The 2011 Tokyo Game Show was just a little while ago, and while there weren’t any mind-blowing surprises there were still a number of important announcements from the usual attendees as well as some newcomers. In the mobile gaming realm, both the Playstation Vita and the games for the Gree social network were attracting a lot of attention… What Did Vita Offer? The mobile gaming industry has changed significantly over the last few years – a lesson that Nintendo...

In the second quarter of 2011, the smartphone market in general grew by 73% while the Android operating system in particular experienced 379% year-over-year growth. This, more than anything else, has put a huge dent in the traditional handheld gaming market. The most recent casualty in this changing state is – believe it or not – Nintendo, who is trying to recover from a very poor launch of their 3DS handheld system. Nintendo has been synonymous with handheld gaming...

Back in May, Intel launched their new Z68 chipset to address some of the concerns over the P67 and H67 chipsets that were already on the market. Now that it’s been out for a while we can really see if it has brought anything new to the table or if you can get along with a system based on those other technologies… There are a couple features that set this chipset apart from the others, both dealing with a sort of hybridization of two technologies. First of all, the...