Matt Peckham - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 5/04/2011 Angry Birds Rio soars to 10 million downloads

Onward Angry Birds Rio, the exotic new adventures of a bunch of irate avians that just flew past 10 million downloads. If they had legs, they'd probab...

Article | 2/04/2011 Sony Online Entertainment job cuts, closures confirmed

The numbers are humbling: Three studios (of five) terminated, 205 jobs simply gone. That's the damage -- substantial by any measure -- at Sony Online ...

Article | 25/03/2011 Duke Nukem Forever delayed one last time

Poor Duke, he just can't catch a break. He's been delayed once again. Well, for a month--from May 6 back to June 14, so just after E3 2011.

Article | 10/03/2011 Kinect Breaks Guinness Record, Sells 10 Million Systems

It looks like Kinect's officially a record-setter, grabbing Guinness' attention long enough to snag the title 'fastest selling consumer electronics de...

Article | 1/03/2011 Nintendo 3DS sells 400,000 in Japan, already R4 hacked

It looks like Nintendo's 3DS isn't having trouble finding buyers in Japan. According to Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (via Andriasang) gamer...

Article | 28/02/2011 Nintendo 3DS launches in Japan

Nintendo's bid to put glasses-free 3D into the anxious hands of the masses just got underway in Japan. The company's 3DS -- sequel to the DS and DSi, ...

Article | 19/02/2011 Diablo III console development picks up speed

What would you call a Blizzard job listing for 'Senior Producer, Console,' on Diablo III? Waffling? Uncertain? Iffy? How about "pretty much a shoe-in"...

Article | 17/02/2011 Rumor: Sony planning 'S1' PlayStation gaming tablet

Take Android, Honeycomb, a 9.4-inch slate, and Sony's PlayStation brand, and what do you get? Why a Playstation Certified gaming tablet, what else!

Article | 15/02/2011 PSN purchases won't transfer to Xperia Play phone

Gamers with vast PlayStation Network software libraries won't catch a break if they opt to pick up Sony Ericsson's forthcoming Xperia Play when it shi...

Article | 14/02/2011 Sony Unveils PlayStation-Friendly 'Xperia Play'

Sony popped the lid on the industry's worst kept secret this afternoon, trotting out its Xperia Play Android phone at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Ba...

Article | 3/02/2011 Final Fantasy IV remake to appear on PSP

Final Fantasy II was my first Final Fantasy. Back in 1991 when it was on the Super Nintendo and still called Final Fantasy II, anyway. Today it's Fina...

Article | 21/01/2011 Study: Video games do not make you fat, just dumb and depressed

Sick of stories about video games making you fatter, slower, dumber, and angrier? Here's one that leans in the other direction, suggesting video games...

Article | 15/01/2011 Video games industry underperforms in 2010

If what goes up must come down, then what goes down occasionally bounces.

Article | 13/01/2011 Mammoth StarCraft II patch in the wild

From Battle.net chat channels to master leagues, stalemate detection, and a new 'extreme' graphics option, the latest StarCraft II patch is here and i...

Article | 11/01/2011 World of Warcraft Cataclysm sold millions in first month

You knew this was coming.