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Article | 13/08/2012 Preview: The Sims 3: Supernatural expansion pack

The Sims 3 phenomenon is showing now signs of slowing down, with the seventh expansion to the game coming out.

Article | 9/08/2012 Ford and Activision partner on a Ford Falcon Transformer

To celebrate the upcoming release of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Activision Blizzard has partnered with Ford Austr...

Article | 8/08/2012 IN PICTURES: Death visits THQ in Sydney

In anticipation of its biggest game release for the year, THQ held a stunt themed media event at Sun Studios in Alexandria, Sydney.

Article | 30/07/2012 Gaming Top 5: How Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater influenced gaming

It may be hard now to imagine a time when skateboarding what not well represented in video games, but that was the situation until 1999 when the origi...

Article | 24/07/2012 Gaming Top 5: Games that made physics fun

Learning about physics may have been boring at school, but when it makes an appearance in the gameplay of a game, it’s a whole different story.

Article | 23/07/2012 Five Star Games becoming new Sega distributor in Australia “made sense”: former Sega MD

At the end of June, video game publisher and distributor, Sega, closed several of its local offices worldwide, including its Australian operation.

Article | 23/07/2012 IN PICTURES: Parrot ZIK headphones take off in Sydney

French tech company, Parrot, released its new Zik wireless headphones at a launch event in Sydney. The Bluetooth headphones are designed specifically ...

Article | 17/07/2012 The rise and fall of Sony

The Japanese electronics brand that once dominated that hearts and minds (not to mention wallets) of consumers is not quite as prolific these days as ...

Article | 11/07/2012 Why Japanese smartphones never went global

For the longest time, Japan reigned supreme when it came to the latest technology and gadgets.

Article | 6/07/2012 Xbox 360 interview: Microsoft group category manager, Jeremy Hinton

Before Jeremy Hinton became involved with Microsoft’s Xbox console, he initially spent number of years in marketing and business development roles wit...

Article | 30/06/2012 IN PICTURES: New Apple Store in Sydney's Broadway

With demand for Apple products seemingly at an all-time high in Australia, the company behind the wildly popular iPhone, iPad and MacBook products unv...

Article | 28/06/2012 Remembering Sydney’s Sega World: The little theme park that couldn’t

Sydney’s Darling Harbour area has undergone numerous changes over the decades, as the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (formerly known as the Darlin...

Article | 25/06/2012 Gaming Top 5: Best console to handheld franchises

Some game franchises are so popular on consoles that they have made an appearance on handheld systems.

Article | 21/06/2012 Company of Heroes 2 interview: Relic Entertainment game director, Quinn Duffy

After having spent over 14 years at Canadian game studio, Relic Entertainment, Quinn Duffy is unable to recall what life was like before he got starte...

Article | 12/06/2012 Gaming Top 5: Reasons to try Dragon’s Dogma

While there was a lot of hope and hype riding behind Dragon’s Dogma, it did not quite set the critical world on fire in the same way, say, The Elder S...