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Steam is an advanced digital distribution platform which allows gamers to download games, buy and play online, create and participate in multiple unique gaming communities all with the ability to auto update itself and any Steam supported game you have.  In order to become a Steam user, one only needs to install the Steam client [...]

Nintendo’s new 3DS console is set to debut in Australia on the 31st March and looks set to reinvigorate hand-held gaming by offering a completely new and unique 3D experience.  What is so special about the new 3DS?  Think 3D without those clunky glasses. To believe it, you just have to see it.
Nintendo 3DS allows [...]

Portal 2 is now available for worldwide pre-order on the PC platform via Steam, and via retailers for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.  Buying the PS3 version gives you the ability of Steam play which means Steam keys for both the PC and Mac versions as well.
Portal 2 offers cross platform [...]

Not long after famed hacker geohot released the PS3root key to the public, the PS3 has just received its first custom Firmware making USB dongles like the PS3 Break obsolete.
KaKaRoTo Creates First PS3 Custom Firmware: PSGroove
KaKaRoTo, famous for his work on the PL3 payload, has released a tool/script that converts a standard v3.55 Sony [...]

HDMI CEC,  otherwise known as Consumer Electronics Control (CEC), is a one-wire bidirectional serial bus that uses the industry-standard AV.link protocol to perform remote control functions.  CEC is a feature designed to allow the user to command and control multiple CEC enabled equipment with one remote control and allow CEC enabled devices to [...]

Yesterday, OzModChips received a tiny little package which contained a little tiny USB dongle going by the name of PS Jailbreak. What does it do?
This device allows you to dump all of your original PS3 games onto a FAT32 harddrive, as well as opening up your PS3 console to a new generation of homebrew [...]

This months free Game (FGOTM) highlights the rather excellent Broken Sword 2.5.  A German made fan created tribute to the Broken Sword Series of adventure games.  The Devs are known as mindFactory, a group of talented Broken Sword fans which peaked at 15 active members toward the later stages of the games development.  The quality [...]

The future is here with the new Xbox 360 Slim. It’s a leaner machine in an all new black gloss finish now with a 250 gigabyte hard disk as standard.  The biggest feature for me is the fact that it is RROD Free – That’s Right! no more Red Rings when you are in the [...]

The extreme custom built PC specialists known as Origin PC have been available for Australian buyers for a few months now, offering simply the definitive and ultimate custom pc’s you could ever envisage, or so they say.
Due to issues I have been having with Origin PC in recent weeks, this post has been removed to [...]

Australia’s premiere Technology and Gaming show, Byteside have a healthy discussion in regards to the FPS genre and its impact on gaming culture and the perception of FPS gamers as a whole.  The console shift in regards to this genre from my perspective, has had the negative impact of actually dumbing down FPS games in [...]