Sony is in talks to sell its production facilities for advanced microchips used in its PlayStation 3 game console to Toshiba, sources close to the matter said.
The sale, which would include production lines for the "Cell" microchips, dubbed "supercomputer on a chip," is part of Sony's strategy to shed costly semiconductor assets and focus on the production of strategic products such as image sensor chips used in digital cameras and camcorders, they said.
The business daily Nikkei said on Saturday Sony planned to sell production...
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The World Series of Video Games has come to a screeching halt as event organizers were unable to secure enough sponshorship revenue.
The worldwide video game competition, created by US-based Games Media Properties, included melees of Counter-Strike, Gears of War, Guitar Hero II, Quake 4, and World of Warcraft.
GMP already presented World Series of Video Games competitions in Louisville and Dallas. In these competitions, total cash awards totaled from around $7,000 for Guitar Hero II to around $30,000 for World of Warcraft. Apparently...
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It's a Marine, obviously now an old man, recounting a battle with the Covenant when he was fighting beside the Master Chief. The quick commercial takes place in a Museum. Check this out.
The playable multiplayer demo of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is now available for download on the game's official site. It actually supports both single and multiplayer modes, so you can kill bots and friends alike.
Download: http://www.enemyterrito...=undefined
This is only one small part of the product tie-ins we can expect throughout the next couple months regarding that which is the Halo 3. The Halo hype-machine-of-madness is so high that you can even pick up a copy of the game at your local 7-Eleven at Midnight on Sept. 25
Rockstar Games’ much maligned horror title Manhunt 2 appears to be on track for a release this Halloween.
Manhunt 2 was originally slated for release on the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP on July 10 but was temporarily suspended from release following ESRB rating the game AO for adults only.
Publisher Take 2 Interactive and developer Rockstar Games last week announced that it had submitted a modified version of Manhunt 2 to the ESRB, who has now rated the title "M" for Mature for ages 17 and older.
"Manhunt 2 is important to us, and...
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AirmotionRide, with its combination of Fluidic Muscles and mechatronic systems, makes it possible to generate a wide range of driving and flight simulations. A hexapod structure based on parallel movements, with six Festo Fluidic Muscles, give rise to a realistic driving and flying sensation. Through this product, leading pneumatics supplier Festo is providing an exciting, cost-effective alternative to complicated hydraulic constructions.
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Crytek is currently working on a console game, and it appears that the game is being built from the ground up for PS3. "It's a complete departure from Crysis and Far Cry, it's not a first-person shooter," he explained. The game, which is also bound for Xbox 360, won't feature any of the cross-platform issues that have been plaguing sloppier releases. "For that, we're optimising technology, but for another reason, the future in general, there is a dedicated PS3 team."
Crytek is working on additional technologies, specifically for Sony's...
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"Bioshock," takes place in Rapture, a dystopian undersea city so intricately detailed and well thought out that players will find themselves truly and completely immersed. Hardcore gamers will eat up its endlessly customizable weapons and powers, but "Bioshock" has the opportunity to break out if a broader audience gets wind that Rapture may just be the most amazing fictional world created in any media this year.
Game takes place in 1960 as a mysterious man named Jack crash lands in the Atlantic by the entrance to Rapture, an art...
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A fantasy plague that accidentally ran amok in the Internet's most popular game world, populated by nine million flesh-and-blood players, may help scientists predict the impact of genuine epidemics, according to a study released Tuesday.
Virtual playgrounds such as World of Warcraft could soon become testing grounds for the all-too-real battle against bird flu, malaria or some as yet unknown killer virus, one of the authors, Nina Fefferman of Rutgers University in New Jersey, told AFP.
The unlikely path to a collaboration between hard...
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