Xbox Live is on a roll. Fiscal 2009 has witnessed revenues to the tune of $1.2 billion flow into the Microsoft coffers thanks to the popularity Xbox Live has been enjoying. As per statistics revealed, close to 12.5 million Xbox Live users have paid an annual user fee for the year 2009, up till June 30th. The annual fee paid for playing games online has been a good sign for the company, which in effect has proved that Xbox Live reigns high on gaming enthusiasts’ minds.For the year ended June 30th, about 12.5 million Xbox Live users paid an annual fee to play games online which

Eurocom has introduced the Panther 2.0 gaming notebook and it comes jam-packed with features. Panther, which weighs less than 12lbs, sports a 17.3 inch Full HD LED backlit display having a resolution of 1920×1080 and has a full-size keyboard. It comes with NVIDIA’s SLI GeForce GTX 480M Fermi or you can go with NVIDIA’s Quadro 5000M. You can also choose ATI CrossFireX Radeon Mobility HD5870. It comes with a powerful 3.33 GHz 6-core Intel i7 980X CPU or 3.33 GHz XEON X5680 processors running at 6.4GT/sec bus speed.The Eurocom Panther provides a whopping 3TB (using four drives)

Nintendo games have always been one of the cornerstones of videogame history. However, despite many successful games, Nintendo has faced a steadily dropping sales rate for its DS series of portable consoles.This is partly due to the rise in popularity of iPhones and iPod Touches as quality mobile gaming devices as many gamers see it better to carry one multifunctional device like the iPhone than a single function device like a DS console. This lead to curiosity on the part of shareholders about whether they had any plans to expand into games for 3rd party platforms like iOS and

Developers of the Halo series of games, Bungie Studios, have posted an online video showing the unboxing of the special editions of the latest Halo game called Halo Reach. The unboxing of the Halo Reach Xbox 360 gaming console is also shown in the video.The Limited Edition is unboxed first in the video and is shown to include collectors items such as a personal diary belonging to one of the characters of the game. The next edition to be unboxed is the Legendary Edition, which will be available for a price of $150. The pack is huge and includes exclusive digital content for fans of

Eurocom has introduced a more consumer-friendly and gamer-friendly device by unleashing the B7110 FOX, the latest in its line up of notebooks. The notebook has a 17.3 inch display and has the latest NVIDIA technology, the NVIDIA Optimus graphics-switching technology, along with the GeForce GT330M components for improved graphics performance.USB 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 and 802.11n Wi-Fiare  included and you have a choice of Core i3, i5, and i7 processors. A 1920×1080 display, two hard drives for upto 1.6TB of storage, Blu-ray drives, and up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM is available as

Even after all this time Sony's hand-held wand bent on bringing some of that interactive Wii game play to the PS3 still doesn't have a name. Announced at E3, Sony as recently as January 20th was still calling its PS3 Motion Controller, well, "Motion Controller" in its official communications with a footnote that the name was still tentative. Of course, we've heard whispers that it'll be called Arc -- and we're not alone. THQ boss Brian Farrell has either been reading the same sites as us or (more likely) is privy to some inside information. During an investor call,

It’s no surprise that liquid cooling is growing in popularity, as your computer can realize greater potential while generally running much quieter than with traditional air cooling. We’ve seen a number of offerings from CoolIT, who have really shaken things up with their simple all-in-one CPU cooling systems. These have been great because not only are they simple to setup, but they tend to be compatible with most CPU platforms that are still in use today. Unfortunately if you want to apply the same great cooling solutions to your graphics card, you’ll be

Looking like a cross between a Sidekick, a PSP Go and a portable DVD player, the JXD V3 doesn’t seem like it’s made up its mind when it comes to what it’s good at, so I guess it’s just decided to be a jack of all trades… master of some? The 4.3 inch TFT LCD display has a resolution of 480×272 pixels, though it’s able to play back video files including RMVB, RM, AVI, VOB, DAT, MPG, FLV, 3GP, MP4, ASF and WMVs up to 1280×720 in size. When it comes to music it plays nice with MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR, AAC, FLAC and APE files, and

The theme of this year’s Toy Fair seems to be: “Hey, remember those games you played with as a kid? Now they require batteries!” First it was Boggle who got a high-tech upgrade, and now it’s the Rubik’s Cube. Of course this isn’t the first electronic version of the Rubik’s Cube, that distinction goes to the less-than-well-received Rubik’s TouchCube with its $150 price tag, but the second time could be the charm!Besides a slightly more reasonable MSRP of around $40 (£25), Rubik’s Slide features a different kind of puzzle

Well, this is disturbingly creative. Seriously, is there much more to say about this Kratos casemod? Well, Greek mythology and video game fanatics alike should be pleased yet horrified with this one. We certainly were. Video is after the break. Source: Joystiq Andafter.org Engadget