The result is a highly tuned WiFi network that optimizes overall wireless performance and delivers the experiences you want, such as fast downloads, clearer voice calls, uninterrupted HD video, and lag-free gaming.
ENGADGET: Netgear 802.11ac update adds beamforming, delivers up to 60 percent faster WiFi
Within that range, though, the Wii U magically streams hiccup-free gaming to both the GamePad's screen and an HDTV -- no small feat, and one that opens up a Pandora's box of ideas for both game developers and media providers.
Game Informer is really the last bastion of video game print journalism, and according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations saw an unprecedented increase of a THIRD in subscriptions in 2010, despite the countless, free gaming sites and blogs currently available to anyone with an internet connection.
FORBES: Game Informer Jumps a Third in Circulation to Become Fifth Largest Magazine in US
Glasses free 3D gaming is not a fad.
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Microsoft announced Project Natal, a new controller-free video gaming system, which reads a players body movements with cameras and mimics them with avatars on screen, will be available for purchase by the holiday season this year.
But the company said fewer than 8, 000 people engaged in that "free-trial gaming" out of the millions of free trials in the quarter.
Equipped with Qualcomm StreamBoost technology, the Gaming Router represents D-Link's most advanced gaming router to date, intelligently allocating bandwidth to deliver lag-free, uninterrupted gaming for a high-performance experience in today's dynamic online gaming environments.
ENGADGET: D-Link's DGL-5500 802.11ac gaming router ships with Qualcomm's StreamBoost tech
Android tablets purchased at GameStop come loaded with valuable extras including a hand-picked selection of free games, like Sonic CD and Riptide, the Kongregate Arcade gaming app and a free issue of Game Informer Digital.
ENGADGET: GameStop gives in to its sweet tooth, stocks Android tablets at over 1,600 stores
His rosy outlook on spreading the love of gaming for free is shared by few others in the industry, and many indie developers have taken huge hits when piracy has cleaved through sales of their titles.
The game will likely employ micro-transactions, which have become all the rage in the free-to-play gaming space.
Nintendo started the mainstream push into glasses free (autostereoscopic) 3D gaming with its Nintendo 3DS system earlier this year.
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The MOGA Mobile Gaming System will come with the free downloadable MOGA PivotTM App, and a soft case.
ENGADGET: PowerA's MOGA Bluetooth Android controller launching on October 21 for $50
Now, even Starcraft, the grand old man of competitive PC gaming, is at least considering Free-to-play as an option.
Gamers who have endured lag filled game-play with unimpressive low-resolution visuals finally can break free thanks to Digital Storm's Marauder gaming line, the first gaming PCs built around Corsair's Vengeance C70 chassis.
ENGADGET: Digital Storm launches Marauder series of desktop PCs for gamers on a budget
Especially in an era of gaming obsessed with the sort of free-to-play model that fuels both DOTA 2 and League of Legends, one would imagine a top-down RPG in this vein could do quite well.
But mobile, free-to-play and social are huge in gaming, and the next PlayStation needs to accommodate those sectors.
But with the demise of retail PC gaming, the company shifted its focus to the free-to-play online space.
Project SHIELD gives us the cutting-edge ability to bring a huge free-to-play PC game like Hawken to the handheld gaming audience.
ENGADGET: NVIDIA unveils Project Shield, a Tegra 4-powered Android gaming handheld
Australian start-up Virtual Gaming Worlds is nearing the home stretch in development of a free-to-play MMO called Chumba World.
FORBES: 'Chumba World' Lets Social Gambling Enthusiasts Build Virtual Casinos For Real-World Income
"We want to maintain a coherent gaming experience our users are accustomed on the web around our free-to-play downloadable titles, " added Jim Greer.
ENGADGET: Kongregate breaks free of the browser, serves up downloadable games
Though known for his gaming ability, De Leon also plays paintball and basketball in his free time and has a green belt in jujitsu.
The foundation of all Nexon America titles is the microtransaction-based business model, in which users can play the full game for free and can also choose to purchase in-game items to enhance their gaming experience.
PlayStation Network members can also download free applications, such as PlayStation Home, a ground-breaking 3D social gaming community available on PS3 that allows users to interact, communicate and share gaming experiences, as well as Life with PlayStation, which offers users various news and information on a TV monitor in the living room by connecting the PS3 to the network.
ENGADGET: Sony unveils slimmer PS3: $300, lands in September (updated!)
With the huge increase in interest and accessibility of network applications and network gaming, over 27 million accounts have registered to PlayStation Network, the free-to-access interactive environment, and over 560 million items have been downloaded.
ENGADGET: Sony announces 'snackable' 100MB Minis for PSN Store
Corsair will soon release a free software driver update which adds Dolby Headphone 2.0 to the Vengeance 2000 Wireless gaming headset.
Like its big brother the Nomad 17, the Nomad 15 is the only gaming laptop in the industry to offer hand-painted premium automotive paint jobs, free of charge on most configurations.
ENGADGET: Maingear announces Nomad 15 gaming laptop: small in size, big on specs
The recently released free Facebook game, EA Sports PGA Tour Golf Challenge, which is geared to the more casual gaming audience, has no mention of Woods.
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Some accused the company of gaming the system by forcing them to pay to achieve a level of reach they once got for free.
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That said, as consoles begin to become essential living room-centric devices used for far more than gaming, it could eventually be a big leg up for the company who offers the internet for free.
FORBES: Playstation 3 is the Most Used Device for Netflix Streaming
This tiny Bluetooth 2.1 controller is actually a jack of all trades device as it will control your phone, tablet or PC for gaming, multimedia control, remote camera trigger and even help find your keys -- via a free app -- if you lose them.
ENGADGET: Black Powder Media's Impulse Controller hands-on (video)
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