Tag Archive for 'gaming'
If you’ve been thinking about getting in on some Team Fortress 2 action, but haven’t felt like dropping the dough on it, then you’re going to enjoy this weekend. Valve is going to let you play all weekend, free of charge.
Whenever a new Guitar Hero game is poised to be released, you star hearing rumors about different bands and tracks that might be included in the game. Eventually we finally get some confirmed tracks, followed by a complete set list. Well with Guitar Hero: On Tour, we’ve arrived at the stage where we’re given a [...]
I enjoy a wide range of video games, however, The Sims is a series that I have just never been able to get into. I’ve tried a few times, and have watched others play, but it’s just so damn boring. When Sims Online came out I could at least understand why people played it, as [...]
When you want to get the most performance out of your gaming rig, you’ll naturally want to try and overclock it. However, you have to deal with the excess heat put off by your CPU (or whatever component you’re overclocking). One option is to get a bigger heatsink and throw in some extra fans, which [...]
Apparently some game called Grand Theft Something-or-Other launched earlier this week. Since people are making such a big deal about it, I figure it’s my duty here at SlashGear to test it out and see what all of the fuss is. Luckily my copy showed up yesterday, so I don’t even need to leave my [...]
I have some very sad news for Aerosmith fans. If you enjoy rocking out to some classic Aerosmith in Rock Band, you’d better get used to Train Kept a Rollin’, because that’s all you’re going to get.
It’s no small secret that the Xbox 360 isn’t doing nearly as well over in Asia as it is here in the US. It’s understandable since both Sony and Nintendo are from the region and already have a wide install-base. Microsoft won’t give up though, in a move that will hopefully drive more sales, they [...]
Beanbag-like internet appliance and general squishy WiFi companion chumby will soon be able to do more than alert you to the weather and bring you the latest 3G iPhone news courtesy of your RSS feeds. In a deal with Canadian games studio Albino Blacksheep, who specialise in Flash animation and gaming, chumby owners will [...]
Alienware have released their latest gaming laptop, the m17x, and while it’s no ultraportable the specs more than make up for it. Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX SLI graphics driving a 17-inch WUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD display, a choice of Core 2 Duo and Duo Extreme processors and an optional 1TB RAID0 array [...]
I’m sure that there are some of you that decided to forgo the lines at your favorite game stores today and decided to have your copy of Grand Theft Auto IV shipped directly to your house. Unfortunately some UPS employees would have your copy of the game to themselves.
