The all new, all singing and dancing Xbox 720 will be with us, gulp, soon. However, we have already heard rather a lot of rumours about this console, haven’t we? Let’s take a look and see what we know and what we think we know about it. What’s Inside It? Perhaps the most important part of the new console is the 64 bit, 8 core, 1.66 GHz AMD processor which it is said...
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Those gamers who are waiting patiently for their Gamestick would be well advised not to hold their breath while doing so. The release of the handheld console which was designed in the UK has been put back, reportedly due to “high demand”. This new gaming device is Android based and was started off by a Kickstarter crowd funding launch, just like the Ouya console. The...
We will find out soon how big an impact the Ouya will have on the games consoles market, won’t we? The device costs £65 and it is now getting delivered to the people who helped bring it to life, while everyone else can pre-order it now. The Ouya runs on the Android operating system from Google and it promises to deliver games which cost a lot less than those which are...
We all love a good war game and it seems like the British Army is no different in this respect. They recently carried out their biggest ever virtual battle in a large scale simulation which had over 200 real soldiers using computers involved in it. The headquarters for this fake war was at the Army’s own Land Warfare Centre, which is in Warminster in Wiltshire. The whole...
If you spend a lot of time playing online games and notice that you are getting a lot of special attention from other players then you should start to worry about whether there is a price in your head. An astonishing story has reached us from China about a man who hired online assassins to kill off his son’s gaming characters. The name of the father has been given by...
If you have a child who gets red faced and furious as they throw birds around on their mobile phone or steal cars on screen then you might be interested in the latest piece of research in the world of gaming. It is designed to help young players enjoy playing games without losing their cool. This has come out as a result of work done by researches based at Boston Children’s...
Japanese electronics giant Sony has confirmed rumors of a slimmer PlayStation 3 with the announcement of a new model at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The new PlayStation 3 model is now 20 percent lighter and 25 percent slimmer than the previous model. The new ultra-slim PlayStation 3 comes in two different models: 250 GB and 500 GB, which will allow users to store...
Details about Microsoft’s next-generation video game console has been seen in an internal document that has been leaked and are now circulating online. According to the 56-page document, which was dated in 2010, the next-gen Microsoft console, or Xbox 720, will feature “Kinect V2”, Blu-ray compatibility and some sort of augmented reality glasses. The...
Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the new SmartGlass streaming app and the new Xbox Music service at the company’s press conference in this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In the company’s goal to make the Xbox 360 console more than just for gaming, the new Xbox Music service will grant users access to more than 30 million tracks. The app will not...