Philips amBX System Launches At CES
Philips introduces a surround experience for gaming.
Philips launched its new peripheral at CES yesterday. Called amBX, it is designed to create a more immersive gaming environment. The system will be hitting retailers in the US and Europe this month on the PC - expect further announcements about other platforms.
To show what amBX can do, Philips used an over-sized replica of the equipment with a demo of Supreme Commander. Explaining the equipment, Philips’ US president Stewart Muller told crowds:
"At GDC (Games Developers Conference – March 5-9, San Francisco) we will be showing how amBX might run from a console point of view," said amBX chief marketing officer Jo Cooke. "Over the course of the next 12 months we'll be making announcements about what we're doing with other platforms, which platforms we support first and which software we support with it."
As well as the forthcoming Supreme Commander from Gas Powered games, Philips is partnered with Codemasters and Introversion as well as THQ and Kuju.
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, TOCA Race Driver 3 and DEFCON (amongst others) will be compatible with the system.
amBX comes in three configurations: First up is the Starter Kit, which contains a directional wall-washer light, control unit and satellite lights at US$199 (£103). The Pro-Gamer kit is the mid-range offering and bundles in satellite 2.1 speaker lights and a sub-woofer for US$299 (£155). Finally, the Premier kit features the whole shebang; all the above plus wrist rumblers and desk fans.
To show what amBX can do, Philips used an over-sized replica of the equipment with a demo of Supreme Commander. Explaining the equipment, Philips’ US president Stewart Muller told crowds:
"What you have is a wall-washer, which displays 16 million colours behind the computer screen. You have two desk fans which blow at different intensity levels depending on what's happening in the game. You have two satellite speakers with integrated lights. What's not shown here is the wrist-rumbler and the subwoofer. In essence, the amBX technology you have just felt represents a totally new software language that gives gamers an experience in the real world, not just the virtual world."
"At GDC (Games Developers Conference – March 5-9, San Francisco) we will be showing how amBX might run from a console point of view," said amBX chief marketing officer Jo Cooke. "Over the course of the next 12 months we'll be making announcements about what we're doing with other platforms, which platforms we support first and which software we support with it."
As well as the forthcoming Supreme Commander from Gas Powered games, Philips is partnered with Codemasters and Introversion as well as THQ and Kuju.
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, TOCA Race Driver 3 and DEFCON (amongst others) will be compatible with the system.
amBX comes in three configurations: First up is the Starter Kit, which contains a directional wall-washer light, control unit and satellite lights at US$199 (£103). The Pro-Gamer kit is the mid-range offering and bundles in satellite 2.1 speaker lights and a sub-woofer for US$299 (£155). Finally, the Premier kit features the whole shebang; all the above plus wrist rumblers and desk fans.
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BlackSpy 8 Jan 2007 18:27
1/1
Totally pointless, I predict sales of 5.