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Article | 18/08/2010 Sony answers Xbox 360 Slim with 320GB PS3

Not to be outdone by Microsoft's updated Xbox 360, Sony introduced two new PS3 models at today's Gamescom presser, including one bundled with the comp...

Article | 13/08/2010 BioShock 3 announced: fly the unfriendly skies

What goes down must eventually come back up, but I'll bet you weren't expecting Irrational's startling recast of the BioShock tale to take that invert...

Article | 6/08/2010 Batman: Arkham City Announced, Coming in 2011

As if Arkham Asylum weren't sprawling enough, get ready for Batman: Arkham City, Warner Bros. Interactive's ostensibly metropolitan sequel to its 2009...

Article | 21/07/2010 Microsoft's $150 Kinect Price: Right For You, But Not Me

Microsoft's Kinect has an identity problem. The company won't come right out and say it, but their newfangled "you are the controller" motion-sensing...

Article | 20/07/2010 Sony: The PS3 can do 3D 1080p, but probably shouldn't

The PS3 can do 3D 1080p, but it probably shouldn't. That's what Sony's telling 3D developers, anyway, in what amounts to an unofficial cap trotted out...

Article | 17/07/2010 Video game sales slump as Xbox 360 sales surge

Retail video game sales fell slightly in June, dragged under by anemic handheld hardware and software sales, but bolstered by strong console unit grow...

Article | 13/07/2010 GameStop staffer: Used games have trapped us

During a biz conference keynote, a GameStop employee in the audience told InstantAction CEO Louis Castle that he doesn't like selling used games, but ...

Article | 14/07/2010 New Xbox 360 in development for two years

It's smaller, shinier, and back in black: Microsoft's new Xbox 360 took many by surprise at last month's E3.

Article | 13/07/2010 Aftershock: Blizzard's Real ID policy gaffe rattles on

Blizzard announced it would rescind a prior announcement last Friday, allaying hordes of angry gamers, but the aftershocks are still rumbling several ...

Article | 10/07/2010 Under pressure, Blizzard gives 'real ID' policy the chop

Whether gutsy, forward-thinking, or just plain scatterbrained, Blizzard's plans to force you to use your real name when posting to the company's offic...

Article | 9/07/2010 Blizzard: Thou shalt be anonymous no longer

Forcing anonymous gamers to de-cloak (well, sort of) Blizzard says it'll soon require them to use their real names when they log on to the company's o...

Article | 7/07/2010 Xbox Live worth over $1 billion, Nintendo and Sony lag behind

How much is Xbox Live really worth? All it took was a little back of the envelope figuring for Bloomberg to come up with $1 billion in annual revenue ...

Article | 7/07/2010 White is the new black for Sony's updated PS3

Microsoft just flipped its bevel-edged, cream-colored Xbox 360 to piano black, and now Sony's shifting its matte-sable slimline PS3 into the ivory zon...

Article | 30/06/2010 PlayStation Plus: not with the $50 (yet)

Expected since E3, if slightly hazy in terms of specifics, Sony's PlayStation Plus subscriber service is now available for gamers willing to part with...

Article | 29/06/2010 Could 3D video gaming wreck your eyes?

No, 3D video gaming probably won't wreck your eyes if you're an adult--let's be clear about that upfront--but a cautionary editorial at Audioholics ex...