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HP takes on PS3, Xbox and Wii

"Any lingering image of HP as a stodgy company was dispelled yesterday in San Francisco as the company called 'Game On' in its bid for a piece of the online gaming industry.

The company's HP Labs research centre is developing technology that could be incorporated into next-generation PCs that play interactive video games designed for the broadband era. By doing so, HP thinks it can compete against a surge in popularity of console-style games such as Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Wii."

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scarlett_rg6229d ago

I'll have to wait for more news on this, but my first impression is that this won't be all that successful.

Maybe if MS, Sony, or Nintendo steals their ideas down the road for their next consoles... then we might start seeing things like this in more than two people's homes.

jonnyjd16229d ago

...but what is actually produced can be very different. I'll wait and see on this one.

calderra6229d ago

HP knows they can be competitive, because they used illegal pretexting to spy on their competitors! Oh, snap! But yeah, this sounds kind of like the Phantom console- a promise to enter the race with absolutely nothing actually behind it at the moment.

"HP also played a video in which a teenage boy walks through a big city with his handheld game player. He points the device at a portion of the city's skyline, the device scans the outline of the buildings in view and creates a game scene from that image."

...and a few years ago, Sony made a video of a prototype PS9 that would use inhaled adrenal supplements to make games happen IN YOUR MIND! HP doesn't stand in the console race with that kind of technology coming!

[Unbelievably outlandish BS, FTW!]

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos3h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto2h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger882h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

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Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.

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Chard20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now

Furesis19h ago

I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.

anast18h ago

It's worth a play through today.

gold_drake11h ago

the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - Coming Back for a New Generation

Originally launched in 2011, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is coming to Nintendo Switch, so It's time to look back at the original.

jznrpg1d 14h ago

Still have my ps3 copies. Bought it at launch and another one when I found it cheap and in perfect condition about 10 years ago. I wouldn’t buy it on Switch but if they made a PS5 version I would. I still have one of my PS3 Fats hooked up so good to go either way.

darthv721d 14h ago

Id play it again on the switch. I wished my 360 version was bc but this is still a good way to play.