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  • News: BT develops Wii-style laptop adaptor

    BT has developed a new device for laptops that eliminates the need for a keyboard or mouse.

  • News: Sony slammed over goat slaughter

    Sony is at the centre of an animal cruelty dispute following an extravagant event to promote the launch of the PlayStation 2 (PS2) game, God of War II, where a live goat was decapitated.

  • News: Nintendo to boost Wii & DS software sales

    Nintendo said that it hopes to double its annual software sales of the Wii and DS consoles to 300 million units.

  • News: Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Elite in US

    Microsoft yesterday launched it's latest retread of the Xbox 360 games console. The Xbox 360 Elite has a mammoth 120GB hard drive, and HDMI 1.2 connector.

  • News: Xbox 360 Elite set for release

    Xbox 360 Elite will start shipping in the US on Sunday, bringing a slightly different look, more storage capabilities and built-in HDTV support and $479.99 (£240).

  • News: Shock as Nintendo Wii misses target

    Nintendo reported a big increase in sales and profit for its financial year just ended, although sales of its smash-hit Wii console missed their target by a whisker.

  • News: LG makes tactile mobile phone

    Mobile phone users will soon be able to feel broadcasts and games as well as hear and see them due to a new technology a South Korean company is developing for LG’s mobile phones.

  • News: PS3 doubles Folding@home capacity

    Stanford University's Folding@home distributed computing project has seen its capacity more than double in the last month thanks to the addition of idle processor cycles from hundreds of thousands of PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles.

  • News: First Commodore Gaming PCs on sale in UK

    Commodore Gaming PCs will be available via its new online store in the UK for the first time today.

  • News: Nintendo Wii-style gaming mobiles launched

    NTT DoCoMo will begin selling three mobile phones in May that offer motion sensitive gaming like that possible with Nintendo's Wii games console.

  • News: Wii beats PS3 & Xbox 360 in US

    Nintendo’s Wii was the most popular next-gen games console in the US in March selling 259,000 units, results from market research firm NPD show.

  • News: PS3 update adds support for original PlayStation

    Sony has released a PlayStation 3 (PS3) update allowing PS3 owners to download and play PS1 software on the new console. Downloadable PS1 software compatible with the PS3 will be available soon from the PlayStation Store.

  • News: 'Violence is fun' say gamers

    Research conducted by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has found that gamers place escapism and exhilaration at the top of their agenda when playing games.

  • News: Sony planning PS3 price cut

    A price cut for the PlayStation 3 games console may be on the cards as Sony looks to strengthen the platform and expand its penetration.

  • News: Cheap PS3 offers continue

    UK retailers are offering cut-price PlayStation 3s (PS3s) just a month after the console launched.

  • News: LG & Volkswagen take on the iPod

    LG Electronics is teaming up with car-maker Volkswagen in the latest attempt to challenge Apple’s iPod - a digital media player styled along the lines of the New Beetle car.

  • News: Xbox 360 gets new Windows IM tool

    Microsoft has announced Windows Live Messenger instant messaging (IM) software for the XBox 360, in another step towards making the game console a home internet access device.

  • 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.

  • 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.