Since bursting into homes in 1994, the Sony PlayStation has taken the world of video games by storm. It doesn’t seem poised to end there either, as PlayStation’s current incarnation, the PS3, has sold over 40 million units worldwide since 2006. The general design of the PlayStation model has remained fairly faithful to the original brief, a next-gen, CD-based take on the popular cartridge-based models of the day. Read more

Sony Ericsson has recently announced one of their latest additions to the XPERIA range of smartphones. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play is an Android smartphone with a difference; it has a slide out keypad specifically designed for gaming, which anyone who has ever picked up a PlayStation controller will recognise. Read more

Today the video game industry is dominated by three huge companies that seem to dominate the video gaming market completely, these companies are Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. The battles really goes way back, from a long time ago, when the available video games consoles were nothing but simple heavy boxes, with low graphics quality, but still they were the ones dominating the gaming market back then. But from the many video game companies that came out other than Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, the time that has passed has placed a lot of the weaker ones out of business leaving today the three biggest video game companies of all time which are Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, but the battle just never ends between Sony and Microsoft, both fighting for the spotlight and also to lead and dominate this industry. It seems like the battle just begun. Read more

Microsoft have created an amazing accessory for the Xbox 360 with the Xbox Kinect. The device was codenamed Project Natal and was launched just before Christmas in 2010, and has sold extremely well, overtaking the PlayStation Move as the must have add on for your console. The Kinect allows you to stand in front of your screen and play games without using a controller. Read more

Did you know that there’s never been a better time to purchase a video gaming console. In this case I’m talking about the awesome Xbox 360 console which is much cheaper than it initially was thanks to the introduction of the Sony PlayStation 3. Now I have owned both consoles and to be honest there’s no way the Sony PlayStation 3 is worth the extra few hundred dollars as in my opinion the Xbox 360 is equally as good if not better in most cases. Read more

When it arrived in 2006, the Nintendo Wii revolutionized the gaming industry with its motion controls. The system was so popular it was nearly impossible to find one in stores for almost an entire year. But now, with Microsoft’s new Kinect and PlayStation 3′s recently released Move controller joining the motion gaming fray, is the Wii still as viable and relevant as it once was? Read more

In continuing to encourage you to do a job or business that relates to your interest, consider Video Game Testing. Luckily you can work the kind of games you are already good at in these types of occupations. If you like car racing or RTS games like WarCraft then search for jobs that test these kinds of games. Some players only like MMORPG etc. You would try for jobs that do your type of games, and the platforms you like to do. If you prefer Xbox, Playstation or a PC, great, go for it. Read more

Microsoft Kinect came out in November, and it’s the new motion gaming device that everyone is talking about. Unlike the motion devices for the PlayStation 3 and Wii it uses voice and cameras to create the motion. No joystick is involved. Read more

When Sony first launched the PlayStation nobody would have though that it would spark the gaming revolution that it has. Today it’s a billion dollar industry and gaming is huge. Its the number one form of entertainment and has overtaken sport and movies as an entertainment activity. Read more

Can you think of a world without video games? Well, maybe the previous generation can. Surely, the youth cannot think of such a situation. Read more