Category: Gaming

Acer Announces Predator G5910 For UK

Acer Announces Predator G5910 For UK

Acer announced the Predator G5910 gaming rig for UK gaming crowd. According to Acer this is a power tower, it backs quad-core, desktop grade Core i5 and i7 processors, up to 16GB of RAM, 10 USB 2.0 ports, a 12-in-1 memory card slot, two swappable hard drive bays, 8TB of HDD across four SATA drives. Acer is saying that it is compatible with NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon cards, and that its NVIDIA 3D vision capable. You can also overclock this one using Intels own Extreme Tune Utility, if you opt for K-Seried CPUs. UK shoppers can find it in mid-July costs 599 VAT. For more details read the press release

Wii U Has Last-Gen Radeon Inside

Wii U Has Last-Gen Radeon Inside

We are starting to going inside of Wii U, IBMs multi-core CPU it was providing, but it tantalize us by giving the name Watson. Now the details about the custom Radeon GPU are starting to surface, at its heart is a chip similar to the R770 found in the AMDs last-gen cards like 4890 and, remember the PS3 and Xbox 360 are still capable of pumping out impressive visuals while packing five year old silicon. The custom core also supports Direct X 10.1 and Eyefinity-like multi-display tech up to four SD video streams. If you are not convinced with Wii Us graphical prowess, Crytek has said its advanced CryEngine is pretty much up and running on Nintendos upcoming console.

MSIs Keyboard-Equipped GT780R, GX780 Gaming Laptops Now Available

MSIs Keyboard-Equipped GT780R, GX780 Gaming Laptops Now Available

MSI now build a SteelSeries keyboard with its GX780, and it now announced that both the high-end models GT780R are available with $1,550 and $1,750 respectively. It features multicolour backlit keyboard, both models pack a 17.3-inch 1920*1080 display, Core i7 2630QM processor, a pair of USB 3.0 ports and three USB 2.0 ports, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD. The difference between the two is Ge Force GTX 560< graphics with 1.5GB of GDDR5 RAM on the GT780R and GT555M with 1GB DDR5 of VRAM on GX780. Dont forget to look at the press release

Logitech G400 Optical Gaming Mouse Now For Pre-Order

Logitech G400 Optical Gaming Mouse Now For Pre-Order

The MX518 gaming mouse from Logitech came almost last decade, now its got a good upgrade G400. The design is not much different; its got a stealthier grey hue and a cable that is thinner and 25 percent lighter. Logitech got an optical sensor that is twice as sensitive with a maximum of 3,600 DPI resolution that maintains a tracking speed of 140 inches per second, and the mouse reports 1000 times per second over USB, It even works with G Series keyboards. The price will be $50 on pre-order and will due on June 19th in US

Sony PS Vita: No Video Output, Got Region-Free

Sony PS Vita: No Video Output, Got Region-Free

According to the official FAQ that the Sony has made available now on that Sony executive Michael Denny said that, the PS Vita will indeed be region-free just like the PS3. Sony has not provided much more in the way of surprises, but allows the door-open to helping folks bring their UMD-bound games with them to the new device. Its ruled out a UMD reader now, but they said that it will consider every possibility for support on bought UMD games, for more details hit on the source link.

Real Racing 2 HD Beats Wii U To Wireless

Real Racing 2 HD Beats Wii U To Wireless

The Real Racing 2 HD update that combines your iPad and TV for dual-screen gaming action will be able to ditch the wires and use AirPlay to beam every turn and crash to your flatscreen. What you need is an Apple TV or other Mac device hooked up to your set, and the feature is not unlocked until iOS5 hits, but it can satisfy your curiosity for what playing a Wii U like a new Nintendo Console landing next year. You can download the game for $12.99 from the app store.

Gears Of War Limited Edition Xbox 360 In September 20th For $400

Gears Of War Limited Edition Xbox 360 In September 20th For $400

The new official announcement from Microsoft on E3, an Xbox 360 console, refashioned with a set of blood-red Gears of War 3 visuals is set to launch on September 20th. It features 320GB hard drive, two wireless controllers, and the copy of headline game. The bundle will be priced at $400, if you already have an Xbox 360 and want one of those good looking controllers means the expense will be reduced-you will be able to buy the GOW3 control pads for $60 on August 11th. For more details read the press release

Sonys PlayStation Vita Hands-On

Sonys PlayStation Vita Hands-On

Sonys PS Vita we have already hit you with this news, now we got the hands-on with the new Next generation portable. Its got a 5-inch OLED panel, but the plastics used in its construction makes it lighter than PSP. The Start, Select, and Power buttons flush in the front. The face button is small compared to PSP, but they are firm and comfortable to press. There is a nice floating D-Pad on the left side. It got transparent shoulder buttons dont feel much different than the ones on PSP, and it got iPod-nano like volume buttons. There is also a large port on the bottom for connecting USB and network cables.

Xbox Live Adds Cloud Saves, Tell Friends What You Want To Play

Xbox Live Adds Cloud Saves, Tell Friends What You Want To Play

Cloud Storage for Game Saves and Live Profiles and provides access to ones profile and saves from any console, at any time option to save to XBL servers instead to memory unit or hard drive. It seems to be similar to service offered by PlayStation Plus but far exact details are scant. The other feature is Beacons, broadcasting of what you are playing or watching right now by allowing users to flag what they want to play, and let friends on XBL or Facebook. For more details read the Press release

Xbox 360 Got Bing Voice Search Across Hulu, Netflix, YouTube And Live TV

Xbox 360 Got Bing Voice Search Across Hulu, Netflix, YouTube And Live TV

Microsoft including some new features for Xbox 360 lice Voice search and new look for service. The Kinect add-on, looks like the system is being refashioned with the support to build in form the ground up as opposed to the current menu system thats more of afterthought. The page are Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports Season 2, and two new Halo games. One is Combat Evolved Anniversary in HD, other one is Halo 4. YouTube has been announced as Xbox Live Partner and Bing is to be used as a search engine for Netflix, Xbox Live Marketplace, and Hulu all at once. It also extends to Live TV partnerships with Sky, Canal+, and Foxtel. The UI got into metro look with the old Kinect UI elements.

PS4 In R&D

PS4 In R&D

Sony is actively working on the developing the next generation gaming console successor to the PS3. R&D budgets have already been allocated for the new gaming console. Masaru Kato, Sonys Chief Financial Officer says that We have a portable, NGP, to be launched later this year, so we have development expenses to be incurred for this product. And for home equipment, the PS3, this still has a product life, but this is a platform business. So for the future platform, when we will be introducing what product I cannot discuss that, but our development work is already underway and the costs are incurred there, he added.

NGP Rumored Named As PS Vita

NGP Rumored Named As PS Vita

The new report from games pundit says that the Sonys new NGP device is to be named as PlayStation Vita or PS Vita. From the image you are seeing above was posted by a blogger, Google cached version of this post are not available now. This snap was of a graphic prepared for the official announcement of the PS Vita at E3. The main clue for the rumor is Sony Computer Entertainment developer network website has added the word Vita to its list of sub-domains. These are previously included the words PS3, PSP, and NGP. Click on the source link to check it out.