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Super Smash Bros offers extra functionality on New 3DS

Users wanting to run Miiverse while playing Super Smash Bros will need a New 3DS or New 3DS XL to do so. CVG reports that those playing the Super Smash Bros demo on 3DS are greeted with an error message if they try to open the Miiverse, or indeed the …

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DDR4 RAM could arrive for PC by the end of the year

Memory maker Crucial has said that DDR4 RAM will be available for the first time by the end of the year. The new tech offers several advances over the now standard DDR3 seen in the vast majority of modern PCs. It runs at 2133MHz, which is far in excess of …

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Dishonored dev: PS4’s 8GB memory is "a joy"

Sony’s decision to up the PS4’s internal memory from 4GB to 8GB of DDR5 may seem like a tiny detail, but devs are delighted by the decision. Specifically, Dishonored’s lead level designer Christophe Carrier described his joy” at the new to Eurogamer. "As a level designer we are struggling against …

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8GB Wii U console has 3GB of usable memory

Nintendo may be taking bold strides into digital distribution with the Wii U, but owners of the 8GB Basic console will need to invest in external storage to make the most of it. Kotaku reports that, as is standard with any electronic device, the Basic Wii U actually ships with …

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‘Memory’ trademark dispute leaves iOS devs in name dilemma

A request from German company Ravensburger could lead to the renaming of dozens of apps on the Apple App Store. The company claims to hold the trademark for the word in a number of European countries, and having pressed Apple on the issue the iPhone platform holder has sent out …

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Sony admits Vita memory card misjudgement

The UK MD of Sony has admitted that Sony should have made higher capacity Vita memory cards available in Europe at launch. On the High Street right now the 16GB SKUs are already becoming hard to track down, leaving gamers to choose between the 4GB and 8GB versions. Some overseas …

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GameStop reveals Vita memory card pricing

We’re yet to hear what Sony’s official pricing strategy for its new PlayStation Vita memory cards will be in the UK, but if the US and Japanese pricing is anything to go by they’re not going to be cheap. US retailer GameStop (as reported by the similarly titles consumer games …

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Some Vita titles require external memory card

It has been revealed that some games for the PlayStation Vita will require the use of an external memory card to save game progress. Vita games purchased on the High Street take the form of small proprietary memory cards. Many of these will save a player’s progress directly onto the …

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PSP2 has 2x processing power of 360

At this stage it’s impossible to know what’s true and what’s not about Sony’s new PSP machines, but Kotaku has gone live with what it claims are further specs about the PSP’s true successor, the PSP2. It reports that the device houses twice the RAM of Xbox 360 – 1GB …

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3DS tech specs revealed

The technical specifications of Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS handheld have apparently been leaked. According to an IGN report, Nintendo’s upcoming handheld boasts; * Two 266MHz ARM11 CPUs* PICA-200 graphics chip running at 133MHz GPU* 4MBs of dedicated VRAM* 64MBs of RAM* 1.5GB flash storage If the data is accurate, then it …

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