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A Japanese Apple nut claims to have constructed a lifelike iPhone 5 pieced together from genuine parts sourced from the Apple supply line. The shape isn’t a huge departure from the iPhone 4, although the all-glass back has been replaced with a silver panel. It also carries the rumoured 19-pin …
Read More »IN PICTURES: The ‘Super Slim’ PS3 4000
Images of the rumoured PS3 4000 – or PS3 Super Slim – have appeared online. Brazilian tech site Tecnoblog says it sourced the stills from a Sony filing with telcoms regulator Anatel. As is consistent with previous rumours, the new model appears to have a flip-top lid as opposed to …
Read More »GALLERY: Half-Life 3 artwork leaks
What appears to be a number of confirmed Half-Life 3 concept artworks have been leaked online. The images originate from a Picasa album (that has since been removed) owned by Valve artist Andrea Andrea Wicklund. Now OXM reports that community mods on the Steam forums have confirmed the legitimacy of …
Read More »E3 2012: First Splinter Cell Black List screens appear
It looks like the rumours are true – Ubisoft will tonight reveal Splinter Cell: Black list. New screens from Gamekyo – which can be seen below – reveal at least one of the game’s locations to be the Iraqi town of Mirawa. Also note that series’ protagonist Sam Fisher is …
Read More »Believable iPhone 5 pictures leak
The first plausible pictures of what will likely be called the iPhone 5 have appeared online. 9To5Mac claims to have obtained the snaps from smartphone repair company uBreakiFix. The main star is the larger screen that stretches from one side of the device to the other without a border. The …
Read More »In pictures: The Diablo III launch
Blizzard’s RPG Diablo III finally hit shelves last night and MCV was at the UK launch event to bring you over 50 images. Over 1,000 fans queued outside HMV Oxford Street before the game went on sale at 11pm. Press were invited to a pre-event gathering nearby before being led …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Irish GAME sit-in
Staff staging a sit-in protest at GAME’s now closed Monaghan store have posted a number of pictures of their exploits on Facebook. They are demanding compensation for both the lack of notice of their job termination and PwC’s advice that they should pursue the Government for redundancy compensation. Staff member …
Read More »Call of Duty XP: In Pictures
COD XP: There’s more than just video games to enjoy at Activision’s inaugural expo dedicated to its multi-million selling FPS series. The publisher has taken over a massive aircraft hanger for this weekend’s event, and brought in a range of activities to entertain attendees. As was revealed in XP’s original …
Read More »1m new Sony passwords stolen
Having claimed to be making off with protected information last week, hacker group LulzSec now says it has obtained the password details of one million users of the Sony Pictures website. Sony says it is aware of the claims and is investigating, the BBC reports. "From a single injection, we …
Read More »Sony NGP to be renamed Vita?
Sony’s Next Generation Portable – or NGP – is looking like it could be renamed PS Vita. Alleged images of a pamphlet show the device with a ‘PS Vita’ logo at the bottom of the console, while branding on the leaflet also carries the new name, reports Games Pundit. The …
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