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The next generation Xbox looks set to include a quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, Blu-Ray and Kinect 2.0, amongst a range of other new features. A report published in Xbox World has suggested that the next Xbox, the one that has been going by the codename Durango for some time now, will simply be called Xbox. The processor has been described as having “four hardware cores, each divided into four logical cores”. Combined with 8GB of [...]
I could easily just come out and say: “Forget all the other isometric RPG games, just go download Torchlight 2 from Steam and enjoy.” and be done with this review. The game is THAT good, and I’m not even an isometric RPG expert. Hell, I’m not even a fan! But after playing Torchlight 2 for about 8 hours over the week-end I can attest to the greatness of the game. The last time a non [...]
In the last five years, Codemasters have taken over a part of the gaming market that had largely been left untapped in the previous decade: Racing games. It all started with the ToCa series which later evolved into what is one of the best, if not the best arcade/simulation racing game ever made, and which introduced the Flashback concept: Grid Racedriver. Since Grid, Codemasters racing, have brought us four Dirt “rallye” arcade simulators, and three [...]
The folks at Valve just accepted delivery of a custom-built motion tracking Portal turret from Weta Workshop. I’m guessing the shipping cost them a pretty penny as Weta, judging from the markings on the crate, looks to be located all the way down in New Zealand. Anyway, the turret looks amazing and makes up for not actually shooting with some great sound effects. Seriously though, this could possibly be the only interesting unboxing video that [...]
It’s been 14 years since the first Half-Life came into our lives. In 1998 it was a revolution in gaming, a first person shooter with an actual plot, some intelligent puzzles as well as a few labyrinths thrown in for good measure, and instead of giant, impossibly hard to kill bosses to end off a level, you’d have to figure out a way to circumvent some deadly trap in order to move on to the [...]
Steam has been everyone’s favorite online gaming community and direct to drive provider, economical and powerful, their interface allowed you to connect through your PC and play a multitude of games on their Steam Network, which they simply called Steam, and includes chat, emails and messaging clients as well as dozens and dozens of servers for PC gamers everywhere to play and mingle. And now… They’ve launched a brand new big screen interface for their [...]
Given the spate of recent gaming-related deaths, you would think that people would have realized that playing endless video games can have serious consequences – sadly, it would seem that they have not. A 15-year-old Ohio boy was hospitalized after a Modern Warfare 3 session that lasted for “at least” four days. Obviously, there were some breaks in there – the boy in question got up to pick up snacks and take a shower – [...]
Someone is auctioning what he or she claims is a working Microsoft Xbox Durango dev kit with a 50GB Blueray drive – as you can see from the picture this is not a finished product, but the crucial hardware should be of more or less the same specifications as we will see in the next-generation Xbox. The price is currently at $20,100 and there are six days left on the auction. You also have to [...]
A significant piece of gaming history just changed hands on eBay for a very respectable price. An original prototype cartridge of Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda just sold for the wallet-busting price of $50,000. That is a lot of money, but not nearly as much as the $150,000 figure that was floating around on the interwebs before, which leads me to suspect that someone experienced a case of buyer’s remorse and bailed on the auction. It [...]
A teenage Taiwanese gamer has succumbed to the rigors of a 40-hour Diablo 3 session. The 18-year-old, who is identified only as Chuang booked a private room at a cafe in Tainan, souther Taiwan and played Diablo 3 for nearly two days without eating. On the morning of July 15 a cafe attendant found Chuang resting on a table. The attendant woke him, he stood, took a few steps and collapsed. He was pronounced dead [...]
I wish we had an “I can’t wait to get my sweaty hands on it” category to classify this one into. OUYA kickstarter company sees Nintendo’s upcoming WiiU, the Sony PS4 and the Microsoft XBOX 720, and raise them with a 99$ Android console. The real kicker though, isn’t so much that the startup has gathered over 3 million dollars in pledges in just over three days, or that they offer a 10.000$ pledge with [...]
Best game ever made? Perhaps. Who doesn’t love Tetris? I’ll tell you who does- Me, and everyone with a brain. And you know what else I love- pillows. Put them both together and what do you have: Tetris Pillows. These shapely bits of gamerfied design come in a myriad of colors, and seven different shapes. All of them are handcrafted in a pet-free, and smoke-free environment, and are made from raw texted cotton, and stuffed [...]
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