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Upcoming SIMS 3 gets February 20 launch date

EA has announced the release date for its new virtual world SIMS 3 game, which will hit store shelves February 20th of next year.  The new game will run on the Windows platform and feature some new grounds to visit, including a town center, the mountains, and beach.
SIMS is an electronic game that lets users [...]

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New 80GB PS3 to hit the UK market

An 80GB version of the PS3 has appeared on Play.com for release in the UK on the 22nd of August.
It appears that the console will be shipping with the DualShock 3 Sixaxis Wireless Controller, though unlike its 60GB siblings, it will not be able to play PS2 games.
The console is priced at £299.99 with free [...]

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Sony Ericsson gets friendly with Zeemote

 
Zeemote’s ‘JS1′ Bluetooth games controller

According to Sony Ericsson, there is stock in the mobile gaming market, providing you have a mobile device to play with. Unfortunately, the mobile device Sony Ericsson has decided to team up with is nearly as big as the phone it will be partnered with. Zeemote’s ‘JS1′ Bluetooth games controller is [...]

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Sony to add 80GB drive to base PS3 model in September

While Microsoft was busy readying up its new Xbox 360 details yesterday, Sony quietly announced that it is upgrading its 40GB PS3 gaming console to include a larger 80GB hard disk while maintaining its original $399 price tag. This new 80GB PS3 model will start shipping in September and “will offer all of the [...]

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Microsoft, Netflix bring movies direct to Xbox 360

Netflix

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with online movie renter Netflix that will provide Xbox 360 owners the luxury of streaming movies direct to their gaming consoles.
The deal, announced yesterday, will let Netflix subscribers stream over 10,000 movies and TV shows directly to Xbox 360 consoles for instant playback on their televisions. Netflix currently offers [...]

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Rock Band 2 expected to launch in September

Rock Band 2

Partners MTV and Harmonix will release a sequel to its Rock Band video game for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sometime in September with other consoles to follow by the year’s end, including PS3, PS2, and Nintendo’s Wii.
Rock Band 2 is expected to build upon its existing platform and fix some of user’s complaints as [...]

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HP’s upcoming BlackBird 002 gaming PC

HP BlackBird 002

HP’s monster computing system, the BlackBird 002, will be available this summer for gaming enthusiasts.
The BlackBird 002 offers Intel’s Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450, NVIDIA nForce SLI motherboard with RAID support, dual SLI NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphic cards, a 500GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive, a 900-watt power supply, five hot-swappable hard drive [...]

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