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If you own a smartphone or tablet, you must’ve played or at least heard about Angry Birds, and if you’re an Angry Birds fan, today we have special controller for you that is designed especially for Angry Birds.

Playing Angry Bids with your finger or mouse gets a bit boring after a while, and if you’re bored with the way you play Angry Birds, Simon Ford has a special controller for you. Simon Ford has managed to turn an ordinary slingshot into a USB controller that works with Angry Birds. In order to connect his custom-made controller with the game, Simon used an accelerometer that measures the tilt of the slingshot along with the “rubber stretch sensor” that measures the length of the rubber when you pull it back. When data collection is finished, the data will be transferred and mapped to your computer mouse via standard USB connector.

This custom-made slingshot controller is great, if you’re an Angry Birds fan, and if you want your Angry Birds slingshot USB controller, Simon Ford was kind enough to leave official instructions on his website.

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We already mentioned that latest Xbox might be introducing some major changes, and you probably remember the leaked information regarding the Xbox 720 controller with touchscreen, and if you’re looking forward to more information, we have another leaked information regarding the Xbox 720’s disc drive.

It appears that Microsoft had held a secret developer meeting in London, and according to the leaked information, in seems that Xbox 720 might not use optical disc drive anymore. According to the rumors, Xbox 720 should abandon optical disc drives, and instead, it should use SD cards to read video games. In addition, all apps and games that will run on the console will be able for download or streaming. This is a major step forward for gaming industry, especially because you don’t have to search for a specific DVD when you want to play a certain game on your Xbox.

Sadly, there’s no official confirmation regarding this information, and so far, lack of optical disc drive for Xbox 720 remains just a speculation.

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Toshiba is back with its latest 3D gaming laptop namely the Qosmio X870. The laptop features a large 17.3-inch LED backlit 3D display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and a 5ms response time. The Toshiba Qosmio X870 is powered by the latest nVidia graphics processor with nVidia’s 3D Vision technology and a pair of active-shutter 3D glasses

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We already covered several devices from iCade, so you might rembmer iCade Mobile and iCade Core that we covered earlier. Today we have another device coming from iCade, so let us have a closer look at it.


Playing video games on your iOS device isn’t easy due to virtual keyboard, but luckily for you, iCade has released its latest device called iCade 8-Bitty that should make gaming on your iOS device a bit easier. iCade 8-Bitty is a Bluetooth gamepad with a wooden case, and it resembles old NES controller, however, unlike old NES controller, iCade 8-Bitty comes with four face buttons and two shoulder buttons that should come in handy during the gaming sessions. We have to mention that the list of compatible games is slim at the moment, but we’re hoping to see more compatible titles in the future.

iCade 8-Bitty is great if you are a gamer, and it’s fully compatible with both iOS and Android devices. As for the price, iCade 8-Bitty is priced at $24.99.

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As you might know, Wii U controller should feature a touchscreen display, but according to the latest news, it seems that Nintendo’s competitors might use a similar concept for their controllers as well.

According to the Xbox World Magazine, it seems that new Xbox will come with augmented reality feature, directional sound, four-player support, and finger-tracking Kinect. In addition, Microsoft is currently experimenting with a new controller that could feature a touchscreen display. Thanks to this touchscreen display, you’ll be able to browse the Internet, control your TV remotely, get additional information about your current game, and even enjoy your game on a portable display.

So far, there hasn’t been an official confirmation regarding the new touchscreen controller, but we hope that these speculations are true. As for the release date of the new Xbox console, there hasn’t been any additional information, however, according to some sources, the new Xbox should cost about $628.

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