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Lenovo to tackle Microsoft with rival 'Kinect' console
Chinese PC vendor Lenovo has announced plans to challenge Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo with a motion sensing peripheral of its own. The 'Ebox' is a new gaming device that enables users to interact with games without using a controller -- just like Microsoft Kinect.
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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.
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PlayStation 3 will be ready for 3D by October
PlayStation 3 owners will finally be able to watch movies in 3D by October, Sony CEO Howard Stringer promised during his speech Wednesday at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show in Berlin.
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Microsoft Open House - Xbox Kinect, Halo Reach and Fable III showcased
The IT giant demonstrated some of its the upcoming products.
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HP to announce 3D laptop, fastest netbook
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday plans to announce new laptops, including its fastest netbook and first 3D laptop, which combines cutting-edge technologies to raise the bar in performance.
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PlayStation 3 modchip lawsuit first of many, says lawyer
Sony's PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many gaming giant-initiated cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar case earlier this year.
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Aussie mum hopes iPhone game will save lives
A Brisbane mum has launched an iPhone application she hopes will save kids' lives.
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Federal Court halts PS3 modchip sales
Australia's Federal Court has slapped a temporary ban on a handful of local retailers selling or importing hardware -- commonly known as "mod chips" -- that allows unauthorised software to run on Sony's PlayStation 3.
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US FTC settles complaint about fake video game testimonials
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint it made against a public relations firm accused of using employees to pose as ordinary customers to post reviews of video games on Apple's iTunes store, the agency said Thursday.
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51% of HD-gen games feature female characters
Despite recent insinuations that female protagonists may negatively impact game sales, a recent study held by the EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research) shows that this current generation boasts more playable female characters than ever before.
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'Jedi Mind' tricks don't work on George Lucas
The force had better be strong with Jedi Mind, Inc. if it hopes to metaphysically magic its way out of this one.
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Neverwinter Nights reborn as online roleplaying game
No more lonely Neverwinter Nights, that's what Atari's signaling with today's announcement that Neverwinter Nights is returning as an online roleplaying game. It also means one online version of D&D clearly wasn't enough (even if said version had to go free-to-play last year to save its bacon).
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Halo: Reach Ending Unofficially Spoiled
If you don't want to know how Halo: Reach ends, better unplug your internet box, pronto, because pirates are uploading the game's finale.
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20% of the US plays social games
The NPD has released the results of a recent study, revealing that 20 percent of the respondents had played a social network-based game at least once during the prior three months. Read on for more results of the study.
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Hackers claim 'jailbreak' victory with PS3 USB key
In the four years since Sony's PlayStation 3 has been with us, it's never been hacked to play pirated games--until now, that is, if claims by hacker group PSJailbreak prove true.
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Sony loses 5.1 million yen in lawsuit
Earlier today, Japan's Intellectual Property High Court ruled against the Sony Corporation in a lawsuit, ordering the company to pay former employee Hidehiro Kume 5.1 million yen in unpaid earnings.
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Rock Band 3 tracks leaked at GamesCom
A YouTube user whose video has since been pulled managed to get footage of Rock Band 3's track list. Take a look at the list fan site RockBandAide managed to compile before the video got yanked and tell us if you see any surprises:
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Will Kinect support sign language? No. But maybe.
The gossip blogs had a field day a few weeks ago, homing in on a patent filing unearthed by GoRumors that implied Microsoft's Kinect motion-control camera for the Xbox 360 might recognize sign language.
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Sony answers Xbox 360 Slim with 320GB PS3
Not to be outdone by Microsoft's updated Xbox 360, Sony introduced two new PS3 models at today's Gamescom presser, including one bundled with the company's forthcoming 'Move' motion control peripheral, and packing a whopping 320GB hard drive.
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GamesCom 2010: Sony press conference highlights
Sony unveiled a few unannounced games this year at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, and showcased some of their upcoming titles like Killzone 3 and Motorstorm: Apocalypse in full stereoscopic 3D.
