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ATI Radeon HD 5970 5 TeraFLOP graphics card debuts

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

You can’t doubt AMD’s commitment to marketing speech: the company is describing their new ATI Radeon HD 5970 as the “fastest graphics card in the world”, and from glancing at the specifications it certainly looks potent. The Radeon HD 5970 – which we saw leaked in recent weeks – packs DirectX 11 support, dual Cypress graphics processors for up to 5 TeraFLOPS of power, and the potential for twice that if you hook up twin HD 5970 cards using CrossFireX. A single card can, thanks to Eyefinity, create a 7,680 x 1,600 workspace across three displays.

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Nintendo next-gen DS could have free integrated 3G

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 2nd 2009 No Comments

Nintendo may be facing a surprise dip in profits but they’re not resting on their laurels. The larger-screen Nintendo DSi LL (aka the DSi XL when it lands in the US and Europe in Q1 2010) is one such attack, but according to the Financial Times the gaming company are also considering adding integrated, contract-free 3G to their next-gen DS.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 44 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Sunday, Nov 1st 2009 No Comments

The weeks are just flying by, time change is this weekend so I hope you aren’t late for anything. The holidays will be here before we know it. This has been another busy week in the gadget world. HTC has confirmed that Android 2.0 smartphones are incoming and the HTC Dragon is the likely first Android 2.0 device to come from HTC.

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Nintendo profits down amid dreary Wii, DS sales

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 29th 2009 No Comments

We've obviously gone through the rabbit hole: Motorola's income reaches positive figures while Nintendo turn around and report slashed profits [pdf link]. After a healthy last quarter, the Japanese gaming giant has announced a drop in interim net profits from 144.83 billion yen this time last year to just 69.49 billion yen this past six months, with a 43-percent drop in Wii sales.

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Bigben offers Cyberbike for Nintendo Wii

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Oct 14th 2009 1 Comment

I have seen my share of odd gaming accessories over the years and the Nintendo Wii spawns some stranger accessories than most systems do. Coming soon game publisher Bigben is offering a new game called Cyberbike that includes a full size exercise bike peripheral. I’m not sure if this is taking the fitness aspects of the Wii too far.

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Wii Fit Plus now available

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Oct 5th 2009 No Comments

Yesterday marked the official launch of Wii Fit Plus. The original Wii Fit sat at the top of many game charts for a long time and the systems were very hard to find in stores. Wii Fit Plus is likely to be one of the most popular Wii titles for the holiday season.

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Nintendo Wii price-drop to $199.99; New Super Mario Bros. Wii on Nov 15th

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 1 Comment

Nintendo have confirmed that their Wii console will, as of September 27th, drop from its original price of $249.99 to $199.99. The news was leaked earlier this week, in an email from Best Buy management to employees; what we didn't know then was that Nintendo would also be launching their first "true multiplayer" Mario game, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, on November 15th.

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Black Nintendo Wii accessories coming to America

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Sep 1st 2009 No Comments

When that sinister looking black Wii console showed up there were many geeks who were excited about getting the console in a color other than the white we have been offered. It wasn’t long before we found out that the black Wii wouldn’t come to America.

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Guitar Hero 5 for Wii debuts full SD streaming & loading

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 12th 2009 No Comments

Guitar Hero 5 is set to be the first Wii game to offer full loading from SD card, with Activision promising SDHC streaming for the upcoming music title. IGN sat down with the team to discuss the change, which will see over 800 songs together with audio quality, note data, album art, and any mo-cap triggers or song-specific displays fitting on a 32GB SD card.

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Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor revealed at E3 2009

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Jun 2nd 2009 No Comments

The Nintendo press event at E3 2009 is done and over now but we’re still giving you the scoop on what went down. We got a look at the Wii Vitality Sensor today, which is a new gadget that’s meant to complement the Wii Fit line up.

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