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Halo 3 Disc Read Errors Rampant

Posted by admin on October 2nd, 2007

A storm is brewing in both the Xbox and Bungie forums, where over a hundred posters have now verified that their copies of Halo 3 are causing disc read errors. lockups, and even the dreaded RRoD on their Xbox 360 consoles. From what I can glean from skimming through the 22 pages of replies to [...]

Chinese Police Like Counter-Strike

Posted by admin on September 27th, 2007

 

The Chinese government may not want kids playing it for hours, but Counter-Strike is good enough for police to play - as anti-terrorism training games. Over 300 members of the Tianjin police force took over an internet cafe on Wednesday for a three-day competition (including a team of judges to ensure no one [...]

Wii Zapper Box

Posted by admin on September 22nd, 2007

Kotaku has the first screen shots of the box for the Wii Zapper. The Wii Zapper is a very cool attachment that turns the Wiimote into a light gun style accessory. The gun also comes with a demo where you play as link in five different game modes, which is like the Wii Sports tech [...]

xBox360 Arcade version?

Posted by admin on August 20th, 2007

Shizzle Games of Belgium is not only showing new prices for other parts of Europe (€449/€349/€279) but also new names for the SKUs, redubbing the Core model “Arcade” and the middle one the “Pro”. That new “Arcade” SKU will also come with five XBLA games which should just about fill the 256 MB memory card [...]

Wii about to surpass xBox360 worldwide sales

Posted by admin on August 10th, 2007

The Wii is quickly catching up to the 360, and in a week or two should surpass it. Which will put Nintendo on top of the pack for the first time in a very long time.
There are still two more games that the hardcore gamers might be holding out for; Metroid Prime 3 and Super [...]

Xbox 360s serious heating problems revealed

Posted by admin on August 6th, 2007

Face it: the Xbox 360 isn’t quite up to snuff. The design is flawed, leading to an abnormal number of machines konking out. Since Microsoft won’t reveal the details of what exactly is causing the problems, Japanese news source Nikkei had a thermal design expert analyze the 360’s heat radiation system. Two Xbox 360’s [...]

GTA IV Delayed Until Spring 2008!!

Posted by admin on August 3rd, 2007

This just in… Take-Two has announced that Grand Theft Auto IV is being delayed until Spring of 2008 due to “additional development time required to complete the title.” Read on for further explanations that came with today’s announcement as well as links to stories related to this news.
“With Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar is [...]

Sony expected to lower 80GB PS3 to $499

Posted by admin on July 18th, 2007

News that the newly discounted PS3 would be discontinued in the coming months left many gamers slightly frustrated on Friday, but Sony will likely stick with its $499 price point when 60GB inventory depletes says analyst Micheal Pachter.
“Although we think that Sony’s public relations gaffe was unfortunate, we do not believe that the company has [...]

LucasArts Leaks New SIXAXIS?

Posted by admin on July 17th, 2007

On the LucasArts website promoting their new Star Wars game, publicity shots show images of an unseen controller with the Sony branding. In this redesign, the left analog stick has been swapped with the D-pad (in a similar fashion to the 360 and Gamecube controllers). So is it real? At E3, Kotaku received confirmation [...]

Sony Confirms PS3 Price Cut

Posted by admin on July 9th, 2007

Confirming Internet reports from late last week, Sony Computer Entertainment America has officially confirmed the company will be dropping the price of the 60GB PlayStation 3 SKU to $499, effective Tuesday. Additionally, Sony will be introducing an 80GB SKU in August for $599 bundled with a copy of MotorStorm.
So far, the price drop is only [...]