PlayStation 3

With demand expected to reach an all-time high, the iPad 3 is bound to be one of the hottest items in 2012. This is great for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which can never have enough home runs. But is it good for the consumer? Apple loyalists surely want their favorite company to be successful. But at...

If pirates ever need an excuse to steal movies, Comcast is here to help. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), the brilliant baffling cable company that acquired NBC, is slated to experiment with an idea that absolutely no one will care about: $60 movie rentals. Instead of spending $60 on a new video game (...

After several failed attempts, Electronic Arts may finally have what it takes to beat Activision's leading FPS. Just over one decade ago, EA (NASDAQ: ERTS) was all but the king of first-person shooters. At that time, Steven Spielberg was riding high on the success of Saving Private Ryan, and he...

Has every publisher in the game industry lost their minds? Yesterday Benzinga learned that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will release a new version of the old PSP in Europe for 99 euro. It has since come to our attention that the device may lack Wi-Fi support, which is about the dumbest move Sony could have...

What has Apple gotten itself into now? I knew it was a mistake when the Mac maker started to sue everybody. You can't do that. There will always be copycats. There will always be clones. And just because Company X tries to imitate Company Z does not mean you can head into court and walk away with...

Nintendo truly is its own worst enemy. At around three in the morning, Nintendo (NTDOY) announced what may be the fastest price drop in video game history: starting August 12, the company will shed $80 off the MSRP of the embattled Nintendo 3DS, bringing the new price to a respectable $169.99....

When High Moon Studios set out to create the latest Transformers game, they were given the luxury of working with the current crop of game consoles. Xbox 360 may be approaching its sixth birthday (hard to believe, isn't it?), but that doesn't mean it's a dead machine. As far as Microsoft (NASDAQ:...

With games like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls under its belt, Bethesda is typically known for bringing honor to the gaming community. But in 2012, the acclaimed developer and publisher will release Dishonored, a new game from Arkane Studios. Dishonored is currently in development for Xbox 360,...

Red Faction, more than any other video game franchise, has harnessed the power of the current generation of consoles to create a third-person shooter experience that greatly differs from the norm. Whereas some games have allowed players to manipulate or deform the environment in some capacity, the...

Playing Dirt 3 is like a trip down memory lane. Or, perhaps more fittingly, a drive down memory lane. It's filled with fresh terrain, new vehicles, and uncharted regions so beautiful and so vast it could make a player stare at the screen in awe, motionless, wondering how the developers crammed so...

When it comes to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) products, the rumors never stop coming. Word is quickly spreading that Ticonderoga Securities is anticipating a 2011 release for an Apple television set. While this assertion should be taken with a grain of salt, we thought it was time to discuss the matter in...

When you screw up – I mean really screw up – what do you do? Do you whip out a simple “I'm sorry”? Or do you rush to the nearest jeweler, buy a large diamond and beg for forgiveness, Kobe Bryant-style? Whatever the case, if you were one of the 70+ million PlayStation Network subscribers affected...

Electronics manufacturer Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced Tuesday that the personal information of 70 million subscribers had been compromised on its PlayStation Network. Shares of Sony are down 1.3%, or $0.39, in after-hours trade, to $29.40. Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate...

Sports games are frequently centered on upgrades. Whether they are graphical or physical, the annual sequels are more often tweaked than they are completely rebuilt from the ground up. Occasionally, the genre is taken in another direction due to a special event (such as the Olympics) or some other...

It seems that we have traveled back in time. Snow White is coming to theaters. Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a new cartoon. Blockbuster Video (OTC: BLOAQ) (OTC: BLOBQ), the once-mighty video rental chain, has gotten the interest of Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH), SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), and...