More Wii Remote Ripoff Madness: GoLive2's Stix for PC
Jul. 10
Hey, does that look familiar? Why, I bet it does. This flagrant Wii Remote clone is called the Stix. Published and developed by GoLive2, it's designed as a PC game peripheral. Patrick Klepek at MTV Multiplayer has the inside scoop on it:
There will be two Stix controllers at launch, the 200 ($39.99) and the 400 ($49.99) models. The 200 is designed for 2D gaming, while the 400 will support fully 3D games, too. For example, while it sounds unwieldy, we were told you could load World of Warcraft and map 16 buttons across the two controllers.
The real potential in the Stix controller isn't in the controller's mapping onto complex 3D action games like Crysis, though, but to add intuitive motion controls to the breadth of freely available 2D and 3D games already the web. GoLive2 will launch a free, ad-supported web portal. Technically, the site is already live, but the controllers won't arrive until August.
An expensive controller for free games? It might fly with parents who don't want to spend money on a Wii, but do have a PC.
Comments
first!
ener thought that nintendo is too nice and doesnt learn to FRICKIN COUNTER-SUE
Please don't post just to say you've got first post.
I do admit that I like the glowing blue on black styling that that thing's rocking.
I don't especially object to guys posting first if the admin guys don't. It is hilarious to do so on a blog where a bitchin' post may get comments into the double-digits, though...
I must say that the Stix looks exactly like a Wii Remote except in black and blue. meh....
The Stix reminds me of that BLACK MALEVOLENT WIIMOTE USER that was in that old "Good VS Wiivil" video that's floating around Youtube.
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