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Upcoming Kickstarter-backed Android console GameStick has at last been pictured in its final guise. Creator PlayJam has published pictures of the final hardware, which can be seen below. Chief amongst the improvements is a tweak to the form factor to add extended hand grips and the addition of a 32BG …
Read More »Chinese console ban lift nears – Sony and Nintendo shares surge
Console manufacturers could be on the verge of a potentially very significant payday. The Guardian reports that talk coming from China suggests the state is preparing to lift its decade-long ban on the sale of games consoles. The ban was introduced in 2000 to safeguard children’s mental and physical development”. …
Read More »Report: Next Xbox specs leaked
Next-gen console to feature 8 CPU cores running at 1.6ghz, 8gb DDR3 RAM and 12 shader cores
Read More »Nintendo merging console and handheld hardware teams
New restructured division to investigate future platforms to satisfy both DS and Wii users
Read More »Ouya game jam offers $45k in prizes
Ten day competition to be judged by Phil Fish, Ed Fries, Adam Saltsman, Zach Gage, Felicia Day and others
Read More »GameStick smashes Kickstarter target on second day
Android console newcomer GameStick is off to a flying start after hitting its Kickstarter funding target on just its second day. The project was after $100,000 and currently sits on $142,000 with 27 days still to run. The hardware is the brainchild of casual games firm PlayJam. It comes in …
Read More »Planetside 2 to make console jump?
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley has said that 70 per cent of the company’s revenues come from PS3. We have two operating free-to-play games on PS3 right now – DC Universe and Free Realms. So we’re uniquely placed having helped to build the PlayStation Network in the first place,” …
Read More »3DS passes PS3’s lifetime sales in Japan
And you thought Nintendo’s handheld wasn’t popular? The latest charts data from Media Create shows that in just two years sales of Nintendo’s 3DS have already passed the lifetime sales of Sony’s six year old PS3. PS3’s lifetime Japanese sales stand at 8.7m. Last week 3DS sold 211k units, taking …
Read More »Hold tight – there’s ANOTHER Android games console on the horizon
With the Kickstarted Ouya now very much on the way, you might think that the Android Console market was all sewn up. Apparently not. Seattle based start-up (and CAPS LOCK nightmare) eSfere Entertainment claims to have designed a unique video game console that will allow people to play their favourite …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising themed PS3 scheduled for Japan release
Konami and Sony have teamed up to release a limited edition Metal Gear Rising Revengeance PS3 console in Japan. Planned for a February launch, the hardware will include a 250GB hard drive, additional colouring on the console itself and a dark blue translucent controller, as well as some additional in-game …
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