Have you ever wondered what would happen if you superglued an Xbox controller to a tablet? Nvidia seems to have, because its Project Shield gaming tablet is what some people might call “quirky” and others “a horrible mess”

The newly named Razer Edge was shown off at this year’s CES show, claiming to be “the world’s first tablet designed for PC gamers

Even the most die-hard Android fan has to admit that the quality of available apps isn’t always as good as it could be: as mobile developer Noah Bordner wrote on his blog , there’s so much dross on Google Play that the odd diamond will dazzle

If you like PlayStation games and also own an Android tablet, we’ve got good news: PlayStation Mobile is live, bringing what Sony calls “PlayStation-style gaming” to smartphones and tablets

There are awards for everything, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that business apps now have their own awards programme: this year, app users are being invited to vote in the inaugural Tabby Awards/Business, which will be judged by “an international jury of tablet professionals”

All tablets can play games, but not all tablets are gaming tablets. Enter the Wikipad, an Android-powered tablet designed specifically for gamers

Good news for iPad owners who also have Sky+ boxes: Sky has just updated its iPad app so you can use your tablet to control your TV. You can move between channels, pause live TV and plan your viewing

What’s the most important thing potential tablet owners take into consideration? Here’s a clue: it begins with “a” and ends with “pps”. According to the latest data from comScore, the app ecosystem is the single biggest consideration for new tablet buyers, with even price coming second

Stop saving for a PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720: your next games console will be a tablet. That’s what Cevat Yerli reckons might happen, anyway, and as boss of Crysis creator Crytek he knows a thing or two about the games business.

Remember The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s exciting new iPad (and Android) newspaper? It was unveiled amid plenty of hype, endorsed by the late Steve Jobs and promised a new, electronic future for newspapers

Good news for comic fans: DC Comics has teamed up with Barnes & Noble to bring some of the world’s favourite graphic novels to the tablet, following in the footsteps of its arch-rival Marvel

Bad news for games console manufacturers: gaming is now the number one moneymaker on tablets and smartphones, and the numbers are going up

The beleaguered porn industry could have an unlikely saviour: your tablet. Battered by the triple forces of piracy, free content and user-generated content, the mainstream adult industry has been finding it hard to make money lately, but it turns out that tablet owners can’t get enough filth

Apple is putting together a major new version of iOS, iOS 6.0, which is expected to ship this October if not sooner — and on iOS 6, the mapping application will be powered not by Google’s maps