Gizmondo is back! Sort of, anyways. Or not. A
teaser for the device's phoenix-like return has been posted online, boasting "the legend is reborn," "exciting psychic worlds" and "we will democratize gaming." Also mentioned is open source gaming ("create your own games") and Gizmondo Live Marketplace, which we're guessing for the moment means a portal for open source software. The
Gizmondo originally debuted in 2005 and has a rather storied history of
failure and
scandal.
More "information" is available at
ekonominyheterna, for those who can read Swedish (there are some pretty
shoddy translations out there, too). We wonder if the
recently-released former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson will be involved. If you liked the flash-based teaser, you can make your own
here - it turns out the template only costs $66.
Update: In case the aforementioned template didn't make it explicitly clear, here's more on the Gizmondo's disappointing non-return.
Well, so much for the "rumor smash." The Gizmondo is
coming back.
[Via
Engadget]
{ Jan 23rd 2008 at 12:45PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
32_Footsteps @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:51PM
What, did the founder decide he needed to steal another Ferrari?
Wilson @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:55PM
And then crash it again?
BPM4:Guns of the Idiots @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:55PM
Some people don't know when to give up...
Blue_Falcon @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:00PM
Gizmondo: The set-up, The act, and The punch line all in one step...
NATO_Duke @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:07PM
I can't even believe they said The legend is reborn. Do they seriously believe they are legends?
Im sure MS will love the Live Marketplace reference.
32_Footsteps @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:31PM
Legendary stupidity is still a legend, you know.
NATO_Duke @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:39PM
Touche! Good point.
DomoBraden @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:09PM
"Exciting psychic worlds" -- what the hell does that even mean? Maybe that was supposed to say "physics-based" or something...
Anyway, although I love the idea of a niche handheld targeted specifically towards homebrew, GamePark has that whole demographic pretty well covered. I highly doubt anything concrete will come from this.
TheWarden @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:46PM
"exciting psychic worlds"... I was going to question this too. What the heck are they talking about?
So the new Gizmondo can read my mind? All the better to deliver ads to, I reckon. Or you can buy the more expensive one to skip the ads....
Mr Khan @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:50PM
Either they meant "physics" or the next Gizmondo is coming packaged with LSD O_O
Anticrawl @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:11PM
Where is my Zero Punctuation blog post guys? This one was exceptionally good and had a little bonus video at the end. Loved the comments on the PC elitest he made, hilarious.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2831-Zero-Punctuation-The-Witcher
DomoBraden @ Jan 24th 2008 7:32PM
^The complete lack of relevance in this post is astounding. Congratulations, you've made me proud.
Zootittles @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:12PM
Change "legend" to "infamy" to be accurate.
poke50uk @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:32PM
Its a fake, simple as
basically I saw the site a year or so ago... it belonged to someone else.. not gizmondo
mike_p @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:09PM
Maybe not fake. I wouldn't put it past Eriksson to amaze us with apparent goal in life to go down in infamy.
He was recently released from jail as well... Oh brother... Investors beware!
KeenCommander @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:17PM
Yeah...right...
Vaporware FTW!
sircodesalot @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:24PM
Hooked on Phoenix.
GRANTED @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:36PM
MOVE OVER DS!!!!!
the_boo @ Jan 23rd 2008 7:31PM
The guys at gizmodo have pretty much proven that the site is a hoax.
ThornedVenom @ Jan 24th 2008 2:49AM
One man can dream concerning open-source gaming.