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Article | 13/06/2013 Nvidia hopes Shield eventually overtakes Xbox, PS4
Nvidia's Shield is complementary to gaming consoles for now, but the company hopes that wide adoption of Android gaming ultimately could make the US$3...
Article | 4/06/2013 Nvidia shows sturdier Shield gaming device just before it ships
Nvidia's CEO showed an updated version of the company's Shield portable gaming device at the Computex trade show Tuesday, and said it will start shipp...
Article | 14/05/2013 Nvidia's Shield gaming handheld to go on sale May 20 for $349
Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ...
Article | 25/04/2013 Nintendo President: Lack of games hurting Wii U, but more titles coming
Nintendo's President said a lack of compelling titles for the Wii U is hurting sales, and promised to improve the console's lineup this year.
Article | 19/03/2013 Nvidia aims for late Q2 launch for Project Shield handheld
Nvidia hopes to make its ambitious break into the portable handheld gaming market in the next few months, the company's CEO said Tuesday.
Article | 18/02/2013 Sony cuts PlayStation Vita price by a third in Japan
Sony will slash the price of its PlayStation Vita handheld game consoles by up to a third in Japan, it said Monday, weeks after it cut its sales targe...
Article | 16/01/2013 Nintendo to combine portable, home console dev teams
Japanese gamemaker Nintendo will combine its hardware teams for portable and home-based consoles, the first major change in its development structure ...
Article | 10/12/2012 Nintendo reveals early Wii U prototypes
The original concept for Nintendo's new Wii U game controller?
Article | 25/10/2012 Nintendo: Wii U pre-orders strong, shortages likely this year
Nintendo said Thursday pre-order sales of its new Wii U console are strong and the game is likely to have shortages this holiday season after its laun...
Article | 12/12/2011 WebOS lives on! HP's mobile OS to go open source
The future of webOS has been hazy since HP announced in August that it will discontinue its webOS line of devices. The HP Veer 4G faded into oblivion,...
Article | 1/12/2011 Test drive Windows Phone Mango on your Android or iPhone
Sick of your iPhone or Android handset? Want to try out Windows Phone Mango? Microsoft is letting Android and iPhone users try Windows Phone 7.5 Mango...
Article | 23/11/2011 Facebook phone? No thanks
Once again, a Facebook phone is the talk of the tech world, despite Mark Zuckerberg's insistence that his company is not building a smartphone.
Article | 11/11/2011 Sony launches beta SDK for Android and PlayStation gaming program
Sony is hoping developers are interested in working on games for its PlayStation Vita and Android-based devices, as it launched a beta test Thursday o...
Article | 22/10/2011 Nintendo to add 3D movie capture to 3DS handheld
Nintendo said Friday that a software update for its 3DS handheld due in late November in Japan will add the ability to shoot movies in 3D.
Article | 28/07/2011 Nintendo slashing price of 3DS
Nintendo will slash the price of its 3DS handheld gaming device in Japan from mid August.