Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced it is now shipping in volume hard drives offering Serial ATA (SATA) interface with 300 MB/s burst data transfer rate. The new WD Caviar® SE16 hard drives feature 16 MB cache – 2 to 8 times the cache size of standard desktop-class hard drives – which, combined with its 300 MB/s transfer rate, deliver a one-two performance punch for customers. The new desktop-class hard drives are available now from WD-authorized distributors and in OEM PCs. State-of-the-art SATA with 300 MB/s performance that is up to 3 times faster than EIDE make WD Caviar … Continue reading WD Now Shipping Serial ATA II Hard Drives →

Disc-Go-Tech, the leading provider of disc repair solutions, is introducing the new Disc-Go-100, the industry's first fully-automated desktop disc repair machine, at the 2005 E3 Show. Featuring a 100 disc stacking spindle, the Disc-Go-100 has a robotic arm that moves discs through each step of repair process (which includes a rinse and dry cycle). With repair times of up to 25 discs per hour and a recovery rate of 96 percent, the Disc-Go-100 repairs light, medium and heavy scratch damage on all disc formats. Other features of the new machine include tray loading capability, a self-cleaning feature for easy maintenance, … Continue reading Disc-Go-Tech Introduces DISC-GO-100 →

At the E3 Electronic Entertainment Exposition, Logitech (SWX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) unveiled two compact and extremely affordable game controllers for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system that deliver the great performance gamers have come to expect from Logitech. The Logitech Action controller and the Logitech Precision controller both are 10 percent more compact than the previous model of Logitech gaming controllers for the PlayStation 2. With the smaller size and rubber grips, the controllers rest comfortably and securely in the players' hands. These two new controllers also feature Logitech's critically acclaimed floating D-pad design, which makes Logitech's D-pad more accurate and … Continue reading Logitech Unveils Affordable New PlayStation Controllers →

The first live action shots of GTLEGENDS in action presents an exciting look at the world of classic touring car racing Darmstadt (Germany), 18th of May 2005: GT LEGENDS, worthy successor to the multiple award-winning racing game simulation "GTR – FIA GT Racing Game" is due to be published by the end of the year. GT LEGENDS takes the player away into an era when racing was still a genuine art and motor sports was considered an incalculable risk to life. Back then, some of the most exciting touring cars of all time were fighting for points and championship position. … Continue reading First GT LEGENDS Trailer published →

The U.S. Army today announced that America’s Army: Special Forces (Q-Course) is available for download at www.americasarmy.com. Get ready for intense action in this new version (version 2.4) which features a whole new Army game experience with the first-ever combination of random spawns with random and dynamic objectives, together with carryable objectives and random extraction points. Q-Course also contains four new Special Forces missions and two new weapons – the Door Breacher and the Bunker Defeat Munitions (BDM) Events: E3 2005

Swashbucklers: Blue & Grey is a Naval Action/RPG game set in time of the American Civil War – the time of the last pirate renaissance in the Caribbean. USA, late 19th century. The North and the South are engaged in Civil War. The main hero Abraham Grey becomes a blockade runner of the South and acts as the privateer of the South against the fleet of North. Abraham Grey will take part in spectacular naval battles and intense melee fights. The basis of democracy itself is freedom. So you may choose not to follow the orders of the South but … Continue reading Akella To Release Swashbusklers: Blue & Grey →

Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Koios Works (www.koiosworks.com) are pleased to announce version 1.1 of Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar. This update optimizes the performance of the graphics engine and allows users more flexibility in setting their level of performance and graphical quality. In addition, adjustments have been made to increase AI difficulty for experienced players. The graphics optimizations decrease overhead and provide a new feature allowing you to adjust graphic detail. Players with lower end machines will be able to set their detail level on medium or low for improved performance. The AI adjustment scales the difficulty levels better, with easy … Continue reading Caesar Gets an Upgrade! →

Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, announced that it has secured the rights to feature SEGA's blockbuster game, Sonic The Hedgehog, on its new series of mobile phones. As previewed on SEGA's booth at the E3 premier game show in the US, this is the very first time the game has been installed on a mobile phone and will be available in handsets launched by Panasonic from Q3 this year. Sonic The Hedgehog will be pre-installed on six new Panasonic phones including the company's flagship phone of the year, the VS3, which is … Continue reading Sega Puts Sonic Into Panasonic Mobile Phones →

MFORMA, the world-leading publisher and distributor of mobile entertainment, announced today that Stephen Anderson, former vice president and studio development executive at the video game industry's leading publisher, Electronic Arts, has been appointed senior vice president of production. In his new role, Anderson assumes responsibility for MFORMA's global production and development studio operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia at a time of accelerating production demand. "We are very pleased to have an executive of Steve's high caliber on our team," said Jonathan Sacks, MFORMA president and COO. "He has tremendous experience designing and building extremely popular and high-volume consumer … Continue reading Mforma Hires Senior VP Of Production →

Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, and its wholly owned subsidiary, GameZone Online, Inc., a leading provider of editorial content for PC and video games, today announced plans to launch a new global e-commerce solution for the gaming community. The companies' new Games on the River solution combines Digital River's deep e-commerce expertise and GameZone's extensive game content. Based on an outsourced model, the companies intend to build, host and merchandise interactive and media-rich online stores for online retailers, affiliates, content publishers and portals interested in offering hardcore and casual gamers a shopping experience designed exclusively for … Continue reading Digital River, GameZone Announce E-Commerce Solution →