Archive for the ‘Consoles & Gaming’ Category
Sony’s DR-GA500 and DR-GA200 gaming headsets: Weapon of choice?
Sony has announced 2 new gaming headsets, the DR-GA500 and DR-GA200. The headsets have apparently been designed with the user in mind following user research showing what gamers want from the perfect headset. Both the DR-GA500 and DR-GA200 have 40mm drive units, which provide premium gaming sound. They also have a ‘triple enfolding‘ design to allow for those marathon WoW sessions in comfort. The major difference between these headsets is…
Logitech G-Series: A high price for victory
Logitech have added 3 high-end peripherals to the award-winning G-Series line for gamers. The Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930, Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 and Logitech Gaming Keyboard G510 are designed for performance and to provide you with that extra edge. If you are as competitive as me, these are right up your alley. The Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 provides 7.1 Dolby surround sound so you can hear every…
Hands on with the Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo were kind enough to invite Latest Gadgets to a top secret location in London town to have a hands on play with a prototype of their hot new handheld the 3DS. Unfortunately they didn’t have a fully working unit, so no one was able to fully confirm any hardware specifications, release dates or prices. It was more an opportunity for us to hold units, watch units and go wow….
A bona fide experience! – Five of the best interactive gadgets
I am still recovering from a “Wii” party I went to this weekend, where a dozen or so tipsy women battled it out on the virtual ‘hula hoop’, becoming more and more determined to win after each glass of wine. It was one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed. Interactive gaming, whether it be playing golf virtually or pretending to shoot flying ducks, has really exploded in recent…
Top 10 iPad games
With the official UK and international iPad release more than a month old, we thought we would give you a run down on the best games that have been keeping us entertained for a month now. We trawled through the iTunes store and here is our top ten. We’ve tried, tested and reviewed all the iPad games below ourselves to see whether the revised iPad editions are better than their…
Movement wars: the future of gaming
With the dust settling on last months E3 we thought we would look into our magic ball, and answer the main underlying question. Who will win the “movement wars.” The big three are looking to the casual market and are staking their future on new-fangled movement controls. We’re going to wade through the PR rhetoric to give you a real taste of what to expect in the coming months. All…
Nintendo 3DS – blog round-up
The successor to Nintendo’s uber-popular DS handheld console has been much anticipated and long awaited among bloggers, gamers and tech obsessives everywhere. Finally, at the E3 conference last week, a few lucky journalists were able to get up close and personal with the device. Almost as soon as the 3DS been unveiled by Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata, the blogosphere was awash with seemingly universal praise for the gadget. Keith Stuart…
The greatest show on earth: gaming news from E3
Anyone who’s anyone in the gaming world is in Los Angeles for the year’s biggest video games show – E3. We round up the biggest news from across the pond: Kinect: the new name for Project Natal Look mum! No hands! Microsoft revealed its new hardware, which lets gamers play without a controller by using a body motion sensor. Kinect (initially plugged as Project Natal), also lets users sign in…
Packard Bell launches the iPower X3.0 gaming rig
With the current trend for scaled back, “just for browsing” netbooks and nettops on the market it’s almost alien to see high spec PCs these days. But, whilst the average consumer is looking for less from their PC, the ever-expanding gaming market is still hungry for more, demanding increasingly powerful rigs to run the latest titles. It’s this market that Packard Bell is looking to reach with their latest desktop…
Highlights from the Game Developer’s Conference 2010
The 2010 Game Developer’s Conference in sunny San Francisco has just finished, with a record-breaking 18,250 attendees from the gaming industry. GDC isn’t the place you tend to see big new games announced, but sometimes you do get a glimpse into the technology of titles yet to be revealed. Too much goes on at a conference of this size to recap it all, and a lot of it is pretty…
