The word of last week in the downloadable content world was "potential." Some was good potential, like announcements of upcoming downloadable titles. Then there was potential for disappointment, like the apparent space problems for some developers on Xbox Live Arcade. Finally, there was po...
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Rock Band may be a totally awesome game, but after dropping $170 on the giant bundle that contains the game and its three core peripherals, a consumer might be a little anxious. What else will they ever use these peripherals for? Will other games help make it worthwhile? One smart gamer decided to ...
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How do we add a new show member when he's not even here? MAGIC. Before the fabled fourth chair is finally filled by the vacationing Shawn Elliott, Jeff Green gets it all nice and warm. The boys talk about Lost Odyssey, Universe at War, the joy of being manchildren, and how Valve is showing a little ...
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Last week, we reported that Best Buy had leaked word that the 80GB PlayStation 3 model was being discontinued. Then earlier this week, the plot thickened as a tipster hinted towards it being replaced by a 120-160GB unit. Today we can add another ingredient to this tasty rumor stew, as IGN reports t...
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LucasArts confirmed today that Jim Ward, its president for the last four years, has left the company for "personal reasons." In a statement sent today to Kotaku, Ward offered a lot of praise for the company he leaves behind, but did not provide any specific clues for his sudden departure. ...
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During a conference call today to announce its Q3 2008 (fiscal year) earnings, Electronic Arts announced that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames and Battlefield: Bad Company have both been delayed into the 2009 fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 2008. "We've made the decision to move Battlefield...
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With Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition set to ship for PlayStation 2 next week, Wired's Game|Life spoke to Eat Sleep Play studio head (and God of War director) David Jaffe, and began by recounting a story in which Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto questioned why guns would be mounted to car...
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With the last previously revealed batch of Rock Band downloadable content announced on Monday, fans of Harmonix's rhythm game now look to the future. Ideally they'd like to look to the near future, which is to say February, but it seems that's just not future enough for the Official Xbox Magazine. K...
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Plenty has been made of Crysis and its specs that make your PC whimper like a puppy at the business end of a rolled up newspaper. Though you don't necessarily need a PC garnered from ill-gotten time-traveling, the consensus is that it certainly helps. Pair that with rumors that the game will see a p...
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Sony's Home virtual world saw a late delay last year for the beta test, and since then, the internet message boards have been rife with speculation on when it will come, what it will come with, and most of all if it will live up to the large promises made for the concept. A new GamesIndustry.biz rep...
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For the last few weeks, we've woken up early on Monday mornings just to find out what new tunes Harmonix was making available for Rock Band, the blockbuster music game that was released late last year. While the first few weeks of downloadable content was known before the game even hit store shelves...
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Electronic Arts' Fight Night games are many things -- some of the most visually-impressive titles in existence, the only boxing games that have been taken seriously in recent years, and some of EA Sports' best reviewed games. But if there's one thing they're not, it's "funny." Since EA Chi...
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We're happy to announce 1UP's latest developer blog is officially open, as the team at Wideload has started posting stories about its second game, Hail to the Chimp. For those unfamiliar, the game mixes elements of party and fighting titles with political themes, and places it all in the animal king...
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With its remote-controlled pointer simulating a mouse's point-and-click interface reasonably well, the Wii seems like an obvious home for the sort of PC ports that have always had trouble acclimating to a controller -- say, turn-based strategy games, for instance. So it comes as a small surprise tha...
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So, UK developer Relentless Software makes a series of PlayStation 2 game-show games where you buzz in with buzzers, and they call it Buzz! -- clever, right? So clever that someone allegedly thought of it first. Buzztime Entertainment, makers of trivia games usually found in bars and restaurants (as...
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Rejoice, torture porn fans! Brash Entertainment has heard your desperate pleas for more graphic violence and more disturbing imagery in this current soft and snuggly climate of video gaming. Enter SAW -- a videogame based off the popular series of hyperviolent horror/suspense movies. Announced tod...
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Let's have some fun with numbers. When the PlayStation 3 launched just over a year ago, it arrived in two forms: 20GB and 60GB. Then the 20GB got axed and later an 80GB was introduced. Then the 60GB had a boot put in it and the 40GB was introduced. As of last week, we heard rumors that the 80GB PS3 ...
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Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the April 17 North American ship date for Gran Turismo(TM)5 Prologue, available exclusively on PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)). Developed by Polyphony Digital Inc., Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be available for $39.99 SRP on Blu-ray Disc(TM...
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Fans of the modern classic sci-fi book Ender's Game know that, as the title suggests, the novel is full of games. In fact, the various games serve as the overall metaphor for themes of war and indoctrination that the book seeks to convey. So when Chair Entertainment (the developers behind Undertow) ...
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IGA Worldwide Inc., the leading independent in-game advertising network, today announced its brand partnerships within Burnout Paradise, from Electronic Arts. IGA is working with a wide range of leading brands including BURGER KING?, Diesel, Gillette, CompUSA.com, Sling Media, Vizio, JL Audio and o...
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