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Wii 2 Release Date: Not Before 2012

26. April 2011

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In a press release, Nintendo has announced that we can expect to see Wii 2 in stores in 2012. However, later this year we will be able to get a taste of the new console, because Nintendo will showcase a prototype at E3 gaming trade show, which kicks off in June Los Angeles. The original [...]

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Sony has not changed any plans: PS4 will take another five years

2. April 2011

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Sony PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 lived for six years before they were replaced by new game consoles. When Sony launched the PlayStation 3 in 2006 they promised that the new console would have a lifespan of 10 years. Now – five years after the launch of PlayStation 3 – Sony CEO Kaz Hirai says [...]

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Money laundering with Farmville and WoW

1. April 2011

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In Australia, virtual worlds like World of Warcraft and Farmville are apparently being used for money laundering. The police in the Australian New South Wales have observed a new trend; money and other, shall we say, irregular income can be used to purchase virtual items in these game worlds and be re-sold to launder the [...]

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Nintendo 3DS – Is it Worth Your Money?

1. April 2011

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Nintendo has had time for countless new varieties of the same game console and it is only now, with 3DS, that you could say that a proper sequel has arrived. The 3D effects are really cool but the rest of the graphics and the games themselves are not that impressive, as it turns out. In [...]

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New PSP with PS3 graphics

27. January 2011

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Sony is on track with a new portable console that will take up the fight with the Nintendo 3DS. According to the latest information, the new PSP model (presently known as NGP – Next Generation Portable) is capable of Playstation 3 graphic with a touch screen and touch pad on the back and a bigger [...]

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Criminal Console Modding?

7. December 2010

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The 28-year-old Southern California Matthew Crippen yesterday escaped a jail sentence of up to three years. He is said to have infringed copyright as he modified the firmware of an Xbox 360 console modified to unauthorized or pirated games. This case – incidentally, is the very first criminal charge to apply to mod chips and [...]

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Call of Duty: Black Ops sales break through the 650 million dollar mark

23. November 2010

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Call of Duty: Black Ops played in the first five days, a sale of more than 650 million dollars, surpassing the record of the previous Modern Warfare, which last year reached $ 550,000,000. No other title in the video game or movie industry previously reached such a high turnover. Black Ops sold about 5.6 million [...]

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EA announces online shooter Battlefield Play4Free

11. November 2010

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Electronic Arts is about to release Battlefield Play4Free. The online shooter is designed for the PC and will be finished in spring 2011. As the name suggests, the game will be free of charge and contains the most popular maps from Battlefield 2 with the player classes and weapons from Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Unlike [...]

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Microsoft: 5 Million Kinects in 2 months

5. November 2010

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Microsoft has begun in the U.S. with the sale of the motion sensor Kinect. The objectives are optimistic. The company has raised its sales expectations of over three million to five million. According to the company, demand exceeds initial expectations. Initial sales figures from the U.S. are not yet available. Analysts believe, however, that Microsoft [...]

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Prescription glasses for gamers

29. October 2010

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Steel Series is a new series of prescription glasses made specifically for gamers, to “enhance performance and endurance” and protect the eyes during long gaming sessions as well as avoid unnessesary strain and fatigue. Steel Series CEO Bruce Hawy: “Our brand is built on the belief that gamers want to have peripherals and accessories that [...]

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