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• 30 April 2013

• News: Microsoft turns room into video game with IllumiRoom project

  The IllumiRoom project from Microsoft Research turns a living room into a video game with projected images that extend and complement the main television screen. The realistic effect, if commercialized, could propel Microsoft's gaming business far beyond its competition.

• News: Gaming prototypes on display at computer interaction conference

  Gaming research and prototypes have created a lot of buzz at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris this week.

• 29 April 2013

• News: Cliff Bleszinski takes a break from games to talk Kickstarter, blogging, and what's next

  Cliff Bleszinski is taking a break from game development, but he's certainly not leaving the industry. With his days as design director at Epic Games behind him, the man who helped introduce Gears of War and the cover system to gaming is thinking about his next project and talking to publishers who can help him bring a transmedia universe to life.

• News: Game Dev Tycoon battles digital piracy with digital piracy

  A new game called Game Dev Tycoon is forcing software pirates to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

• News: The best action games for Android

  Sometimes, you just need a quick game fix. And even if you have a high-powered gaming rig at home that's raring to go, it won't do you any good while you're standing on a corner, waiting for a bus.

• News: Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising DLC coming to PS3 and PC on May 17

  Following the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising DLC on Xbox 360 on April 17, Activison will bring the map pack for PlayStation 3 and PC on May 17.

• 26 April 2013

• News: Voxiebox might finally make 3D tabletop gaming a reality

  Of all the iconic scenes from the original Star Wars movie, the one that resonated with me the most was the hologram monster chess match. Despite all our Wolf Blizter- and Tupac-related holographic advances, we are nowhere near virtual 3D Dungeons & Dragons board games.

• 25 April 2013

• News: Nintendo plans a low-key E3 for 2013 and beyond

  This year's E3 expo is gearing up to be a major battle between Microsoft and Sony as the two companies share more details about their next-generation Xbox and PlayStation consoles. With nothing quite so exciting to announce as its rivals, Nintendo has opted out of convening a major press conference at the June gaming show.

• News: Xbox 720 to launch on 21 May

  Microsoft has confirmed that it will reveal the next Xbox console, thought to be the Xbox 720, on 21 May.

• News: Nintendo President: Lack of games hurting Wii U, but more titles coming

  Nintendo's President said a lack of compelling titles for the Wii U is hurting sales, and promised to improve the console's lineup this year.

• Opinion: Researchers use Tetris to treat lazy eye, give patients an excuse to play a game

  As it turns out, the falling blocks of Tetris can double as a treatment for adult amblyopia, otherwise known as "lazy eye." Researchers at the McGill University of Montreal are testing the 80s puzzler as an alternative to using more conventional treatments for the disorder.

• 24 April 2013

• News: Microsoft to announce next Xbox on May 21

  Eight years after the first Xbox 360 units shipped, Microsoft will finally pull the curtains off its long-awaited successor on May 21.

• News: Gamers putting themselves at risk by downloading pirate versions

  Think you're saving money by downloading that cracked game? Think again. It probably contains malware that will steal your passwords, and maybe even your money.

• News: Razer Comms disrupts the VOIP arena with a free public beta

  Razer's been busy. The erstwhile peripheral maker took some time away from tinkering with mice and keyboards to create gaming laptops and Windows 8 tablets, and now they're dabbling in the VOIP space with Razer Comms. Comms has a very simple premise: tear down the walled gardens that keep PC gamers from communicating easily and effectively, without requiring them to Alt + Tab out of the action every time someone wants to send them an instant message or give them a call. Razer Comms entered public beta yesterday, but has already proven to be a well-polished stab at the competitive VOIP space. The beta is a free download (though you'll need to create a free Razer account if you don't already have one) and

• News: AMD unleashes Radeon HD 7990: A dual-GPU graphics card beast

  One thousand dollars. That's how much AMD anticipates it will cost you to acquire a video card packing two of its most powerful GPUs on a single dual-slot PCB. AMD has provided us with reference design hardware, with retail cards expected to follow by the end of the month. So consider this a hands-on preview of the Radeon HD 7990. We'll follow up with an official review as soon as we get a card that people can actually buy.

• News: Nintendo misses profit goal as Wii U, 3DS sales sag

  Sales of Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS fell short of the company's targets last fiscal year, pulling its profits down to half of what it expected.

• 23 April 2013

• News: New Pizza Hut app for Xbox 360 lets your order delivery from the comfort of your couch

  Dedicated gamers now have even less incentive to pry themselves up from the Red Bull-stained couch, thanks to a newly announced Pizza Hut app for the Xbox 360. You read that right: Starting Tuesday, you'll be able to place a delivery order directly from your gaming console.

• News: What the 'console-ification' of PCs means for gamers

  Traditionally, gamers have voluntary segregated themselves into two camps: console gamers and PC gamers. Hostility between the two runs irrationally deep, and rare is the gamer who's willing to proclaim allegiance to both sides. Either you're part of the Alliance, or you're part of the Horde.

• News: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger riding into Australia on May 22

  Ubisoft has set the local release date for Techland's Call of Juarez: Gunslinger for May 22.

• News: Have you ever seen Pong played on a skyscraper? Now you have

  If you cast your minds back, you may remember a project at MIT that transformed a typical campus building into a big game of Tetris. But it looks like Drexel University has its own classic game project to challenge MITris, only this one is much bigger.

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