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Angry Birds hit game flies into the Palm webOS App Catalog

August 25th, 2010 9:45am mike s No comments

Angry Birds game arrives on Palm's webOS

The lack of top notch apps in Palm’s webOS platform has proved to be a bitter disappointment to Palm Pre and Pixi users, with UK users being hit particularly hard (the Brit App Catalogue is a pale shadow of the US one, with just 2,800 apps on offer and many of them pretty unexciting).

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MSI GX660R laptop promises extreme audio performance for gamers

August 10th, 2010 2:42pm Lee J. 7 comments

MSI Gaming-GX660R laptop promises extreme audio performance for gamers

When it comes to playing back audio on laptops, the sound quality is – at best -  pretty shonky, but MSI is hoping to hook in audiophiles with its beefy new GX660 laptop which promises a veritable orgy of aural pleasure.

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Civilization Revolution for the iPhone: empire building, world ruling antics ahoy!

August 9th, 2010 5:21pm mike s No comments

Civilization Revolution for the iPhone: empire building, world ruling antics ahoy!

Old school gamers packing iPhones should get ready to whoop at the news that Civilization Revolution, a remake of the old Civilisation classic – has been shunted into the App Store and is currently available for free.

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PC Gaming sales – twice the size of Wii, PS3 and XBox *combined*!

August 9th, 2010 9:30am Lee J. No comments

PC Gaming market - twice the size of Wii, PS3 and XBox *combined*!

New figures released by the PC Gaming Alliance reveal that far from being on the ropes, PC gaming remains very much alive, with shipping volumes for the platform being twice the size of the combined amounts of all the major consoles last year.

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Amazon Kindle now adds free word games

August 5th, 2010 9:15am Pete Railton No comments

Amazon Kindle keeps on getting better with two new free games

Although Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos has said that the new Kindle eReader experience is sharply  focussed on reading books, the company seems happy to serve up a few distractions on its innovative device, with two free games now being announced.

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Goodbye PC Zone magazine: UK’s first-ever gaming mag bites the dust

July 15th, 2010 9:20am mike s No comments

Goodbye PC Zone magazine: UK's first gaming mag bites the dust

Seventeen years after launching, Britain’s first ever magazine dedicated to PC gaming is to close its doors for good.

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NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

June 30th, 2010 11:00am Pete Railton No comments

NASA release Moonbase Alpha video game

NASA has released a trailer for their new 3-D game set on the Moon called,  “Moonbase Alpha”.

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Microsoft Kinect (Natal) gets official – look out Wii

June 14th, 2010 12:09pm Lee J. No comments

Microsoft Kinect (Natal) gets official announcement

Microsoft has officially announced Project Kinect, their new motion-sensor peripheral for the Xbox 360.

Formerly known as Project Natal, the Kinect is the revolutionary control system for video games using a camera, motion-sensors, microphones and advanced software to allow Xbox 360 owners to play games without having to plug in traditional control pads.

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Apple WWDC10 – AppStore and the iPhone

June 7th, 2010 6:30pm mike s No comments

Apple WWDC10 - Steve Jobs keynote and news

Perhaps mindful of the flak that Apple has taken for its sometimes arbitrary and moralistic app approval process, Jobs has weighed in to say their AppStore is, “the most vibrant app store on the planet,” with around “15,000 submissions a week in up to 30 different languages.”

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GTA: Chinatown Wars Lite – free for the iPhone!

May 27th, 2010 10:51am mike s No comments

GTA: Chinatown Wars Lite - free for the iPhone!

If you fancy some car-jacking, gun blasting, tyre burning adventure on your iPhone but the wallet is a little light, then head off to the AppStore and bag yourself a free copy of GTA: Chinatown Wars Lite.

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Dominos Pizza hooks up with Foursquare to offer foodie freebies

May 26th, 2010 1:00pm mike s 3 comments

Dominos Pizza hooks up with Foursquare to offer freebies

Dominos Pizza has decided to grab a piece of the location-based social gaming pie by using Foursquare to encourage users to check-in at its outlets.

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Google celebrates PAC-MAN’s 30th Anniversary with playable front page

May 21st, 2010 4:14pm mike s 14 comments

Google celebrates Pacman's 30th Anniversary with playable front page

Paying tribute to the 30th anniversary of  the arcade game classic PAC-MAN, Google have put up their first-ever playable Google doodle on the search homepage.

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eBoy creates awesome iPhone Game

May 6th, 2010 10:00am mike s No comments

eBoy creates awesome iPhone Game

We’ve been fans of eBoy’s fabulously pixellated graphics for years, and the iconic graphics have inspired artists and imitators the world over.

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Raging Thunder 2 roars onto Android

April 12th, 2010 3:11pm Pete Railton 1 comment

Raging Thunder 2 roars onto Android

Enthusiastically billed as, “the most adrenaline pumping 3D street racer ever on a handheld platform,” Raging Thunder 2 certainly looks to be a high speed treat, serving up super slick graphics and snappy gameplay.

Awarded a generous 4.7 out of 5 in AndroidTapp.com’s review, the reviewer frothed that the game was, “fun, challenging and addictive,” offering “amazing graphics, sound and smooth game play.”

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PIXELS. New York invaded by 8 bit characters!

April 9th, 2010 12:05pm mike s No comments

PIXELS. New York invaded by 8 bit characters!

It’s a Friday (woot!), so what better time for a great work distraction like a witty video showing New York being invaded by 8 bit gaming characters?

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