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Microsoft is finally targeting the casual gamers with its Xbox 360 Arcade bundle - the new “kid” in it’s lineup of the popular Xbox 360 console. It’s been confirmed that the system will come with a composite cable and that both the system and the controller are still white. Included is the arcade version of Pac-Man and Uno games. [...]

Following widespread rumors and leaks, today Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai unveiled the Dual Shock 3 controller for the PlayStation 3. As had been widely rumored, the controller will feature the same rumble technology Sony had initially dismissed as “last-gen” when the tilt-sensitive Sixaxis was first shown off in 2006. Its announcement comes [...]

So, yes, what you’ve heard is true: CPU maker AMD bought GPU maker ATI for more money than you, your children, and your grandchildren combined will ever see, with plenty left over to buy round-trip tickets on Virgin Galactic for everyone attending the Los Angeles premiere of Snakes on a Plane.
But the merger won’t even [...]