Steam mobile beta now open to all, still of questionable utility
If you were dismayed to find yourself waiting in the queue for a beta invite after downloading the mobile Steam client the other day, fret no more — the trial is now open to all who desire entry. Of course, it’s still really just a companion to the desktop shop and not a must-have mobile gaming market. We’re sure some of you have more friends on Steam than you do in meatspace, though, so being able to chat with fellow gaming addicts or purchase the latest DLC pack for Arkham City while on the go might be the greatest thing to ever happen to you.
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Steam mobile beta now open to all, still of questionable utility
Steam beta journeys to Android and iOS, for select invitees
Our friends at Joystiq are members of a privileged club of which we are not. We’ve both downloaded and installed the mobile version of Steam — now available as a free beta download for Android and iOS — but where they found Mac and PC games for sale, along with the ability to chat with friends, browse profiles and read gaming news, we were greeted with red text that states our accounts are not part of the beta
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Steam beta journeys to Android and iOS, for select invitees
3DS eShop to get free game demos, Nintendo throws users DLC bone
Never let it be said that good things don’t come to those who wait and wait and… well, you get the point. Having finally delivered a much-delayed firmware update to the 3DS last December, the Big N appears ready to make good on its DLC promises
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3DS eShop to get free game demos, Nintendo throws users DLC bone
Cut the Rope gets ported to HTML5, gets chronicled on the way
Outlined during Microsoft’s CES keynote earlier this week, gaming app Cut The Rope has had its journey to the world of HTML5 published for the masses. Tying together features like CSS3 styling and canvas-rendered graphics, the blog post details in cheery technical detail how creators ZeptoLab and Pixel Lab (not related) transferred the game from Objective-C to Javascript.
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WowWee’s AppGear turns toys into smartphone ‘appcessories’ (video)
WowWee , the company best known for its endless supply of adorable robot toys, is kicking off 2012 with something a little more virtual than visceral . AppGear combines actual physical toys with iOS and Android apps, like the launch title Foam Fighters. Each collectible, action figure or playset is paired with its own free, downloadable app that offers an augmented reality game or virtual way to interact with the toys
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WowWee’s AppGear turns toys into smartphone ‘appcessories’ (video)
Forget Pay N’ Spray: GTA3 for Android allows proper user mods
A group of cool cats has figured out how to add new textures and other mods to cars and buildings in the Android version of Grand Theft Auto 3 .
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Forget Pay N’ Spray: GTA3 for Android allows proper user mods
GTA III goes on sale for the holidays, brings violence and cheer to Galaxy Nexus owners
A classic title like Grand Theft Auto III isn’t exactly at hard sell at $5 on your smartphone or tablet — at $3 you’re almost a fool not to snatch it up. Perhaps more importantly though, Rockstar has expanded support for the crime adventure to a trio of Android handsets — the Droid Bionic , Galaxy S II and, the phone of the moment, the Galaxy Nexus .
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Microsoft Kinect used to map asteroids, glaciers, other scary things
Ken Mankoff is a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studies ice and ocean interactions. He also counts himself among a growing legion of environmental scientists who have begun using Microsoft’s Kinect to create detailed, 3D maps of caves, glaciers and even asteroids.
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Microsoft Kinect used to map asteroids, glaciers, other scary things
Love Hulten shows off R-Kaid-6 game console, resurrects Octorok from ‘Zelda’
In a perfect world, you could have a cool, original retro gaming peripheral and impress the sort-of-snooty steampunk nerds at the same time. That day has arrived to do just that, as Love Hultén has created a new wooden video game console called the R-Kaid-6.
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Love Hulten shows off R-Kaid-6 game console, resurrects Octorok from ‘Zelda’
Dell unveils Alienware Aurora gaming rig, will serenade you for $2,200
Dell has just taken the wraps off a brand new addition to the Alienware family , hailing it, rather poetically, as “a serenade to raw gaming power.” It’s called the Alienware Aurora, and it’s staring at you with a Cylon-like grin in the image above. Beneath its menacing veneer lurks Intel’s six-core, 3000 series Core i7 CPU, an X79 Express chipset and quad-channel DDR3 memory, all of which are kept in check by Dell’s liquid cooling and active venting technologies
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Dell unveils Alienware Aurora gaming rig, will serenade you for $2,200