Gaming Technology Blog

  Microsoft has announced price reductions for its XBox 360 gaming consoles in four Asian regions by as much as 20 percent. Consumers in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore can expect the lowered prices to take effect this week. A similar price cut was implemented in Europe last month, with price tags going [...]

 According to game publisher Enterbrain, the number of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) units sold last April in Japan was more than twice that of rival Nintendo’s DS. However, the picture turned around when it came to full-fledged gaming consoles. In the same month, Nintendo’s Wii outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3)  five to one.  The Wii [...]

Wii have seen the future, and the future is fit. Nintendo’s latest accessory for its Wii gaming console is a white plastic slab of gaming technology that you stand on, and it detects subtle shifts in weight and balance of the player and transmits those to the game. The balance board is designed to be [...]

This modder named Ben Heckendorn (a.k.a. ‘Heck’) took apart a Sony Playstation 3, took the bits and used them to make a working, portable PS3 laptop, pictured above. Pretty cool, no? Features: 60GB PS3 17″ HDTV 720p screen with HDMI connection built-in keyboard stereo amplifier weight: 7.26kg dimensions: 431.8mm x 349.3mm x 76.2mm The unit [...]

A limited number of special-edition Playstation 3s featuring gunmetal-gray colorway consoles  are set to be released, according to Sony Entertainment. The special release is part of the big  hoohah over Konami’s new Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, bestowed by gaming aficionados with the surprising moniker of MGS4. The special edition PS3 will [...]