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Xbox 360 piracy bans prompt inevitable class action suit

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

Been subject to the recent Microsoft ban-fest on Xbox Live, where up to 1m accounts are believed to have been locked out after being modified to play pirate discs?  Livid and refusing to take responsibility?  Then lawfirm AbingtonIP may be your salvation; they're organising a class action lawsuit which alleges that Microsoft not only over-reacted and ended up blocking accounts where users weren't involved in piracy, but that they did so at least partially to boost Xbox Live re-subscriptions with the advent of MW2 and Halo 3: ODST.

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Lexar gaming memory cards outed

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

Flash memory: it's never exactly going to be interesting.  But on the other hand we'll seldom turn our noses up at a large chunk of storage, and so Lexar's latest Memory Stick Micro M2 and SDHC cards will undoubtedly tickle some gamer's soft-spots.  Available in 4GB and 8GB capacities, the cards are targeted at Nintendo Wii and DSi owners, together with Sony PSP and PS3 owners.

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PS3-quality mobile gaming in next 5 years predict Qualcomm

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

You can’t accuse Qualcomm of not looking ahead.  While their Snapdragon chipset was in strong attendance at their London event today, they were also rolling out some particularly impressive predictions for the future of mobile chipsets.  Qualcomm expect the mobile chipsets of 2011 to 2013 to be capable of gaming performance on a par with the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3, thanks to a new breed of dual-CPU SoCs with high-performance 2D and 3D crunching.

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Qualcomm mirasol gaming ereader concept plus video demo

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 19th 2009 No Comments

Remember the Qualcomm mirasol ebook reader prototype we we exclusively showed you yesterday?  One thing we weren’t allowed to photograph – something Qualcomm rectified today – was one of the more interesting attachments they envisage potentially figuring highly: a snap-on gaming controller.  The mirasol team won’t confirm any OEM names, but using the low-power displays in gaming hardware looks to be another potential avenue.  Plus, after the cut, a video of the mirasol display in action.

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Tony Hawk: RIDE controller getting new Activision game

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

The Tony Hawk: RIDE controller may be clever, but it sure is expensive; happily those who couldn’t help themselves will soon have more gaming options to use it.  During an interview with Develop, Robomodo CEO David Michicich revealed that “We’re doing a game with Activision and we’re not allowed to talk about it right now”.  Although it’s unclear what the game itself might be, the nature of the controller does suggest some sort of snowboarding, skating or similar title.

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Apple game engineer job listing tips Tablet focus?

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 16th 2009 No Comments

Apple’s gaming intent for the iPhone, iPod touch and – potentially – the upcoming Apple Tablet has been further illustrated with a new job listing on the company’s site.  The company is looking for a full-time “Game/Media Software Engineer” with “strong C / C++ / Objective-C / iPhone background” and a “passion” for gaming.  While gaming on the iPod touch has been a strong focus in previous events – Apple describe it as “the funnest iPod ever”, in fact – there’s speculation that the timing of this new post might coincide with developing crossover games titles for the PA Semi powered Apple Tablet.

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Tegra 2 confirmed for next-gen Nintendo DS say sources

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 16th 2009 No Comments

nintendo dsIt’s almost as much fun speculating about new gaming hardware as it is playing on current-gen consoles, so color us intrigued at DigitalFoundry’s “credible sources” who are saying that the next-gen Nintendo DS will run NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 and that it’s “not unrealistic” that the handheld will out-grunt the current Nintendo Wii.  Problem is, Sony’s next-gen PSP2 has also seen a few spilled details, and that’s looking even more impressive: think along the lines of potential GPU power in-between the original Xbox and the Xbox 360.

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iBuyPower Battalion 101 W870CU notebook gets Core i7 heft

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 No Comments

If you’re in the market for a stonkingly fast gaming laptop then your options keep getting better; iBuyPower are the latest company to dip a toe into the Core i7 pool, with their new Battalion 101 W870CU notebook.  Inside the hefty chassis there’s a 17.3-inch Full HD 1920 x 1080 LCD, up to 8GB of RAM and a choice of Core i7-720QM, i7-820QM or i7-920XM processors.  Graphics are courtesy of NVIDIA’s GTX280 with 1GB of DDR3 memory.

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DS and PSP Go fired through walls (just for the fun of it)

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 4th 2009 2 Comments

Remember how Sony launched a PS3 at a BRAVIA flat-panel TV pretty much just for the fun of it?  Well, they seem to have triggered a new trend of firing gaming hardware at solid objects, as French gaming magazine Amusement have included a photo-shoot involving Nintendo’s DS and Sony’s PSP Go being fired through walls.

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Toyota Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer (ATG) concept: gullwings, hydraulic chairs & more

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

With LCD displays and even consoles being reasonably common among upmarket cars these days, you need to go a little further if you’re going to attract significant amounts of attention.  For Toyota and the Microsoft Xbox team, that meant seemingly crashing a Toyota Tacoma truck first through a Jurassic Park themed paint display before throwing all the gaming and custom hydraulics to hand at the tricked-out interior.  Even then, you’ve still got some way to go to match the Toyota Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer (ATG) concept shown at SEMA this year.

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