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Rent Video Games
Aug
13
If you’ve loaded up the BioShock demo (and by this point, you probably should have), you may notice something odd — namely, that the protagonist not only has a name ("Jack"), but a voice. That voice, if my ears do not decieve me, also happens to belong to Miguel Ferrer, veteran character actor and all-around […]
Aug
13
If you’ve loaded up the BioShock demo (and by this point, you probably should have), you may notice something odd — namely, that the protagonist not only has a name ("Jack"), but a voice. That voice, if my ears do not decieve me, also happens to belong to Miguel Ferrer, veteran character actor and all-around […]
Aug
13
Gamefest 2007: 7.1 million XBL subscribers with 25 million downloads
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | 
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Got a lot of news coming in from Microsoft’s Gamefest 2007 shenanigans today, hopefully we can get it all to you. Straight to business then, as we get all the boasting out of the way from The ‘Soft’s keynote, namely the success of the Xbox 360’s online presence, Xbox Live. Microsoft’s Game Developer Group general […]
Aug
13
Over at Game Girl Advance, my CMP Game Group co-worker Jane Pinckard was kind enough to talk about the University of Texas Videogame Archives project, a new project to help preserve the history of gaming that’s being launched with a fundraiser at next month’s Austin GDC.
The initial kick-off info reveals: “The Center for American […]
Aug
13
Xbox Live Gets a Shock
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Eurogamer is reporting that 2K Boston’s forthcoming shooter, BioShock, has hit the Xbox Live Marketplace this morning.
The demo, a hefty 1.35 gig download, allows players to try out the first blockbuster game of this season before the game is released next Tuesday. According to Eurogamer, due to extremely high anticipation for this game, download […]
Aug
13
Madden 2008 (for every damn platform) finally hits this week and kicks off the onslaught of great games that will be coming out in the weeks to come. This little video here for Madden demonstrates the difference between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 version of the game. You won’t really notice the difference until […]
Aug
13
Madden 2008 (for every damn platform) finally hits this week and kicks off the onslaught of great games that will be coming out in the weeks to come. This little video here for Madden demonstrates the difference between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 version of the game. You won’t really notice the difference until […]
Aug
13
Mistwalker’s first portable RPG is called Archaic Sealed Heat, and although we’ve been hearing about it for awhile, it wasn’t until recently that we started to see some real details.
First off, Nintendo Japan’s Web site for the game has moved from teaser site to the real deal, giving more details on character and story information.
Famitsu […]
Aug
13
XBLA games won’t increase their size: MS convinced this is good
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At GameFest 2007, Microsoft has stated that the 150MB memory cap on Xbox Live Arcade games would not increase. Already tripled from the original 50MB limit, there is currently no chance of any larger files appearing on the downloadable games service. Microsoft was quick to say that this was a good thing, stating that it […]
Aug
13
Gamefest 2007: XBLA games won’t increase their size, MS convinced this is good
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | Leave a Comment
At GameFest 2007, Microsoft has stated that the 150MB memory cap on Xbox Live Arcade games would not increase. Already tripled from the original 50MB limit, there is currently no chance of any larger files appearing on the downloadable games service. Microsoft was quick to say that this was a good thing, stating that it […]