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Forget about your classic Air Jordan sneakers from Nike, or your Kobe 7 kicks and Lebron 9 shoes (both also from Nike). Arguably the coolest pair of sneakers ever were the Converse Weapons, which could be bought about two-and-a-half decades ago in obnoxious yellow or garish green, depending on whether you favored Magic Johnson or Larry Bird....

Electronic Arts and Chinese social network Tencent are taking EA's The Sims Social game to China. Beijing-based Tencent, which has hundreds of millions of users, will publish the game on the Tencent Open Platform under the Chinese name Mo Ni Shi Guang. EA’s Playfish studio in Beijing is developing the title, which was a big hit last fall on Facebook.

A Japanese investment analyst company predict that Metal Gear Solid 5 will be released in Konami's 2014 fiscal year. Metal Gear Solid 5 is expected to launch at some point during Konami's 2014 fiscal year, according to Nomura Securities, a Japanese investment analyst company.

The folks at ThinkGeek, bless their souls, have a knack for taking off-the-wall ideas and turning them into real products. After their tablet-friendly arcade cabinet made the leap from joke to reality last year, ThinkGeek has turned their attention to whipping up a retro gaming accessory for the on-the-go crowd, and the resulting 8-Bitty already looks like a winner. Oh, and did I mention that it has fake wood-grain trim? Be still my heart!

Gaming is about challenges, or if you're into MMORPGs gaming is about challenges and calling people gaylords. Regardless,...

Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks -- a model he used at its PlayStation unit -- dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management.

Famed modder ICE La Glace has bumped up the iCEnhancer to 2.00 and the improvement on display is remarkable. As the video above shows, the game features a lot more improvements and the lighting has been fixed, and looks even better now.

Among the details revealed about Far Cry 3 are its mission structure, the game's cast and characters, and specific gameplay mechanics which set it apart from the previous Far Cry titles.