheduled for October 16, the ASUS Padfone 2 leaked out in a number of press shots, thus leaving nothing about its design to our imagination. The upcoming Android device with dual personality also emerged in video footage, where it was shown off by no other but the CEO of ASUS - Mr. Jerry Shen.

The photos of the device reveal the brand new design of its tablet docking station. Gone is the covered housing for the smartphone seen in the original PadFone - the newcomer will slide into its slimmer and better looking tablet dock instead.

  

The video footage of the ASUS PadFone 2 revealed that the device will sport a 4.7" HD screen and a 13MP camera. Rumored specs for the device include a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset and 2GB of RAM.

Here goes the video itself. The footage of the PadFone 2 begins around the 1:40 mark.

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Google shows off next version of Google TV v3 in new video

We were starting to wonder if Google had forgotten about Google TV, but a new video previews some upcoming features that are coming soon. Google recently announced that Google Play Movies, TV Shows, and Music were now available on Google TV and it appears some bigger changes are on the horizon. Google hasn’t updated their TV Remote app since 2010, but it looks like a new version could be coming soon with voice search built in. We don’t know when this new version will drop, but the official details should be coming soon.

Update: It appears the video went private right as I hit the big publish button. If we find a copy, we will update this post. An announcement might be coming today, so I’d keep my eye on the official Google TV blog.

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Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2 leaked video shows new features

A video of a pre-release Feature Pack 2 for Symbian Belle has leaked. Currently available on Nokia's RDA (Remote Device Access), which only Nokia registered developers have access to, allows for Symbian Belle FP2 to be tried out in an emulator.

As the final Symbian hurrah for Nokia, Feature Pack 2 is expected to bring quite a lot to Symbian Belle. The user interface will see most of the changes with a new swipe to unlock, camera UI, navigation bar, widgets and better transition effects.

As demonstrated on the demo video below, the keyboard is now predictive and offers word completion. Also updated are the web browser, gallery and image editor. The music player will now place its own controls in the notifications bar.

That's just some of the changes coming in Feature Pack 2, some of them you can see in action in the video below.

Currently, there's no established timeframe of the Feature Pack 2's release, but it's certain that the Nokia 808 PureView will be among the first to get it.

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Nokia AIR cloud service promo video leaks, shows cool devices

A promo video has leaked showing Nokia Air, the company's own cloud syncing solution.

 

Nokia Air is designed to sync apps, contacts, media across Nokia tablets and smartphones. By the looks of it, Symbian Belle is the OS destined to receive Nokia Air first.

Curiously, the video also showcases a couple of really cool looking devices: a Symbian-running tablet, smartphone and a mini-slider phone. They'll probably continue their lives as concepts, but if Nokia manages to actually deliver Air by the time Nokia World rolls around this Fall, it'll draw a breath of fresh air for Symbian Belle users.

Check out the promo video below. It looks a lot like Symbian Belle Feature Pack 2, don't you think?

So, is Nokia Air something to look forward to, or will it get lost amidst the sea of cloud storage services already on the market?

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Sony Xperia GX camera video sample surfaces

It looks like someone else got their hands on an Xperia GX in a Japanese DoCoMo store, and decided to take a video showing off the 13MP camera.

Like the still image samples, the video is taken indoors, and does not show much in the way of the full capabilities of the sensor. Nevertheless, it is of full 1080p resolution.

The Sony Xperia GX has garnered some criticism for reportedly being a Japan-only device, despite some hints that an international version may be in the works. Here's to hoping that we'll see the slick device in our neck of the woods someday.

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New OmniVision camera sensor shoots 16MP stills, 4K video

If you haven't heard of OmniVision, you should know make some pretty good camera sensors (the one in the iPhone 4, for example). Today they outed the OV16820, a 16MP sensor intended for use in digital cameras and the high-end smartphones

The sensor measures 1/2.3" and uses OmniVision's OmniBSI-2 technology with 1.34 micro pixel pitch. It's capable of outputting 16MP (4608 x 3456) photos at 30fps in burst mode and 4K2K (3840 x 2160, four times the resolution of 1080p) video at 60fps.

The new OmniVision sensor also supports on-chip pixel binning (2x2 and 3x3) and resampling. Pixel binning is a popular way to improve quality when the needed resolution is lower than the sensor resolution (so, it will work for 1080p and 720p, videos but not 4K2K).

All this sounds pretty awesome - burst shot mode is becoming more important (as the HTC One phones and Samsung Galaxy S III will tell you) - and 16MP cameraphones are already on the market (HTC Titan II).

As for the 4K2K video, it's a nice dream but we don't think we'll see it in a phone soon - processing four times as many pixels as FullHD (especially at 60fps) is too much burden even for the current smartphone chipsets.

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