Wii Sports The Most Popular Console Game In Oz
Nintendo’s Wii Sports is by far the nation’s most popular console game, while Generation Z is far more likely than other generations... Read More
Hoverboards Now On The Nose With Airlines Shipping Companies & Boring NSW Minister
Australian airways officials have chosen not to support a call for a ban on the carriage lithium batteries that have been deemed... Read More
Sony Sells 30.2M PS4 Consoles, Microsoft Refuses To Release Xbox One Sales Numbers
The highly popular gaming console that is under threat from PC gaming sold faster than any of its predecessors. PlayStation’s direct competitors... Read More
Microsoft XBox + Sony PlayStation Yesterdays Gaming Technology At E3 Game Show
Advances in virtual-reality technology and a growing appetite for smartphone apps are shaking up the $100 billion videogame industry with both Sony... Read More
Samsung’s Out There Goggles Coming Soon
The new goggles which work with a Samsung Note 4 smartphone deliver a fully immersive virtual reality experience for consumer and professional... Read More
Activition Fulfils Destiny with $500 Million Sales On Day One
Destiny is the latest immersive online gaming experience from global games publisher Activision, which joined forces with games maker Bungie to create... Read More
Minecraft Comes To Sony PS4 Before Xbox One
Beating the Xbox One version of the game out of the blocks is the Playstation 4 version of Minecraft, the hugely popular... Read More
Valve Steamrolled By ACCC For Alleged Misleading Representations
The ACCC has been busy this week, yesterday launching proceedings against alleged pyramid scheme operator Lyoness and today going after US entertainment,... Read More
Amazon Buys Game Streaming Service Battle With YouTube + Netflix Tipped
Founded in 2011, Twitch which gets over 55 million unique monthly viewer and was formerly known as Twitch.tv – allows users to... Read More
Microsoft Pumps Xbox One ‘Value’ In PS4 Fight
The PS4 might be winning the unit sales race, but Microsoft is fighting back with a portfolio of exclusive games, new software... Read More
Playstation Outsells Xbox – Again
Overall consumer spending on video-game hardware and software jumped 51 percent to US$586 million last month, compared with a year earlier, with... Read More
Gaming Market Rocks But Where Do Gamers Get Their Information From?
The CEA who organise the CES show claims that the launch of new games consoles by Sony and Microsoft has reenergized the... Read More
4K Gaming Is ON: Samsung 28″ UHD Display $749
Samsung’s first stab at a 4K monitor – the 28″ Ultra High Definition (UHD) LED monitor has four times the resolution of... Read More
Philips Sue Nintendo Over Motion Control Patent
Philips claim this is a breach of their motion patent. Filed in Delaware on May 14th, Eurogamer reports the lawsuit pertains to... Read More
Kinect-Less Xbox One Drops $499
Microsoft has unveiled a lower-priced option for its Xbox One in a bid to wrest sales from market leader Sony. The new... Read More
Foxtel Plays PlayStation 4
Announced yesterday, Foxtel Play Internet TV service will also be coming soon to PlayStation 4 (PS4), and is now live on PS3. ... Read More
Facebook Nabs Oculus’ Virtual Reality
Facebook has acquired Oculus VR the makers of ground-breaking VR headset Oculus Rift for US$2 billion, it said today. The $2bn acquisition will... Read More
Sony PS4 Shortages Set To Affect OZ Retailers
Retailers such as JB Hi Fi, EB Games and Dick Smith faced shortages prior to Xmas die to a lack of stock,... Read More
Sony Finally Has A Winner With PS4
A major contributor has been sales of 370,000 units since its Japan debut on Feb. 22. The bulk of those Japan sales... Read More
Nintendo Cuts Online Play On DS, Wii
Nintendo discontinue Wi-Fi connection on two of its older consoles from May 20th, 2014. Gamers will no longer be allowed online play... Read More
Microsoft Deny Xbox Losing The Game
According to NPD Group figures, PlayStation 4 was the best selling console in Australia last year, ahead of arch rival Xbox One.... Read More
PS4 Leads Console Race
Thats according to NPD Group, PlayStation 4 was best selling console in Australia for 2013, ahead of arch rival Xbox One ... Read More
Mobile To (Candy) Crush Games Industry
By 2016, we’ll be buying more mobile games and downloads online, than from physical gaming stores. New figures out today, show the... Read More
Sony To Launch New PS Vita Handheld, Vaio PC Brand Tipped To Be Killed Off
Up until now the Sony PS Vita Slim has only been available in Japan, the new model is 20 per cent thinner... Read More
Posh TV’s, Tabs, Xbox Drive JB HiFi
Yesterday, electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi announced a positive 10% rise in net profit, and a 7% sales hike to $1.94 billion, for... Read More
Game Over, Mario? Nintendo Profits Crash ‘N Burn
Despite Christmas being a bumper period for gaming, Nintendo has crashed and burned against PlayStation and XBox, both launching new consoles in... Read More
REVEALED: ‘PlayStation Now’ Game Streaming @ CES
Sony snubs game retailers, offering a new Internet game streaming service direct to PlayStations, TV, smartphones, and even non-Sony devices. Unveiled overnight... Read More
Its War, XBox: Alienware Steam Machine Unveiled
Alienware and Valve, developers of the online gaming platform, have taken the wrapping off its gaming collaboration – the first Alienware Steam... Read More
Xbox One “Biggest Console Launch” In OZ History
But now it looks like there may be a winner. Microsoft’s Xbox One has broken the record for the number of consoles... Read More
PS4: 2M Sold In 2 Weeks
PS4 at 2.1 million worldwide – a week after its global rollout to Europe and Australia. It went on sale in Oz... Read More
“Incredible” OZ Gaming To Hit $2Bn?
The value of the Aussie gaming market in 2013 will be “incredibly greater” than last year $1.61 bn value, says Ron Curry,... Read More
PS4 Launch: In Pictures
Dick Smith held official launches of the PS4 at its Sydney Central stores from 9.30 pm-12.30am overnight, as gamers queued to nab... Read More
“Like Nothing We’ve Ever Experienced”: Retailers Set For PS4 Midnight Launch
All major retailers are holding PS4 midnight launches tonight, anticipating it will be as big as the XBox One launch, last week,... Read More
Microsoft To Lose $1B This Year On xBox One Which Costs A$100 More To Build Than PS4
IHS research claims that the combined cost of parts and manufacturing for the Xbox One including the console, the Kinect and the... Read More
Xbox One’s “Click Of Death”
Reports are emerging as gamers are experiencing faults with Xbox One’s disc drive, which is making a click or grinding sound after... Read More
PS4 V Xbox One: Who Wins?
Xbox One is now sold out at most retailers globally, Microsoft confirmed yesterday, after the third version of the console was launched... Read More
Free XBox Upgrade For New Turtle Beach Headphone Owners
Consumers who purchase a Turtle Beach Ear Force XP Seven, X42, XP400 or XP510 between Nov. 22 and Jan. 30, 2014, will... Read More
Women 35+ Are The Biggest Gamers New Research Reveals
While online gaming is still extremely popular with men aged 15-24, women have been revealed as being the secret force that is... Read More
Xbox One: 1M in 24 Hrs
The Xbox One was the biggest in Xbox history, with more than one million consoles sold worldwide in less than 24 hours,... Read More
Its Here: Xbox One Hits OZ $599
Click to enlarge The highly anticipated Xbox One was launched in Sydney last night, tipped as the “biggest launch in Australian gaming... Read More
“Revolutionary”: PowerShell Turns iPhone Into Console
Logitech PowerShell Controller + Battery gives your Apple iPhone 5/5s and iPod touch console-like game controls on the left and right of... Read More
Sony Sell 1M PS4 (In 24 HRS)
PS4 will be available in OZ on 29 November. However, local retailers are already predicting there will be shortage of both PS4... Read More
Nintendo Wii It’s The End Of The Road
In Japan the home of the Wii Nintendo has stopped selling its Wii game console, retailers have been told that the item... Read More
Sony PlayStation Sales Slump OZ Profits Plunge 48%
The fall in sales comes ahead of the launch of a new PlayStation 4 in November 2023. As at April 2013 SCE... Read More
CE Problems Surface At Microsoft As They Write Off Billions, Shares Crash
Brokers who took the stock down 11% on Saturday claim that the write-down is a symbol of how Microsoft has missed the... Read More
Google Tipped To Launch Android Games Console
The report says Google hopes to ship at least one of the products by Xmas and plans to both design and market... Read More
Analysts Tip Microsoft To Slash Price of XBox One Early In 2014
At this stage, the Sony PS4 has a recommended retail price of $549, while the Microsoft Xbox One... Read More
Microsoft Xbox 180: U-Turn After Sony PS4 Thrashing
XBox One gets loose on gaming rules in the wake of Sony’s PS4 announcement. Now gamers can “trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and... Read More
Despite Decline OZ Games Industry Gets Government Top Up
These businesses generated $89.4 million in revenue in the latest year. That was down from $137 million in 2006-7. During the year... Read More