 | | |  This year's CES is huge deal for the gaming industry, since with it comes lots of new information on the hotly anticipated US launch of the Sony PSP, among other news. GameSpot is at CES in force to bring you comprehensive coverage of the gaming side of the event. Keep watching this page on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week for 'round-the-clock updates.Related GamesGet more information on any of the following
Highlights CES Hardware Video HighlightsGet an up-close look at the hot hardware at CES 2005 in these GameSpot Live video features.  CES 2005 Cell Phone Round-UpHot new gaming phones from LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola ring in at CES 2005.  Samsung Fast LCDs and 102-inch Plasma TVSamsung's impressive showing at CES included new 8ms LCDs and super-large plasma TVs. Q&A: Microsoft's Cameron Ferroni Xbox software boss Cameron Ferroni claims "leadership position" against Sony in the console wars and discusses Xbox 2 "Xenon" plans. AMD CPU Roadmap Preview AMD has dual-core chips lined up for 2005, although faster single-core chips are still expected to perform well for games. Infinium Phantom Game Receiver Update We take another look at the Phantom game system at CES 2005. Intel's dual-core CPU: Smithfield You could call 2005 the year of the dual-core processor. IBM has had dual-core server chips for years, but 2005 will be the year that dual-core reaches the consumer market. Sony PSP Developer Update Game developers from EA and Konami have a status update on PSP wireless play and the possibility of memory stick game downloads. Gizmondo Hands-on Preview The Gizmondo handheld device combines gaming, media playback, GPS, messaging, and a camera in a compact package. Microsoft Media Center Extender for Xbox Conveniently connect a Media Center PC to your TV with the Microsoft's Media Center Extender for Xbox. StoriesAbit RX600 Pro-Guru Preview PCThis Abit PCI Express card may seem like any other ATI X600 reference board, but in reality Abit has delivered enhanced performance and extra features. Video card manufacturer changes its name and announces plans to expand into motherboards and RAID storage cards. Designed in colaboration with celebrity gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, the AA8XE motherboard features many advanced overclocking features. Four new Pentium 4 chips are coming in the first quarter, clocking in at 3GHz to 3.6GHz. The chipmaker will release a challenger to Intel's Centrino thin-and-light notebook platform in the first half of the year. Are you ready for 13.1 sound? Dolby Digital Plus features more than ten times the bandwidth of Dolby Digital. Small form-factor giant Shuttle demos an Nvidia nForce4 Ultra system and discusses plans for an innovative media center PC using Intel's mobile Alviso chipset and a Pentium M processor. Intel demonstrated its next-generation mobile platform and dual-core desktop chip behind closed doors at CES. Although not wireless, the Thrustmaster T510 headphones aim to provide a portable surround sound experience. Logitech shows off the easy-to-use Play Link, a wireless plug and play adaptor for consoles and PCs. Despite a disappointing, next-gen-console-free keynote by Bill Gates, some major players think the annual electronics expo is becoming increasingly important to the game industry. Sony PSP developers impressed with production units, aim to create games that highlight portable usage. Media Updates Intel Technical PR Manager Dan Snyder discusses the Dual Core, a processor that could reshape the face of home computing. |
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