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Early Cherry Trail Benchmarks Disappoint

Cherry Trail shows only marginal improvement over predecessor in leaked benchmarks Intel began shipping its new Cherry Trail Atom chips to its partners in the first week of January and now we have got our first benchmark scores. If you were expecting the 5th generation Atom chips to be a huge improvement over current-generation tablet…

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HTC Enters VR Fray with SteamVR-powered Vive Headset

Finished product to debut by year-end Valve just made good on its promise of unveiling a SteamVR hardware system at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Meet Vive, a virtual reality headset powered by Valve’s SteamVR platform and manufactured by Taiwanese company HTC. Born out of what HTC says is a “strategic partnership…

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 3/3/2015

Prepare to drop into high-stakes combat and protect democracy at all costs — Helldivers is coming to PS4, PS3, and PS Vita this week in a flurry of friendly-fire chaos! Helldivers enlists you in an elite squad of soldiers that travel the star system, obliterating any enemy of Super Earth that dares rear its insectoid…

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This Week in PlayStation: Sonic Boom

Busy week! New Arkham Knight trailer, Spring Fever 2015 lineup (maybe our best yet!), PS Vita birthday sale, Nash is back in Street Fighter V, Axiom Verge launches March 31st, the Gold Saucer is open for business in FFXIV, Far Cry 4 is getting some cool new DLC, Heists are happening soon in GTA Online,…

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PlayStation Blogcast 154: I’ve Got a Fever

…Spring Fever, that is! On this week’s show, we gush over the incredible, eight-week lineup of digital games coming to PlayStation this Spring. Also, a killer recipe for chicken thighs, and Nick’s secret(?) crush on the chef who makes them. Subscribe via iTunes or RSS, or download here Stuff We Talked About Spring Fever GDC…

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