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Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:50:38 +0000 30 http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/img/gadget-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/category/6/gadgetrepublic-com-gaming/ 144 39 Classic point-and-click LucasArts adventure game Maniac Mansion has been treated to a remake (sort of) by German developers GameStudio. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1607/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1607/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:37:00 +0000 Gaming Get ready to slice and dice your enemy onscreen in real-time as Ubisoft has announced that Red Steel 2 will be coming bundled with Wii's MotionPlus. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1598/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1598/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Gaming Feast your eyes on the Alienware M11x from Dell - an 11-inch hardcore games machine with 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M graphics and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1594/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1594/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:50:00 +0000 Gaming Warner Bros Interactive has stamped May 2010 as D-Day for the latest incarnation of JK Rowlings' Harry Potter - a game in Lego form. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1591/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1591/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:24:00 +0000 Gaming Extra downloadable chapters (DLC) of the popular Grand Theft Auto IV video game are coming to both the PS3 and the PC, Rockstar Games says. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1585/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1585/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:50:00 +0000 Gaming Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console has been hacked by George Hotz, or Geohot, the guy who first hacked the iPhone 3GS ... and it only took three years. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1562/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1562/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:40:00 +0000 Gaming Halo 3 fans, prepare for battle as the Mythic 2 Map Pack game add-on developed by Bungie arrives on Xbox Live on 2 February. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1548/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1548/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Gaming Dublin-headquarterd games software firm Havok has been awarded the prestigious Game Developer Front Line Award for its ground-breaking middleware technology Havok Physics. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1534/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1534/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Gaming Look out Wii, Sony's new motion-sensitive games controller for the Playstation 3 is on the way and apparently goes by the name of the 'Arc'. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1526/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1526/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:00:00 +0000 Gaming The next iteration of Nintendo's hand-held gaming device, the DSi XL, will launch in Ireland, the UK and the rest of Europe on 5 March, with a screen almost twice as large as the current DS Lite. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1502/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1502/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Gaming With the accolade of highest-earning entertainment launch in history, grossing more than US$300 million in its first day of sales in the UK and US alone, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has now surpassed US$1 billion in retail sales worldwide. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1496/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1496/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Gaming It is almost three years overdue, but racing-game fans will have to wait a little longer because Sony has announced that the March launch date of Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed indefinitely in the Japanese market. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1491/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1491/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:50:00 +0000 Gaming Amongst talk of Bing, Xbox Live and Windows Mobile 6.5, the biggest news from Microsoft at this year's Consumer Electronics Show was Project Natal, its next-generation Xbox 360 add-on that incorporates face, voice, gesture and object recognition technology as means of interaction. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1462/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1462/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Gaming Thank goodness there's no X-Factor versus disestablishmentarianism in the games charts, no overly-groomed future TV presenters about to be knocked off their Portacabin pedestals - it's good old fashioned first person shooters fighting it out with sports and casual games. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1445/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1445/ Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Gaming Don't you just love when accessory manufacturers inadvertently let slip the existence of new gadgets? It looks like one PSP accessory manufacturer has done this and given life to the rumour of yet another PSP refresh. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1435/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1435/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:40:00 +0000 Gaming Your skill as a PS3 racecar driver may win you a spot racing for real on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in a juiced up Nissan 370 Z. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1431/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1431/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:28:00 +0000 Gaming I have to admit to being a gaming fanatic, mostly the shoot-'em-up sort. The more bangs and explosions, the better. That's probably why I took to Microsoft's Xbox singing game Lips with relish: I murdered a fair few songs last night. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1413/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1413/ Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:44:00 +0000 Gaming Way, way back in the fading months of 2007 as the sun began to wane on another gaming year and gamers everywhere were bunkering down and preparing their beach defences for the coming Christmas rush, developers Infinity Ward did something unexpected. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/261/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/261/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming Tim Schafer's latest pet project has finally come to fruition, but you can't quite shake the feeling that his vision was not fully realised before being forced into the shops. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/260/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/260/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming Halo 3: ODST swaps Master Chief for Orbital Drop Shock Troopers in this darker and more atmospheric addition to the Halo universe. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/259/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/259/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming If you've ever dreamed of controlling external objects with your mind you'll be impressed with the Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA). http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/257/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/257/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming This is a pretty unique gaming system aimed entirely at iPod and iPhone users but with a 'wee' twist. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/256/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/256/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming Have you done as much slalom skiing and hula hooping as you can handle? The Wii Fit Plus brings it on with plenty more fun exercises. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/255/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/255/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming The Fab Four come alive with their own edition of Rock Band that includes 45 tracks and allows the player to sing, drum and play bass and guitar (instruments are sold separately from the game itself). http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/254/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/reviews/item/254/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Gaming There are lots of fitness games out there for the Nintendo Wii but what about one that really knows how your body moves? http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1374/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1374/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:32:00 +0000 Gaming When is a PSP games console not really a games console? When it's a training device for the British Royal Navy. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1359/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1359/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:21:00 +0000 Gaming The first-person shooter classic franchise Call of Duty - spurred on by the success of its latest game Modern Warfare 2, which brought in US$550 million in its first week - has now surpassed US$3 billion in revenues and could emerge as one of the most-viewed entertainment experiences in history. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1360/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1360/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 Gaming Now of course there have been plenty of must-play games (both platform exclusive and cross-platform) released for the PlayStation 3 this year, but if you were to have a mere five to tide you over the coming festive season while the extended family watches Bond movies and the Sound of Music in the adjoining room, these are your saviours. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1338/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1338/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0000 Gaming Activision Blizzard has confirmed that Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to shatter theatrical box office and video-game sales records after its first five days, grossing US$550 million. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1327/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1327/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:00 +0000 Gaming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has officially become the highest-earning entertainment launch in history, grossing more than US$300 million in its first day of sales in the UK and US alone. http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1309/ http://www.gadgetrepublic.com/news/item/1309/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:00 +0000 Gaming