If you enjoy all things Steampunked, feast your eyes on this newly created Steampunk fight stick created by Sam Kurd from B15SDM Designs. Kurd has used a set of Seimitsu buttons from the famed Japanese arcade button maker and added lashings of Steampunk goodness to create a very unique fight stick.

Looking underneath the game stick allows you to see the detailing that has gone into making this awesome fight stick, which even has a clock (non working) built into the joystick component of the controller together with buttons that light up in white light when pressed. View a gallery of images after the jump.

Its also equipped with a blue-green LED light at the bottom of the fight stick, providing a beautiful glow when used in the dark.

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Further to the official release of a the Battlefield 3 : Operation Guillotine trailer, new unofficial videos have been leaked showing user Xbox 360 gameplay including a Jet fighter dogfight. Providing around seven minutes of unseen footage for a users perspective.

All three videos are well worth a look as they show new game elements not as yet seen in

the videos that we have already featured here on Geeky Gadgets.

Watch all three after the jump. Enjoy!!

The highly anticipated Battlefield 3 game developed by Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and published by

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Battlefield 3 already has our attention, EA, but a bit of reassurance can’t hurt. ”We have tried to get closer to the slang of the modern warrior. We are mixing tension-building passages with the chaos of suddenly erupting firefights. We’ve sought to keep the game feeling as plausible as possible, because the moment the audience stops believing it could happen, then you’re just like every other shooter,” according to lead designer David Goldfarb.

You might remember all this "modern warrior” hoopla from last year’s Medal of Honor, which, while a descent franchise reboot, was basically Medal of Honor Airborne with a new coat of paint using the modern setting as a crutch rather than an asset. Battlefield 3, however, seems determined to try and tell a compelling story of contemporary warfare and it was about time someone genuinely made the attempt ... Read more »

Sony’s white PS3 is making it way a little further afield in November and will finally be arriving in both Europe and Australia. The ceramic white PS3 console was launched in the middle of last year in Japan but there is unfortunately still no new when the white PS3 console will be arriving in the US.

As with the silver version of the PS3 there are no differences in the specification with the white PS3 just its clean ceramic white colour.

When the white PS3 finally arrives in November it will be equipped with a 320GB HDD and two controllers for a price of €300/£250 or AUD$448.

Source: Slashgear

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quare Enix has unveiled more information on the new and upcoming Deus Ex ‘Missing Link’ DLC which fills in a three-day chunk of Deus Ex, during which Jensen loses the use of his cybernetic augmentations. Watch the video after the jump.

Square Enix unveils:

"The DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION conspiracy grows deeper in The Missing Link. During lead character Adam Jensen’s quest for the truth in DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, he mysteriously vanishes for three days. Where was he? What did he find out? The Missing Link reveals it all.”

Deus Ex ‘Missing Link’ DLC will be arriving in October.

Max Payne 3 was originally scheduled to be launched back in 2009 but after a number of delays and missed launch dates in 2010 and 2011. Rockstar Games has now announce that their Max Payne 3 game will finally be arriving in March 2012.

The new game will be the first in the Max Payne series to include multiplayer features together with a new reward and levelling system and strategic character load-out options.

The new Max Payne 3 game take place 8 years after the Max Payne 2 game, with Max now out of New York City and based in Sao Paulo, Brazil working in private security. The main storyline will revolve around Payne’s fall from grace as a vengeful cop to the addicted and broken man that he has become.

Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games announces :

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If you have been looking forward to playing the new Assassin Creed: Revelations game and are a member of Sony’s PSN you will be pleased to know that as of tomorrow from 10am PST the beta will open up to all PSN gamers and will run until September 11th, 2011.

The PSN beta version of Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer features nine characters :The Sentinel, The Vanguard, The Guardian, The Vizier, The Thespian, The Deacon, The Bombardier, The Trickster and The Champion.

 

Its playable across three maps the Knight’s Hospital, Antioch and Constantinople, via four different playable modes Wanted, Manhunt, Deathmatch, and Artifact Assault. Eight abilities are available in the Beta, but only some of them are usable from the outset. Others must be unlocked by increasing your rank.

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In a recent  interview Blizzard has revealed that they are ” very close” to launching a public beta for the highly anticipated Diablo 3 game. You can also expect a wave of new reports and details about the new Diablo 3 game as current testers will soon be able to reveal their thoughts and be free to show, share, or talk about any portion of the content they have access, as the beta test will not confidential, explains Blizzard to the VG247 gaming website.

"We’re getting very close to starting the closed public beta test for Diablo III” – "You might start seeing some new reports about the beta client as we’ve begun limited external testing with employees and their families, and there is no non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for that. We look forward to sharing more info about the beta test in the near future. Stay tuned”

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Sony has unveiled pricing details about its new HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer headset which is equipped with two OLED panels with a resolution of 1280 x 720 and equipped with full 3D support, allowing you to enjoy both 2D and 3D media.

When worn the Sony HMZ-T1 has been designed to provide the equivalent of a 750-inch screen viewed from 20m away and is equipped with 5.1-channel virtual surround sound. The virtual screen has been designed to be wider than most peoples field of vision to create a more immersive experience explains Sony.

Sony has also created 45 degree optical lenses that have been created especially for the headset to minimise the 3D crosstalk which Sony now says is practically zero thanks to the new lens. The Sony HMZ-T1 3D Headset will be shipping to both the US and Japan in November and will be priced ar ... Read more »

Maingear is a small computer builder that tends to focus on enthusiast gaming machines. The company has been selling a series of more compact gaming rigs for a long time now called Vybe. Those Vybe gaming machines have now been updated with a new chassis and new hardware on the inside.

The new chassis will hold a full ATX mainboard inside and all of the machines get a No-Fail guarantee. Maingear is also now offering three pre-configured systems that ship quickly. One of the machines will ship the same day you order in most cases. The Vybe S is the same day shipping unit and it has an Intel Core i5 processor overclocked to 3.3GHz inside.

It also gets 4GB of RAM, NVIDIA GTS 450 graphics, and a 1TB HDD for storage. The machine sells for $949. The Vybe SE will ship in 3-days usually and gets a Core i5-2500 processor, 4GB of RAM, GTX 560 graphics, and 1TB of storage for $1,129 ... Read more »