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  • 10 April 2007

  • News: Cheap PS3 dropped from shops

    The cheaper of Sony's two PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles is getting harder to find in the US.

  • News: Gamers get new quad-core Intel chip

    Intel has launching a quad-core chip for desktop gamers, continuing a barrage of new products the company has announced in the past week.

  • 08 April 2007

  • Video: Xbox 360 user review

    Two users' take on Microsoft's games console the Xbox 360. They love it. Find out why.

  • 05 April 2007

  • News: HP takes on PS3, Xbox and Wii

    Any lingering image of HP as a stodgy company was dispelled yesterday in San Francisco as the company called ‘Game On’ in its bid for a piece of the online gaming industry.

  • 02 April 2007

  • News: PSP players get free Wi-Fi

    Sony has announced a new firmware upgrade for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) that allows users to surf the internet and play compatible games online at over 7,000 T-Mobile US HotSpots. Locations include most Starbucks, Borders bookstores and over 70 major airports.

  • News: AMD releases ATI-integrated chipset

    AMD has introduced its M690 chipset for embedded devices, rounding out the company's first chipset line that integrates technology from ATI.

  • 31 March 2007

  • News: Windows Vista gaming guide

    In some ways, debating whether or not Windows Vista is good for gaming is a moot point. A futile argument. Water under the bridge.

  • News: 6 reasons why Vista is good for gaming

    1. DirectX 10. Without a doubt, Vista's support for DirectX 10 is the primary reason why gaming in the Windows environment will transcend gamers' wildest dreams and far exceed the visual quality of even the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "When DX10 games come out, the end result will be a significant increase in visual fidelity," said Microsoft's Donahue.

  • News: 3 reasons Vista lets down gamers

    It's no huge surprise to anyone that the upgrade to Windows Vista has created numerous instances of driver incompatibility and dissatisfaction - these kinds of issues arise whenever there's a major operating system upgrade. What has been surprising is the frustrations gamers have experienced in getting their existing hardware - 3D graphics cards and the like - to work with their existing games library in Windows Vista at the same performance levels as in Windows XP. The internet is rife with reports of games such as World of Warcraft and F.E.A.R. running at 20 percent to 40 percent slower frame rates.

  • News: Vista: Should gamers upgrade?

    It is clear that over the long run, Windows Vista won't just be good for gaming - it will be great for gaming. The presence of DirectX 10, when combined with DirectX 10-compatible video cards, will result in unprecedented levels of visual quality and will enable Windows Vista systems to outperform the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

  • 30 March 2007

  • News: PS3 helps Blu-ray outsell HD DVD

    News from the front in the format wars: just two weeks after its release, 100,000 copies of the Blu-ray edition of Casino Royale have shipped in the US, the first time any high-definition DVD title has hit that benchmark.

  • 29 March 2007

  • News: Super-efficient Core 2 chips coming this year

    Intel has promised to produce its next-generation ‘Penryn’ processors by the end of 2007, using greater power efficiency to push improved Core 2 and Xeon chips to speeds over 3GHz.

  • News: PS3 upgrade as Sony plans 80GB version

    Sony to fight back against Microsoft's Xbox upgrade with a higher-capacity PlayStation 3, according to documents uncovered in the US

  • 28 March 2007

  • News: Sony expands UK digital SLR range

    Sony announced at the Sony Media Experience 2007 event in Rhodes yesterday that it will add two more digital SLR cameras to its lineup, both of which will be branded Alpha and will "sit alongside" the company's existing A100 model launched last July.

  • News: Higher-spec Xbox 360 launching next month

    Microsoft reveals plans to release an upgraded version of its Xbox 360 console next month, and intends to undercut the PS3, at least the US

  • News: PS3 breaks UK sales record

    Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) sold more than 165,000 units in the UK in the first two days on sale – more than both the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 during their respective launch weekends.

  • 23 March 2007

  • News: Xbox hack: Microsoft staff stand accused

    Microsoft has blamed Xbox Live network account hacks on users' gullibility, but evidence shows that in some cases the gaming service's own support staff could be unwittingly helping hackers snare players' identities.

  • 22 March 2007

  • News: Confusion over Xbox Live 'hack'

    Microsoft said it has found no evidence that Xbox Live accounts have been hacked, despite at least 50 reports from gamers on the Xbox Live forum claiming hackers were stealing their accounts.

  • News: 'Cheap PS3' proves popular online

    Market researcher, Hitwise, has reported that last week the PlayStation 3 (PS3), overtook the Nintendo Wii as the most searched-for gaming console.

  • 21 March 2007

  • News: Billion dollar market for MMOGs

    The market value for Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) outside Asia reached $1bn for the first time in 2006, according to research from media analyst Screen Digest.

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