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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel trailer released
Posted April 30th, 2008 at 2:03pm
Also features a new track from German band Blind Guardian.ascaron, console, PC, sacred 2: fallen angel, trailer
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Acer throwing their hand into the console market?
Posted March 27th, 2008 at 1:13pm
Blurbs about Acer entering the console market have been popping up here and there, and the company (best known for making computer gear) is certainly showing a lot of guts to go up against Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft in doing so. Never the less, rumblings like this post on Neogaf point inarguably at the real potential for an Acer console... and maybe not a bad one at that.Right now, the Acer brand name is still equated with PC notebooks only, despite Acer's acquisition of Gateway. But in an interview with BetaNews at its press event on Wednesday, Acer's senior vice president, James T. Wong, said that his company has a game machine in mind, and that it will be based on "open standards." "If you look at most of the other game machines that are out there right now -- Nintendo's, the Xbox -- they are 'closed' and proprietary systems," he told BetaNews. Wong said that, beyond "openness," all of the Acer-branded systems being eyed right now, including the game machine, are envisioned as offering new and innovative form factors and applications. In addition to its future Acer-branded desktop PCs, however, Acer will also provide desktop systems under the Gateway name, as well as under the eMachines and Packard Bell brands inherited through the Gateway buyout, according to the senior VP. The Acer, Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell desktop systems will each incorporate two separate line-ups, one for consumers and the other for SMBs (small to medium-sized businesses), he said.