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Sony PlayStation Vita

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Let’s not beat around the bush; we like the PlayStation Vita, we like it a lot. In fact, we’re happy to say that we have never fallen for a handheld games console as much as we have the PS Vita. It is to hardcore gamers what a Penny Black …
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  • Internet corner, Taoyuan airport, Taiwan (cc) shinyai

    Gamer dies at PC in Taiwanese Internet cafe and nobody notices

    ...for nine hours! 3 February 2012 15:31 GMT

    A man died at his work station in an internet cafe in Taipei, Taiwan, this week, but nobody noticed for up to nine hours. Twenty-three-year-old Chen Rong-yu checked in to play the multiplayer online game League of Legends on Tuesday night, but was...

  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning confirmed to be prequel to MMO

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning confirmed to be prequel to MMO

    EXCLUSIVE: Says Todd McFarlane 3 February 2012 14:29 GMT

    Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the single-player role-playing game due for release by Electronic Arts on 10 February, is the forerunner to a MMO that has been in development since 2006. There had been confusion over whether developer 38 Games would...

  • Gameloft Live app lands on Android. Gaming, Apps, Android apps, Gameloft 0

    Gameloft Live app lands on Android

    It reminds us of something.... 2 February 2012 16:59 GMT

    Gameloft, purveyor of mobile games as brilliant as they are unoriginal, has announced a standalone Android app for its revamped Gameloft Live platform.

    Gameloft is unashamedly proud of its artistic licence when it comes to, shall we say, "borrowing"...

  • Sony PlayStation Vita. Gaming, Sony, PlayStation, PlayStation Vita, Sony PlayStation Vita 0

    Sony PlayStation Vita review

    4.5 REVIEW Curriculum Vita 1 February 2012 17:01 GMT

    Let’s not beat around the bush; we like the PlayStation Vita, we like it a lot. In fact, we’re happy to say that we have never fallen for a handheld games console as much as we have the PS Vita. It is to hardcore gamers what a Penny Black...

  • Xbox 720 and PS4 not likely for 2012. Gaming, Xbox 720, PS4, PlayStation 4, Sony, Microsoft, Rumours 0

    Xbox 720 and PS4 not likely for 2012

    Euro boss-men dampen rumours 31 January 2012 10:38 GMT

    Sony and Microsoft were reportedly set to go head to head at the E3 games expo this June, with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 720 both purported to be given débuts at the LA based show, but a couple of French directors from the companies have dampened...

  • Snake '97 pictures, video and hands-on. Apps, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7 apps, Nokia, Gaming, Video 0

    Snake '97 pictures, video and hands-on

    HANDS-ON Retro time 27 January 2012 15:57 GMT

    Remember back to your first phone, the Nokia that you no doubt owned, and the game that you used to play over and over again? Yep that's right, for Windows Phone 7 users Nokia Snake from 1997 is back.

    Simply called Snake '97 the 79p app in...

  • Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way. Gaming, Laptops, Asus, Microsoft, Windows 8, Microsoft Kinect, Kinect 0

    Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way

    Asus prototypes being tested 27 January 2012 15:36 GMT

    How would you like to get your hands on (or rather keep them off) a laptop sporting a built-in Kinect sensor? It's more than just a hollow dream - Kinect packing laptops made by Asus, and Microsoft backed, are already in existence.

    The Daily...

  • Valve Steam app hits iOS and Android . Gaming, Apps, Valve, Steam, iPhone apps, Android apps 0

    Valve Steam app hits iOS and Android

    No mobile gaming yet though 27 January 2012 10:31 GMT

    Online game distributor Valve has launched iOS and Android apps for its Steam users - although sadly this doesn't mean PC gaming on the go.

    Instead, like the My Xbox iOS app, this is an online community based app where gamers can chat with...

  • Nintendo Wii U coming 2012, complete with online gaming and NFC controllers. Gaming, Nintendo, NFC, Nintendo Wii U 0

    Nintendo Wii U coming 2012, complete with online gaming and NFC controllers

    Ninty confirms all 27 January 2012 9:33 GMT

    We've Nintendo Wii U news aplenty following bossman Satoru Iwata's comments following the latest earnings call by the Japanese gaming giant.

    First up is confirmation of what we all kind of knew already - that the next-generation console is...

  • Xbox Live landing on iOS and Android. Gaming, Apps, Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Microsoft, ios, Android 0

    Xbox Live landing on iOS and Android

    Coming to "other platforms" at least 26 January 2012 11:44 GMT

    Could Microsoft be about to extend the wings of its online gaming platform, Xbox Live? If a quote from a Microsoft bod given to Forbes is anything to go by, then yes.

    The business site has quoted a spokesperson from the tech company as saying:

    "While...

  • Xbox 720 to introduce Kinect 2 and Blu-ray... eh?

    Xbox 720 to introduce Kinect 2 and Blu-ray... eh?

    Massive back down if so 26 January 2012 10:32 GMT

    With a rumoured unveiling at E3 this year, speculation about Microsoft's successor to the Xbox 360 is ramping up big time. Sources are now saying that the, for want of a better name, Xbox 720 will even support Blu-ray, even though Microsoft has previously...

  • Leaked Neo Geo portable games console looks more than a little iPhone-esque

    Leaked Neo Geo portable games console looks more than a little iPhone-esque

    An arcade in your pocket... again 25 January 2012 10:33 GMT

    If you're a hardcore gamer like most of the Pocket-lint team, you will no doubt be familiar with the company SNK and its Neo Geo games console back, released back in the early 90s. It was cartridge based and instead of offering conversions of full...

  • OnLive and BT kick-off PES 2012 in the cloud. Gaming, OnLive, BT, PES 2012 0

    OnLive and BT kick-off PES 2012 in the cloud

    Footie-sim, cloud-stylee 24 January 2012 17:26 GMT

    OnLive and BT are celebrating the launch of PES 2012 on the cloud-based gaming platform by offering up a whole host of prizes for fans of the football sim franchise.

    The latest edition of Konami's FIFA rival costs £29.99 on OnLive but anyone...

  • Gears of War: The children's toy  . Toys, Gears of War 3, Gaming, ToyFair2012, Meccano 0

    Gears of War: The children's toy

    TOY FAIR 2012: Where's my Lancer? 24 January 2012 15:00 GMT

    Meccano is set to launch a new range of toys based on the popular Gears of War 3 games on the Xbox 360 aimed at 8-year-old kids.

    In a move that will no doubt outrage Daily Mail readers and parents across our fair land, kids will be encouraged...

  • Cyborg M.M.O. 7 Gaming Mouse pictures and hands-on

    Cyborg M.M.O. 7 gaming mouse pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON 78 programmable commands 23 January 2012 10:25 GMT

    A couple of years ago, Mad Catz unleashed the Cyborg RAT 7 gaming mouse which was customisable to the hilt. It could be adapted to perfectly fit your hand, and featured a 5600 dpi laser for better response during play.

    Then there was the upgrade,...

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