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Archive for August 2008

August 28th, 2008

Silver Nintendo DS Lite Rumors Likely

Some leaked ads for Best Buy point to the very likely existence of the rumored silver Nintendo DS Lite. The ads lists the portable console for $129.99. The rumor had been floating around for a while, but now there’s proof.
Assuming it’s not a graphical error or misprint (unlikely), the silver Nintendo DS will probably be [...]

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August 28th, 2008

PlayStation Home Coming Soon to Asia

Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong has confirmed that PlayStation Home will be made available to people living in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan in the fall of 2008.

The PlayStation Home official website for Asia is already available, and closed beta testing for the service will start from mid-September 2008. SCEH invites Hong Kong and Singapore [...]

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August 28th, 2008

No Price Cut for PS3

Howard Stringer (Sony Chairman and CEO) has announced that he’s not expecting a price cut for the PlayStation 3 come holiday time. In an interview with a German newspaper, Stringer revealed that company “is still at a stage in which it needs to get a grip on PlayStation 3 production costs.”

According to an annual filing [...]

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August 26th, 2008

Exercise World of Warcraft Style

Ever wonder what it would be like to actually run as much as your character in WoW does? Well, a couple of WoW fans created an interesting way to enhance their experience of the game, and get some exercise out of it at the same time.
Essentially, they hooked up a couple of monitors to treadmills [...]

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August 24th, 2008

Sims3 Arrival Dated

Friends of Sims players, brace yourselves; you’re about to lose your best buds for an indeterminate amount of time as of February 20th, 2009. Mark that ominous date on the calendar, as that’s the date that Maxis and EA will be bestowing the gift of The Sims 3 on gamers (both at retailers and through [...]

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August 24th, 2008

Yes, Alan Wake is Still Kicking

Speaking of yawns, I love a good psychological thriller as much as the next person but when its been over three years in development now, updated sporadically with the occasional appearance at major conventions and the almost pleading reassurances of the developers that they are actually still working on the game….the anticipation has less to [...]

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August 24th, 2008

Sony Confirms PSP-3000

*yawn*
I think I lost interest in the PSP when it was the size of a brick and had very little in the way of interesting games. It was expensive, but handy as a protective weapon against mugging and the little old lady trying to take the last seat on the bus.
But hey, I’m willing to [...]

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August 21st, 2008

New PSP and PlayStation Announced

Sony has let loose some details about the latest version of both the PS3 and the PSP. The Leipzig games conference in Germany brings us the following details about the two consoles:

160GB PS3 - on sale Oct. 31 in Europ, November in US
Wireless keypad that allows touch typing for the PS3
PSP upgrades: built-in microphone, [...]

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August 21st, 2008

Wrath of the Lich King Cinematic

Blizzard has released the official cinematic trailer for Wrath of the Lich King. Beautiful, as expected. Though I think I still prefer the original WoW trailer.

 
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August 21st, 2008

Xbox Teams Up with Rock the Vote

Microsoft has teamed up with Rock the Vote in an attempt to get gamers to take a break from the gaming and hit the voting boots come November.
Promotions for this latest effort will be hitting Xbox Live on August 25, which marks day one in the Democratic National Convention. If you’re not registered to vote [...]

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