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Create a fanatic user Farmville, farming simulation games have been like opium. It feels there is still less if it does not look a day land, harvest, checking livestock, agricultural or build infrastructure. Of all the virtual department. Playing Farmville became mandatory in activity during leisure hours and even steal the current time can access the internet.

All this to play Farmville, users must access it via Facebook with Internet browsers in a desktop or laptop computer. But, now more practical and can be done while the roads everywhere because the already present application for iPhone Farmville.

Zynga games makers such as officially launching applications for iPhone Farmville in conjunction with initial sales of the iPhone 4. Application available free for download from the iTunes / Apple App Store beginning today. Not only can make iPhone 4th only, can also be played in Farmville iPad and iPhone 3G and 3GS.

Farmville’s presence in the iPhone has been announced previously as Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier last month in conjunction with the announcement of the presence of the iPhone 4. However, the new game is now officially present.

Farmville current game has been played no less than 100 million users on Facebook with 64 million active users around. How Apple chased the User baseball that much?

Largest annual gaming exhibition in the United States were held today, the momentum for game companies to launch new products. Nintendo this time officially introduced the Nintendo 3DS, variant cell video game player who has completed a three-dimensional appearance.

Not just a three-dimensional view that superior Nintendo 3DS. Because, unlike the general three-dimensional screen, Nintendo 3DS screen can display three-dimensional video that can be enjoyed directly with the naked eye. Users do not need to use special glasses.

“3DS expected to sell as much as possible in a short time after launch and it will be a unique toys,” said Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, as exhibited in Los Angeles, United States, Tuesday (15/06/2010) local time.

Several producers mentioned games already support Nintendo and three-dimensional technology will create three-dimensional game. However, the new game “Kid Icarus: Uprising” which is officially ready to be played on Nintendo 3DS today.

Nintendo 3DS also becomes the first handheld device that can run 3D video playback. A number of film studio has released its version to be played in 3DS, among others, the film How to Train Your Dragon from Tangled of Dreamworks and Disney.

Not only that, Nintendo 3DS camera equipped with a double on the back that can record images in three-dimensional format. Well, have a complete three-dimensional experience in one device. Brought good everywhere else, handheld or stored in a pocket.

Physically, it looks just the same as Nintendo 3DS main screen with 3.5-inch widescreen. Second, smaller screen is a touch screen for navigation following the standard buttons to play games and to set the 3D mode or not. About pricing and availability, just wait the next update from Nintendo

Small, bright white, like other Nintendo DS Lite Nintendo console, Wii is not the biggest on the block. In an attempt to make it look a little more exciting than just a white rectangle, Nintendo included a silver stand that lets you place the unit at a slight angle to give something artists are likely to be described as “modernism, cubism, is met with a perfect comparison of the hardliners who creates against the softness of the inside game.

At 1.75 inches high by 6.25 inches wide by 8.5 inches deep, it is about the size of three DVD cases. Initially, the model is only available in iPod white. You can lay the Wii horizontally or stand upright. Wii uses a slot-loading mechanism carries Wii discs and GameCube discs adults without adapters.

The Wii includes 512MB of internal memory for storing saved games, downloaded Virtual Console titles, and other data. If that half-gigabyte of onboard storage is not enough for you, the system has a standard Secure Digital Card slot for additional memory. SD cards are cheap and plentiful, and the Wii’s support of them is a refreshing change of pace from the proprietary memory cards used by older game consoles.

The boredom stops there however and rather than provide you with a standard analogue joystick, Nintendo, in the constant search for innovation, has created two, which were used simultaneously; the Wii Remote and a second controller Nintendo is calling the Nunchuk. The Wii Remote, which resembles a television remote control, is the main controller and both it and the Nunchuk controller include a three-axis motion sensor. It also includes a speaker, Rumble function and expansion of ports, and can be used as a pointer within 5 meters from the screen. The Remote Controller has a power switch, D-Pad, A, B, Minus, Home, 1 and 2 buttons. The Nunchuk controller includes an analogue control stick and C and Z buttons.

PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment as the successor to the PlayStation 2 in a series of PlayStation. It competes with Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii as part of the seventh generation of gaming consoles. Big shiny black console to dominate any platform that is placed under the TV. Sony might get around to going small, but it never does on the first outing – remember how big the PS1 and PS2 were first time around? Well the PS3 makes both look relatively tiny considering. There is no two ways about it, the PlayStation 3 is a big beast, but a shiny one at that.

Its storage medium and one of its best features is its Blu-Ray drive. Other key features include the PlayStation Network, its robust multimedia capabilities and connectivity with the PlayStation Portable. It comes with an interchangeable, integrated hard drive, wi-fi, a Dualshock 3 controller, two or four USB slots, a HDMI slot, power cable, and a composite slot and cable.

The PS3 measures 12.8 inches wide by 3.8 inches high by 10.8 inches long. There’s no external power supply for the PS3. On the front, four USB ports for connecting (and charging) controllers and other accessories, including USB keyboards, charms, and PSP. Rounding out the front panel is a memory card reader, a door that supports not only the memory card of the entire family on the Memory Stick from Sony, but Compact Flash and SD / MMC, too.

PlayStation 3 can read digital photos attached to various USB devices including digital cameras, PSP, USB flash drives as well as the home burned CD-R. As for the music, the PS3 is compatible with most major file types of music, including MP3, ATRAC, AAC and WAV, and like the Xbox 360 has a built-in music visualizer. On the video front, PS3 plays Blu-ray discs in full high definition DVD movies. It also supports MPEG1, MPEG2, video files and MPEG4/h.264 USB drive or media.

The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console produced by Microsoft. The company has conquered the desktop and now seems intent on sneaking a PC into your living room. Yes, this black behemoth of a system looks and acts just like a video game machine and a state-of-the-art one at that. However, with built-in support for high-speed networks, in 8 GB hard drive, DVD playback and display support for HDTVs, the Xbox does more than play. Integrated Xbox Live service allows players to compete online.

Front-loading tray, two buttons, and four controller ports adorning the face, the monstrous case will look at themselves at home among your home theater components. Inside this box of eight pounds, you will see the power of the computer (Intel 733 MHz processor, 64 MB RAM and a custom Nvidia graphics board NV2A) and the game console’s hearts.

The Xbox is capable of producing 1,080i images, but the games themselves, such as Halo and Dead or Alive 3, haven’t been optimized for that high a level yet. However, the pictures are clear and sharp. Nice addition to this visual horsepower is the fact that the Xbox supports Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, offering 256 channels of simultaneous voice. The console comes with a built-in 8 GB hard drive. However, to obtain maximum benefit from the system, you have to spend additional funds for additional supplies. Xbox comes with cables for composite video and RCA audio outputs, like any other game console. However, for better audio and video, due out at $ 15 Advanced AV Pack, which is the S-video and optical digital audio jacks

Obviously, the Xbox has a great power under the hood and sporting some unique features not available in competitive systems. Overall, the Xbox offers superior graphics and is the best choice for those who demand the best audio and video performance from a system and have the A/V components, including a surround-sound package, to complement it.