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UK retailers have told MCV that they are keen to stock Valve’s Steam-box and Nvidia’s Shield. A Steam-box style product named Piston and Nvidia’s new console Shield was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, putting pressure on Microsoft and Sony who have yet to lift the lid on …
Read More »CCP merging Dust 514 and Eve Online servers tomorrow
'Massive technical and game design endeavour' to bring together game universes
Read More »Razer details its upcoming gaming tablet
PC peripheral firm Razer has at last detailed its gaming tablet, which is now going under the name of ‘Edge’. It was first revealed a year ago under the name Project Fiona. The high-end device will run Windows 8. At the heart of it is a standard tablet that can …
Read More »Valve’s Steam Box gets CES reveal
Tiny hand-sized modular computer being developed with hardware maker Xi3
Read More »VIDEO: Steam Box creator Xi3 explains its modular PC design
The Steam Box may remain a mysterious object for the time being, but a look at creators Xi3’s modular PC concept shines some light on what to expect. The thrust of the company’s Xi3 tech is the delivery of high-spec, easily upgradeable PC technology in a compact 40 square inch …
Read More »Nvidia amps up cloud gaming with Grid
Six firms sign up to streaming service
Read More »Nvidia’s Project Shield – plays Android games and streams PC titles from Steam
The Android console sector just got serious with the announcement of a new competitor from PC component juggernaut Nvidia. Project Shield will run both Android AND PC games. It’s compatible with all Google Play titles but will also stream ‘full’ PC games from any NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (or higher) …
Read More »Nvidia to launch Android-powered portable console
Chipmaker puts its faith in cloud tech to compete with GameStick and Ouya
Read More »Valve to unveil Linux-based Steam PC this year – report
Valve appears to have made plans to reveal its custom PC-console this year. According to a report on German site Golem (via PC Gamer), Valve engineer Ben Krasnow spoke on the upcoming hardware at the EHSM 2012 conference in Berlin, how it runs on Linux, and how a full reveal …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 30 – January 5
Valve has released Steam’s latest top ten sellers chart, highlighting the big winners for the latter half of the Steam Holiday Sale. Ubisoft’s blockbuster Far Cry 3 finished ahead of Runic’s popular dungeon crawling sequel Torchlight II. Skyrim, which finished in the runner-up spot last week, finishes one spot behind …
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