Neowin News Feed for: Gamer

Exclusive: PB Tails Defender Limited Edition review, the world's first TMR stick controller

Robbie Khan — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:00:01 +0000

The new Crush Defender is special, this one is the first to go into production using TMR technology for the joysticks. Housed in a hand-finished limited edition housing, I put it through its paces. Read more...

Review: GameSir Kaleid & Kaleid Flux wired controllers - High performance, annoying quirks

Robbie Khan — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:00:01 +0000

GameSir recently released the Kaleid and Kaleid Flux, one using mechanical face buttons, the other using all membrane buttons. They are almost the same price, yet very different in other ways. Read more...

Endorfy Liv Plus Wireless review: a multi-device gaming mouse with a surprise up its sleeve

Robbie Khan — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 01:00:01 +0000

Endorfy, based in Poland, showed off the LIV Plus Wireless gaming mouse at Computex 2024. Let's check out all of its quirks and features and see if its performance matches the striking looks. Read more...

Review: The Turtle Beach Burst II Air wireless gaming mouse is lighter than a Mars bar

Robbie Khan — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:00:01 +0000

Just don't try to eat it... The Roccat brand is no more, Turtle Beach's takeover has resulted in some legacy gaming products seeing a refresh, so let's put the Burst II Air through its paces. Read more...

Endgame's XM2we wireless gaming mouse review

Robbie Khan — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 14:32:01 +0000

Endgame Gear have a number of good quality gaming products at reasonable prices, and their recent XM2we appears to be be well specced and well received so far. Does it live up to the namesake, though? Read more...

WHO has classified gaming addiction as a disorder

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:08:01 +0000

The World Health Organisation has for the first time listed gaming addiction as a disorder. It'll be added to the International Classification of Diseases manual due to be published this year. Read more...

Apple TV rumoured to have motion-sensitive remote control to attract casual gamers [Update]

Moshe Jacobs — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 18:48:01 +0000

New Apple products are expected soon and that includes a new generation of Apple TV devices. Aside from processor upgrades, one big feature could sell this platform to casual gamers. Read more...

Zowie FK1 gaming mouse review

Robbie Khan — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:08:01 +0000

Zowie is well known for products aimed at gamers. Their latest FK1 gaming mouse appears to hit the right marks on paper but does it frag the competition in practice? Let's find out. Read more...

California law on violent games 'unconstitutional' yet again

James Hall — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:37:29 +0000

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, in 2005 California politicians passed a law that would put onerous limits on the video-gaming industry, seeking to impose severe restrictions upon their availability by making it a crime... Read more...

PC Gamer Makes A Boo-Boo Gears of War For PC Revealed?

Todd Tanner — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:34:54 +0000

Holiday 2006 Issue. PC Gamer (US version). Page 28. Look at the picture. OK, I know the issue isn't out yet on store shelves, so here's what is happening. Apparently PC Gamer... Read more...

World's highest Xbox 360 Gamer Score sells HDD on ebay

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:27:38 +0000

The worlds highest Xbox 360 gamers points account holder has put up on eBay his hard drive containing his XBL account. Rance6 as he is known says it took him almost 5,000 hours to build... Read more...

PowerUser.TV e45: Google/China, Gamer Addict Clinic, & more

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:46:48 +0000

This week Google takes on the world + Dell (again), big giant laptops hit the market and no one has any idea who wants them, Norway demands iTunes that can play on any format and... Read more...

PC Gamer Cover Mounts Free Screwdriver Set With July Issue

Tue, 23 May 2006 13:08:57 +0000

PC Gamer, the UK's best-selling PC games magazine, is covermounting a set of six high-quality precision screwdrivers with its July issue, on sale early next month. The set of four flat-head and two Phillips-head screwdrivers... Read more...

Pro Gamer Makes Six Figures Traveling the World to Compete

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:36:16 +0000

At a glance Jonathan Wendel may not seem intimidating, but meet his alter-ego "Fatal1ty" on the playing fields some of the world's most popular shooters and you're likely to end up in a crumpled heap... Read more...

Neowin Community Gamer Awards 2004

Sun, 16 Jan 2005 00:51:42 +0000

The last few years has seen tremendous growth in the gaming idustry; it's become a high budget and increasingly realistic escape from the dramas of modern day life. 2004 saw some truely ground breaking titles... Read more...

Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:01:18 +0000

A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 (Â£13,700) on an island that exists only in a computer role-playing game (RPG). The Australian gamer, known only by his gaming moniker Deathifier, bought the island... Read more...

Three more classics join PC Gamer Presents range

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 20:48:04 +0000

Conflict Desert Storm II, Champ Manager 01/02 and Mutant Storm for under a tenner each. Next Friday (11 June) marks the release of the third instalment of titles in the PC Gamer... Read more...

Notebooks make a play as gamer machines

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:49:42 +0000

Thanks xStainDx. PC makers are gearing up to market notebooks more aggressively to PC gaming enthusiasts. Although PC manufacturers have been selling game-oriented desktops for years, they're now bent on expanding their horizons... Read more...

Online Gamer in China Sues, Wins Over Virtual Theft

Marcel Klum — Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:43:07 +0000

A Chinese court has ordered an online video game company to return hard-won virtual property, including a make-believe stockpile of bio-chemical weapons, to a player whose game account was looted by a hacker. ... Read more...