Archive for August, 2007
Written on August 13, 2007 – 5:18 pm | by D Gamer |
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Mention “Madden” this time of year and most everyone knows the reference IS NOT pertaining to the Hall of Fame coach/sportscaster. It’s all about his video game! In an industry seemingly obsessed over aliens, fast cars, and crime, John Madden’s football series rushes its way annually to the top of the sales charts, selling some 60 million copies in the past 17 years. (more…)
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Written on August 10, 2007 – 3:10 pm | by D Gamer |
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Sierra’s World in Conflict is ready to go and is expected to hit shelves on September 18th. The game will retail at $49.99 for the normal box and $59.99 for the collector’s edition. The time I spent with the game fine, but I’m not just a huge WiC fan. But hey, I’m not gonna lie, it’s cool! (more…)
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Written on August 9, 2007 – 8:50 am | by Game God |
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Please tell me you aren’t surprised to hear this news, because I’m sure you’re not. Halo 3 has already become the fastest selling pre-ordered game in video game history. Pre-orders in North America for Halo 3 have exceeded the 1 million milestone, according to Microsoft today. And just think it still has a couple more months before the actual release date — damn I need to hurry and get myself a copy!
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Written on August 8, 2007 – 10:57 am | by D Gamer |
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Sony has pulled an additional two PS1 titles from the PlayStation Store for what they have termed “technical problems.” Last week Sony yanked back Medievil because of a fatal game stopping bug. This time on the recall rack, Sony chose Crash Bandicoot 2 and Spyro 2. (more…)
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Written on August 6, 2007 – 10:12 pm | by D Gamer |
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Microsoft has developed a Halo 3 Military Edition Zune for members of the US armed forces. The Zune will be available exclusively at military retail stores in August and comes with pre-loaded stuff that is probably similar to the civilian Halo 3 Zune. It was reported that a group of soldiers who left for active duty today from Baltimore Washington International airport received the first wave. Microsoft is offering the military edition of the Zune to military personnel and their families at discounted rates. (more…)
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Written on August 6, 2007 – 9:43 pm | by D Gamer |
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Microsoft’s GamerscoreBlog has posted the Xbox Live Arcade games they expect to release in the next several weeks. Almost all the games most everyone is quite aware of, especially the very addictive Puzzle Quest… and we all know the AI is a cheating fool! Anyhow, not sure on the order of release.
The expected games are:
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Hexic 2
- War World
- Geon: Emotions
- Puzzle Quest
- Space Giraffe
- Streets of Rage 2
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
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Written on August 3, 2007 – 11:32 am | by D Gamer |
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PlayStation 3
Sony has quietly mentioned that they are looking to release a digital TV tuner for the PS3 to give it DVR functionality, which is great, but the stock hard drive is way too small for video recording. Luckily swapping hard drives is a pretty straight forward procedure.
If you’re familiar with PC hardware you’ll likely be able to figure it out yourself. If you aren’t comfortable prying open such as expensive piece of equipment, Gamepro has put together a guide to upgrading the PS3 hard drive, with plenty of pictures detailing the process. The instructions for upgrading your PS3 hardrive are straight forward, so give it a shot.
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Written on August 2, 2007 – 2:38 pm | by D Gamer |
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PlayStation 3,
Xbox 360
Take Two just announced Grand Theft Auto IV will be delayed from its originally scheduled October release date until the second fiscal quarter of 2008, sometime between February and April of 2008. Though they cited no direct cause for the delay, Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick said “certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected.” In addition, due to the outstanding ratings problems, they’ve also announced that Manhunt 2 would miss its planned release this fiscal year. (more…)
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Written on August 2, 2007 – 1:40 pm | by D Gamer |
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Electronic Arts has announced that Crysis is due out Friday, November 16, for PC only. At least that’s all they admitted to as of right now. Get this, the release of Crysis will mark the first commercial launch of a game using CryENGINE2. How will it stack up against Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 when Unreal Tournament 3 is also launched this holiday? We are going to have to wait and see!
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