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The first instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. Episode one of ‘Team Razer: Great Games’ looks at the beginnings of contemporary eSports, focusing on the formative effect of Blizzard’s seminal real-time strategy game StarCraft: Brood War and widely-known eSports competitors such as Jaedong and Flash, before …
Read More »Microsoft Surface sales pegged at just 1.5m – report
Just 1.5m Surface tablets have been sold since the hardware’s launch in October, according to reports. Bloomberg claims to have word from insiders who reckon that sales of the entry-level Surface RT version stand at just over a million units while sales of the Surface Pro, which was released last …
Read More »Diablo III in 2880×1800 on new retina MacBook Pro; iOS 6 announced
Apple has revealed its new line of MacBook Pro laptops that for the first time include retina-display. That’s Apple’s name for its ultra-high pixel density screens, first debuted in iPhone 4 and later included in the iPad 3. These new MacBooks will have a resolution of 2880×1800. That’s far in …
Read More »GameStop lands 3DS Circle Pad exclusive
Video games retail giant GameStop has been named as the exclusive stockist of Nintendo’s 3DS Circle Pad Pro. The peripheral has also been given a firm release date in North America – February 7th 2012. It has been priced, too, at $19.99. The Circle Pad Pro is a sizable extension …
Read More »Move key to PDC Darts Pro success
O-Games believes advanced motion controllers will make PDC World Championship Darts Pro Tour its greatest darts game to date. This year’s entry in the series will be the first to be released for PS3 and is fully compatible with Sony’s PlayStation Move. Pro Tour will also be the first PDC …
Read More »Xbox Slim trade-in offers announced
As promised, UK retailer GAME has revealed details of a special trade-in offer that it hopes will entice existing console owners to upgrade to a new Xbox 360 S. The pick of the bunch is its PS3 Slim deal – hand over that machine and the redesigned 199.99 Xbox 360 …
Read More »Free PES 2010 DLC released
New downloadable content for Konami’s PES 2010 has gone live, giving owners of the game updated footballers and stats. Konami has revised team rosters to reflect recent transfers from players in real life. The DLC also includes the official match ball of this year’s UEFA Champions League final and Lionel …
Read More »PES 2011 needs to change its concept
Some may claim that they’ve heard it all before, but developer Konami has again pledged that the next version of its Pro Evolution Soccer series will feature a radical gameplay overhaul. Speaking to Famitsu (as reported by Andriasang), the series’ lead developer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka noted that the last release, …
Read More »PES gets World Cup Edition
With EA making plenty of noise about the April release of its FIFA World Cup South Africa tie-in, Konami has quietly announced a World Cup-themed Pro Evolution Soccer title scheduled to coincide with this summer’s tournament. More specifically, it has confirmed a spring release for Winning Eleven 2010 Aoki Samurai …
Read More »Monster Hunter gets controller bundles
Nintendo has announced that the Classic Controller Pro will be bundled in two new SKUs to coincide with the release of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri. The peripheral is an alternative version of its traditional Wii joypad that boasts re-arranged shoulder button and Dualshock-style grips at the bottom. It was first …
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