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Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

Score another point for the rumor mill: last week's reports about a $99 Xbox 360 Kinect bundle were true. The offer went live...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

Rumor has it that a new Xbox 360 Kinect bundle is on the way—and this one won't cost $300. In fact, The Verge says...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

There's a lot of buzz today about a new job posting on Valve Software's website. The posting is for an electronics engineer, and clicking...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles

After a long hiatus, the new console season is finally coming, with both Microsoft and Sony rumored to have new hardware on the way. The...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

Need further proof that the next Xbox might be a more media-centric device? The Verge has learned that Xbox Live members are using...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Game consoles

Although Microsoft has confirmed that we won't see a new Xbox this year, rumors of future consoles continue to swirl. That's right: consoles,...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

Well, so much for that rumor. Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi has confirmed that the company is not on the verge of...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles Software

Comic off-shoot The Penny Arcade Report has posted a lengthy interview with Valve's Gabe Newell. While he doesn't reveal the release date for the...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles

Hoping to see a new Xbox sooner than the rumored late-2013 time frame? Well, sorry to disappoint. A Microsoft executive seems to have confirmed the...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

Either we're looking at an inaccurate rumor here, or the next-generation Xbox won't be the graphics powerhouse some of us expected. The folks at IGN...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Game consoles

Consoles aren't as big as they used to be, at least in the grand scheme of things. EA CEO Jon Riccitiello dropped that bombshell...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles

Even today, AMD enjoys a rather privileged position in the console world, with its graphics processors powering two of the three current-gen consoles—Microsoft's Xbox 360...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Game consoles

id Software technical guru John Carmack has been rather chatty lately, giving long interviews and imparting his wisdom upon eager listeners. This time, he's

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles Personal tech

Slowly but surely, more details are emerging about Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console. We knew the system had an AMD graphics chip, and...

Type: News story Tags: Graphics Game consoles

After watching Nintendo's official Wii U gameplay footage yesterday, I surmised that the console's graphical horsepower was probably no better than that of the...

Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles

You know how, sometimes, you'll dream about something completely absurd—maybe building a go-kart with your ex-landlord—that seems to make perfect sense until the moment you...

Type: News story Tags: Game consoles

Apple and Intel aren't the only tech companies posting eye-popping financial results every quarter. Microsoft is part of the club, too, and it has once...

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