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Slideshows about gaming

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  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games

  Star Wars Rebels, Fireworks, Shakespeare and lots of quests are featured in top iPhone and iPad games.

  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games
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  In Pictures: 13 weird and wonderful sights at PAX East 2015

  In which the author indulges in gratuitous nerd nostalgia.

  In Pictures: 13 weird and wonderful sights at PAX East 2015
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  In Pictures: Windows 10 - The 10 most important new Consumer Preview features

  From Cortana to Xbox streaming and the audacious Windows Holographic, these are the biggest announcements from Microsoft's Windows 10 Consumer Preview event.

  In Pictures: Windows 10 - The 10 most important new Consumer Preview features
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  IN PICTURES: Thousands of gamers flock to EB Games Expo

  EB Games Australia's annual expo is in Sydney's Olympic Park from October 3 to 5. The three-day event (which is scheduled to coincide with the school holidays) hosts game developers and publishers, alongside manufacturers, each claiming their stake across the giant Dome; there's consoles, PCs, accessories, toys, collectibles, cosplay, DJs, robot wars, and of course, a wide array of big titles, and hands-on preview sessions of yet-to-be-launched games for those willing to brave the lines.

  IN PICTURES: Thousands of gamers flock to EB Games Expo
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  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2014

  Heroes, bugs, puzzlers, baseball and more fill this list of popular Apple iPhone, iPad games

  In Pictures: 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2014
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  In Pictures: Dungeons & Dragons at 40 - A history

  An overview of the first tabletop RPG and a look back at its four decades of life.

  In Pictures: Dungeons & Dragons at 40 - A history

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News about gaming

• Synnex expands gaming range with Fractal Design

  Will carry Fractal's range of cases, power supplies and all-in-one coolers and fans

• Cellnet buys gaming distributor Turn Left for $6M

  Distributor expands into the gaming category

• Court knocks back $3M penalty appeal by online gaming giant Valve

  Comes after Valve was found to have breached Australian consumer law by making false or misleading representations to consumers

• The Greens pledge $100M to develop Australia’s video game industry

  Comes after the Federal Government's response to a Parliamentary inquiry into the country's video game industry

• Acer's new Predator gaming systems are powerful beasts that will also run your VR headset

  The Predator 17X laptop and Predator G1 desktop look great, too

• Valve accused of deceptive conduct: ACCC

  Federal Court finds Valve made misleading representations about consumer guarantees

Features about gaming

• Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi, father of console gaming, dead at 85

  The man who led Nintendo to kick start the home console market died Thursday of pneumonia at a Japanese hospital.

• NEWS FEATURE: Kinect - more than just a toy

  Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) catalyses innovations and potential applications galore

• Hacker turns Kinect for Xbox 360 into Kinect for Linux PCs

  The Kinect gaming device has been hacked and is now being modified to work in ways it was never intended.

• US to ban violent video games?

  Violent game ban could set a dangerous precedent

• New Xbox 360 in development for two years

  Microsoft's Senior Director of Xbox Product Management talks about the design decisions that led to its new slimline Xbox 360