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Up to date news, interesting discussion and other information on gaming consoles, including the next generation consoles Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and portable consoles, such as Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) and Nintendo DS.
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Toshiba has announced that is planning to launch two new commercial products that will be based on PlayStation 3 technology.
The Japanese news site Tech-On! reports that an upcoming Toshiba ...
Date: 9 May 2008 18:05 | 3 comments
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Retailers in the United States have begun stocking up on the new PSP Headset Kit for Skype which should be available from retail outlets within the next month. The set is currently available ...
Date: 9 May 2008 18:05 | 2 comments
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According to Taiwanese industry news source CENS, improved 65nm Xbox 360s should be arriving later this year, even as soon as August.
The report adds that Microsoft has "already begun contracting ...
Date: 8 May 2008 22:05 | 27 comments
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After Take-Two announced that the blockbuster hit GTA IV had hit $500 million USD in sales for its first week, Microsoft was quick to release data alleging that over 60 percent of those sales ...
Date: 8 May 2008 22:05 | 24 comments
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Take-Two Interactive Software has said in a press release today that the blockbuster multi-platform game Grand Theft Auto IV had surpassed all-time records for one day and weekly sales, even ...
Date: 7 May 2008 17:05 | 19 comments
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Sony's PlayStation 3 has hit a milestone in Europe by finally passing the Xbox 360 in total console sales despite the lowest priced PS3 costing nearly twice as much as the entry level version ...
Date: 7 May 2008 14:05 | 25 comments
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Despite reports that a Blu-ray Xbox 360 is in the works from an ASUS subsidiary, Microsoft has once again moved to deny the rumors.
Microsoft had no comment when the reports hit last week, ...
Date: 5 May 2008 22:05 | 54 comments
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Sony's videogame unit, sometimes known as the "PlayStation" unit, has announced that it is expecting to see its losses shrink by about $956 million USD for the 12 months ended March 31, 2008. ...
Date: 5 May 2008 20:05 | 16 comments
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According to game magazine publisher Enterbrain the Sony PSP outsold all game consoles in Japan handily for the month of April including 2-to-1 sales over its main rival, the Nintendo DS.
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Date: 4 May 2008 19:05 | 8 comments
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Analysts in the US have predicted that over 9 million copies of the blockbuster game GTA IV will ship during this financial year.
The game's developer Take-Two however, has stated that analysts ...
Date: 3 May 2008 22:05 | 27 comments
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If you are planning on vacationing anytime soon, you may want to book yourself into a Westin Hotel, which has announced that it will be supplying at least 10 of its hotel chains with the popular ...
Date: 3 May 2008 21:05 | 6 comments
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Despite repeated denials over the past couple of months, more and more reports are surfacing that a Blu-ray integrated Xbox 360 is coming, before Christmas of this year.
Last month Microsoft ...
Date: 2 May 2008 21:05 | 44 comments
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Over the past years, the Canadian dollar has seen a steady rise in value to the point where it sits today, at almost equal to the United States Dollar. Despite that fact however, Canadians usually ...
Date: 1 May 2008 21:05 | 16 comments
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GTA IV producer Leslie Benzies has said during an interview with the The Times Online that he believes the blockbuster game has cost Rockstar almost 100 million USD to create and produce, making ...
Date: 1 May 2008 20:05 | 27 comments
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According to Chart-Track, GTA IV has shattered previous launch day sales records in the UK, selling 610,000 units on its first day. The data is based on EPoS data and retailer estimates.
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Date: 30 Apr 2008 22:04 | 12 comments
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Microsoft has announced that it will be cutting the price of its Xbox 360 console in four Asian markets in an effort to boost sales in the struggling Asian market.
The standard 20GB model ...
Date: 29 Apr 2008 20:04 | 4 comments
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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. is on the verge of launching the latest edition in the Grand Theft Auto video game series, GTA IV, which is expected to break records and generate $400 million ...
Date: 28 Apr 2008 23:04 | 47 comments
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Seeing the fact that retail game sales are at all time highs and showing no signs of slowing down, Blockbuster has announced that it will be upping its game offerings in all of the corporation's ...
Date: 28 Apr 2008 22:04 | 4 comments
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Citing "robust demand" for Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division (Xbox division) has finally reported a profit, making $89 million USD for the Q3 fiscal 2008.
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Date: 25 Apr 2008 18:04 | 32 comments
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the company is not likely to cut the price of its ever popular Wii and DS gaming systems in the foreseeable future.
"Our earnings projection ...
Date: 25 Apr 2008 17:04 | 10 comments
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Sky, the British TV network has announced that its highly anticipated on-demand TV service Go!View will hit the Sony PSP this summer.
The service will allow owners of the gaming handheld ...
Date: 24 Apr 2008 19:04 | 4 comments
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Alcatel-Lucent has begun court proceedings for its lawsuit against Microsoft, complaining that Microsoft's Xbox game systems violates one of the company's 1993 patents "relating to the code ...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 20:04 | 29 comments
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GTA IV is sure to be the biggest title to ever hit the PlayStation 3 when it is released next week, and Sony definitely knows this. With that in mind they have officially announced a system ...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 19:04 | 16 comments
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Nikko Citigroup analysts have upgraded their rating for Sony Corporation citing their anticipation that the company will break even or even turn a profit on the PlayStation 3 beginning in August.
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Date: 22 Apr 2008 21:04 | 63 comments
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Sony Computer Entertainment said this morning that the oft-delayed PlayStation Home community online service was to be delayed again, marking the third official delay since the service was announced.
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Date: 22 Apr 2008 21:04 | 47 comments
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Thanks to an apparent leak by Amazon there is now some information available on the availability of Sony's PlayTV add-on for the PlayStation 3.
The PlayTV will turn any PS3 into a "fully-fledged ...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 18:04 | 23 comments
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Over the last month I've been working on a number of MPEG-4 AVC related guides. Devices from mobile phones to Blu-ray players, and numerous others in between the two extremes, are designed with ...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 14:04 | 1 comment
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Chinavasion has introduced a portable LCD screen for the Nintendo Wii that will allow you to play your Wii games wherever you are.
The new 7-inch TFT LCD display offers a small resolution ...
Date: 18 Apr 2008 22:04 | 4 comments
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that Judas Priest’s 1982 classic album, "Screaming For Vengeance" will be the first complete album to be added to Rock Band's downloadable content catalog ...
Date: 18 Apr 2008 22:04 | 9 comments
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The NPD figures are out and nobody is surprised that the Nintendo Wii console is far up the ladder from its two competitors again. Microsoft and Sony ended the month only 5,000 unit sales apart, ...
Date: 18 Apr 2008 03:04 | 70 comments
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Iomega has announced its all-new Media Xporter drive, a game console-oriented 2.5-inch portable hard drive that will provide storage for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.
The company ...
Date: 17 Apr 2008 19:04 | 33 comments
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According to Microsoft, sales of the Xbox 360 gaming console in Europe have "more than doubled" since last month's across the board price cut.
Another interesting note the company reported ...
Date: 17 Apr 2008 18:04 | 25 comments
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Just days after the rumor hit the Internet, Nintendo has denied that there are any plans for a launch of a new redesigned DS Lite at this year's upcoming E3 event.
The rumor and speculation ...
Date: 17 Apr 2008 18:04 | 14 comments
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Electronic Arts (EA) announced a significant milestone on Wednesday for itself and the entire games industry, revealing that 100 millions copies of The Sims series of games have been sold. The ...
Date: 17 Apr 2008 04:04 | 3 comments
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The European Commission has decided that the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games, which would create a new company called Activision Blizzard, will not "significantly impede effective competition ...
Date: 17 Apr 2008 04:04
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Confirmed by the official Sony blog, the company will be bringing several prominent new updates to the PlayStation 3 console including a new video service and in-game XMB.
Peter Dille, the ...
Date: 16 Apr 2008 22:04 | 9 comments
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The reigning champion of opening-week performance in the videogames industry is the 2007 Xbox 360 smash-hit Halo 3. The title boosted the sales of Xbox 360 consoles and fell into shoppers hands ...
Date: 16 Apr 2008 22:04 | 9 comments
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A prediction from Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter could turn out to be true if the UK demand for Wii Fit is anything to go by. Pachter said that Nintendo's upcoming Wii Fit title might have ...
Date: 16 Apr 2008 22:04 | 5 comments
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The BBC's head of digital media technology Anthony Rose has reported that the PlayStation 3 is on the iPlayer's "roadmap" and that official support will be coming, eventually.
Rose, writing ...
Date: 15 Apr 2008 19:04 | 4 comments
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Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has forecasted that US video game sales will have jumped 47 percent year on year from March 2007 to March 2008 to $850 million USD.
More ...
Date: 14 Apr 2008 22:04 | 19 comments
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Rockstar Games' popular title "Bully" has been banned in Brazil, the largest nation in Latin America, over fears the title is too violent for children or teenagers. Judge Flavio Rabello banned ...
Date: 13 Apr 2008 07:04 | 17 comments
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While admitting he has little interest in video games, horror-writer Stephen King has used his Entertainment Weekly column to strike out at those who want to ban the sale of violent video games ...
Date: 13 Apr 2008 07:04 | 35 comments
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Following the announcement of iPlayer support in Nintendo's Wii video games home console, and the subsequent revelation that the lack of support for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (PS3) was due ...
Date: 13 Apr 2008 07:04 | 6 comments
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Famitsu publisher Hirokazu Hamamura has today said that Nintendo is "likely to introduce a new version of its DS handheld" at the upcoming E3 event.
Without specifically mentioning sources, ...
Date: 12 Apr 2008 22:04 | 10 comments
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The recent decision to add iPlayer support to the Nintendo Wii console left many wondering why Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) or Microsoft's Xbox 360 didn't get a similar announcement before. According ...
Date: 12 Apr 2008 01:04 | 6 comments
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The PlayStation 3 has surpassed another milestone in Japan, passing the 2 million units sold mark after a strong sales week.
Sony's popular handheld, the PSP, had a very strong week as well ...
Date: 11 Apr 2008 22:04 | 9 comments
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Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed that a new PlayStation 3 SKU will be hitting retail shelves to accompany the release of Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
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Date: 11 Apr 2008 22:04 | 16 comments
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The next update for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console from Sony Corp., v2.30, expected to arrive next week, will add support for the DTS-HD Master Audio format, much to the delight of audiophiles. ...
Date: 11 Apr 2008 03:04 | 13 comments
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The large UK retailer Shopto has confirmed that a new PlayStation 3 bundle including the upcoming blockbuster game Grand Theft Auto IV will be hitting Europe on April 29th.
It was still ...
Date: 11 Apr 2008 00:04 | 7 comments
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Although Microsoft ended production on its Xbox 360 HD DVD addon it hasannounced that yesterday a software update was made available for the drive and its thousands of owners.
All the user ...
Date: 10 Apr 2008 19:04 | 12 comments
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The BBC has announced that its popular iPlayer will be coming to the Nintendo Wii console soon marking the second time in recent weeks that the BBC has made partnerships for its service.
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Date: 9 Apr 2008 16:04 | 9 comments
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According to "sources" cited by MTV News, Microsoft has been developing a Wiimote-like controller for the Xbox 360 for 9 months and plans to release it at some point this year.
The new 360 ...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 18:04 | 31 comments
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President of Sony Corporation and CEO of Sony's Global Electronics Business, Ryoji Chubachi, has spoken of the corporation's plan to increase the market share of its Blu-ray Disc products dramatically. ...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 00:04 | 110 comments
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Following the fall of the HD DVD disc format, all eyes turned to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, expecting a response to the news that could come in the form of a Blu-ray-equipped Xbox 360 unit ...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 00:04 | 25 comments
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The bad luck experienced by the Grand Theft Auto series of video games in Australia has continued with the upcoming GTA IV. Rockstar confirmed to the Sydney Morning Herald that the game has ...
Date: 6 Apr 2008 01:04 | 26 comments
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Owners of the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) console can enjoy rumble technology now with the DualShock 3 controller announced at the Tokyo Game Show last year and released in Japan on November 11th. ...
Date: 4 Apr 2008 23:04 | 36 comments
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According to figures released by Enterbrain, during March, Nintendo's Wii games console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3), while the PlayStation Portable (PSP) outsold the DS handheld for the ...
Date: 4 Apr 2008 23:04 | 12 comments
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We have heard research that link video games to almost every human emotion in existence and still have come no closer to figuring out the true effect, if any, that this content has on impressionable ...
Date: 4 Apr 2008 23:04 | 14 comments
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Sony has reported that it intends to continue cutting production costs across the board on its goods as well as fulfill "more orders in an attempt to offset the reductions in export profits ...
Date: 3 Apr 2008 19:04 | 15 comments
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According to a new NPD Group report, 72 percent of all Americans played video games in 2007, up almost 10 percent from 2006. From the group that said they played video games, half of them played ...
Date: 2 Apr 2008 22:04 | 15 comments
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Despite widespread rumors to the contrary, Microsoft has once again denied that they are bringing a new generation of Xbox 360s with Blu-ray internal drives.
The rumor began again after DigiTimes ...
Date: 2 Apr 2008 22:04 | 25 comments
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Despite fears among eager gamers about a possible ban on the next title in the Grand Theft Auto series in the UK, the rumors are false and the game has in fact been given an 18 Certification ...
Date: 2 Apr 2008 04:04 | 2 comments
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According to the latest figures from Chart-Track, the Microsoft Xbox 360 is very close to hitting 2 million units sold in the UK. The figure, when hit, will be a big milestone for the console.
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Date: 1 Apr 2008 22:04 | 6 comments
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Although unconfirmed, industry sources are quoted as saying that Lite-On IT is currently developing Blu-ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 console and that they will begin ...
Date: 1 Apr 2008 21:04 | 16 comments
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More than a year has passed since PlayStation 3 was released. The whole time hackers have been busy trying to break into the system and run Homebrew, without any luck -- until now. First homebrew ...
Date: 1 Apr 2008 09:04 | 49 comments
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Thanks to the launch of Pokemon Ranger: Battonage, the Nintendo DS has once again moved to the top of hardware sales in Japan.
The popular handheld sold 65,000 units for the week ending March ...
Date: 28 Mar 2008 22:03 | 3 comments
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Nintendo's WiiWare service has finally launched in Japan and the company says there will be nine titles available on launch day.
Following the Japanese launch is the North American launch ...
Date: 26 Mar 2008 21:03 | 6 comments
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Today we have added another three guides to our Guide section. The first guide covers a program we forgot to cover long ago called VobBlanker. The guide shows basically how to "blank" anti-piracy ...
Date: 26 Mar 2008 14:03 | 8 comments
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Administrators of Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming community have cracked down on those who are found to be tampering with their Xbox Live Gamerscore. "Today we took action on some of the ...
Date: 26 Mar 2008 07:03 | 23 comments
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The next firmware update for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console has gotten much hype over the past couple of weeks, as it turned it into the first official Profile 2.0 Blu-ray hardware. There has ...
Date: 25 Mar 2008 21:03 | 9 comments
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Netflix, one of the worlds best known DVD rental services, has revealed that it has been surveying its subscribers to analyze the level of interest in streaming Netflix movies to the Xbox 360 ...
Date: 25 Mar 2008 21:03 | 5 comments
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According to reports floating around the net, of which sources include PC World, the upcoming firmware update for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console would allow a "Portable Copy" feature for the ...
Date: 24 Mar 2008 22:03 | 7 comments
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Activision has announced that it will be releasing the blockbuster hit game "Guitar Hero" on the world's most popular handheld, the Nintendo DS.
The new game, "Guitar Hero: On Tour" will ...
Date: 21 Mar 2008 22:03 | 25 comments
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The upcoming PlayStation 3 Firmware update will make the console the first Blu-Ray Profile 2.0 capable player, among other updates.
The new version 2.2 firmware update will add Internet ...
Date: 20 Mar 2008 20:03 | 42 comments
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According to Sony’s PlayStation blog, the PSP has seen its firmware updated to version 3.93 today, which comes with 20 new Internet radio players.
The new players are "organized into more ...
Date: 19 Mar 2008 22:03 | 11 comments
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The retailer HMV has begun a promotion for gamers eagerly awaiting the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV that will include 1000 free Xbox Live points "and vouchers worth over GBP 130."
The free ...
Date: 19 Mar 2008 22:03 | 4 comments
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According to Chart-Track, the Microsoft Xbox 360 saw a 40 percent sales jump in the UK following the Europe-wide price cut last week.
Says Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch, "Xbox 360 is ...
Date: 18 Mar 2008 18:03 | 19 comments
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After the latest figures from the NPD Group showed that the Xbox 360 was once again lagging substantially behind its competitors in US sales, Microsoft has cited a "shortage in console availability" ...
Date: 16 Mar 2008 20:03 | 31 comments
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Just days after it was announced that Microsoft was slashing Xbox 360 prices across the board in Europe, leading simExchange analyst Jesse Divnich has reported that price cuts in the US are ...
Date: 15 Mar 2008 18:03 | 47 comments
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According to data figures released by Media Create yesterday, the ever popular Nintendo Wii was back on top of Japanese hardware sales, regaining its spot after PSP sales returned to normal. ...
Date: 15 Mar 2008 16:03 | 4 comments
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After the obvious abandoning of HD DVD, Microsoft was said to be in talks with Sony to get a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360. As we reported last week, Sony boss Stan Glasgow said in an interview ...
Date: 13 Mar 2008 09:03 | 59 comments
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Starting on Friday, March 14, Microsoft will reportedly be cutting the price of the 20GB Xbox 360 in Europe to 270 euros. This represents a drop of 80 euros. Meanwhile, in the UK the price of ...
Date: 10 Mar 2008 17:03 | 5 comments
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Microsoft may be planning to upgrade the Xbox 360 Pro to a 60GB HDD model, if new rumors are to be believed. The mid-tier model of the popular game console currently offers 20 GB of storage ...
Date: 9 Mar 2008 18:03 | 43 comments
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According to Greenpeace, consumer electronics are slowing becoming greener but still have a long way to go to eliminate the use of more hazardous and toxic chemicals and to become more energy ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 23:03 | 10 comments
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Although it is not officially confirmed yet, industry sources have indicated that there are upcoming price cuts coming for all Microsoft Xbox 360 models in Europe.
The rumors suggest that ...
Date: 5 Mar 2008 23:03 | 10 comments
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Sony Japan has announced that Japanese PSP gamers will be able to use Skype services beginning in two weeks, March 18th.
The company also said that the software will be included in the upcoming ...
Date: 4 Mar 2008 22:03 | 12 comments
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The large research company iSuppli has said that it believes the Sony PlayStation 3 console will see another price cut during the course of 2008 leading to a huge Christmas for the system.
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Date: 3 Mar 2008 20:03 | 74 comments
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It's time again for my weekly Glossary updates. This week's highlights include some things you may already have on your computer, such as libavcodec and MPEG-4 encoders. If you're not already ...
Date: 29 Feb 2008 19:02 | 1 comment
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According to new data figures from Enterbrain, the ever popular Nintendo Wii has dominated the Japanese console market again, outselling the next closest competitor, the Sony PlayStation 3 by ...
Date: 28 Feb 2008 20:02 | 49 comments
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At its annual retail and publisher conference Sony America has announced that new PlayStation 3 and PSP bundles will be hitting retailers beginning in April.
They company also announced that ...
Date: 26 Feb 2008 22:02 | 62 comments
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With the increase in new content at Afterdawn over the last year, we've had a hard time keeping you informed of the resources we have available in our Guides section. In order to let you know ...
Date: 25 Feb 2008 09:02 | 2 comments
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Microsoft has announced that will stop producing its HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360, citing Toshiba's end of support for the format as the key reason why.
The company said it would ...
Date: 24 Feb 2008 22:02 | 19 comments
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With new technology and ways to deliver video being introduced at breakneck speed, one thing most entertainment executives will admit to is that nobody knows anything for sure. To date no one ...
Date: 23 Feb 2008 09:02 | 4 comments
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Microsoft's GDC keynote speaker, John Schappert has announced that the Xbox 360 has reached another milestone, over 18 million units sold worldwide.
"I think that we've sold 18 million, ...
Date: 22 Feb 2008 23:02 | 28 comments
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Microsoft Canada has announced price drops across the line for all of its Xbox 360 models and it seems Canadian buyers will finally see prices more equivalent to their southern neighbors in the US.
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Date: 21 Feb 2008 21:02 | 15 comments
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According to market research commission by iSuppli, Nintendo's Wii console will reach 18 million sales globally by the end of 2008, jumping from its 2007 figure of 18 million. If iSuppli's figures ...
Date: 16 Feb 2008 00:02 | 7 comments
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According to the NPD Group, year-over-years sales for the US videogame market fell 6 percent to $1.18 billion USD for January 2008.
Software sales for the month increased 11 percent however, ...
Date: 15 Feb 2008 19:02 | 30 comments
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Less than a year since its release, Sony has announced that one million Sony PlayStation 3 users have taken part in the Folding@home technology, making the console the leading contributor to the effort.
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Date: 5 Feb 2008 20:02 | 30 comments
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