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 [...]
Continue reading...2. April 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...1. April 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...1. April 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...7. December 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...23. November 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...11. November 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...5. November 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...29. October 2010
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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26. April 2011
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