Articles for the Topic: 'Games and Gear'

Genius, today, announced the launch of its much awaited innovation and highly acclaimed gaming mouse for Professionals, the Genius Navigator 535 in India that has a memory button which can store up to five gaming profiles.

Genius claims that Navigator 535 which is the latest member of the growing family of Genius gaming devices is the most advanced gaming mouse for gaming professionals which even managed to win the Taiwan Excellence Award for the year 2006 with the distinction of being one of the few mice to be selected for the Taiwan Excellence Gold Awards 2006 for innovation.

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Logitech has unveiled in India its most advanced gaming wheel ever, the Logitech G25 Racing Wheel, enabling people to bring the most lifelike racing experience into the home.

The limited-edition G25 wheel’s uncanny realism which could lead to moments of extreme exhilaration and fear in amature users offers incredibly precision driving control with dual-motor force feedback, 900-degree steering and a six-speed gated shifter.

Logitech has used premium materials in the G25 gaming wheel which includes stainless steel paddle shifters and pedals, soft leather grip surfaces, and brushed metal wheel spoke accents.

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As stated earlier , Microsoft has formally announced the launch of its next generation video gaming system, Xbox 360 for the Indian market in the pre-Diwali season this year

The Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console will be equipped with a 20-GB detachable shockproof hard disk drive for storing music, video and games and it features a Wireless Controller, a Media Remote control and a Component HD-AV Cable for connecting to component and composite television inputs, an Ethernet cable, and batteries.

Mohit Anand, country manager, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division, India, said, “The timing for the launch of Xbox 360 couldn’t have been better. The Indian gaming community is currently at an inflection point and is poised to have exponential growth in the coming few years as digital experiences emerge to be a defining norm in collaborative entertainment. The Xbox 360 will serve to be a catalyst to fuel this growth and expose Indian gamers to next generation gaming experiences.”

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The iRiver U10 is a ultra-portable multifunction music player
which supports MP3s, WMAs, ASF, OGG, JPG, TXT, Flash Lite 1.1, MPEG-4 SP video at 320×240 (QVGA) and include an equalizer with 10 presets with its MP3 music player.

iRiver U10 also features an FM tuner with recording, an alarm clock, a set of speaker and still photo viewer. The gadget is available in either 512-MB or 1-GB version and comes with excellent battery life.

Sleek, stylish and simple, iRivers U10 measures 2.7″ x 1.8″ x 0.6″ and weighing only 2.5 ounces and has 320×240 QVGA color screen.

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ATI, the 3D graphics world leader is introducing the CrossFire X1900 multi-GPU solution, which gives gamers a choice of asymmetrical physics configurations, what ATI is calling “boundless gaming”.

The ATI ‘Boundless Gaming’ setup requires either one or two graphics cards for rendering, along with a separate graphics card dedicated for physics processing or so called environmental creator.

According to ATI, the “Boundless” refers to the open architecture that allows for different cards to be used in each role, so gamers can decide between various high and low end cards to handle various function.

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Microsoft India today announced its plans to launch its next generation video gaming and entertainment system ‘Xbox 360′, in India later this year around Diwali and would set up a retail network for its distribution across 7 cities.

Mitch Koch, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices division, told reporters that Microsoft’s next generation gaming console ‘Xbox 360′ will be available for pre-order starting in June 2006, though actual delivery would commence by Nov or Dec 2006.

The company would set up 1,200 retail centres across 7 cities, including four metros, in the country, he said.

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