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Xbox 360
Microsoft responds to RichardGaywood ban
FP 585 days 20 hours ago | Pub 585d 20h ago | Xbox 360 | News | Boink
A couple of days ago, an Xbox Live user with the gamertag "RichardGaywood" got banned. Problem is, it turned out that Richard Gaywood is ...
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Tech
Robotic suit amplifies human strength
FP 592 days 1 hour ago | Pub 591d 18h ago | Tech | News | Boink
Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if ...
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Xbox 360
How Microsoft Created The Biggest Game Launch O...
FP 697 days 21 hours ago | Pub 697d 21h ago | Xbox 360 | Article | Boink
How did Microsoft pull it off? They were a boring, monolithic software company helmed by Bill Gates, the world's biggest geek. They made Windows. T...
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Gaming
Thanksgiving Special: Top 10 gaming industry pe...
FP 764 days 20 hours ago | Pub 764d 9h ago | Gaming | Article | Boink
by QJ.net's Nicolo S. Whether it's Turkey Day or Christmas, QJ felt the need to thank the greatest figures in video game history for their con...
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Multi
The Guys Behind the Rock Band Music
FP 766 days 6 hours ago | Pub 766d 18h ago | Multi | Interview | Boink
by John Gaudiosi. The music never stops at Harmonix. Although Rock Band has shipped, not everyone at the 140-person development studio has tim...
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Xbox 360
Valve games getting new achievements pack
FP 766 days 23 hours ago | Pub 766d 22h ago | Xbox 360 | News | Boink
In an email to Valve, gamer Thomas was able to confirm that a bunch of Valve games (including three games in the Orange Box) will be getting additi...
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PC
Little laughter over new Spanish war video game
FP 767 days 9 hours ago | Pub 767d 14h ago | PC | News | Boink
A new video game that invites players to rewrite the course of Spain's devastating civil war has touched a nerve in a country that is often relucta...
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Multi
MTV and Harmonix optimistic about Rock Band's s...
FP 767 days 2 hours ago | Pub 767d 16h ago | Multi | Article | Boink
MTV has poised itself once again to step in and conquer a brand new facet of society: the gaming industry. And what better way to do so than with t...
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PlayStation 3
Sony to launch TV push for PS3
FP 767 days 19 hours ago | Pub 767d 19h ago | PlayStation 3 | Article | Boink
Sony is set to launch a major TV push for the PlayStation 3 in a bid to win over shoppers in the crucial Christmas season battle against rivals Nin...
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Xbox 360
It's coming: Bungie is getting the Halo 3 ban-h...
FP 798 days 21 hours ago | Pub 798d 21h ago | Xbox 360 | News | Boink
If you're a cheater or an online trouble-maker in Halo 3, Bungie has it in for you. Last Friday they posted a message-more of a threat, really-sayi...
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Tech
The Blu-ray HD DVD Stalemate
FP 803 days 4 hours ago | Pub 803d 4h ago | Tech | Article | Boink
With no end in sight to this high-def battle, Sony and Toshiba prepare to sabotage yet another holiday buying season. A year and a half ago P...
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Multi
Next-generation toys read brain waves
FP 973 days 22 hours ago | Pub 973d 22h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Engineers at NeuroSky Inc. have big plans for brain wave-reading toys and video games. They say the simple Darth Vader game -- a relatively crude b...
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Multi
No Code Changes Needed to Support Xbox 360 HDMI...
FP 1008 days 4 hours ago | Pub 1008d 5h ago | Multi | News | Boink
In a question posed under Microsoft's Developer Network, a user asked in the XNA Game Studio Express section if any code changes are required to su...
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Multi
Black Xbox 360 'confirmed'
FP 1012 days 22 hours ago | Pub 1012d 22h ago | Multi | News | Boink
According to T3.co.uk Microsoft has now confirmed that a long-rumoured black Xbox 360 will be hitting the streets soon. The model, called the ...
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Multi
GDC: Torpex Games on XNA
FP 1028 days 17 hours ago | Pub 1028d 17h ago | Multi | News | Boink
When they first announced the XNA Game Development Studio as a free tool for people to create games for the PC and Xbox 360, Michael Fahey at Kotak...
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Multi
Shadowrun cross-play requires Games for Windows...
FP 1030 days 2 hours ago | Pub 1030d ago | Multi | News | Boink
When Joystiq.com spoke with PR Manager Michael Wolf about Games for Windows Live, he was sparse in details regarding a Games for Windows Live Gold ...
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Multi
Xbox 360 game Crackdown cracks top 30 in Japan
FP 1032 days 6 hours ago | Pub 1032d 6h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Sales for Microsoft Corp.'s Crackdown cracked the top 30 software sales in Japan in the latest retail sales data for the region. Media Create Co. o...
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Multi
Gears tops XBL charts, but for how much longer?
FP 1043 days 3 hours ago | Pub 1043d 3h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Figures have been released for the week beginning Feb 12, proving that Gears' popularity hasn't waned any since release last November. The top...
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Multi
AOL : Top 5 gadgets you shouldn't buy
FP 1043 days 21 hours ago | Pub 1043d 21h ago | Multi | Article | Boink
AOL reports: "ADMIT IT: It's fun to be the first on the block to own the newest gadget. If nothing else, you get serious bragging rights. But ...
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Multi
Signs of an Xbox 360 price-drop spotted
FP 1044 days ago | Pub 1044d ago | Multi | News | Boink
An eagled-eyed reader sent theinquirer.net information that the 360 was being sold for a knock-down price - Premium consoles were being advertised ...
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Multi
Xbox 360 Premium Version Selling Better than Co...
FP 1044 days 2 hours ago | Pub 1044d 2h ago | Multi | News | Boink
If you had inhibitions about the sales of Xbox 360 in India, worry not as GameGuru.in has done a complete survey on the performance and the small t...
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Multi
Borat: Theme and Pictures
FP 1046 days 18 hours ago | Pub 1046d 4h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Stop wise consumer! Do not buy food for your childrens. Instead make purchase my moviedisc. Disc contains plentiful extra unseen bonus movie footag...
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Multi
The crossing coming to Xbox 360
FP 1047 days 21 hours ago | Pub 1047d 21h ago | Multi | News | Boink
It seems Arkane studios are looking to bring their Source engine-powered first person shooter, The Crossing, to the Xbox 360. The folks over a...
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Multi
360 wireless controller planned for Guitar Hero II
FP 1047 days 21 hours ago | Pub 1047d 21h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Guitar Hero II's associate producer Ted Lange has told IGN that the developer plans to release a wireless controller for the Xbox 360 version "...
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Multi
Nintendo's Wii Play Hits Number One At Amazon
FP 1047 days 21 hours ago | Pub 1047d 21h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Wii Play is Wii Sports Lite? Japanese gamers got to see Wii Play months before we did, but now that it's finally available in North America, Nint...
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Multi
First Halo 3 tournament announced
FP 1047 days 22 hours ago | Pub 1047d 21h ago | Multi | News | Boink
With Halo 3 more than likely still 9 months away, the first tournament has been announced. The tournament -- entitled, "Shock & Awe" ...
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Multi
Intel Unveils 80 Core Programmable Processor
FP 1050 days 6 hours ago | Pub 1050d 6h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Intel on February 12 announced that its researchers have developed the world's first programmable processor to deliver Teraflop (one trillion calcu...
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Multi
Alan Wake to be a 360, PC exclusive
FP 1056 days 18 hours ago | Pub 1056d 18h ago | Multi | News | Boink
The anticipated mystery-of-a-mystery game Alan Wake has just been confirmed to be an exclusive for the Xbox 360 and PC (Vista is being pushed here)...
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Multi
Ripped from the headlines: Microsoft's role in ...
FP 1057 days 13 hours ago | Pub 1057d 14h ago | Multi | Article | Boink
Today's console and video game landscape is no longer the closed-off, disconnected world we grew up in. Thanks to the power of broadband and a seri...
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Multi
BK drops game prices to 99 cents
FP 1059 days 22 hours ago | Pub 1059d 5h ago | Multi | News | Boink
Just when you thought the King's game collection couldn't get any cheaper than $4 ... the games become cheaper than their burgers. You can now get ...
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