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  • 23 April 2007

  • 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.

  • 20 April 2007

  • 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.

  • 19 April 2007

  • 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.

  • 10 April 2007

  • 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.

  • 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.

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