Articles for Chris Jager

  • Microsoft's David McLean: 'Without Halo, I don't know where the Xbox brand would be today'

    David Mclean, Microsoft's regional head of entertainment and devices, today paid tribute to the Halo brand at a Microsoft Open House event in Sydney, Australia.

  • Origin EON15 gaming notebook

    The Origin EON15 is a high-end, 15.6in notebook aimed squarely at the hardcore gaming fraternity. It can be viewed as a portable sibling to the Origin EON18, with many of the same configuration options.

  • Hands-on with PlayStation 3D: Gimmick or game-changer?

    The video games industry is about to receive its biggest technological shake-up since it switched from monochrome to colour.

  • Top Ten video game ninjas

    In the hallowed words of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni: “Ninjas kick butt! Cowabunga!” We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.

  • In Pictures: Most wanted Street Fighter X Tekken matchups

    As you've no doubt heard by now, brawling maestros Capcom and Namco are teaming up with two new fighting titles: Street Fighter vs. Tekken and Tekken vs. Street Fighter. If you're anything like us, you've probably dreamed up an assortment of fan-pleasing face-offs.

  • Q&A with PiMP.tv's Christina and Ashlee

    PiMP.tv is one of the gaming community's best kept secrets. You won't see it appear on the news aggregator site N4G.com, and it rarely gets mentioned on video game forums either. And yet, despite its relative anonymity, PiMP.tv's 'daily dose' of girls, gadgets and gaming receives in excess of 200,000 visitors every week.

  • Cowboy zombies coming to Red Dead Redemption

    Rockstar Games today announced a cavalcade of new DLC for the Western adventure game Red Dead Redemption. Along with the typical assortment of new maps and character models is the intriguingly named Undead Nightmare Pack.

  • In Pictures: Goldeneye Concept Art

    One of the biggest announcements of E3 2010 was the triumphant return of the critically acclaimed Golden Eye 007 for Nintendo Wii.

  • Dead Rising 2 uncut in Australia

    THQ Australia today confirmed that Capcom's hotly anticipated zombie game, Dead Rising 2, will be released in Australia completely uncut. The game is set for release on 30 September.

  • Microsoft Kinect: So hardcore it will kill your Grandma

    When Microsoft announced Project Natal to the world, certain members of the GamePro team were worried. Was the company "doing a Nintendo" and kiddifying its console beyond all recognition?

  • The E3 Awards: 2010

    E3 2010 was unarguably one of the biggest in recent years, with more games, more gadgets and more booth babes than you could shake a PlayStation Move at. The turnout was truly massive, with almost 50,000 attendees from 90 different countries – plus a cavalcade of developers, producers, celebrities, models and overworked PR.

  • Valve announces Portal 2 for PlayStation 3

    Sony's E3 2010 press conference was full of big announcements, including two previously unnannounced games (Heroes on the Move and Sorcery), and a release date for Gran Turismo 5.

  • Microsoft unveils new Xbox 360 'Slim' at E3

    Microsoft ended its E3 2010 press conference today with the announcement of a new Xbox 360, which will be available worldwide from tomorrow. The new console is significantly smaller than current models; the vanilla Xbox 360 Arcade and the Xbox 360 Elite system.

  • How to snag a gamer girlfriend

    The girl gamer is a rare breed. Like a ninja or a flying unicorn, she remains perpetually shrouded in myth and/or shadow.

  • ZOMG, that's racist!

    Pretty much everything is accused of being racist these days. From Creole chocolate cookies to old reruns of Speedy Gonzalez -- the cry of "ZOMG, That’s Racist!" is never far away. Even our humble video game consoles have come under increasing rates of fire. Most gamers vehemently deny the charges of cultural intolerance directed at their video games -- after all, it's just social watchdogs making a fuss about nothing... Right?

  • World Cup special: The top 10 football games of all time

    Soccer -- or 'kickey', to give it its proper name -- is generally considered to be the most popular sport in the world. They’re completely bananas for football in Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, and pretty much anywhere there are people with legs.

  • ASUS G73Jh gaming notebook

    The ASUS G73Jh is a high-performance notebook aimed primarily at hardcore gamers. Unlike most desktop replacement models, this gaming laptop is capable of competing with high-end PCs; not just in size, but also functionality.

  • Red Dead Redemption

    Ahem. It's not often that a video game inspires journalists to recite hoary old poetry. Red Dead Redemption is one such exception.

  • Sapphire HD5750 1GB GDDR5

    The Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 is an affordable mid-range graphics card that refuses to skimp on gaming prowess. As its name implies, the ATI Radeon HD 5750 is a stripped down version of the ATI Radeon HD 5850. While not nearly as powerful as its high-end sibling, it remains a pretty capable graphics card in its own right. It is suited to intensive 3D applications and high-end gaming, with support for Eyefinity and DirectX 11.

  • ASUS ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB (EAH5850/G/2DIS/1GD5)

    The Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB (EAH5850/G/2DIS/1GD5) is a mid-range graphics card aimed at gamers and 3D enthusiasts. It can be viewed as a more affordable alternative to ATI’s former top dog; the ATI Radeon HD 5870. The latter has since been superseded by the absurdly powerful (and absurdly expensive) ATI Radeon HD 5970 -- which knocks the HD 5850 even further down the ladder.

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