Gears of War steals the show at Microsoft’s E3 press conference
Microsoft’s E3 press conference just ended, and, well, there were no huge announcements to make (including no price drop on the 360). Gameplay footage was shown for Halo 3, and live gameplay demos were shown for Assassin’s Creed (which actually looks pretty cool, but from what I’ve seen here I can’t believe it’s ready [...]
Modern CPU Architecture: A Crash Course
Just what is going on with processors these days? HCW regulars have noted a severe decline of new hardcore enthusiasts. The exciting days of overclocking, case mods, and drooling over new architectures seem to have passed. But what is to blame for this new age of premods and complacency with stock speed? [...]
AMD CPU Price Cut today
AMD has cut processor prices today, as expected. The price cuts apply to their entire lineup of processors, and in some cases are quite drastic:
Processor
Old price
New price
Athlon 64 FX-74
$799/pair
$599/pair
Athlon 64 FX-72
$599/pair
$599/pair
Athlon 64 X2 6000+
$241
$178
Athlon 64 X2 5600+
$188
$157
Athlon 64 X2 5200+
$178
$136
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
$167
$125
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
$136
$115
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
$121
$94
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
-
$83
Athlon 64 X2 4000+
$104
$73
Athlon [...]
Rumor: XBOX 360 will get a price cut as well
In what’s becoming an E3 tradition where console manufacturers try to one-up each other with price cuts right as the event starts, a securities analyst is saying that Microsoft will very likely announce a price cut of their own for all models of the 360 during E3.
He said that the price cut will affect [...]
80GB Playstation 3 to lack Emotion Engine
GamesIndustry.biz has discovered the bad news that the upcoming 80GB Playstation 3 will not come with the Emotion Engine chip (the Playstation 2 chip). So instead of being able to play backwards-compatible PS2 games natively, it will be emulating the games in software mode.
This means that games will lose some image quality, performance, and [...]
PS3 price drop confirmed - 80GB model coming
Sony didn’t even wait until E3 to confirm that last week’s price drop rumor was true; they have confirmed that the price is indeed dropping $100 after E3.
Furthermore, they are adding an 80GB model, which will be available this August. Currently only available in Korea, the new model will become the new high end model, [...]
Classic video games that need to be revamped in 2D
With the huge success of New Super Mario Bros. (having sold about 10 million copies by now), and upcoming games like Contra 4 DS
and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix being announced (and looking great), it appears that gamers are really getting back into playing their favourite game series the way they were [...]
