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In Pictures: The Angry Birds phenomenon

From space to Rio, the Angry Birds game seems to be out to conquer the world

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IN PICTURES: Did the six most overhyped games of 2011 deliver?

We look at what we predicted to be six of 2011's biggest potential gaming disappointments and whether our predictions came true or not

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In pictures: Ultimate cosplay catastrophes

When cosplay goes bad

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News about gaming

Article | 10/05/2012 Angry Birds reaches 1 billion downloads
Rovio announced today that its Angry Birds games have been downloaded more than one billion times, an astounding accomplishment for a simple slingshot...
Article | 1/05/2012 Angry Birds Space rockets to 50 million downloads in 35 days
Angry Birds Space has broken a new record: it's the first app to hit 50 million downloads in just 35 days, which is two weeks faster than the previous...
Article | 27/03/2012 In Pictures: The Angry Birds phenomenon
From space to Rio, the Angry Birds game seems to be out to conquer the world
Article | 18/03/2012 The gamer's guide to the iPad
Apple's OSX isn't exactly a gamer's paradise. But the same can't be said about iOS--especially when it comes to the iPad.
Article | 11/03/2012 IN PICTURES: Did the six most overhyped games of 2011 deliver?
We look at what we predicted to be six of 2011's biggest potential gaming disappointments and whether our predictions came true or not

Tutorials about gaming

Article | 15/01/2011 Connect an old game console to your PC
Reader Keith wants to squeeze some extra life from his old PlayStation and PlayStation 2 systems, noting that many of his games "don't have comparable...

Features about gaming

Article | 22/10/2011 Arkham City's Too-Forgiving Combat System
I'm asking for it, I really am: I'm nearly finished with story mode in Arkham City, about to ascend the loftiest tower in the prison-city's center, pr...
Article | 30/11/2010 Top Ten Kinect hacks: best Kinect hacks so far
Kinect hacking is taking off at blinding speed. Microsoft's Kinect motion controller for XBox 360 is less than a month old, and it's been barely two w...
Article | 11/11/2010 Call of Duty Black Ops gets slammed across the web by gamers
For all the launch fanfare, it sounds like Call of Duty Black Ops may be suffering from Fallout New Vegas syndrome. Scan the PC version's official for...
Article | 13/11/2010 Hacker turns Kinect for Xbox 360 into Kinect for Linux PCs
Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company's Open Kine...
Article | 3/11/2010 US to ban violent video games?
Thank God Steve Jobs isn't on the Supreme Court.