Posts tagged dell 
WoW Insider's got a $5K Dell WoW edition notebook
Sure, you may not have won our $5K PC giveaway, but we're giving you a second chance. Our pals at WoW Insider have one of those ridiculous World of Warcraft Edition Dell XPS M1730 notebooks and they're giving it away (in your choice of faction) to one lucky reader. You've got eight days to enter, ...
Cheap Classic Controller alternative for wire haters, master thrusters
Whenever accessory manufacturer Thrustmaster comes up in conversation -- and it often does -- we can't help but imagine the Simpsons' Duff Man character stabbing the air with his pelvis. So, if you hear us suddenly yell out, "Oh yeah!" now you understand what provoked our involuntary impulse. ...
Dell offers special edition World of Warcraft laptop (for a small fortune)
Like an unholy alliance, Dell and Blizzard have teamed up to unleash this beast of a laptop computer into the world. The XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition comes in Horde and Alliance flavors, and sells for $4,499 USD. WoW, indeed. Admittedly, you get a lot more than just the laptop for nearly ...
NY Times on PC game biz rebound
For an industry that has been purported to be "dying" in some form or another for the past two decades or so, PC gaming has remained a remarkably consistent niche in the overall games business. The New York Times today takes a look at a recent upturn in the PC games market, partially fueled by the ...
Buy a Premium 360 from Dell, get GOW free
So N'Gai Croal says that the 360's software isn't causing more people to purchase 360s. Now is the chance to prove him wrong, thanks to a nice offer from Dell. If you've been waiting for a good reason to pick up an Xbox 360 (Premium, of course), how does a free copy of Gears of War sound? Sounds ...
Dell to enter portable gaming arena?
As if Nokia introducing a new generation of N-Gage products wasn't enough, Dell is supposedly interested in also partaking in the handheld gaming war. PCPlus notes that their recent acquisition of Alienware should be a sign of the company's growing interest in the gaming sector. However, due to ...
Rumor: Dell considers gaming handheld
Is Dell looking to take on the DS and PSP in the portable console front? Not likely, but it sounds like they might have found another option. Dell's Global Gaming Chief Abizar Vakharia, at a European Innovation event in Marbella, Spain, was quoted as saying "you know, [a future gaming handheld is] ...
Sony to lose estimated $560m on batteries, PS3
Analysts are predicting that Sony will cut out $560 million from its projected profits for the year due to not only the huge battery recall they're facing (feeling the battery on this Vaio, obviously is exempt from the recall... score!) but also due to the price cut of the PS3 in Japan. Originally, ...
HP to buy Voodoo, don't think about HP scandal
HP plans to buy gaming PC company Voodoo Computers in order to reach gamers and their wallets. Voodoo will continue to operate -- now under the HP umbrella -- with co-owners Rahul and Ravi Sood staying on with HP jobs. The acquisition should close by November, after the requisite approvals by ...
Michael Dell at the Austin Game Conference
Elizabeth Harper is covering the MMO-heavy Austin Game Conference for Joystiq and our WoW-obsessed friends at WoW Insider. Michael Dell stopped by the Austin Game Conference briefly on Thursday afternoon for what the day's schedule described as a "fireside chat." And after sitting through the chat, ...
