Hardware

Microsoft: Buy A PC, Get A Free Xbox 360!

Microsoft really wants to shift some extra consoles before this generation draws to a close. Not content with offering an Xbox 360 for just $99 up front (paid back as a monthly subscription for two years) the company is now giving them away for free. There are a couple of catches, however. Firstly you have...
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Is The $99 Xbox Bundle A Good Deal?

May began with rumors of Microsoft preparing to release a new Xbox 360 Kinect bundle costing just $99. The catch? A two-year $15-per-month subscription including Xbox Live Gold membership. A week later and Microsoft officially announced the new bundle exactly as sources had predicted. So, is it a good deal that should make those who...
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Microsoft Planning To Release $99 Xbox 360?

Gamers who either haven’t yet got their hands on an Xbox 360 or who have experienced hardware failure (quite likely) and need a replacement console will soon be able to pick up an Xbox 360 Kinect bundle for just $99. This is according to sources speaking to The Verge. There is, of course, a catch:...
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Nintendo Reveals Wii U Sales Estimate

The Wii U is expected to be released by the end of 2012. If it doesn’t land before the start of the holiday season then Nintendo has failed in its effort to launch at least a year before the successors to the PS3 and Xbox 360. Having sold 90 million Wii consoles to date, you’d...
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‘Halo 4′ Pushing Xbox 360 To The Limits

Not that Halo 4 needs any more hype attributed to it, but the following will make Xbots get slightly moist in anticipation of the forthcoming game. 343 Industries’ Frank O’Connor suggested recently that the next Halo game, Halo 4, pushes the Xbox 360 to the absolute limit of its powers. During Microsoft’s Spring Showcase event...
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PS Vita Has So-So Worldwide Launch

The PS Vita, Sony’s new handheld console and the successor to the PSP, has now launched in most of the major territories. Leading Sony to reveal launch sales figures of 1.2 million. This isn’t bad, but it’s not that great either. Despite what Sony fanboys may believe and may try to tell all those who...
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Sony: No Playstation Vita Price Cut

The Playstation Vita is now available to buy in North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia. And in these early weeks they’ll sell to the hardcore gamers who will pay any asking price for a slice of handheld gaming action. However, for the rest of us, who are either happy playing Angry Birds on our smartphones,...
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Pachter: PS Vita Will Fail, Fail, Fail

Michael Pachter is an analyst for Wedbush Securities who has made a name for himself in gaming circles by waxing lyrical over the state of the industry and marketplace. Sometimes he gets it right, sometimes he gets it wrong. But he’s always entertaining. NowGamer recently spoke to Pachter, along with fellow analysts Jesse Divnich and...
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The Next-Gen Xbox Is… Durango

Every day seems to bring more news (or at least rumors and speculation) surrounding one of the next-generation consoles. Which is amazing seeing as only one – the Nintendo Wii U – even officially exists. Most people, both in and out of the industry, expect Microsoft to make the next move. It could be this...
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Xbox 720 To Be Like Windows 8?

There have been numerous rumors surrounding the next Microsoft games hardware. Pretty much everyone agrees Microsoft will be the next to make its move after Nintendo, with Sony happy doing its own thing on its own timeline. But what else? An interesting rumor to emerge a few days ago was that the Xbox 720, as...
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Should Sony Drop The ‘Playstation’?

As you may have already heard, Sony is getting a new boss, with Playstation head Kaz Hirai taking over as President and CEO of the whole company. Hirai has led Sony’s foray in the games hardware market, but can he lead the company proper? Hirai has already spelled out his vision, albeit in brief, of...
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Nintendo Considers Wii U Renaming

It looks likely that Nintendo will be changing the name of its upcoming console, from Wii U to, well, your guess is as good as mine. This follows confusion over the 3DS and how it’s so similarly named as its predecessor. According to CVG, discussions at the highest level of the company in both Japan...
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Nintendo Forging Future With Wii U

Nintendo is once again starting the next-gen of gaming, with the Wii U being the first home console to launch the eighth generation. A new Xbox will then follow, as will the Playstation 4, although neither of the latter two have yet been announced. When they arrive they will no doubt hit the Wii U...
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