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Snag an Xbox for US$99 — the catch? It’s on a two year contract
This is some beautiful forward thinking by the big-M. US customers can run down to a Microsoft store with coupon in hand, slap it down on the counter and say "Hey, you in the big boy pants! I want my US$99 Xbox 360!". Or you can quietly demand it. Either way will work. The coupon looks like this: So what are the details lady-boys? Microsoft has started selling an Xbox 360 with a puny 4GB hard drive, Kinect and two years ... -
In honour of Jack Tramiel: the best 10 Commodore 64 games
In honour of the passing of Commodore founder, Jack Tramiel, age 83, Gearburn compiled a top 10 list of our favourite C64 games.
If these instill a sense of nostalgia, be sure to pick up a C64 emulator and download some of your favourite games from sites like Commodore Apocalypse.
Elite -- The very template for 4X games, Elite is a genre on its very own.
Sone Of Blagger -- A very decent Mario clone before Mario came into his own.
Spy Hunter -- ... -
Nintendo Wii U priced at US$300 [Rumour]
Nintendo’s Wii U edges ever closer and now, a wild price emerges. According to this report, the fabled follow up to Nintendo’s once-popular Wii will cost roughly US$300 and launch in the last quarter of 2012. Sources “closely involved” with Nintendo’s manufacturing processes have been cited that the console will cost US$180 and the fancy touchscreen controller will roll in at US$50. Here’s what the sources say. “Cutting production costs to maximize profits is Nintendo’s main concern with the Wii U. They ... -
PlayStation 4 processing power revealed
Sources have cracked open details on the PlayStation 4 and a rainbow of tech goodness has spilled out. The GPU is a Radeon HD 7670. The CPU is AMD’s quad-core 2.9Ghz A8-3850. This is hardware which is currently available, so does it have the oomph to power the next-gen PlayStation? A quick glance at AMD’s product sheets reveals the tasty details. The Accelerating Processing Unit (APU) comes with an on-board Radeon GPU, the 6550D. While definitely not as powerful as the ... -
Details leak for PlayStation 4, codename ‘Orbis’
Despite no official news from Sony, PlayStation 4 rumours have spread like a bad virus across the internet. Gearburn.com rounds up the various factoids regarding Sony’s PlayStation 4. Codename: Orbis The likelihood of the PS4 being dubbed “Orbis” is low. This is the working title of the PS4 according to this report and is extremely likely to change. Orbis means “circle” in Latin, so a possible “circle of life” deal, tied with the PS Vita? Sounds romantic, but Sony will most likely ... -
‘No new Xbox in 2012′ says Microsoft
The Xbox 360 is doing well. After hanging onto the top of the charts for a year and change and dominating 46% of the US console market, it seems like the time to herald in a new Xbox. Not so, says Microsoft. David Dennis, Xbox spokesperson and Group Manager of PR says, “For us, 2012 is all about Xbox 360. There will be no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon.” Queue fanboy tears. Bloomberg reports that we could ... -
Facebook app for PS Vita back in action
Were you one of the lucky buggers to grab the free Facebook App for the PS Vita before Sony pulled it? Wipe those tears off your greasy cheeks and rejoice. The PS Vita Facebook app is back in business and ready to be downloaded in abundance. Why was the app pulled? Sources say that the issue was not with Sony’s latest console, but with Facebook itself. This mess happened last week and today, social networking on the handheld console is back ... -
The Last of Us: A Preview
The Uncharted series has wrapped up; Nathan Drake has cracked his last crack, a wise one nonetheless. Naughty Dog fans whispered the world over, a quiver in their voices: "what will we do without Uncharted? Where will our next block-buster action game come from? What does life mean?"
To those fans: get a life... and then get on board the hype-train for The Last of Us -- Naughty Dog’s upcoming third-person survival-horror action-adventure title.
What a mouthful, kinda like Nathan Drake’s wisecracks.
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Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 console warps in April 3
The resilient, seven-year old Xbox 360 travels to a galaxy far, far away with the imminent release of the Star Wars Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle. Major Nelson, Microsoft’s director of programming for Xbox Live revealed on Twitter that the Star Wars-themed console will be unleashed on April 3, at a price of US$449.99. Confirmed: The Kinect Star Wars Bundle will be available on April 3, 2012 mjr.mn/SWXbox360 — Larry Hryb (@majornelson) February 7, 2012 The Star Wars Xbox is eye-wateringly vulgar in the ... -
Further Xbox 720 details emerge, CPU and GPU revealed
It’s next-gen Xbox speculation time! Two separate sources are speculating on the speed of the CPU and GPU of the new, currently nameless next-gen Xbox. Power to the people Processer rumours have whirled around the melting pot of the internet for months now, but until recently, nothing has been set in stone. It now seems that the next-gen Xbox will rock a brand new System on a Chip (SoC), codenamed Oban. Global Foundries and IBM will be the production line behind the ...
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