Matt Peckham - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Matt Peckham

Article | 6/01/2011 Kinect-like peripheral for PCs coming this year

I'm betting most of you don't know Kinect's 3D sensing technology isn't owned by Microsoft. The company that does resides in Israel, and they're calle...

Article | 22/12/2010 The Top 10 Video Games of 2010

Here's my obligatory list of 2010's top 10 video games, in no particular order. Yours would no doubt look different. That's the point of lists, after ...

Article | 18/12/2010 Nielsen: Xbox 360 Most Used Console, Wii Most Played

Microsoft's Xbox 360 is the most used console among users aged 13 or older, according to a new survey from media tracker Nielsen. "Most used", meaning...

Article | 1/01/2011 Razer Starcraft II Spectre Gaming Mouse

Razer, a company that makes all sorts of crazy game-logo-festooned computer peripherals, was kind enough to send over a minor trove of StarCraft II ki...

Article | 5/03/2010 Has Ubisoft's 'Always Online' DRM Scheme Been Foiled?

A cracked copy of the new World War II submarine simulation <a href="http://www.silenthunter5.com">Silent Hunter 5</a> may have made its way onto file...

Article | 16/12/2010 Is Final Fantasy XIII-2 in the Offing?

A gorgeous sketch, some message board conjecture, a slow news day here, and presto, wild speculation time!

Article | 1/12/2010 Do 2.5 million Kinect units sold equal a Microsoft Hit?

Kinect seems to be off to a rousing start, more than doubling first month sales of Apple's iPad, though on par with Sony's initial 30 day estimates of...

Article | 1/12/2010 4.1 million PlayStation Move units sold claims Sony

Doubtless timed to show up Microsoft's announcement of 2.5 million Kinect units sold, Sony says its PlayStation Move can now lay claim to 4.1 million ...

Article | 25/11/2010 Cataclysm patch shatters World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft waits for no one, least of all Deathwing, the skeletal dragon responsible for shattering the world of Azeroth, which, incidentally, ...

Article | 23/11/2010 Microsoft flip-flops on Kinect computer 'hack'

Shortly after Kinect's launch, it was either hacked or "accessed in a way not facilitated by the designer," depending on your definition of the term. ...

Article | 11/11/2010 Call of Duty Black Ops gets slammed across the web by gamers

For all the launch fanfare, it sounds like Call of Duty Black Ops may be suffering from Fallout New Vegas syndrome. Scan the PC version's official for...

Article | 8/11/2010 10 games you probably don't know about but should

Sometimes we can't play everything. And sometimes we're too focused on Madden NFL this or Mass Effect that, missing more-intrepid games. What's a cons...

Article | 5/11/2010 Review: Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 - something's not quite right

"You are the controller." It sounds so simple, so friendly, so patently cool. Take an Xbox 360, plug in the new $150 Kinect motion-sensing camera, dev...

Article | 30/10/2010 Fable III: Bad or Good, What's the Difference?

That's two runs through Fable III in the can. I was naughty the first time through and nice the second, which basically means I traded flickering red ...

Article | 28/10/2010 If the PlayStation phone is real, why is it so ugly?

Defending its sources as "multiple" and "trusted," tech blog Engadget's gone on the defensive, claiming the PlayStation Phone is indeed real and citin...