gaming

HP's Blackbird sings a gaming tune

News While still positioned below the price and quality of Voodoo's high-end gaming machines, HP hopes the Blackbird will pique the interest of a certain set of enthusiasts -- those who want complete control over their PC, but don't want to get out...

6 September 2007, 11:08

'Burning Crusade' boosting PC gaming lift

News In January, NPD Funworld reported that, after sliding in 2005, PC gaming had bounced back in 2006. Now, 2007 appears to be shaping up as a banner year for PC gaming. According to the industry research group, last year some $970m worth of boxed PC...

25 April 2007, 10:56

Atari founder launches gaming restaurant

News After all, what with game consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation, online gaming, mobile entertainment and the like, there is no shortage of ways for people to play. The core of that technology will be a tabletop gaming system that will let...

28 July 2005, 9:59

Sony files patent, but won't release gaming phone yet

News Sony Ericsson, a venture of Sony and Ericsson, filed a patent application dated 31 May with the US Patent and Trademark Office related to a mobile device with gaming functionality that originated from employees in Japan.

12 June 2007, 9:43

Photos: Gaming gear from E3

News At E3, Razer, a videogame-peripheral maker known for its mice, is showing off its new Barracuda Integrated Audio System, the Tarantula gaming keyboard and the acid-green Diamondback mouse. GestureTek announced that Microsoft has licensed its video...

12 May 2006, 12:10

Dell flaunts power-gaming PC

News Speaking to a crowd at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Dell founder showed off a new gaming PC that includes several high-end components, including a 'factory overclocked' 4.26GHz Intel Pentium Extreme Edition.

6 January 2006, 11:08

Microsoft gaming mouse gets laser power

News Microsoft rolled out a new set of peripherals on Tuesday, including a laser-based mouse with enhanced gaming performance features. However, the company's first-ever laser mice, dubbed the 6000 series, come at least a year after Microsoft's...

7 September 2005, 10:03

Virtual gaming's elusive exchange rates

News But in order to transfer the fantasy gold, they have to meet up back in the gaming world for the handoff of the goods. And like the black markets of the real world, the secondary exchange sites of the fantasy gaming world are a difficult-to...

8 August 2005, 10:25

Pro gaming hits the big time

News In a bid to bring professional videogaming to a broad audience, Major League Gaming has signed a deal to have its entire tournament season broadcast on national cable television, the league said on Monday.

18 April 2006, 10:02

AMD ships new 790GX gaming chip

News AMD today announced the availability of silicon targeted at the 'performance' gaming community. The new 790GX chipset is slotted below the existing, higher-end 790FX, which is targeted at the ultra-enthusiast game segment.

Tags: processor, hd, clock, amd

6 August 2008, 9:59

News.blog: AMD revs up PC gaming

News AMD enjoys an advantage over Intel in the gaming community, and "they need to protect that territory", said Richard Shim, an analyst with IDC. AMD on Thursday announced a new setup for PC gamers that combines two dual-core processors and two...

2 June 2006, 11:03

Man dies after three-day gaming binge

News A Chinese man dropped dead after playing Internet games for three consecutive days, state media said on Monday, as China seeks to wean Internet addicts offline. The man from the southern boomtown of Guangzhou, aged about 30, died on

18 September 2007, 10:00

Zune gaming just potential for now

News Microsoft has finally confirmed its plans to launch its own digital music project, dubbed Zune, but it has kept quiet about the line's gaming potential. When asked about the chance that Zune may compete with the PSP and DS in the portable gaming...

24 July 2006, 11:23

Photos: New Alienware gaming laptops at E3

News At E3, Alienware lifts the curtain on the Aurora mALX 19-inch laptop. It features dual 256MB GeForce Go 7900 GTX graphics cards and runs on an AMD 64-bit AMD Turion processor. It is scheduled to ship in June at a list price of $4,499 (£2,400).

10 May 2006, 10:25

Gaming's reach growing in Europe

News Sean Dromgoole, CEO of GameVision and Some Research, took to the stage at today's Edinburgh Interactive Festival to talk through some recent findings that highlighted the huge and growing popularity of gaming in Europe.

Tags: interest, playstation, gamers, figures

12 August 2008, 9:35