Nintendo Clear Winner in Second Quarter Game Shipments (PC World)
July 31, 2008PC World - Nintendo easily beat competition from Microsoft and Sony to ship more consoles and handhelds in the second quarter of the…
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Archive for July, 2008
Sony Begins Accepting Applications for PlayStation Home Beta (PC World)
July 31, 2008PC World - Sony Computer Entertainment began accepting applications on Thursday for a closed beta test of its PlayStation Home virtual…
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Computer games could get cinema-style ratings (Reuters)
July 31, 2008Reuters - Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.
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Gamers hit the virtual gridiron early (Reuters)
July 31, 2008Reuters - Although the future team colors of quarterback Brett Favre are unknown, when the 20th Anniversary “Madden NFL 09″ game is released in August he will be wearing the Green Bay Packers’ colors on the cover.
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Activision profit up on “Kung Fu,”"Guitar Hero” (Reuters)
July 31, 2008Reuters - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc said quarterly profit at its Activision unit more than doubled on sales of “Kung Fu Panda” and “Guitar Hero: On Tour,” and it raised its 2009 forecast for the newly merged company.
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Developer shows off the power of the new Wii MotionPlus accesory
July 31, 2008LiveMove 2 is a brand new product that fully supports the Nintendo Wii MotionPlus accessory. AiLive collaborated with Nintendo to design the MotionPlus hardware and is offering LiveMove 2 to help game developers take full advantage of its capabilities.
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New Disney game show trivia game - TH!NK FAST
July 31, 2008Disney-themed title for the Wii and PS2 will test players’ mental and physical reflexes while providing hours of family fun. Disney TH!NK Fast promises to be a family favorite party game this holiday season.
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Deep Silver announces first details of Cursed Mountain
July 31, 2008Global video game developer and publisher Deep Silver today revealed the first details of Cursed Mountain, a survival horror game produced exclusively for Wii by their internal development studio and its partners.
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Oprah finally gets her hands on the Nintendo Wii
July 31, 2008Reports indicate that none other than Oprah has been spotted at Walmart picking up a Wii as well as a unch of titles to go with it. It begs the question of why Nintendo just didn\’t send her one in the first place!
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Ubisoft announces Armored core for answer video game
July 31, 2008Today Ubisoft announced it will publish Armored Core for Answer, the newest addition to From Software\’s mech-based combat franchise, Armored Core. The thirteenth installment in the series, Armored Core for Answer is scheduled for release on the Xbox 360 and PS3 in September 2008.
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Sony: Home is all about gaming and not social networking
July 31, 2008SCEE\’s Darren Cairns has indicated that the focus of Playstation HOME is all about gaming and definitely not on the social networking side of things. He noted that \”Home is not a social network - it\’s focused on games. It\’s a visual representation of the PlayStation community.\”
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Want Kratos in Soul Calibur IV? Then make it happen
July 31, 2008Ever dreamed of playing as Kratos in Soul Calibur IV? Well now\’s your chance to make it a reality. You\’ll need a whole lot of equipment to make it all happen, of which is detailed inside.
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New Saints Row dev just couldn’t get his head around the PS3’s CELL
July 31, 2008Producer Dan Sutton has revealed that he finds the CELL as used in the PS3 just really complicated and points to Stranglehold pushing their dates up as support for his thought. He also told Future Publishing that it is really really powerful and the problem is that its a different system in the way it uses multi threading technology.
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Orange Box on PS3 suffers from GHIII Wii Syndrome
July 31, 2008A designer at Valve has confirmed that among all the other issues to do with Orange Box on the PS3, it lacks full surround sound unless playing it over an HDMI connection. It isn\’t mono but its Pro Logic II, the dev noted that optical cable support will be coming in an update.
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Afrika renamed Hakuna Matata outside of Japan
July 31, 2008According to reports, PS3 title Afrika has been renamed to Hakuna Matata outside of Japan. And yes that is the same phrase that was made famous in the Lion King.
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