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Xbox 360 Update on Live, Halo 3 Back on Top

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Logging into Xbox Live today will reveal a new update to your 360. Be patient! Your update is downloading as fast as it can and once you restart - you’ll get nothing new. But Major Nelson says Halo 3 is back on top of the Live charts this week!
It’s not exactly an interesting update to [...]

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Will PlayStation Home Beat Xbox Live this Fall?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

PlayStation 3 will become an on online social destination when Sony’s PlayStation Home is launched. Although much delayed Home is beginning to show positive signs of life. The PlayStation Network’s virtual online world is now recruiting beta testers.
It’s the first step in seeing Sony meet its latest delayed launch date of fall 2008 as Sony [...]

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Soul Calibur IV, Bring on the Jedi

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The wait for the next iteration of the Soul Calibur series is over. Soul Calibur IV hit store shelves this morning. While it didn’t open to the same fanfare as other anticipated titles, SC IV is definitely a worthy successor to the brand.
For a long standing head-to-head fight game fan I’m rather new the Soul [...]

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Xbox LIVE Free Windows Counterpart

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Microsoft has just introduced Games for Windows – LIVE a free gaming service for Windows. It’s the same online gaming service you get with Xbox LIVE but you’re your Windows desktop. It even breaks across platforms to the Xbox 360 so it’s compatible with your Xbox LIVE gamer tag.
LIVE is the easiest way to jump [...]

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PlayStation Video Store vs. Xbox LIVE Netflix

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Sony isn’t sitting by to let Microsoft take credit for making Xbox 360 the entertainment center of your living-room’s universe. No sooner did Sony announce its new PlayStation Video Store at E3 this week that it was alive and operable on your PS3. All you need is an Internet connection and the latest firmware version [...]

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Xbox 360 E3: Microsoft Decides Blades Taste Like Schick

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Yesterday the annual Electronics Entertainment Expo kicked off with big announcements on Xbox 360’s future. Microsoft will ditch blades for a new look that’ll include avatars. If there’s one theme from Microsoft - the future looks social.
Microsoft is so confident that VP of Microsoft Entertainment Don Mattrick boldly stated that the console will outsell PlayStation3 [...]

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Xbox 360 Price Drop, 60GB Model Coming Soon

Monday, July 14th, 2008

You’ve waited a long time to get your hands on a brand new Xbox 360! Now you can grab one with a 20GB hard drive at a $50 discount from its regular price. But it’s only while supplies last. It turns out that a new 60GB model will be replacing the 20GB game machine next month. Sadly [...]

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Diablo III Graphics Creates Aura of Defiance

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Blizzard has unveiled only morsels of what to expect from its upcoming Action/RPG Diablo III through its new website. Already game-fans are protesting the inequities of an incomplete game they’ve never played in an online petition with over 30,000 signatures. Get a life – fanboy.
The Internet and Web 2.0 can be a glorious thing. Like [...]

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Movie Downloads Coming to PlayStation 3 This Summer

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Kazuo Hirai, President of Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that movie downloads will finally hit the PS3 this summer. First in line to get the new movie venue will be the US market but Europe and Japan are soon to follow.
The initial announcement came early today but you’ll have to wait to get full details. [...]

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Recording Industry vs. Video Games

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Games vs. Music: Two digital media industries but one is experiencing record growth and profits while the other industry is failing while it is slow to adapt to market changes. Perhaps one should learn from the other. 
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a stick-in-the-mud organization that uses litigation to protect copyright music. While [...]

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