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China lifts 14-year-old ban on foreign video game consoles
Paul Carsten China has temporarily lifted a 14-year-old ban on selling video game consoles, paving the way for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to enter the market.
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Sony announces cloud-based gaming, TV services as PlayStation 4 sales top 4.2 million
Sony has announced streaming gaming and TV services along with the news that it has sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles.
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Fighting corruption in China - the video game
Liz Carter Official corruption in China is a serious matter, and it's now also online entertainment.
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Xbox One sales top 3 million: Microsoft
Dina Bass Gamers purchased more than 3 million Xbox One consoles in 2013, following the November 22 debut of the device.
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New York man owns record 11,000 video games
Carolyn Thompson Michael Thomasson is the newly crowned world record holder for having the largest collection of video games.
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Mount Panorama race track: Forza Motorsport 5 v Gran Turismo 6
ADAM TURNER We compare Mount Panorama race track on Forza Motorsport 5 and Gran Turismo 6.
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Retro video games live on
ADAM TURNER Gamers are finding new ways to play their old favourites.
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Jorge Yao was master of his virtual domain in Clash of Clans
Matt Bai If you live in a certain tablet-based demographic, chances are someone you see in daily life is secretly raiding villages under a screen name like "King of Secaucus" or "Bob the Skullcrusher".
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Video game helps young hockey players develop skills
Jeff Z. Klein Israeli-developed cognitive training program helps US junior and youth ice hockey teams dominate.
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How video game ratings can work
Mike Wilcox If your family is getting a console this Christmas, consider what type of games you want played on it.
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Mozilla's Monster Madness: zombie shooter has consoles in its sights
Salvador Rodriguez Mozilla has unveiled an early version of Monster Madness Online, a 3-D multiplayer zombie-shooting video game built to run on web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome.
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Next-gen video games will see through walls
Jason Bittel What if your whole house was a playable environment? That's the promise of a new technology out of MIT.
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Xbox One sales top 2 million
Malathi Nayak Microsoft has sold more than 2 million Xbox One game consoles since its November 22 launch, catching up with rival Sony's PlayStation 4 released a week earlier.
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NSA spies infiltrate World of Warcraft, Second Life online games
Mark Mazzetti and Justin Elliott US and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life.
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Toss-up: Playstation 4 v Xbox One
ADAM TURNER Neither console does all you want it to, so perhaps you'll have to have both.
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Xbox One v Playstation 4: Open the market offensive
Calum Wilson Austin The longest-standing battle in gaming rises to a new level.
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Not enough PlayStation 4 consoles to go around
Vanessa Desloires Eager gamers counting on getting their hands on the new PlayStation 4 console on its Australian release date are likely to be disappointed.
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Microsoft's 'sexist' Xbox One ad stirs controversy
Samantha Kelly Microsoft has changed the default wording of a dynamic advertisement for its new Xbox One video game console, which suggested women would "rather knit" than watch their partner "slay zombies", following claims it was "sexist".
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Will Super Mario 3D World save the Wii U?
Chris Suellentrop I now have the brand-new Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's even newer Xbox One under my television set, but I spent the weekend with the Nintendo Wii U instead.
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Xbox One goes on sale
Microsoft's first new gaming console in eight years, the XBox One, has gone on sale - in New Zealand and Australia before the rest of the world.
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Outrage over Australian man Ryan Lambourn's Sandy Hook game
An Australian man has created a game in which players reenact the shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary school, enraging parents of some of the 20 children killed by gunman Adam Lanza.
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Sony monitors PlayStation issues as sales top 1m
Sony has sold more than 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in North America during the first 24 hours of sales
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Some PlayStation 4 owners reporting defective consoles
Adario Strange Sony's PlayStation 4 has been widely praised by reviewers as a significant step up from its predecessor, but some early consumers are reporting major problems with the console.
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Xbox, can you hear me now? One requires repetition
Derrik Lang Like a stubborn family member or insubordinate employee, Xbox One owners might need to tell their fancy new console what to do more than once.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts passes $US1 billion in sales
Call of Duty: Ghosts has surpassed $US1 billion in sell-in sales - the number of copies shipped to retailers - a day after its launch.
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Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 are playing to win
ADAM TURNER The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are vying for pride of place in Australian lounges.
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Australians of all ages are gamers now, survey finds
LUCY BATTERSBY Computer games are no longer the exclusive domain of young teenage boys, but have moved into the mainstream and are now played by Australians of all ages.
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Virtual reality gaming: when is too real, too real?
Nick Bilton Just a few years ago, the holy grail of entertainment, immersive virtual environments that put you at the centre of the action, were only a dream of Hollywood executives and Silicon Valley gaming publishers.
