Nintendo surprised many by announcing that it would be launching a larger 3DS XL, despite previously stating that it was satisfied with the 3DS hardware as is. FULL STORY >

The South African Serious Games Institute is holding the first of its annual GAMEshop events. FULL STORY >

Tesla Motors uses Nvidia's new Tegra visual computing module to power its infotainment system and digital instrument cluster. FULL STORY >

AMD announced the launch of its fastest single GPU, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. FULL STORY >

Vodacom is launching the Huawei Ascend P1 smartphone locally next month. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up: Hideo Kojima reveals that a fifth title in the Metal Gear Solid franchise is in development, whilst DLC will become available for New Super Mario Bros 2 following its launch. FULL STORY >

At Adobe's CS6 conference in Bryanston this week, we sat down with international Adobe Evangelist, Terry White, for a lively discussion on digital content creation. FULL STORY >

Microsoft unveils the next iteration of its Windows Phone OS smartphone platform called Windows Phone 8. FULL STORY >

Sony kicks off the global rollout process for the Android ICS update for its Xperia S smartphone. FULL STORY >

After a week of speculation, Microsoft lifted the lid on two new tablet offerings, presumably to rival Apples iPad, but remains mum on certain critical details. FULL STORY >