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Halo 3 Makes $300M, Console Sales Triple

Gamers around the globe dropped nearly $300 million on Halo 3 in the week since the first-person shooter for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 console debuted, the company said Thursday.

Microsoft also said that in the week after the Sept. 25 launch, Xbox 360 console sales “nearly tripled” from the weekly average reported before the game hit [...]

Nintendo Confirms Zelda Game with Wii Zapper

At E3 this year , Nintendo announced the Wii Zapper, a housing for the Wii-mote and Nunchuck controller, turning them into a nifty light gun. There was criticism however; the Wii Zapper was merely overpriced plastic. Could a new Zelda game packed with the Zapper belay those fears?

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo: [...]

PS3 Gets Folding@Home Update Enables PSP Remote Play

It’s been a few months since the PS3’s Folding@Home client received an upgrade, and thanks to heaps of complaints suggestions, the developers have finally conjured up another refresh. This go ’round, users will notice a “totally revised rendering engine for the molecules and a more sophisticated display format,” but beyond aesthetics, the newest version [...]

Intel Launches Quad-Core Chip For Desktop Gamers

Intel Corp. is launching a quad-core chip for desktop gamers on Monday, continuing a barrage of new products the company has announced in the past week.

Intel Corp. is launching a quad-core chip for desktop gamers on Monday, continuing a barrage of new products the company has announced in the past week.