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Video game industry sales down 17 percent--again

Crave For the second straight month, video game industry sales tumbled nearly 17 percent year over year, a downward trend for a market segment that had previously seemed resistant to the economic ... Read story »

"PS3 Slim" rumor fervor hard to fathom

Crave Is this the new PS3 Slim? Rumors have it Sony may unveil such a device at the Gamescon show in Germany. On the other hand, it may all be fanboy-driven fervor ... Read story »

Report: Microsoft taking on Wii with motion-sensing camera

Crave This camera, from Israeli startup 3DV Systems--which has reportedly been acquired by Microsoft--could form the basis of a new motion-sensitive controller that Microsoft is reportedly working on. Nintendo won't be ... Read story »

E3 live stream, Project Natal for the Xbox 360, and The Beatles: Rock Band

Blogs It's baaaack! The Electronic Entertainment Expo, more popularly known as E3, has always been the marquee event of the computer and video games industry. After two years of a downsized, invitation-only ... Read story »

Behold the motion-sensitive controller wars

Crave The new motion-control system from Sony was announced at E3 on the heels of similar new technology from both Microsoft and Nintendo. Forget the console wars. We're in the motion-sensitive ... Read story »

The King of Pop culture

Blogs While the rest of the world mourns the passing of Michael Jackson (or waits for all the mourning to pass) the International Hearald Tribune publishes an article claiming ... even Michael ... Read story »

Budget shopping tips: Video games and gaming gear

Features Consoles and compatible games are not the cheapest products around, but there're still a few hidden gems that can be owned without forking out a premium. Read story »

Hacking down on video game energy use

Crave Estimated energy usage from different consoles, with comparisons between people who turn off games when idle and those that don't. Individual gamers and console makers could significantly reduce energy use from ... Read story »

The shrinking game console: A history

Features Every few years video game consoles get smaller and more advanced. We track some of the more notable shrinkage in the last 20 years. Read story »
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim

Sony PlayStation 3 Slim

Review Back in 2004, four years after first launching the PlayStation 2, Sony brought out a new, much more compact PS2. Timed to come out just as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was hitting stores, the redesigned console helped breath new life into the PS2 franchise. It remains on store shelves today--you...

Video game industry shows signs of slowing

Crave Sales of video game software and hardware in the US rose 9 percent in August to US$1.08 billion, the smallest monthly increase in more than two years, according to data released ... Read story »

Xbox 360 to be lowest-priced next-gen video game console

Crave One of the the biggest selling points of Nintendo's Wii video game console since its launch nearly two years ago has been that it was the lowest-priced of the trio of ... Read story »

Extreme gamers padding video game industry's bottom line

Crave The video game industry had better thank its lucky stars that hardcore gamers do what they do. According to a report issued Monday morning by industry analyst firm, The NPD Group, ... Read story »

Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Israeli VR firm

Crave The ZCam, from 3DV Systems, which is rumored to be in acquisition talks with Microsoft. Microsoft hopes the acquisition of a virtual reality start-up will give it another trick up ... Read story »

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