04/06/2010, A mysterious USB flash drive was being sent out to gaming companies today, appearing to contain some kind of encrypted message. Obviously it’s a publicity stunt of some sort, but everybody loves mysteries, right? The person on the audio file seems to read out “MOD ZZZ JNQRYD3FRP“ and the words “Cryptography, Isotope, Philanthropy, Hydrogen, Ember, Rebirth” were also available on a document. In the end, it was discovered that it […]

04/06/2010, The Xbox 360 system update that makes USB storage a possibility is now available, letting you delve into the world of non-proprietary storage options. Unfortunately, Microsoft being Microsoft, has laid down some rather draconian rules such as the USB device needs to be more than 1GB in capacity, although it can only make use of 16GB of available space. It takes around five minutes to get the update done and […]

04/05/2010, Shuttle has already shipped both J1 and G2 7600P SFF workstations, where the latter will rely on an AMD processor instead of brains from Intel. The G2 7600P SFF workstation will feature a range of Phenom II X4 and X2 processors to choose from, while graphical ability is provided via AMD FirePro video cards. Not only that, Shuttle claims that they will be rolling out a 6-core Gulftown Small Form […]

04/05/2010, Think that Wii Sports isn’t hardcore enough for you, and you want to delve into something more realistic when it comes to boxing? Short of getting involved in front of a punching bag all by yourself, how about giving the Interactiv’ Boxing Companion concept a go? This wall mounted interactive system requries you to aim for targets that light up – something like Whack A Mole with boxing gloves, where […]

04/05/2010, Nobody likes to lose a game due to lag, and while sometimes it’s inevitable, you can try and minimize it, and that’s what the WinFast Killer Xeno Pro will try to help you do. It claims to offer superior online performance thanks to its dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU) and Game Detect technology. With that in place, traffic from games will be identified and prioritized, helping you avoid that ever-irritating […]

04/05/2010, Didn’t get to go to the recent Grand Prix races? If you’re too busy to spend time at the race tracks, you could always bring the race track to you, via the Pacesetter Grand Prix arcade racer. Modeled after an F1 racing car, this racing simulator is priced at $33,400, and offers three displays, genuine driving controls, 3D sound, as well as 40 real life international circuits to make sure […]

04/02/2010, Well, that didn’t take too long, did it? Just a few days after Sony announced that their 3.21 firmware update for the PS3 will remove the OtherOS boot option, a temporary workaround has been found. It seems that this firmware change does not change the way Blu-Ray drives work, and will function as normal – which means you could theoretically still run another operating system, no? No idea on whether […]

04/02/2010, Gamers do take their hardware pretty seriously, and they often have the fastest and best rigs, not to mention peripherals that cost a bomb. While gaming mice have come pretty far to where they are today, there seems to be a market still for mousepads, and the Greenspads is the latest to hit the streets. Hand-crafted from solid steel (!), the finishing process is touted to offer the perfect surface […]

04/02/2010, Do you remember the 3D goodness on the PS3 that we checked out at CEATEC 2009? We previously mentioned that the 3D firmware update for the PS3 would be arriving in the summer, and now it seems that we’ve got more confirmation on it, as the latest episode of Qore, Sony’s downloadable PSN promotional series, has confirmed that the 3D firmware will be released this summer. Aside from that, there’s […]

04/02/2010, The folks over at Computer Choppers have given Microsoft’s Xbox 360 the gold treatment, as can be seen on their website. If just being beautified with 24k gold isn’t enough for you, you can add a variety of plating and custom jewelry. While there isn’t any price listed at the moment, you can be sure that it’ll cost a pretty penny.

04/02/2010, The folks at Google once again confirm their brilliance with yet another port of the Quake II game engine, this time round running on HTML5 without the need for flash or plug-ins. We started with the existing Jake2 Java port of the Quake II engine, then used the Google Web Toolkit (along with WebGL, WebSockets, and a lot of refactoring) to cross-compile it into Javascript. You can see the results […]

04/02/2010, Love gaming on your computer, and wish that you were a professional gamer? Chances are your rig would be a pretty high end one, or if you are currently looking for an opportunity to upgrade your machine, you might want to check out the Asus ROG MATRIX 5870 graphics card from Asus’ Republic of Gamers line. It is based on the ATI Radeon 5870 reference, although Asus has tweaked the […]

04/01/2010, It looks like some folks have already caught the World Cup bug, as a FIFA 10 PC case mod was featured at the German Case Modding Championship. Aside from the usual PC specs, the mod also features an integrated BBQ grill, though we’re fairly sure that trying to BBQ a nice steak on this won’t help your computer’s performance. Specifications of the computer contained within this BBQ rig include:

04/01/2010, Want a good flight stick for your flight sim on the Xbox 360? That’s where the Mad Catz Cyborg F.L.Y. 9 comes into play. This rather interesting flight stick will be retailing for a good $100 this spring, and is designed exclusively for the Xbox 360. You’ve got all the fancy features such as its wireless connection, handle length and head angle adjustments, throttle and twist rudder controls, unique base […]