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Good news for all gamers. While playing online games, one needs sound clarity, in order to play with full concentration and fun. So a new headset especially for gamers has been introduced. It is named Camo Headset. One has to just connect the headset to the console and it is all set. It has an integrated microphone which ensures crystal clear communication or sound effects while one can game handsfree. It comes with the camouflage that will heighten the battlefield feel while playing. This headset is perfect for the shooter games where one can play in complete privacy and also allows sinking into the gaming experiences. It is introduced at the price of Rs 2,500.

Video game addiction is same as the symptoms exhibited by people with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. Video game addiction can lead to formation of isolated group of people with variable mental health diseases like depression. People who spend more time playing video games are more likely to develop the three specific symptoms associated with Asperger’s syndrome, they are, neuroticism, lack of extraversion and agreeableness. Playing video game gives the chance of escapism from the world to avoid the face to face interaction with people. This type of mental health development could lead to serious consequences. People would devoid themselves from the society. They may develop some more serious problems associated with mental health.

A hi-tech head set was developed by the US Company for the computer game lovers. On putting this head set, one can use only thoughts to move and delete the objects that are visible on the computer. This head set has 16 sensors which develop electrical activity in the brain that can be measured using electroencephalograph. These sensors note the mood and facial expression of the person using the headset and send the information to the computer software which interprets the person’s emotions. This technology just by using thoughts in games, increase the fantasy of players. This software would be able to create the virtual world characters using the real world expressions and moods.

Video games are something which not only children love but also adults, especially with the high tech and adult type of games, there are more and more people who have brought a games console to play video games. Before there were game consoles like Sega, Nintendo and many others, but now it is much easier to use the internet to play online games. But there are some games for which you need a game console such as X-Box and Play Station. Even game consoles provide users to play online with a multiplayer game and get interact with other users. Video games are something which are a fun leisure time and will never die down.

The First Social Site for all Online Gamers has been recently released by Gamer Blogs and the name is CharacterPlanet.The system was developed by CharacterPlanet in order to address a need for gamers to easily express themselves to the online gaming community. Gamer Blogs is a system where any member can create their own blog, give it a name with a unique URL, and start posting entries immediately. Members can even add their google adsense code and make some real money off the popularity of their blog. The system also allows members to vote on entries which will give the entire Blog an overall score as well. Thanks to Game Blogs, the members of CharacterPlanet can really feel a sense of ownership with their blogs.

Video games are something which are always going to be popular, not just with kids but with adults too, as there are certain games which are targeted at the adults too. With many different types of gaming consoles coming out, the demand is ever increasing for games. There are many categories in games that it would take quite long to list all. But one thing is for sure that the gaming industry has always been on a high and always will.

Aigo has launches a new F585 mp4 recently. This mp4 is much better and more cost effective. This is quite compact and stylish and it is coming in a chocolate black casing by which you can enjoy the multimedia features that several of its complement in this price bracket do not support. Here you can hear your favorite songs, enjoy movies, and even record voice inputs. It has many more like FM radio and 1.8” 262k color TFT LCD panel. It comes with the pre loaded 1 GB memory card and it can also play AV formats like mp3, avi, wma and mp4. Its battery life is also good and it costs Rs. 3600.

The world of video gaming is very big, with thousands of game consoles and games in the market and a number of them which are yet to be launched and released. One of the most wanted game consoles these days is the Xbox and Playstation, which are two game consoles in competition with each other too. each have their own features and advantages and also have different games to them. Recently Xbox announced they would allow their user to have  VOIP facility of the console, which has increased the rate in people wanted the Xbox.

Many people having being waiting for the Xbox Live in India, and now their wait will finally be over in a few months time. Microsoft has launched the Xbox 360 in India for quite some time, but it is now time for the Xbox Live India, which is now to come. This again will be from Microsoft, and it will be launched in India on the 24^th and 25^th September this year 2007. The launch of the product is going to be a major event with high profile celebrity dropping by. So watch out for the 24th and 25th September.

After BT made its announcement that it will allow Sony PSP’s users to use their PSP as VOIP handsets, there has been a survey to ask users what they think and would they use the service. They took out a survey asking PSP users that would they use their PSP as a VOIP phone, and 60% have said yes to this question. The new partnership will allow PSP user to make VOIP, voice, video calls via a wi-fi network.

BT has signed a four year deal with PlayStation Portable in the UK, but there is no such deal yet signed in Australia. The wireless service for the PlayStation will enable players to make high quality video calls, voice calls and send messages.

This offer is only valid for PSP owners in the UK, and Sony is working on the project to make this available in the Europe.

British telephone company BT has recently announced that they will offer Sony PSP owners customer software. This will enable users to make voice and video calls to other users of the PSP, this will also apply to BT phones as well. This software will eventually be distributed to other 100 countries, which will again enable connectivity between PSP’s, landlines, mobile phones and PC’s.

Software giants Microsoft have added yet another interesting service to their Live range of products. The latest product was introduced by co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday and it is a cross-platform gaming service which would integrate games played on cell phones, Xbox 360 consoles and the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

This service would be provided as part of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system and provides an exciting opportunity for the gamers. Vista is scheduled to arrive in January next year and this might turn into another major threat for Sony and their Playstation 3 gaming console.

Gates said in a statement on this service launch: “It means that you have one online community. This platform can really unleash developers to do amazing new things.” The company did not reveal the expected pricing for this service though it would extend the facilities provided by their existing Xbox Live service for the Xbox 360 console.

Gates added: “The vision here is each platform plays its own role. We really think we’re in a unique position. Microsoft is probably the only company that can pull this off.”

LOS ANGELES, May 4 /PRNewswire/ — Vivendi Games today announced that Sierra Entertainment’s award-winning F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon)(TM), is currently being developed for the Xbox 360(TM) gaming and entertainment system and will be unveiled at the forthcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.

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Activision Inc. would be the gaming company making the next series of videogames on the fictional spy agent James Bond 007.

They have managed to snatch away these rights from Electronic Arts from the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Activision is the world’s second largest publisher of computer games after EA and this deal would give them worldwide rights to make PC, handheld and console games based on this popular movie series.

The financial details of this deal with MGM were not disclosed but Activision would have rights to the games based on 007 for seven years starting from September 2007. Until then, they would have the “non-exclusive” rights to make games based on the character.

Mike Griffith, head of Activision’s publishing arm, said in a statement: “The James Bond franchise creates tremendous global expansion opportunities for Activision as it is one of the few video game licenses that appeals equally to domestic and international consumers.”

World’s largest videogame publishing company Electronic Arts has come out with their quarterly results and they have disappointed the markets with a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $16 million.

This report resulted in the company’s share taking a beating in the stock market as share prices were down by 4%. This result is a disappointment when compared to profits of $8 million, or 2 cents per share in the same period last year.

The revenues were however up at $641 million from $553 million a year earlier. EA has benefited from the popularity of recently launched gaming titles like “Fight Night Round 3”, “The Godfather The Game”, and “Black”.

For this current financial year, EA has forecasted revenue of $2.7 billion to $2.95 billion. Market had expected the company to forecast figures of $3.2 billion.

With both Sony and Nintendo closing in on the launch of their next generation gaming consoles in the retail markets, Microsoft is ramping up the production of their Xbox 360 gaming consoles to make them more accessible in the retail stores.

The company plans to continue gaining from the advantage they have by being the first one out in the market. Microsoft launched their Xbox 360 gaming console in November last year. Both Sony Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii are scheduled to come out sometime this year.

Microsoft has raised the bottom line of its Xbox 360 sales target range for the year ending June 30 to 5.0 million to 5.5 million units from an earlier range of 4.5 million to 5.5 million.

However, increasing the production of the Xbox 360 would put extra financial burden on the company as they make a loss on every console sold in the retail market. Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said in a statement: “We made a conscious decision to be very aggressive on selling Xbox 360 consoles to get as much into the installed base as we possibly could ahead of Sony’s launch.”

He added: “We’re very happy with the market momentum, but from an earnings point of view, it’s hurting us.”

Japanese videogame console maker Nintendo has officially named the Revolution gaming console as ‘Nintendo Wii’. Wii in the name is pronounced just like ‘We’ and the company says that they want to portray that this console would be for everyone.

Nintendo said in a statement on this decision to name the console Nintendo Wii: “While the code-name ‘Revolution’ expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer. Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.”

The statement further said: “Wii will put people more in touch with their games … and each other. But you’re probably asking: What does the name mean? Wii sounds like ‘we’, which emphasises this console is for everyone. Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.”