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New Gizmondo Development Has Already Started

Today during Carl Freer's Georgia Tech speech, he revealed that while his company plans to release the Gizmondo with unchanged hardware (save for a new graphics chip) to the market in the near future, the company is already collaborating with NVIDIA on a completely new circuit board for a future Gizmondo.

He explained that since the platform "could never compete with Sony or Nintendo in content," they planned to take a completely open source approach instead, promoting software development from within universities. He also added, "If we do well, our roadmap entails expanding the hardware and supporting full telephony." For the full story, make sure to catch our liveblog of the event.

10:40 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,128 views, 48 comments

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Liveblogging The Gizmondo GA Tech Lecture

Carl Freer founded Gizmondo back in 2002, the idea for the ultimate handheld gaming system stemming from a child tracking product he had been developing. Three years later he resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board, the company and product both having failed miserably. Now three years later, Freer is spearheading the relaunch of the Gizmondo, ready to take another shot at the market. In a talk entitled "High Tech Ventures in Mobile Gaming and Media" at Georgia Tech, Freer will discuss his experience starting and running high tech companies, with a focus on the failure and forthcoming rebirth of the Gizmondo. Let's see what the man has to say. More »

10:00 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mike Fahey
2,010 views, 21 comments

Latest by excaliburps: @gique: If you don't mind, care to tell us a bit on what happened ? What did Carl Freer do? more »

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Gizmondo Delayed Yet Again

Time to party like it's 2005! Former Gizmondo chairman Carl Freer must be experiencing some pretty hardcore déjà vu as he reluctantly tells Swedish news site Realtid.se that the little handheld that most definitely didn't would be pushed back to late 2008, missing the originally promised May relaunch date. My sentiments right now neatly echo Ashcraft's from back in October of 2005 - the umpteenth time the Gizmondo was delayed in the State. Who gives a rat's ass? The only way I will ever own a Gizmondo is if they shipped me a free one, and even then it better damn well not say Gizmondo on the box or I'll refuse delivery.

Report: Gizmondo delayed until end of 2008 [GameSpot]

3:30 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Mike Fahey
1,554 views, 47 comments

Latest by n/a: awwwwwww more »

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Gizmondo Rising Again In 2008? Yes, Says Plextek

Despite yesterdays excellent rumor smash performed by our sister site Gizmodo, it seems like the doomed Gizmondo handheld is destined to return to the market, thanks to the efforts of UK electronics design firm Plextek. Eurogamer spoke this morning with Plextek's technical director Ian Murphy, who confirmed the rumored resurrection.

"There are a few things to do, and it will be a while before that happens," Murphy continued. "But yes, the product has been recovered from the liquidators and we are bringing it back to market."
Murphy contends that the only reason the Gizmondo failed in the first place was an overall failure to get the product to market - a failure they plan to rectify later this year. While most of the Gizmondo folks - including convicted criminal and car abuser Stefan Eriksson - will not be attached to the project, former Gizmondo Europe chairman Carl Freer is fully on board. All I can say is that now is the perfect time to reintroduce another handheld to the market, what with how much the PSP and DS are struggling...oh wait.

Gizmondo is coming back - it's official [Eurogamer]

8:20 AM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Mike Fahey
2,111 views, 44 comments

Latest by PurpleSfinx: I would kill for this system. KILL! more »

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Gizmondo Rising Again In 2008? No, Says Gizmodo

Like you, sister site Gizmodo was recently informed of a web site for Gizmondo Live, one that promised a rebirth of the dead as a doornail handheld from Tiger Telematics. The reason for so many folks becoming familiar with the site that promises a new Gizmondo with an "open source environment" and "exciting psychic worlds" that will "democratize gaming" may be due to the prison release of a former executive. Regardless, hints that Gizmondo will rise from the ashes are greatly exaggerated, says sister site Gizmodo.

They rumor smash the whole scenario, from bullshit quotes from former execs to poor Swedish sources to theories that the site is the work of a prankster. There's not much in the way of hard evidence, but we genuinely hope that no one sinks their money into such a poorly considered venture.

Gizmondo Is Dead, Dead, Dead. DEAD and Not Coming Back [Gizmodo]

5:20 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Michael McWhertor
1,179 views, 24 comments

Latest by errington07: i hope it comes with sticky balls 2 =p more »

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Gizmondo Exec Free To Terrorize Streets, Ferraris Once More

Former Gizmondo-brand snake-oil salesman and Ferrari Enzo-killer Bo Stefan "Fat Steffe" Eriksson has been released from a Los Angeles jail. Good news for him, but bad news for exotic cars everywhere. The former executive with ties to the failed Gizmondo handheld was arrested on grand theft auto charges and later charged with embezzlement, to which he pleaded "no contest." Old Bo is on his way to either Sweden or Germany now, where we assume he'll start work on Gizmondo Advance or some such nonsense. We simply can't wait to never hear from him again.

Ferrari Swede released from jail [The Local via Jalopnik]

4:20 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Michael McWhertor
1,280 views, 26 comments

Latest by mind in rewind: @ManekiNeko: You're missing the point that it was designed to fail. On purpose, for financial gain. more »

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Gizmondo Exec's Ferrari Crash Resurrected In Bizarre Twist

While the Gizmondo handheld device was almost immediately forgettable, the storied lives of its executives, especially notorious "Uppsula mafioso" Stefan Eriksson, have stayed with us much longer than the failed device. Today, the bizarre yarn of Eriksson's Ferrari Enzo crash in Malibu adds another thread. The mysterious "Dietrich", an otherwise unidentified German man whom Eriksson told police was driving the rare wrecked sports car, was finally arrested by police. More »

7:20 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By Michael McWhertor
8,395 views, 42 comments

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The Biggest Effe-Ups This Year

Well, it's late December, and that means bring on the year end look-backs. From flying Wii-motes and Halo Hollywood pull-outs to crashing Enzos and Microsoft non-exclusive, game site Next-Gen has a look at all the muck-ups and fuck-ups. And this year's biggest loser? Well, we'll leave that to you to hash out in the comments section. Brian Ashcraft More »

9:25 AM on Wed Dec 20 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
183 views, 27 comments

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Gizmondo Dude Gets Served

It's been a wild ride, but it's over. Former Gizmondo don and career thug, Swedish born Bo "Fat" Stefan Eriksson has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years after pleading guilty to embezzlement and drunken driving chargers. Eriksson's California mansion has been seized and once he serves his time, Bo will be deported. What caused the plea? The Swede's attorney says: More »

12:22 AM on Wed Nov 8 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
308 views, 9 comments

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Gizmondo Exec Gets Mistrial

Steffan Eriksson, famous Ferrari Enzo smasher, former alleged Swedish mafiosa, and one-time Gizmondo executive, saw the judge declare a mistrial in his trial for "two counts each of grand theft and fraudulent concealment with intent to defraud." More »

7:20 PM on Fri Nov 3 2006
By Michael McWhertor
208 views, 10 comments

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Gizmondo Bo Says "No"

Car-lovin' sister site Jalopnik sends an update on the Gizmondo craziness. Former company honcho and Swedish gangster Fat Stefan Eriksson has rejected his plea deal. If Eriksson, whose real first name is "Bo," had accepted this deal and pleaded "no contest" to four counts, he would've been hit with a two year, four month sentence and a US $25,000 fine. There's more, including admitting previous felony conduct. More »

1:21 AM on Wed Oct 18 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
86 views, 15 comments

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Wired's Gizmondo Exposo

This article is straight-up fantastic From Wired comes the sordid tale of Stefan Eriksson, the man we know as the Ferrari-crashing hoodlum responsible for the failed Gizmondo handheld console, but his story goes so much deeper than that. More »

8:40 PM on Wed Oct 4 2006
By egauger
293 views, 18 comments

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Prison Rape on the GizmoNdo: a Posthumous Review

Games-that-never-were review site LostLevels recently got ahold of Colors, which never made it to the Gizmondo. Colors is your basic thug-em-up, but is notable in that it includes prison rape as a key game mechanic More »

7:20 PM on Mon Sep 18 2006
By egauger
1,592 views, 21 comments

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The Gizmondo Did Eye Toy

Spending more time buying racehorses and model agencies than fine tuning their business strategy, Gizmondo crashed and burned like Fat Stefan in a Ferrari. But not all the ideas were terrible. In fact, this little prototype video of the unreleased Gizmondo game Catapults is pretty frickin' amazing. The game doesn't look terribly fun, but watch the Gizmondo superimpose three dimensional objects on a real space, appropriately adjusting the angle of their geometry with the angle of the mounted camera. More »

11:40 AM on Thu Jul 27 2006
By brownlee
756 views, 19 comments

Latest by Klaymen: I must admit, I really dig that type of technology (the sony "pokemon" card game from E3 is the only Sony product that I was actually interested in) BUT.. What exactly is the point of displaying this in the real world? It's more »

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Gizmondo Exec Pleads Not Guilty

It would be an understatement to call Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson's plea of not guilty predictable. I mean, the man drives around (allegedly) stolen Ferraris, claims to work for (allegedly) national security, and worst of all, tried to launch a hybrid portable gaming device with a Sting-infested kick-off in London. Of course Captain Delusional is going to plead not guilty to his flying Ferrari shenanigans. More »

1:00 PM on Wed May 31 2006
By Brian Crecente
58 views, 3 comments

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Best of E3 Nominees

Dean Takahashi, who has been a voting member of the nefarious Game Critics Awards "for a few years", has posted up the full list of nominees on his site. Now the 38 publications get together in some ginormous misshapen star chamber to decide who gets what awards and then vote on what ill-conceived portable gets pushed into the limelight for half a year before dying an ignoble death. You didn't think the Gizmondo happened by accident did you? Brian Crecente More »

8:00 PM on Wed May 24 2006
By Brian Crecente
73 views, 1 comment

Latest by FightingChance: The best of incomplete, possible games. . . interesting. You know what would be interesting? A comparison of 'best of E3' with the game or products rating when it actually comes out to market. more »

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Gizmondo's Unrealized Halo Game

Simon over at GameSetWatch reports that Gizmondo had planned a 3D, FPS Halo title just before the company went bankrupt. Named Halo: Spartan, the game was being developed by Gizmondo Manchester, an insider tells GSW. If the game had been produced, it would've used the portable's back-mounted camera to detect motion and give a "mouselook"-like effect as you swiveled the handheld around. That means players could alter the camera POV just by rotating the Gizmondo. While the failed portable maker did have a contract with Microsoft Game Studios for Age of Empires, it never inked a deal with Bungie and was even trying to pass the portable off as the unofficial "Xbox Portable" in pitch meetings! Does that mean Gizmondo execs lied? There's no way we'd buy that. More »

7:18 PM on Thu May 4 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
188 views, Comment

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Knucklehead Stefan: Career Criminal

It's been one hell of a wild ride that's involved exotic cars, Homeland Security and a mysterious German driver. But, Stefan "Bo" Eriksson was behind the wheel, a Malibu police officer testified Monday. "He was driving the red Ferrari at the time of the crash, was knocked unconscious — he'd gotten sick and threw up," said Detective Zack Conner said during a preliminary hearing in Superior Court to determine whether "Bo" will go to trial. More »

6:22 AM on Tue May 2 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
108 views, Comment

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