EA announces Rock Band
Electronic Arts has signed a deal with MTV and Harmonix, the developer behind Guitar Hero, to produce a new game titled Rock Band.
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Mario and Sonic team up for new game
Nintendo and Sega have announced a joint collaboration to bring their company icons together in the same game.
GTA IV trailer goes live
Just in case you missed it - the new GTA IV trailer has finally gone live!
Review: Twinhead Slimnote F11Y notebook
Previously on Cyber Shack TV, we've looked at Twinhead's Durabook series. With the release of two new notebooks in the Slimnote range, we take a…
Taking gaming to a third dimension
Something we have been alerted to here in the 'Shack; a device called TrackIR can be used to track your head movements in-game, offering that…
Man video blogs his life, 24/7
Taking v-logging to the next level, Justin Kan has strapped a camera to the side of his head, and he won't turn it off.
PS3: working towards scientific research
Sony's PlayStation3 is doing more than just entertaining gaming enthusiasts -- it has now blossomed into a powerful tool for medical research.
Vista sales tops $20m
Microsoft has announced that more than 20 million copies of Windows Vista were sold in the month after the new OS was released worldwide on…
Guest Shack – Rebecca Rice from Sony re: PS3
This week we interview Rebecca Rice from Sony Computer Entertainment about the launch of the PlayStation 3. Click on the link below to read the…
Australians love their TVs
Australia's growing love affair with flat screen televisions pushed spending on personal and lifestyle technology to more than $4.5 billion in 2006, new figures show.
Movie projector in a phone
At the CTIA Wireless 2007 show, Texas Instruments is providing public demonstrations of its digital light processing (DLP) "pico" projector, a tiny movie projector that…
Lego franchise moves to Batman
Following the huge success of "Lego Star Wars" and its sequel, Warner Bros. has signed a licensing deal with Lego to produce a "Lego Batman"…
Samsung K3 Comp
UPDATE: Comp is now CLOSED As heard on Cyber Shack Radio, we're giving away 4x Samsung K3 personal music players (2GB) worth $199 each. Here's…
Blizzard eager to stamp out cheats
Critics claim WoW publisher Blizzard Entertainment has been snaring innocent players in a dragnet for banned activities like account sharing and gold farming.
Bono asked to halt production on Mercs 2
Political activisits are calling on U2 singer Bono, as an investor in Pandemic Studios, to halt the development of forthcoming shooter Mercenaries 2: World in…
Motion-sensing heading to mobile phones
The same technology used in Nintendo's popular Wii video game console that lets you bowl strikes and hit tennis volleys is also making its way…
Pro gaming leading the way in Korea
Lim Yo-hwan is a god: The 27-year-old is the most famous professional gamer in South Korean electronic sports, and his dominance has earned him hundreds…
AUS PS3 launch lacks punch
Sony's PlayStation 3 finally launched last night, with early-adopters and hardcore gamers among the first people in Australia to own the console.
New black Xbox 360 on the way
An unconfirmed rumour at this stage points to Microsoft releasing a different coloured version of the 360 with some minor hardware changes.
Apple TV available
APPLE has started shipping its Apple TV box, a gizmo that lets people take music, photos and video stored on a computer and play them…
Sony lists PS3 backwards compatability
Just shy of the launch, Sony has just launched a backwards compatability site for the PlayStation 3, allowing consumers to check if previous PlayStation games…
Gears of War coming to theatres
In yet another cross-over from video games to film, Epic has announced that New Line Cinema has bought the rights to create a Gears of…
Konsoles for Kids charity auction
To celebrate the Xbox 360 console’s first birthday in Australia, customised consoles signed by some of Australia’s biggest celebrity names are about to go under…
IPTV standards coming soon
Companies which provide television over Internet technology (IPTV) joined forces to set a single global standard, so that all systems would work together.
