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The Revolution controller gimmick revealed?

What gimmick lurks in the heart of the Nintendo Revolution? Computer Games Magazine knows:

It’s revolutionary in the same two senses that controller rumble is/was revolutionary: first, it’s kind of actually not a huge deal, but controllers will eventually all have it because it is pretty neat; and second, it involves revolving. Simply, the […]

iPod Doom

Now you can play Doom on your iPod, just like you’ve always dreamed: because the clickwheel makes everything better. You won’t be maxing out the FPS like on your good gamin’ rig and you have to install Linux on your iPod, but if you’re a True Believer you’ve already installed Linux on anything with a […]

Begun, this format war has

Microsoft-Toshiba HD-DVD Alliance Changes Xbox 360:

According to the statements made by Bill Gates in Japan, Xbox 360, the new gaming console will include HD-DVD drives.

Considering that such a decision would postpone the launching date, Microsoft will equip the initial models with classic DVD drives, and only after the […]

And there it is

More processing power than God Himself has at his fingertips. You can pretty much count on me having it pre-ordered as long as it doesn’t have a price to match.

Revolution going proprietary again

An article in the New York Times hinted that DVD playback might be included, but now straight from the plumber’s mouth:

Thanks to Nintendo’s hardware development partners IBM and ATI, the small system will be packed with power that will enable it to wow players with its graphics. Nintendo’s legions of loyal fans will be happy […]

Memory provider gives Revolution release date

From GamesIndustry.biz, MoSys Inc. spilled the beans that the Nintendo Revolution will be released in mid-2006. The article also mentioned that a Chinese game site, UNIKA, let loose with some hardware info:

According to the site, the console will boast four 2.5Ghz IBM G5 Custom cores, with 128KB of level 1 cache and a […]