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Xbox 360 tops US console sales again
Sep 12th
Microsoft managed to repeat its rare lead in console sales again in August as it outsold Nintendo’s DS in the US, according to NPD data for the month. The slim Xbox and its new Arcade counterpart moved 356,700 systems last month where the DS fell well behind, at 342,700 systems. The gap was widened partly by Madden NFL 11, which sold over 920,000 copies just on the Xbox 360; the best-selling game for a Nintendo system, Super Mario Galaxy 2 on the Wii, only sold 124,600 copies.
Nintendo’s Wii lost ground as well at 244,300. Sony continued its slow but consistent More >
Origin PC outs The Big O gaming PC with built-in Xbox 360
Sep 7th
Origin PC has taken the wraps off its ultimate gaming PC, dubbed the The Big O. It’s unique in having built-in slim Xbox 360 gaming console. Both the Xbox 360 and a Core i7 930 overclocked to 4.0GHz are liquid-cooled, and the base system gets 6GB of RAM. There are also two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards with liquid cooling, and a Rampage III Extreme mainboard is hooked up to the flowing water system to ease overclocking.
There are two 50GB SSD drives in a RAID stripe preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium, while most storage fits on a More >
HP Zeen tablet may lack Google apps, come in printer bundle
Sep 7th
HP’s Zeen tablet has been leaked in what may be signs of a disappointing launch. The seven-inch, Android 2.1 tablet is now expected by Engadget‘s insiders to be heavily linked to HP’s TouchSmart interface and will hide the Android home screen. It may also strip out many of the Google apps, including Gmail and Android Market.
Although it uses a capacitive touchscreen, HP may also have cut corners for the sake of the price. Initial tests supposedly revealed a very inaccurate surface and that it may not be close to the experience of a tablet. Barnes & Noble’s Nook app More >
G-Mate Mag Gun controller for Xbox and PS3 gets FCC approval; we’d like to see them try and stop it
Aug 28th
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Hopefully you had your Campbell’s Chunky Fully Loaded Beef Stew this morning, because it takes a Man to look down the barrel of the G-Mate Mag Gun and live. The weapon just passed through the FCC unscathed, and now it’s gunning for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. The basic operation is simple enough, with triggers, face buttons, a d-pad and everything else you’d need to ape a modern console controller. There’s only one analog nub, but that’s of course because the gun’s own motion is meant to emulate the second. G-Mate isn’t so clear on how that part of More >