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  • News: Nintendo hit with Wii lawsuit

    Another day, another lawsuit over a next-generation video game console. Lonestar Inventions, a Texas-based technology company, has filed suit against Nintendo, alleging that the Nintendo Wii "infringes on a patent that it holds for a high capacitance structure in a semiconductor device”.

  • News: Sony speaks out on PSP 'redesign'

    Rumours of a PSP redesign have recently been gaining momentum across the internet, what with the considerable increase in both analyst speculation and rumours from "inside sources".

  • News: SoulCalibur IV coming to PS3 & Xbox

    1Up has announced that SoulCalibur IV will be released by Namco Bandai Games on the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Xbox 360 sometime next year. This will be the latest installment in the legendary fighting game franchise that features weapon-wielding, armour-clad combatants duking it out against various backdrops based on history and fantasy.

  • News: Official PlayStation blog targets PS3 fans

    It took a while, but Sony Computer Entertainment America has now started a blog to report on all things PlayStation related

  • News: AMD to continue with ATI/Intel chips

    AMD will continue to supply ATI graphics chips for PCs based on Intel chips despite the fierce competition between the two companies, AMD's chief technology officer said in an interview.

  • News: Church of England slams Sony PS3 game

    The Church of England is calling on Sony to apologise for using one of its churches as the scene for a gory firefight in its PlayStation 3 game ‘Resistance - Fall of Man’.

  • News: Slim PSP in the works at Sony

    A slimmer version of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) console may be in the works, according to Kotaku’s report from inside sources at Sony.

  • News: 1m PS3s sold in Europe, but Wii still winning

    The PlayStation 3 (PS3) console has reached 1 million unit sales in PAL regions, including the UK and the rest of Europe.

  • News: Sony announces two new PlayStation 3 games

    Sony Japan has released details of the next two original games to be made available for the PlayStation 3 games console. The new PS3 games will be available this month in Japan.

  • News: Nintendo Wii tennis elbow strikes

    A medical doctor in Spain has diagnosed a patient with "Acute Wiiitis". The condition is caused by playing too much Nintendo Wii Sports Tennis. This is the first recorded case on Nintendo tennis elbow.

  • News: Wii storms ahead of PlayStation 3 in Japan

    Nintendo’s Wii games console is outselling Sony’s PS3 (PlayStation 3) in Japan, according to Japanese research firm Enterbrain.

  • News: Xbox Live Marketplace gets exclusive video

    Microsoft yesterday announced TV and movie content for Xbox Live Marketplace. Xbox Live Marketplace is the online repository of downloadable content for Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console. The new Xbox Live content includes exclusive Japanese anime that you can't find on the iTunes Store.

  • News: Intel to launch mobile chip for gaming laptops

    Intel will release a mobile version of its Core 2 Extreme chip during the third quarter of this year. The Intel Mobile Core 2 Extreme processor will be launched in high-end gaming notebooks equipped with Nvidia's SLI graphics system.

  • News: First AMD quad-core 'Barcelona' systems unveiled

    The first systems based on AMD's upcoming quad-core Opteron chip, known as Barcelona, are on show at Computex. Detailed specifications of the AMD Barcelona chips and servers on display were not immediately available. The appearance of the AMD Barcelona chips, which are scheduled to ship later this year, suggests they are getting close to market.

  • News: Intel Macs to get top 3D Windows games

    Parallels is to add 3D graphics support to its virtualisation software for running Windows programs on Intel-based Macs. This will let Mac users play top-tier PC games, and could prove a key factor in the Mac versus PC debate (see our Mac, Windows, Linux feature).

  • News: PS3 for business enabled by Linux

    Helios could turn Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) into a business tool, after figuring out how to install its media asset management software on the console.

  • News: 20th Century Fox plans Sims: The movie

    The Sims game is to be made into a film, with 20th Century Fox securing the rights.

  • News: Halo 2 for Vista delayed once again

    Microsoft has delayed the release of Halo 2 for Windows Vista for a second time

  • News: PS3 update adds DVD upscaling, PSP Remote Play

    A software update for Sony's PS3 (PlayStation 3) video game console has been announced. New features in the PS3 release include DVD upscaling capabilities and more PSP Remote Play functionality

  • News: Guitar Hero III: launch details

    Activision's smash hit games series Guitar Hero, in which gamers use specially made 'guitar' controllers to follow the notes of rock songs, has its next instalment at last, although Activision has yet to commit to an actual name for the game. The general public is likely to assume for now (perhaps rightly so) that it will be called Guitar Hero III