Are We About to Hit Another Gaming Depression? (via N4G.com) -- VGP comments on the similarities between the video game crash of 1983 and console gaming today. Do things need to change or are we doomed to repeat the past? | |
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Ubisoft: time and place for E3 not appropriate, needs to be bigger (via QJ) - Although we've had a lot of great news from E3, I can't help but notice that a lot of people have been expressing their gripes that the event was lackluster, and a little anticlimactic. I can't say I disagree - the event has been getting bad vibes ever since Activision left (or ever since last year, even). | |
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The Best of Big Download: July 13-19 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Mac, PC, Meta (about Joystiq) It's E3 week and we were there getting some hands-on time and some eyes-on time with some of the biggest PC game releases in the next several months. Here are the highlights from Big Download for the past week.Exclusive Features E3 2008 articles: Check out our impressions of a number of PC games at the show this week (with more to come next week) for games like Spore, Dragon Age: Origins, Far Cry 2, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Empire: Total War, Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II, Wanted, Left 4 Dead, Crysis Warhead and more. | |
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E3 2008: Universal PSN ID on PSP is the Plan (via Gaming Today) - Sony made a pretty major stride forward by introducing universal IDs. It might seem like a minor feature, but it’s another step towards creating a more unified online service, like the one Xbox Live members have been enjoying for quite a while. During Sony’s E3 press conference this week, the concept of expanding the PSN universal IDs was mentioned. | |
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Unforgotten Orchestral Score With Piano (via rampancy.net) -- This is a transcription done by myself concerning Unforgotten from Halo 2. There are 3 horns, full string orchestra, and a piano. I do not have a MIDI or MP3 of this file as of yet. Shouldn't need one anyway. Just listen to the Halo 2 CD. Anyway, hope you like this one. | |
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Hiphopgamer Interviews Michael Pachter To Find Out Who Had The Best E3 Conference (via N4G.com) -- Torrence Davis of The Bitbag writes, "Hiphopgamer interviewed Michael Pachter at E3. He tells us who he thinks had the best E3 Conference. " | |
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The Last Remnant announced for PC (via N4G.com) - Square Enix has just announced that The Last Remnant will be released for the Xbox 360 worldwide on November 20, 2008.The PlayStation 3 release date hasn't been announced yet. In addition, Square Enix has announced that a Windows version is in development, as well. No release date was announced. | |
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Soul Calibur IV PS3 Intro (via N4G.com) -- The intro for the PS3 version of Soul Calibur IV has surfaced. Intro also shows Darth Vader. | |
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Mad Catz shows off line of Rock Band 2 peripherals at E3 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, RhythmWe all know that the talent of a musical performer is less important than the instrument through which they channel their rocking energies -- that's why we were pleased as punch to get a look at Mad Catz's impressive line of Rock Band 2 peripherals during E3. | |
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Street Fighter IV (via CVG) -- Hands-on with the beat-'em-up to end them all. Okay, firstly, familiarity with the old games helps. SFIV uses SFII as a template and builds outward, so virtually every combo and counter - from Ken's four fierce to Guile's air throw - work as they always did. | |
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Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division: Now with Actual Profit (via Gaming Today) - Microsoft announced this week that its Entertainment & Devices Division — which consists of business like the Xbox 360 and Zune — has (finally) turned a profit for the first time in its history. The profit comes depsite a less than superb fourth fiscal quarter, where the division lost $188 million. | |
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E3 2008: Castle Crashers, Geometry Wars 2 and More on XBLA in 4-6 Weeks (via Gaming Today) - There is a great big pile of win coming to the Xbox Live Arcade in the next 4-6 weeks, including Bionic Commando Rearmed, Galaga Legions, Castle Crashers(!), Braid, and Geometry Wars 2. Joystiq learned the news from XBLA’s director of digitally distributed games, Scott Austin, during some demo time they got at E3. | |
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E3 2008: Saints Row 2 Screens Show Motorcycles Indoors (via Gaming Today) - There are no shots at Grand Theft Auto in the the new screenshots of Saints Row 2, but they’re still worth checking out if you haven’t already gotten your fix of violent, open-world games this year. The game looks pretty good, judging by these stills, even if the “Pimps ‘n Hos” gang style thing just strikes me as somehow being pretentious. | |
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New Tomb Raider Underworld Teaser Trailer (via N4G.com) -- Eidos published a new Tomb Raider Underworld teaser trailer. Enjoy. | |
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GameTrailers TV - Episode 120 - Chapter 1 HD (via Game Trailers) -- We're with John Schappert from Microsoft with an exclusive look into the future of Xbox. Plus the first trailer for Quake Live! | |
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Review: Guitar Hero: On Tour DS (via Loot Ninja) - Everyone has been enjoying Guitar Hero on the Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and even the Wii for quite some time now, but our friends over at Activision/Vicarious Visions decided that we, the gamer, needed to have Guitar Hero goodness on the go as well and developed Guitar Hero: On Tour. | |
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Not All The Improvment For 360 Update Are For Looks (via 360 HQ) - If you have an XBOX 360 (and i know you do if your reading this) then you will really want to read this one over and might find your self reading it twice like i had too, keep in mind it did say that no real source was given for this info so it would be best to keep this as a "we will see kind of thing" According to Gamespot, Microsoft’s supposedly seen a 30 percent improvement in load times on games installed to the 360 hard drive, although no direct source is given. | |
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Experience Portal Without Orange Box (via 360 HQ) - For all the Portal fans out there that have got the Orange Box set this will not hold a lot of news but is still worth the read since it will fill you in a bit about the upcoming Portal 2 and new achievements for one of the other games on Orange Box. "Valve has confirmed that insane AI and internet celebrity GladOS will not be getting any extra lines in the Xbox 360 exclusive Portal: Still Alive. | |
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This Guy Needs a Heaping Helping of Get a Grip Pull Yourself Together, Man (via Kotaku) - This is absolutely parody. It could be unintentional self-parody. Or it could be someone masquerading as a PS3 fanboy to parody that particular constituency. But it's parody. A guy who gives the announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for the 360 equal weight to Asperger's is, shall we say, having a disproportionate reaction. | |
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E3 2008: Red Faction: Guerrilla Screenshots Are Explosion Happy (via Gaming Today) - Fans of explosions and things that go boom will really like the new screens we have of Red Faction: Guerrilla. Almost every single one has something blowing up, which isn’t quite what I associate with Red Faction, but it still looks pretty cool. I’ve got extremely high hopes for the game, despite being majorly disappointed by Red Faction 2. | |
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June Hardware NPDs: Sales Up Across the Board, Wii Passes 360 in US (via Gaming Today) - We knew about this ahead of time, but the release of the NPD figures for June make it slightly more tangible for everyone to see: Nintendo has taken the console lead in the United States, with the Wii outselling the Xbox 360 in June 666,700 units to 219,800. Now that it’s done that, I think it can be said that it’s now officially legal to punch anyone in the face that suggests the Wii is just a fad. | |
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Ve3tro: E3 08: Fable 2 Hands On Impressions (via N4G.com) - If you're looking for objectivity on this one you've come to the wrong place. If Peter Molyneux invited me to spend all of E3 at his presentations for the entire show, I would probably do it. Fable 2 is going to be a singular RPG experience on the Xbox 360. I won't spend time going through the combat which has been polished very well since last year or the seamless coop over Xbox live that was announced at the press briefing. | |
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Tomb Raider: Underworld E3 trailer blows our minds in reverse (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Based off of our explorations of the Croft manor in previous Tomb Raider installments, we can say with absolute certainty that Lara Croft has a pretty sweet pad. | |
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Best of E3: Little Big Planet awarded Best of Show (via N4G.com) -- Adam Sessler and Kevin Pereira present X-Play's award for Best Game of E3 Little Big Planet. | |
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E3: More Killzone 2 gameplay (via Xboxyde) -- Many (many!) people asked us when we'd put online the second part of our Killzone 2 video. Well there it is, finally! And thankfully it looks just as good as the first part. Enjoy! | |
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SimBin's Race Pro : A Much Awaited 360 Exclusive Racer Down Under (via N4G.com) - From XboxOZ360: "With Race Pro, there will be an arcade mode for those who love their smash-n-dash style of racing, while still having the Racing Simulation as its backbone. So to appease those mad racers who expect their cars to slam into walls at 200mph and still continue on, there will be the Arcade Mode, but for those of use who really crave the simulation of all out racing combined with the adrenaline of knowing the next corner could well be our last if it is not approached correctly, this will be THE game that sits in our 360's tray for some time to come. | |
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Video - Giant E3 Road Trip (via GiantBomb) - Here is some short stuff we shot on our way over to E3. Some of you may have seen it already living on viddler but, like us, it’s time it came home. Look for the full last day video, including Brad’s stunning Dennis Dyack interview, early next week. Thanks for watching everyone, hope you had [. | |
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