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  • 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

  • News: PlayStation Portable gets voice/video call features

    Sony's PSP (PlayStation Portable) will benefit from the addition of wireless broadband functions, following a deal Sony has signed with BT

  • News: World of Warcraft update 2.1 revealed

    Blizzard has announced the release of World of Warcraft Client Patch 2.1.0, a 256MB update that features an incredible laundry list of game tweaks, upgrades and bug fixes

  • News: Rewriteable Blu-ray Disc prices to drop

    Ritek plans to start mass producing BD-RE (Blu-Ray Disc Rewritable) discs as well as HD DVD-RE (high definition) discs in the third quarter of this year. Taiwanese disc maker Ritek's move is seen as an important step towards reducing the cost of rewriteable Blu-ray Discs for users.

  • News: Special edition of Grand Theft Auto IV announced

    Take 2 Games is reporting that Rockstar plans to release a special edition version of Grand Theft Auto IV.

  • News: 15 technology myths: what's nonsense and what's not?

    The tech world abounds with hype, rumour and innuendo. It can be hard to tell IT fact from fantasy fiction. Fortunately, PC Advisor has rounded-up 15 technological rumours and given them a thorough shake down, so you can tell what's nonsense, and what's not.

  • News: Sony to launch 80GB PlayStation 3

    Sony plans to launch an 80GB version of its PlayStation 3 console in June, Sony announced today.

  • News: OLED keyboard now on sale

    In just over three days' time, Russian designer Artemy Lebedev will finally start taking pre-orders for his Optimus Maximus keyboard. But anyone with $1,564.37 burning a hole in their pocket better act fast, only 800 keyboards are going to be made during the first three months of production.

  • News: PS3 blow as Sony misses target

    Strong sales of digital consumer electronic gadgets helped Sony achieve record sales and higher net profit in the financial year just-ended but shipments of PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles missed their target, the company said today.

  • News: Early release for Halo 3

    Microsoft's game developer Bungie has announced a September release date for Halo 3, months earlier than expected.

  • News: Gamers boosted by Samsung's DDR3 chips

    Samsung Electronics is putting the finishing touches on its DDR3 memory chips ahead of their commercial release later this year.

  • News: IT news of the week - Saturday 12 May

    Stay on top of the week’s biggest IT news with PC Advisor’s one-stop round-up of the top stories of the past seven days.

  • News: Google Reader launched for the Wii

    The Wii console now supports the RSS feeder, Google Reader.

  • News: Cheapest-ever PS3 launched in UK

    Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles are being sold at a discounted rate at online shop Globaldiscounts.

  • News: The top 8 Second Life virtual businesses

    I was standing in a spacious entryway, chatting with the chief science officer at Sun Microsystems. His short-cropped hair, V-neck sweater and glasses were a sure sign of technical prowess.

  • News: nVidia launches ATI-killer

    NVIDIA has begun its counter attack against ATI’s efforts to dominate the graphics market, announcing that it will release a video card that runs an average of 10 to 15 percent faster than its previous record-breaking model, the GeForce 8800 GTX.

  • News: Microsoft buys mobile ad firm ScreenTonic

    Microsoft has agreed to buy ScreenTonic SA, a company that specialises in delivering location-based ads to mobile devices.