The industry analysts are convinced that the next-generation consoles are long overdue and that the extended life cycle of existing hardware is taking its toll on the gaming industry. Sony, however, is not bothered about what the gurus have to say and instead remain committed to the PlayStation 3 console. It is obvious that the […]
The life-cycle of a console is considered to be crucial to its success, a belief that is shared by majority of the analysts in the gaming industry. The uproar over the extended life of Sony’s and Microsoft’s current-generation consoles also acts as an indication of the challenging times that await the two gaming giants because […]
Nintendo officially launched the Wii U game console and tablet peripheral Wii U GamePad at the Electronic Entertainment Expo at Los Angeles Convention Center on Wednesday. The company company’s ambiguous orientation skills still loomed the presentation as it was still in the dark when will the new device it be launched and what will it […]
Jun 7 2012 | Posted in
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At first look the GamePad does not feel any more than a standard controller with an LCD. For most of the games playable on a Nintendo, the tablet is not more than a controller. However, this initial notion wards off as soon as the Nintendo-specific games like Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendoland come forth. […]
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. released Wii U GamePad on Wednesday, June 6 at the E3 seminar in Los Angeles. The new device will work as a tablet to the Wii U, which is the stand alone console. Though the new device is an upgrade to the portable consoles with likes of Nintendo 3DS, there are certain […]
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Microsoft Corporation is buckling up for the E3 Game Conference this Monday in California, USA. The company has a new application named Smart Glass for Xbox in the line-up that will allow other devices like tablets and smartphones to stream videos and other content. Most of the company’s plans are kept under the veil of […]
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Apple has never been at the centre-stage of any expos. It organizes its own conferences and shows like Worldwide Developers’ Conference, WWDC. However, despite their lack of presence at events like Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and Mobile World Congress (MWC) it has always been there virtually. Every vendor, every developer is always coping with the […]
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It has been more than a month since the release of Intel Corporation’s new Ivy Bridge processors and a number of laptops and desktops have been rolled out by the likes of Asus, Acer and Lenovo. The semi-conductor company’s strategy however, has changed this year. They released the top-end quad-core Core i7 processors first with […]
May 29 2012 | Posted in
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Moreover, the new processors have new integrated graphics cards, HD4000. Though they might not be at par with NVIDIA GeForce graphics GPUs but they are efficient in processing general visuals and even high-end graphics-hungry applications like Adobe Photoshop. When it comes to graphics, these laptops are high-end. Though they might not be able to manage […]
May 29 2012 | Posted in
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The market has been hoarded with gaming laptops this year. Samsung has shown interest in manufacturing high-end laptops but to date no mentionable gaming laptops was introduced. However, the Korean company has made its presence in this small but very important market segment with a new notebook called Samsung Series 7 Gamer. The new laptop […]
May 25 2012 | Posted in
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Design The Series 7 Gamer has a large footprint at 16.1 inches in width, 11.2 inches in length and 2 inches in depth. It boasts a 17.3-inch display that has 1920×1080 pixels crammed into the real estate. It weighs hefty at 8.2 pounds but for enthusiastic gaming that all is ignorable. However, do not show […]
May 25 2012 | Posted in
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Hardware Under the hood is a lot of muscle that brings the computer to centre stage. For around $1900 you get two 750GB hard drives that rev at 7,200rpm with 8GB of ExpressCache SSD for frequently used core functions, a generous 16GB of RAM, a quad-core third-gen Core i7-3610QM processor clocked at 2.3 GHz, and […]
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