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1. Xbox modders unite in class action suit

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... got so far. See Also: Microsoft locks out thousands of gamers  ...

2. Microsoft locks out thousands of gamers

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   If you can't play nicely, you can't play at all Microsoft has disconnected thousands of Xbox Live gamers, claiming they have modified their consoles to play pirated games. Reports suggest that as many ...

3. Super Talent uncorks storage bottleneck with RAID SSDs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 16 September 2009

   ... the spokesperson. "We are targeting a price point for under $1,000 that will appeal to gamers and enterprise users. Our RAIDDrive SSDs have a huge throughput. Currently, there is no other way to achieve ...

4. Gaming industry experiences boom as recession worsens

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 07 July 2009

   The gaming industry has experienced a veritable boom despite the global economic recession. According to Nielsen, the number of hours that gamers claim to be playing has hit an "all time high." In addition, ...

5. Futuremark hunts for Shattered Horizon testers

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 16 June 2009

   The Futuremark Games Studio said it is hunting for beta testers for the Shattered Horizon game.The Futuremark Games Studio said it is hunting for beta testers for the Shattered Horizon game. PC gamers ...

6. Nintendo snubs E3 with recycled games and hardware

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 02 June 2009

   ... instead forced to make do with a slew of recycled games and hardware. Wii Motion Plus Although the Wii Motion Plus supposedly offers gamers "more precise" control, the upgraded device is hardly a revolutionary ...

7. A game without a point hits the iPhone and is well worth the wait

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 27 February 2009

   ... it will appeal to most casual gamers looking to kill a few minutes. It's easy to pick up and come back to time and time again later. Puzzle-solvers and others who just want an addictive high-quality ...

8. Acer Aspire Predator desktop PC wins WinHEC 2008 award

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Tuesday, 13 January 2009

   ... with one judge noting that the PC makes no bones about its target market.The Predator G7000 is built from the ground up for gamers, and the design overflows with the the promise of computing power and ...

9. Nehalem: Intel gives the industry exactly what's needed

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Tuesday, 18 November 2008

   ... while, those willing to pay the big fees up front (mostly universities, governments, big businesses, gamers and enthusiasts) will have paved the way to keep things moving forward. The rest of us will be ...

10. Five products Apple should build

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... computing performance, such as gaming, you won’t buy a Mac. Yes, you may point to the Mac Pro, but this pricey system really appeals to creative professionals, not hard-core gamers. Apple’s recent Nvidia ...

11. World of Warcraft mouse pulses light and comes with Hot Pockets

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 13 October 2008

    ... Winter 2008.  Like other gaming mice, the WoW mouse has adjustable sensitivity from 800 to 3000 dots-per-inch and weights can be added to your preference (why gamers add weights is beyond me though).  ...

12. Sony, Microsoft unveil virtual game worlds

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Thursday, 09 October 2008

    ... to offer gamers virtual worlds similar to Linden Lab's Second Life, which currently boasts more than 15 million users. Sony's Home virtual world will be available sometime later this year for the Playstation ...

13. Fusion IO announces monster SSD for gamers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 October 2008

    ... SSDs on the market today. Prosumers, enthusiasts and gamers will be able to benefit from the massive bandwidth of the card, Fusion IO says. Los Angeles (CA) – Fusion IO, which has made a name for itself  ...

14. High-end coprocessors: An overview

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

    ... primarily to gamers, their price points made such high compute abilities very attractive to general consumers. We began seeing modifications to video cards through software libraries.  No longer ...

15. NVISION: Nvidia's quest for second place

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 27 August 2008

    ... to get tickets.  They indicated that this massive lot was reserved for gamers who had special invitations to attend the massive LAN parties taking up much of the convention center.   Jen-Hsun ...

16. Larrabee, CUDA and the quest for the free lunch

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 05 August 2008

    ... APIs (and some more) which should enable gamers to run games on it. How well Larrabee can run games is unknown to us and a “secret”, according to Intel. But it would be strategic and financial suicide ...

17. Blast from the past: Apogee announces Duke Nukem trilogy

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

    ... about Duke Nukem as a character and introduce it to the whole new generation of gamers. First title of the trilogy is called Critical Mass. The plot revolves around time capsule that Duke's arch-nemesis ...

18. ESA reveals An Inconvenient Truth about the gaming industry

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... 49% of all gamers belong to 18-49 age bracket – yes that’s a huge bracket. What is more interesting is the fact that 26% of all gamers are 50 years or older, while 25% of gamers are below 18. This is a ...

19. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... PPU to run. Nvidia's purchase of Ageia made this technology available to millions of gamers, instead of several thousands (according to some sources, Ageia shipped only 120.000 boards). Mark chose to ...

20. Nvidia: Graphics is dead? Yeah right.

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 June 2008

    ... first and then create a crippled version of their games to work on Havoc systems. Or will they develop on Havoc first and ultimately deny gamers the enhanced capabilities available in PhysX?  I believe ...

21. AMD’s best idea in years: Want to play?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 18 May 2008

    ... here, who tend to always get high-end components (if they can afford it) and not about casual gamers who stick to Solitaire and are just fine with any PC. AMD is aiming for the mainstream gamer, which, ...

22. Sony may update PS3 to fix GTA IV problems

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 13 May 2008

    ... of the PS3, of course the earlier version has custom chips which mean that it is a very different animal from the current PS3 on sale," said Rockstar parent company Take-Two in e-mails to distraught gamers. ...

23. Gateway ships retail PCs with 64-bit Windows Vista

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 May 2008

    ... buyers among “serious gamers, high-quality media creators and enthusiasts”.   Gateway also launched new desktops that are available only through the vendor’s website, including the FX541, which sells ...

24. BioHazard CEO: “Skulltrail is overkill for current games”

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 04 May 2008

    ... it to be? Smith: Beyond just the prosumer market, we actually do sell quite a few Skulltrail rigs to gamers, but these are the flight sim guys.  To them, SLI or Crossfire is not as much of a concern ...

25. Uh-oh! Problems abound for PS3 GTA IV

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 30 April 2008

    ... and differentiated control schemes, multiplatform games are posing more of a debate, and Grand Theft Auto IV is showing that right out of the gate. As gamers around the country begin their new virtual ...

26. Crytek, Epic lost billions of dollars because of piracy

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 30 April 2008

    ... of PC Gaming, piracy, to the degree [that PC gamers who] pirate games inherently destroy the platform. Similar games on consoles sell factors of 4-5 more. It was a big lesson for us and I believe we won't ...

27. Business and marketing managers take home the big bucks in video gaming

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 April 2008

    ... young gamers who are planning on working in this field. If you are hoping for a big paycheck, then you should aim at business management, law and marketing.  San Francisco (CA) - Game Developer ...

28. Unreal creator Tim Sweeney: "PCs are good for anything, just not games”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 09 March 2008

    ... the PC gaming message to masses? Sweeney: Absolutely. That was a terrible mistake. Marketing people believe that there is a small number of people who are gamers and who can afford spending good amount ...

29. Game console players set themselves apart at GDC

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 22 February 2008

    ...  NPD analyst David Riley told us in a previous interview, "The Wii gives gamers what they want, and nothing more."  We are approaching the point where gamers want more.  It's no longer about ...

30. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... The critical component of Blu-ray’s success appears to have been the Playstation 3, which not only put millions of Blu-ray players into the market, but also convinced gamers to purchase lots of Blu-ray ...

31. Bandwidth and Brawndo power PDXLAN party

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 15 February 2008

    You can never have enough bandwidth or energy drinks.  This is the motto that hundreds of gamers will use over the weekend as they attend the PDXLAN gaming party in Portland Oregon. Portland (OR) ...

32. Wii's "Nights" fails to meet the hype

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 27 December 2007

    ... fact that there is a points-based ranking system, and die-hard gamers may want to aim for "A" rankings on the various missions.  Also, there is a mode called "My Dream", which ...

33. Rock Band delivers, despite some rough edges

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 21 November 2007

    ... drum set controller.  While guitar playing and singing titles have kind of become commonplace, there has been very little focus on drumming, especially in North America. So for most gamers, this ...

34. UPDATE: HD 3800: AMD’s Midrange Rebuttal - benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 November 2007

    ... will sell for $219. While marketing will spin off some metric like price per performance, what does that really mean? In essence, true midrange cards give gamers a “graphics card I can afford” ...

35. Analysis: How much further can the Wii go?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 09 November 2007

    ... the Wii took a completely different road.  But that time-tested road is still what many gamers crave.  After all, Halo 3 smashed opening day records for entertainment sales.  The frenzy ...

36. The Xbox 360 takes on the Wii with a struggle

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 02 November 2007

    ... gamers. The timing is interesting, because that is the same time that Nintendo's Wii launched, to mass acclaim and success. Since then, Microsoft has been advertising its console as a more approachable, ...

37. Robbie Bach: New Xbox 360 geared towards casual gamers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 19 October 2007

    ... is hoping to catch a big chunk of casual gamers.  Several casual titles including an exclusive Scene It game will be heading out on the console in the next couple months. Other Xbox 360 models include ...

38. Sony cuts price of 80GB PS3, announces 40 GB version

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 18 October 2007

    ... same key technical details of the 80 GB version. However, the software emulation capability for backwards compatibility is gone in this model: Sony confirmed that this console will not run PS2 games. Gamers ...

39. Happy Birthday! Atari 2600 turns 30

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 07 October 2007

    ... success: Beginning with the original Space Invaders, the gamers could choose between titles such as Breakout, Pac-Man, Pitfall or Pole Position, some of which are still being re-published in modernized ...

40. No red carpet, but plenty of people for LA Halo 3 launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 25 September 2007

    ... premier but with Master Chief as the main celebrity, no red carpet, and tons of media. A fairly impressive Master Chief stepped out in costume an hour before the midnight launch to greet hundreds of gamers ...

41. Playstation 3 kills HD DVD

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Friday, 17 August 2007

    ... that a group of early adopting gamers with a console widely panned for its lack of games has dynamically shifted the home video format war?  We here believe it did. There was doubt earlier this year ...

42. A comparison of next-gen display interfaces

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 July 2007

    ... than they do when we plugged them in the first time.  All modern interconnect standards support VESA, and therefore PnP. Gamma correction Most gamers will view gamma correction as the ability to ...

43. Sony needs to capture its past for success in the future

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 26 July 2007

    Opinion - Sony today posted a massive quarterly loss on its video game unit, while Nielsen found that gamers are still enthused by the Playstation 2. The PS3 has certainly set off on the wrong path. ...

44. E3: Xbox 360 as a "fun game" machine works

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 12 July 2007

    ... lot of depth to it and not exactly perfect for first-time gamers. Party Animals takes the fun-looking papier mache characters and puts them in a much more easy-to-play setting.  It was the only game ...

45. Preparing for E3: Expectations are running high

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 02 July 2007

    Opinion - The glitzy E3 of years past may already be etched into history books, but this month's event will still bring all the surprises and announcements that gamers have come to expect from the ...

46. Intel intros new flagship desktop CPU QX6800

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 April 2007

    ... the clock speed to 2.93 GHz and lifts the price of an Intel enthusiast CPU to a new record level. Intel says that the new CPU is aiming to attract the attention of gamers and digital design professionals ...

47. Quo vadis, Nvidia?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 April 2007

    ... In a lot of ways nothing really has changed. However, on the CPU side, for example, gamers still want SLI as a combination of GeForce and nForce. It has become easier for us to offer solutions for both ...

48. Analyst opinion: Putting the “Lust” back into a performance PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 09 March 2007

    ... be done is for on-line games to show details of the machines the other gamers are using. Particularly, if you are seeing someone zone more quickly or die less often, seeing that part of the reason may ...

49. Game Developers Conference kicks off with low expectations

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 07 March 2007

    ... likely talk about their not-so-secret Playstation Home service which lets gamers post up their achievements in a social networking environment. Last week, Kotaku, a large gaming site, published a rumor ...

50. Microsoft dismisses claims of Vista breaking games, but ...

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 07 February 2007

    ... he mentioned that he did not quite expect this kind of reaction: "Security is really critical with Vista. Having a secure system is a priority for core gamers, casual gamers and the hundreds of millions ...