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How Nintendo can fend off Apple's gaming challenge - Nov 13, 2009

Blogs Way back in March, I wrote a post on here entitled On a collision course: iPhone vs Nintendo DSi. Since then a lot has happened. Most notably, back in September we ... Read story »

Her Royal Highness receives a Wii - May 25, 2009

Crave Your Highness! Surprise! Our senior editor Leslie Katz pointed me to this story about the Queen of England getting a Nintendo Wii as a gift, and I thought to myself, "Ah, ... Read story »

Black Wii MotionPlus and Wiimotes to match - Sep 2, 2009

Crave Having announced a a shocking black Wii in the offing, it's hardly surprising that the game console giant is now whipping out matching black nunchuks, Wiimotes and Wii MotionPlus controllers ... Read story »

Nintendo cuts price of Wii to US$199 - Sep 24, 2009

Crave Nintendo has officially announced that the price of the Wii will drop to US$199.99, effective on Sunday. The long-rumored US$50 price cut comes in the wake of recent price drops for ... Read story »

PS3 the new crime-busting tool - Nov 18, 2009

Crave The PlayStation 3 has been used for a variety of altruistic tasks following its launch in 2006. Perhaps the most high-profile of these ventures is the Folding@home project, which uses spare ... Read story »

Nintendo turns broadcaster: Original shows coming to Wii - Jan 5, 2009

Crave With the hottest and most affordable video games console on the market today still doing business like economists in a recession, Nintendo is in the perfect position to exploit its Wii ... Read story »

New Xbox 360 coming fall 2010? - Jun 15, 2009

Crave Take this one with a grain of salt, but gaming site 1UP is reporting that it's hearing a new Xbox 360 is in the works and is set to be ... Read story »

3D-ready PS3 scheduled for 2011 - Nov 23, 2009

Crave Will 3D gaming help the PS3, or is it a gimmick? Sony has a strategy for upping the quality of its content and providing an incentive for gamers to upgrade their ... Read story »

Are gaming handhelds overpriced? - Aug 30, 2009

Crave How much is too much? In the wake of the PS3 Slim price-cut landslide of news, one small wound still lingers, and has now gotten worse: The PSPgo is still US$249. ... Read story »

Details of PlayStation 3 new firmware 3.00 given - Aug 19, 2009

Crave There may not be many hardware changes inside the PS3 Slim, but each new console will ship with the PlayStation 3 3.00 firmware update. Here's what you can expect: There ... Read story »

Up to 1 million Xbox Live players banned due to piracy - Nov 12, 2009

Crave It's oh-so enticing: You find a copy of a brand new game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on a pirate site and the temptation to download it is too ... Read story »

Do new PS3 bundles mean Slim is coming soon? - Jul 7, 2009

Crave Alleged spy photo of the upcoming PS3 bundle. You could call it a sign of things to come--or just one good PS3 bundle. According to Kotaku, next Sunday (July 12) Best ... Read story »

New dashboard update for Xbox 360 - Aug 12, 2009

Crave The Xbox 360's Netflix integration is improved, but you still can't search for specific titles. Xbox 360 owners who fire up their console today will be prompted to download the ... Read story »

New Wii and controller could arrive by 2011 - Sep 22, 2009

Crave In August, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explicitly stated that a successor to the best-selling US$249 Nintendo Wii won't "happen any time in the near future." However, given Sony's recent introduction of ... Read story »

Retro gaming kills my eyes - Oct 18, 2009

Blogs Growing up in the 1980s alongside my NES, I probably enjoy retro gaming more than the average gamer. But even I have my limits. The other day, I found myself the ... Read story »

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