nVidia shows off their new flaghsip GPU, the GeForce GTX 590. Beware though...this sort of horsepower doesn't come cheap.

Sony are trying to avoid the fiasco caused by the exorbitant PS3 launch with their newest handheld, the NGP.

With today’s earlier announcement that Xbox Live South Africa has finally gotten a solid release date, gamers are pretty jubilant. Now that the unicorns have ridden away on their magic rainbows, and the pixie dust has settled, let’s take a look at the benefits and deficits of local Xbox Live. Last Updated: October 12, 2010

Nintendo held their annual Japanese investor and press conference and revealed the Japanese launch date – and pricing – of the much lauded handheld wonderdevice. They’ve also shown the finalised design of the device, and it’s not too different from the prototype hardware showcased at this year’s E3. Hardly surprising, since everyone who got their hands on one instantly fell …

3D, like Hansel, is so hot right now. TV manufacturers are incredibly keen to shove the tech down consumer throats. Sony, likewise, is heavily advocating 3D gaming – a feature that’ll be present in its upcoming blockbusters, like Gran Turismo 5, Killzone 3 and Motorstorm Apocalypse. Crysis developers Crytek are also pretty keen on 3D gaming. Some people though, aren’t …

Brazil is one core member of the BRIC group which is the group of developing countries who the first world are most afraid of losing their comfortable economies to. But while we may not be part of BRIC we are at least miles ahead when it comes to gaming and being up to date with the rest of the gaming …

  So we learned what Kinect’s final pricing would be – and all those retailers that “guessed” $149 just happened to be right. We also learned how much the motion sensing peripheral would cost locally; a whopping R1999, the equivalent of nearly $265. There’s been a fair bit of outcry about $150 being too expensive for the American market – …

According to the Wall street Journal Starcraft II, Blizzard’s much anticipated sequel to the seminal RTS is on its way to being one of the most expensive games ever made. The original, probably the most successful game in its genre, has sold over 11 million units since its release 12 years ago. The 3-part sequel is going to have to …