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PS3 Shortages to be Expected

The launch of the Xbox 360 was far from perfect with shortages driving consumers crazy. It looks like Sony fans should expect the same type of release though, as there are limitations to how many consoles they can make. “We’ve learned the Sony PlayStation 3 is not just a game console. It’s a movie platform. [...]

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The Ship Available For Pre-Load On Steam

The official Steam web site has now announced that The Ship, the Source engine powered multiplayer oriented game, is now available for pre-loading and pre-ordering via the Steam download service. The Ship is a unique multiplayer game set on a luxury 1920′s replica cruise ship built by Mr X. Once you’re on board you’re given [...]

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Anarchy Online Expansions Now Free

Funcom have announced that their sci-fi MMORPG Anarchy Online is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and in celebration and as a present to users, they have released all four expansion packs for the game for free. This means that all you need is an account and you get the game and all of the released content. [...]

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PS3 Games to be Expensive?

It looks like Sony is not too sure how expensive their PlayStation 3 games are going to be, atleast not yet, but that did not stop them from talking about it. In PlayStation Magazine, Sony Computer Entertainment President and CEO Kaz Hirai tries to help us understand more about the pricing structure the next generation [...]

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Halo 2 Taboos

The top game for Xbox Live use is Halo 2, and it is easy to see why, but if you are just joining there are a few things you just should not do. Gamepro compiles them in a nice Halo 2 Taboos list. Voice Masking Halo 2′s options menu allows you to add voice masking [...]

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Nintendo Dipping into Microtransactions

How would you feel if someone came to you every day and asked you for a dollar? Well that is how I feel about microtransactions, especially since much of what has been done on the Xbox 360 side is users finding themselves paying through the nose for content that should have been free. Nintendo of [...]

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Wii Launch Titles

Nintendo Power has confirmed that there will be atleast six Wii titles for this falls launch of the Nintendo Wii. The list includes: The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Wii Sports Red Steel Rayman Raving Rabbits Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower [...]

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Second Life Turns Three

A virtual world called Second Life recently celebrated its third birthday, having been online since June 23rd, 2003. TechCrunch talks about Second Life recently and says: At an exchange rate of roughly 250 Linden Dollars to the US Dollar, the Second Life economy offers as as many goods for sale as four Walmart stores. Linden [...]

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Need For Speed: Carbon

The next in the Need For Speed franchise is Carbon, a game moving away from the whole police chase experience again. I love Need For Speed because of the adrenaline that having a good police chase causes, so I don’t know how well this next game will do in the market, but atleast it will [...]

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Microsoft to Add Physics Support to DirectX

Microsoft, trying to never be outdone, has been advertising a job opening that basically tells us that they are looking at adding physics support inside its DirectX application interface. They are looking for a software design engineer to join Microsoft’s “Direct Physics” team which would be “”responsible for delivering a great leap forwards in the [...]

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