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Microsoft Sued Over Halo 3's Consistent Crashes
752 days 11 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Information Week is reporting about a lawsuit against Microsoft filed by a San Diego resident, who claims that Halo 3 is a faulty product that frequently crashes when played on the Xbox 360. In court papers filed this week, Randy Nunez charges that Halo 3 "consistently causes the Xbox 360 to crash, freeze, or lock up while the game is being played." Along with Microsoft, Nunez also is suing B...
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Blu-ray Movie Sales Across Europe Surpass 1 Million Units
752 days 11 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Blu-ray disc accounts for 73% of High Definition discs sold LONDON – (27 November, 2007) –Total Blu-ray Disc movie sales across Europe have topped one million units, it was announced today by the Blu-ray Disc Association European Promotions Committee. Of the High Definition movie discs bought by consumers year-to-date in Europe, 73% were in the Blu-ray Disc format and 27% were HD DVD, accordin...
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Unreal Engine 4 in the Works, Epic Games Expands
752 days 14 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Speaking to C&VG, Epic Games VP Mark Rein revealed that the creators of the Unreal games and technology have already begun work on what would eventually become the Unreal Engine 4. Rein revealed the interesting fact that the fourth iteration of the Unreal tools and technology has indeed been in development for the last two years. "Unreal Engine 4 will be totally groundbreaking and the way g...
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EA makes more money from mobile games than PS3!
752 days 14 hours ago | by: Agent-X
US DS-loving types mostly see mobile games as running on underpowered processors with rubbish buttons, and don't give them the time of day. Yet, shockingly, EA is making more money from mobile games than both the PS3 and PSP. In a recent financial report for the third quarter of this year, figures revealed that EA made $37 million (around £18m) from mobile gaming, beating by a large marg...
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SUPERCOMPUTERS PART 6: THE NEXT LEVEL
752 days 14 hours ago | by: Agent-X
In the final article in a series about supercomputing, Dazed & Confused technology editor Chris Hatherill explores the latest exciting breakthroughs in quantum computing, which could make our machines millions of times faster and render today’s supercomputers obsolete… Our world has become one of 1s and 0s. On or off. Bits and bytes – first kilo, then mega, now giga. As Moore’s Law marches...
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RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN - MAP PACKS
752 days 14 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Following is information on the new Resistance: Fall of Man Bracknell and Axbridge maps. The Bracknell map is based in an old railway system, featuring disused train carriages, with the Axbridge map covering a valley strewn with rocks and Chimeran structures. Bracknell here we come… Click through for the official release. Bracknell/Axbridge Maps The Chimeran onslaught continues in these two...
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PS3, 360 need to be $199 in two years, says Activision
752 days 16 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Bobby Kotick, Chief Executive Officer for Activision Inc, has gone on record to suggest that Sony and Microsoft must lower the price of their next-generation videogame consoles to USD 199 within the next two years, if they are to retain mass-market appeal. Kotick stated that Nintendo is setting industry standards as far as price goes with its Wii console, though not before conceding that the 4...
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AOL offering free PS3 in deal
753 days 3 hours ago | by: Agent-X
AOL has launched an awesome deal in time for the holidays - sign a two-year contract for AOL Broadband Wireless Plus and receive a free 40GB PlayStation 3. In addition, they'll send you a wireless Sixaxis controller (obviously) and the high-flying adventure Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Besides the two-year contract (which also includes their AOL Talk call plan - included in...
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EA regrets using topless models in ad
753 days 3 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Just admit it; sex is something that has always been with the gaming industry for a very long time now. It is now to the point where many developers will run to the point where they are literally relying on sex to sell a game. Furthermore, the gaming industry is blurring together with other big entertainment outlets, the porn industry. Electronic Arts recently used Page 3 models, in an adverti...
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New PSP battery and covers coming soon
753 days 3 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Most handheld gamers will rarely complain if offered an extended battery life for their portable system, and Sony has done just that for its PlayStation Portable. John Koller, Senior Marketing Manager for the PSP, announced today that Sony would be releasing a brand new PSP Extended Life Battery Kit to give gamers more playing time with the handheld. The new Extended Life Battery Kit includes...
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PS3: A hackers dream come true
753 days 6 hours ago | by: Agent-X
We already know that the PlayStation 3 can do a variety of things such as watching Blu-ray movies and playing music, but one thing that it wasn't intended to do but is capable of is cracking passwords. Nick Breese, a New Zealand-based security researcher has claimed that he can crack passwords 100 times faster than Intel hardware. "Eight-character 'strong' passwords can be broken in a couple ...
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Under the Hood: Inside the Nintendo Wii
753 days 7 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Only days after going inside the Sony Playstation 3, Semiconductor Insights rolled the cameras once again, this time as it went inside the Nintendo Wii. This is what it found. "This is the last of the 'next generation' videogame platforms to be released, and it redefines the way videogames are played," said Gregory A. Quirk, SI's technical marketing manager. "Using three-axis motion signal-pro...
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Under the Hood: Inside Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite
753 days 7 hours ago | by: Agent-X
EE Times: Under the Hood: Inside Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite Patrick Mannion TechOnline (04/30/2007 11:11 AM EDT) Commack, NY—Semiconductor Insights got hold of the just-released Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite and kept the cameras rolling as they popped the lid and dove inside (view video). The teardown is a follow-on to the company's teardown of the Playstation 3 (view video) and Nintendo Wii...
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PlayStation 3 Technology
753 days 7 hours ago | by: Agent-X
What do you get when you cross one of the fastest processors on the planet with state-of-the-art high-definition digital media? You get gaming that is seriously hard-core. PLAYSTATION®3 system's Cell Broadband Engine™ and Blu-ray Disc™ team up to give you more of everything at the same time—more enemies, more explosions and more realistic gameplay. Under the PLAYSTATION®3...
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GripShift Heads to Live Arcade
753 days 8 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Gripshift, the arcade racing puzzle game that first released on the PSP back in 2005, is on its way to the Xbox Live Arcade. Though the game was released with visual updates and online multiplayer to the PlayStation Store earlier this year, the Xbox Live Arcade release is being hailed as the "definitive" version by the developers, Sidhe Interactive. Like the PS3 version before it, those droppi...
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Xbox 360: Backward Compatible Xbox Games List Updated
753 days 18 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Microsoft has updated the list of Xbox games that are playable (backward compatible) on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system. The full list of titles added are: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany 25 to Life AMF Bowling 2004 Apex Arena Football Armed and Dangerous Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance Batman Rise of Sin Tzu Bionicle Blade II Blinx: The Timesweeper Blitz The League Blood Omen 2 Blowo...
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Blu-ray sales account for 73% of HD market in Europe
753 days 18 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Sales of Sony Corp’s Blu-ray format have reached the one million mark in Europe, accounting for approximately 73 per cent of the high definition market in the region ahead of the Toshiba-manufactured HD-DVD disc. News comes following a statement issued by the Blu-ray Disc Association, in which the company also revealed that over 20 million software titles for Sony’s PlayStation 3 console had b...
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The rise of the all-powerful PS3 now begins, as US sales rise almost 300%
754 days 3 hours ago | by: Agent-X
After the recent news that PS3’s actually outsold the Wii in Japan for two weeks, it has now emerged that the console has enjoyed a 298% rise in sales in the States in since the beginning of this month. Over at Gamesindustry.biz, they’re attributing the news to the introduction of the 40Gb and 80Gb models, and while that’s true, perhaps it’s actually just a sign that the dawn of PlayStation3 as...
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Saw IV dated for Blu-ray
754 days 4 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has revealed that the latest instalment in the highly successful Saw franchise, Saw IV, will be released on Sony Blu-ray from January 22, 2008. Full specifications and assorted content have yet to be revealed, though it has been confirmed the film will be released as an un-rated Director’s Cut. Furthermore, it will hit shops on the same day as its DVD counterpart. ...
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UT3 dated for North America
754 days 4 hours ago | by: Agent-X
Midway Games has announced that the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament III will be shipped to retailers on December 10 in North America. After the delay of the PlayStation 3 version, Epic Games boss Mark Rein promised Unreal Tournament 3 would still be released in 2007. And about a week ago, Rein announced Unreal Tournament 3 for the PS3 had gone gold and it would probably be released ...
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