2009 Holiday Gamer Gadget Gift Guide

DJ Hero
Activision Blizzard, Freestyle Games
Available for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3

Breaking the band music game mould this holiday season is the newest game from Activision Blizzard and Freestyle Games, DJ Hero which allows players to test their scratching and mixing skills on a turntable style controller. The game has 80 exclusive, original mixes by some of the best DJs in the biz like DJ Grandmaster Flash, DJ AM, DJ Jazzy Jeff and more. DJ Hero also sports some custom guitar riff tracks which allow players with a Guitar Hero controller to team up for a rocking DJ and guitar duet. Bring the party home this holiday season with DJ Hero.


Suggested Retail Price: $129.99

Lips: Number One Hits
Microsoft Games Studio, Inis
Available for Xbox 360

Sometimes you’ve just gotta sing your heart out and Lips: Number One Hits lets you sing to the biggest chart toppers from Coldplay to Rihanna to the Black Eyed Peas. You can sing on your own, sing a duet with your best friend or battle it out in a vocal fighters’ mode. The game comes with 40 songs to choose from but you’ll be able to purchase and download more tunes from the Lips music store or you can choose to sing karaoke to your own music sans the lyrics via freestyle mode. As a bonus feature, Lips Number One Hits comes with a microphone which is compatible with other music games. This game completes any girl’s night in and makes for a great gift for the “hard to buy for” woman.

Suggested Retail Price: $69.99


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E3 2009: New PSPgo Revealed

Sony announced the brand new PSPgo during their press conference today - a device that was leaked only a few days ago on the internet.

This smaller PSP model will be available in North America for $249CAN on October 1, 2009. Unlike the bigger PSP, this version will not use UMD discs for game play but instead download all software directly to the device. The PSPgo has replaced the UMD with 16MB of internal flash memory so users can download content directly from the Playstation Network.

The PSPgo will come bundled with Media Go which will allow users to easily sync their device with their PC and download content from the Playstation Network.

Other features for the PSPgo include:
- Easy Sliding Display Panel and Original Applications
- PSPgo offers a variety of exciting entertainment options by taking advantage of the sliding panel. When the panel is open, users will be able to enjoy various entertainment content with the familiar button control as PSP-3000, when closed, original applications for PSPgo, such as a clock and calendar is displayed on the screen. Users can also enjoy video and music when the panel is closed.
- Game sleep function
- PSPgo has unique features such as game sleep function which enables users to operate XMB (XrossMediaBar) while pausing gameplay temporarily.
- Bluetooth function will also allow users to connect Bluetooth standard peripherals such as head-phones and head-set *5 as well as PS3 wireless controller to be used when watching video content on TVs via PSP at home


Click the pictures for the full stats on the PSP Go.

Check out Sony's demostation of the new PSP Go.