Rediscover the Joy of Boxing With FaceBreaker for the Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft 360

EA Sports with the help of EA Canda will be bring a new Arcade Boxing game to the Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft 360, and the Nintendo Wii called FaceBreaker.

This will be an all new franchise for EA Sports. EA SPORTS™ is the leading interactive sports software brand in the world, with top-selling titles and franchises including Madden NFL Football, FIFA Soccer, NHL® hockey, NBA LIVE basketball, NCAA® Football, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® and NASCAR® racing.

According to Petter Moore “FaceBreaker reinvigorates one of the great genres in sports videogames. Arcade boxing takes me back to my roots in this industry, and this game signals our shift to adding more approachable fun to our product lineup. In no time at all, you’ll be picking up the controllers and knocking your opponent around the ring, smashing faces, and having a riot.”

Rather than use real boxers, the developers created fictional characters such as Romeo, "a Latin lover known for his pelvic thrusts," and Molotov, "an oversized Russian demolitions expert with a penchant for fighting dirty." Players will also be able to use the Game Face technology seen in games like Tiger Woods to transfer personal photos and make themselves into characters in the game.

FaceBreaker looks like a cross between Ready to Rumble and Team Fortress.

For more information, log onto www.easports.com/facebreaker on February 1. Media can find a screenshot of the game at info.ea.com.

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EA Enters Agreement with GigaMedia to Operate Highly Anticipated MMORPG - WARHAMMER® ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING™ in Taiwan

Electronic Arts is expanding there golbal empire as they are set to launch and operate WARHAMMER® ONLINE: AGE OF RECKONING™ (WAR), in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

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Skype Now Available for PSP Slim & Lite

Skype is finally available on the PlayStation Portable through the latest system software update. Users interested in adding Skype and other latest features for the PSP will have to perform a network update to obtain the 3.90 firmware.

With Skype you can make phone calls over a Wi-Fi network anywhere in the world. You can call other people with Skype for free and to land lines and cell phone for a minor fee. So if you where thinking about dishing your current cell phone provider and shelling out $169.99 for a new Sony PSP what are you waiting for?

Purchase a New Sony PSP

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Tech Toys for Women Part 1

Tech Toys all women of all ages will enjoy.

1. Sony PlayStation 3

Why:

The Sony PlayStation 3 is one of the most Versatile peices of electronics on the planet. Its the perfect play toy for a woman any age. Sony has pull out all the strings to develop the PlayStation 3. You can play Blu-ray Discs, stream your favorite movie from your PC and store them, Play Photos using a USB or ScanDisk memory device, Stream music from your PC and store them on your Sony PlayStation 3. You also can play DVDs,CDs, and connect a MP3 Player. The Sony PlayStation 3 internal Hard Drive is easily upgradable so you can increase your digital media consumption. Owning a Sony PlayStation 3 will show your significantly other that you are a little Tech Savvy.

Can it replace your man?Yes, its quiet its shiny, its comes in Black and White, powerful, energy efficient,entertaining,engaging and when it becomes a little too annoying you can turn it off and walk away and there will be no bad feelings. The family that frags together stays together. If the Sony PlayStation 3 was a guy he would be the handsome, built guy with charm and personality that owns his own Venture Capitol firm that makes a great dad for your future kids.

Price: $399 to $599.00

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2. Nintendo Wii

Why:

The Nintendo Wii is a Game System that is only fun with at least two people. The Nintendo Wii is a great system for entertaining and get a mini workout at the same time. The Nintendo Wii is a Motion Sensitive gaming device. Getting the family together can often be very tough time the Nintendo Wii will make family time easier to coordinate and a must have invite at family time.

Can it replace your Man? Yes and No. It probable can help straighten your relationship because there will be something that both of you can do together that is fun and engaging. The family that plays together stays together. If the Nintendo Wii was a guy he would be the nerdy geeky guy that would hold down the perfect job and be great with kids.

Price: New $419.00-absurd Used $363.00 Please note due to the high demand of the Nintendo Wii you will be playing a large premium.

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3. Nintendo DS

Why:

The Nintendo DS is a Touch Screen interface portable gaming device. The Nintendo DS is small enough to take with you anywhere and easily fits right in your pocket book. The Nintendo DS also sports numerous colors even pink. The greatest potential of Nintendo DS is the amount of games that help with your cognitive skills. Games such as Brain Age 2: More training In Minutes, A Day, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes A Day, Big Brain Academy, Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes A Day, Quick Yoga Training, My Spanish Coach, Left Brain, Right Brain and Nintendogs just to name a few. Each one of these games are made with the sole purpose of improving your brain function believe it or not.

Can it Replace your Man? No. But it will definitely help you with your patience when dealing with your significant other. If you just want to be by yourself and be engulf by the solace the Nintendo DS will do the job.

Price: $129.99 New

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DFC: '2007: The Year the Video Game Industry Went Casual?'

"If you look back on the year 2007, the thing that seemed to catch most people by surprise was the growth of what is often referred to as “casual games” or the “casual gamer.” The big products were the Nintendo Wii and DS, systems that are not the power technology leaders of their generation. Electronic Arts started its own Casual Entertainment division. Ditto Vivendi Games with its revival of the Sierra Online brand.

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Set up a Japanesse Account on your Sony Playstation 3

You can finally go Golbal with your Sony Playstaion 3
One of the great thing with owing a Sony Playstation 3, you can set up three different regional accounts. What I mean by regional accounts: you can set up a U.S account download content from the US Playstation Store, A Euorpean account to access the Euorpean content and finally a Japanesse account to access all things Japanesse all for free.

They are many Sony Playstation 3 owners out there that do not know this feature exist.


-Press continue

-Enter DOB and hit Continue

-Click on the first option

-Click on the icon on the bottom right to continue





-Create a PSN ID and continue

-Next is the address (I think?) form. Male or Female

-Now I think it asks you if you want to put money in your PS Network Store Wallet. Choose the second option otherwise you have to put in your credit card (I think).

-Select the first option.

-Credit Card information



-Done


Set Up EU Sony PSN Account

- 1 create a new user account from PSN

-2 go to sign up for Playstation Network

- 3 Create a New Account(New Users)

- 4 Select country of origin as UK enter DOB and hit continue

- 5 Accept terms of service and user agreement

-6 Enter your password e-mail address etc

-7 You will need to find an EU address on Google and enter a EU address and you should be almost finished.

-8 Done

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Wi-Fi remote plays music, browses Web

"Let's get this straight: So this is a multimedia device that plays music and browses the Web. The obvious question is, naturally, does it come with a remote?"

tvCompass Digital Media Remote

A premium home theater remote control with WiFi connectivity to the Internet for downloading an electronic program guide (EPG) for TV listings, games, videos, messaging and web content as viewed on its high resolution color 2.2” mobile LCD screen. The tvCompass Digital Media Remote can receive new equipment device codes over the air, while safely storing all user remote set up data on the tvCompass network backup servers. Set up of home theater equipment can be done in minutes not hours and is accomplished “location free” -- in front of the TV and home theater equipment, and not while connected to a PC in another room.

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Insider: PS3 With Larger HDD and DualShock 3 Inbound

There has been rumblings online that Best Buy released a memo indicating that the 80GB PlayStation 3 would be discontinued from the retailer's supply. This means another one bites the dust. When the Sony PlayStation was originally introduced there was a 20GB and 60GB models, both was eventually discontinued in 2007. They were replaced by the 80GB sku with reduced PS2 backwards compatible functionality and finally the 40GB sku that was release just in time for the holidays with a discounted price.

According to arstechnica.com, we can expect a 120GB or maybe 160GB Sony PalyStation 3 with Dual Shock Controllers just in time for the holiday season of 2008.

FYI: you can install any notebook 2.5" sata HDD to your Sony PlayStation 3.
How to Video:Install any HDD to your Sony PlayStation 3

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Gran Turismo(TM) 5 Prologue Races to North America on April 17 Exclusively on PLAYSTATION(R)3

Its official! Sony fanboys can rejoice. Gran Turismo(TM)5 Prologue will be available exlusively on the PS3 for $39.99 SRP on the Blu-ray Disc(TM) and as downloadable content from the PLAYSTATION(R) Store. The Blu-ray version will offer behind-the-scenes HD video called "Beyond the Apex"

"Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, an intense precursor to Gran Turismo(TM)5,features over 60 meticulously detailed vehicles from manufacturers such as Ferrari, Audi and Nissan. Users will experience the vehicle-specificphysics technology and intricate graphical rendering that Polyphony Digitalis renowned for. Additionally, for the first time in the history of thefranchise, users can race online -- at 60 fps (frames per second) in stunning 1080p HD* -- with up to 16 vehicles at a time on beautifully rendered tracks from around the globe, including Daytona International Speedway(R) and a London City track"

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Blu-ray Round UP

All info provide by Blu-ray.com

Latest Blu-ray Reviews

Hitch
Jan 29, 2008
Little Man
Jan 28, 2008
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jan 27, 2008
March of the Penguins
Jan 26, 2008
Man on Fire
Jan 23, 2008
War
Jan 23, 2008
The Game Plan
Jan 22, 2008
Chicken Little
Jan 22, 2008
Planet Earth: The Complete Collection
Jan 22, 2008
3:10 to Yuma
Jan 21, 2008
Underdog
Jan 20, 2008
The Rock
Jan 20, 2008
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Jan 19, 2008
Mr. Woodcock
Jan 18, 2008
Saw IV: Unrated Director's Cut
Jan 18, 2008
Saw III
Jan 18, 2008
Saw II
Jan 18, 2008
Saw
Jan 18, 2008
Arlington Road
Jan 16, 2008
Phone Booth
Jan 16, 2008


New Blu-ray Releases

Monty Python's Life of Brian
Jan 29, 2008
The Invasion
Jan 29, 2008
King of California
Jan 29, 2008
Damages: The Complete First Season
Jan 29, 2008
Daddy Day Camp
Jan 29, 2008
Dispatch: Zimbabwe, Live at Madison Square Garden
Jan 29, 2008
Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveShow Live from Madison Square Garden
Jan 29, 2008
Saw IV: Unrated Director's Cut
Jan 22, 2008
The Game Plan
Jan 22, 2008
Good Luck Chuck: Unrated
Jan 15, 2008
Mr. Woodcock
Jan 15, 2008
3:10 to Yuma
Jan 08, 2008
The Rock
Jan 08, 2008
Sunshine
Jan 08, 2008
Con Air
Jan 08, 2008
Man on Fire
Jan 08, 2008
Dragon Wars
Jan 08, 2008
Night of the Werewolf / Vengeance of the Zombies
Jan 08, 2008
Killing Machine / Shogun's Ninja
Jan 08, 2008
Sister Street Fighter / Sister Street Fighter II
Jan 08, 2008

Coming Soon Blu-ray

The Assassination of Jesse James
Feb 05, 2008
Across the Universe
Feb 05, 2008
Celine Dion: A New Day… Live in Las Vegas
Feb 05, 2008
The Brave One
Feb 05, 2008
Crimson Tide
Feb 05, 2008
Wall Street
Feb 05, 2008
Beyoncé: The Beyoncé Experience Live
Feb 05, 2008
Me, Myself & Irene
Feb 05, 2008
Breaker Morant
Feb 05, 2008
The Jane Austen Book Club
Feb 05, 2008
Suburban Girl
Feb 05, 2008
Deadliest Catch: Season 3
Feb 05, 2008
Gone Baby Gone
Feb 12, 2008
We Own the Night
Feb 12, 2008
No Reservations
Feb 12, 2008
Becoming Jane
Feb 12, 2008
The Amateurs
Feb 12, 2008
Over America in High Definition
Feb 12, 2008
Over California in High Definition
Feb 12, 2008
Michael Clayton

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Blu-Ray Players under $400.00

SonyPS3 Price $399.00
Product Features:
-High-Definition Spider-Man 3 movie on Blu-ray Disc
-Internal 40GB HDD for storing your games, music, and photos
-Built-in Blu-ray player
-Cell Broadband Engine advanced microprocessor
-SIXAXIS wireless controller

The Sony PS3 is the best value Blu-ray player on the market today. Reason being its a Blu-ray Player, Game Console, Internet browser, and Media player all in one. Sony PS3 is by far the best value for your money Blu-ray Player out there. It is the only Blu-ray player on the market that is upgraded with firmware updates to increase the proformance of the machine.

Under the Hood: The PS3 features IBM's "Cell" processor and a co-developed Nvidia graphics processor that makes the system able to perform two trillion calculations per second. That makes the PlayStation 3 40 times faster than the PS2. Along with the traditional AV and composite connections, it also boasts an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) port, which delivers uncompressed, unconverted digital picture and sound to compatible high-definition TV and projectors. The system is capable of 128-bit pixel precision and 1080p resolution for a full HD experience. This console also provides for a sound experience by supporting , Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 as well as Linear PCM 7.1. A pre-installed 40 GB hard disc drive allows you to save games as well as download content from the internet. Unlike the other models of the PlayStation 3, the 40GB does not offer backwards compatibility. You can also upgrade your HDD to as much as 250gb.

Free blu-ray movies with purchasePurchase a PlayStation 3 between October 1, 2007 and January 31, 2008 and receive 5 free Blu-Ray movies via mail-in offer. While supplies last

Sony BDP-S300 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player Price: $399.00

Technical Details
-Full HD 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema Video Output
-DVD Upscaling to 1080p via HDMI
-BRAVIA Theatre Sync (HDMI-CEC)
-BD/DVD/CD playback(4) and AVC-HD with x.v.Color output
-Multi-channel Linear PCM & Dolby Digital Plus Decoding

Product Description:
From the Manufacturer: See and hear a whole new world of high definition with the incredible BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc Player. The crystalline clarity of 1080p Blu-ray Disc movies1 and DVD upscaling2 has to be seen to be believed. Amazing 24p True Cinema3 2 output and cinema-tuned picture presets allow you to see movies exactly how the director intended. And with BRAVIA Theatre Sync, you can now you can control your compatible BRAVIA TV and AV systems3 from just one remote.

Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-Ray Disc Player Price: $399.00

Technical Details
-Plays high-def Blu-Ray discs with 5 times resolution of standard DVDs; measures 16.9 x 3.1 x 12.8 inches (WxHxD)
-Backwards compatible with current DVD and CD formats; upconverts DVD movie discs to near high-definition
-Includes 11-in-2 multi-format memory card slot; provides playback of MP3 and high-resolution JPEG files
-Connections: 1 composite, 1 S-Video, 1 component, 1 HDMI
-Built-in decoders for Dolby Digital/Digital Plus/DTS; coaxial and optical digital audio outputs

Product Description:

The Samsung BD-P1000 DVD player is the first model from Samsung that plays high-definition Blu-ray Discs, which takes advantage of today's flat-screen HDTVs by playing content at native 720p or 1080i video resolutions

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NanoGeekTechTV presents:The Tech Videos Behind Star Wars Unleashed

Star Wars Unleashed
Published by: LucasArts.com
Release date: 04/01/08
Cost: $59.99











Other Games to look foward to from Lucas Arts:
Fracture
Indiana Jones

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Hydro Engine Reveal for Microsoft 360

There is a little known company called Blade Interactive Studios working on a promising new game called Hydrophobia. Hydrophobia will make last years mega hit Bioshock water effects look a little dated.

Hydrophobia utilises InfiniteWorldsGCS and HydroEngine to deliver unique gaming experience base around heavly around water. Unlike BioShock, Hydrophobia will use water as the main driving force of the game. For example there will be puzzles based around water physics. The water physic will play an extremly important role for you to advance.

The story centers around a young woman name Kate who is Hydrophobic since she was 13 years old. Kate is an engineer by trade and Blade has promise a very multidimensinal character. The story starts about 16 years into the future and Kate has Security detail on a mega ship called the Queen of the World.

The Queen of the World is a a large floating city with the most expensive property on the planet raging from $250 million to several billions. There is no tax and no legislative controls only the uber rich runs the show. Because of the wealth and no legislative controls many business have established themselves on board away from prying eyes.

One such business(que dramatic music) is a company called NanoCell(no relation to NanoGeek)they are in the business of engineering nano robotic. In most countries nano technology is closely regulated, but on the "Queen" you guess it "no one ask questions". On the surface NanoCell is looking to purify water at the molecular level. Their company goal is to make the "deserts of the world bloom"

Taking a que from everday cliches, a terrorist group called Neo-Malthusians whose ideologies are based on the 19th century political economist Thomas Malthus. They beleive in a smaller global population. They would rather have a half a billion people versus 12 billion. They see the Queen of the World and NanoCell as an repugant blight on society that needs to be destroyed by all costs.

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Could these pics be a BioShock Killer?

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Nintendo's Cash Chest

Nintendo just released details that the company is being flooded by an excess of cash. Officals at the big N has released thier financail results for the last nine months ended December 31st. Nintendo saw a net sales increase of 84.7 percent on the same period last year.

Despite the massive demand for the Wii and the hardware stock problems, Nintendo saw net sales rise to 1.32 trillion yen($12.36bn) over the last nine months. Their operating income rose by 135.1 percent to 394.0 billion yen($3.69bn) and net income rose by a mind boogling 96.3 percent to 258.9 billion yen ($2.42bn)



Nintendo has raised its net sales forecast for the full year to ¥1.63 trillion ($15.27bn) – as predicted earlier by Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. The company’s net income forecast remains the same at ¥275.0 billion ($2.58bn).

The company also released detailed worldwide hardware and sales information, with the Nintendo DS now having sold 64.79 million units worldwide, of which 21.66 million have been in Japan, 20.18 million in North and South America and 22.94 million in the rest of the world.

Software sales for the Nintendo DS have hit a total of 330.87 million, with 108.46 million sold in Japan, 109.16 million in North and South America and 113.25 million in the rest of the world. As a result, the Nintendo DS’s attach ratio of software to hardware can be calculated at 1:5.1 on a worldwide basis.

Hardware sales for the Wii now total 20.13 million, with 4.99 million consoles sold in Japan, 8.85 million in North and South America and 6.30 million in the rest of the world.

Software sales for the Wii are currently at 113.19 million worldwide, with 16.83 million units sold in Japan, 60.90 million in North and South America and 35.46 million in the rest of the world. This gives the Wii a worldwide attach rate of 1:5.6 – this is more than the Nintendo DS but it does include bundled Wii Sports sales from the West in the software sales total.

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Video Game sales up 43% in 2007

I remember when I was in Junior High school how every adult told me that video games was total waste of time and money. Today you can say that is still true to an extent. With the introduction of next generation gaming Video Games has offically gone mainstream.

Sales of video game hardware and software came in at an estimated $17.9 billion, according to data from market research firm NPD Group released Wednesday. that is about 43% more than the previous year. By comparsion the movie industry tallied a record $9.68 billion in ticket sales during 2007, up 4 percent over 2006, according to box-office trackers Media By Numbers.

Gamers also bought 4.6 million Microsoft Xbox 360s and 2.6 million Playstation 3s and 4 million PlayStation 2s from Sony. The PS2 continues to be the most popular game system in the country, with an installed base of 41.1 million. U.S. consumers also own 9.2 million Xbox 360s, 7.4 million Wiis, and 3.3 million PS3s.

Sales of portable game devices also rose 19 percent in 2007 to $1.9 billion, led by Nintendo's DS, which sold 8.5 million units. Sony moved another 3.8 million units of its PSP. U.S. households now own 17.7 million Nintendo DS devices and 10.5 PSPs, according to NPD data.

On the software side, consumer spending for console and portable games came in at $8.64 billion, a 34 percent increase from 2006. The category was driven by console games, which brought in $6.64 billion, 39 percent more than the previous year.

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Flash Game of the Week Duck Hunt 1/23/08

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Sony to delay Japan launch of Skype on PSP

Will it looks like you may have to wait just a little longer to make internet phone calls over your Sony PSP. Sony has offically delay the Skype download to their PSP becuase the microphone that Sony was planning to sell did not meet the specafication set by Skype.

Via: reuters

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BioShock Leads all Game nominees. Duh!

Bioshock is everyones favorite game. If you have not graduated to next genaration gaming or has been residing under a rock Bioshock is a game currently for Microsoft 360 and PC. 2K Boston studios masterpiece leads the eight annual GameDevelopers Choice Awards with five nominations each, including the coveted Game of the Year title.

Bioshock would not be the only game garthering all the glory Call of Duty 4 from Infinity Ward has four nominations and Harmonix's Rock Band and Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy has two.

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NanoGeekTechTV presents: HDMI for Dummies Video

HDMI,DVI,LCD,LCOS,HD-DVD,Bluray,OLED,LED,DLP....ABCD. Will the only ACRONYM you need to know for now is HDMI.

There is still alot people out there that do not know what is HDMI. I hope this video enlightens you.

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Insider Secrets: Turn your Wii into a media center Video

PS3 and Microsoft 360 can do it but the Wii cannot. Well with a little ingenuity and the Wii Web you can turn your Wii into a full fledge media player.

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Sony Claims Record PS3 Sales For Europe

Sony has struggle in a major way with its Sony PS3 when it first came out. The PS3 was bashed every which way, from costing too much to the developer claiming that its too much of a pain to program for.

With that all said and done the PS3 has gone into 2008 with a tons of momentum Sony has claim to have sold a record amount of units in Europe.

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Rumor: White PS3 Coming to United States

Sony PS3 will be bring sexy back...or maybe. According to NextGen.com "The initial filings were made in October of 2007, and show that Sony requested short-term confidentiality so as to "avoid premature release of sensitive information prior to marketing or release of this product to the public".

The filings are now publicly available, along with numerous pictures of the Commission's test rig.

Pics

And if you have enought time on your hands you can read the filings here:FCC

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Microsoft Offering Chair's Undertow For Live Downtime

Many Microsoft 360 owners was in a culudrum over the chrismas break when Live was having connection issues. Microsoft Live general manager Marc Whitten's letter to subscribers reads, "We’re pleased to announce that from 2:00 a.m. PST Wednesday, January 23, 2008 through 11:59 p.m. PST, Sunday, January 27, 2008 you can download the full version of the recent Xbox LIVE Arcade game, Undertow free of charge."







Now I have not turn on my 360 since Christmas eve 2007 becuase of lingering issues with Live and a beef up PS3 libarey. I pay $50.00 a month for the chance to play on Live any time any where is a free copy of Undertow a worthy concession for my inconvenice?





Short answer: No


What is your opinion?

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Call Of Duty 4 Coming to the Mac in May 2008

CALL OF DUTY® 4: MODERN WARFARE™ COMING TO MAC

AUSTIN, TX – January 15, 2008 – Aspyr Media, Inc. announced today they will publish Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ for Mac, a gripping modern-day action-thriller that deploys players into heart-stopping battles across the world’s most treacherous hotspots.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare delivers unprecedented high-definition graphics, piercing 5.1 surround sound and a dynamic community-oriented multiplayer experience. Developed by Infinity Ward and licensed by Activision, the game is expected to be available for Mac in May 2008.

Featuring a tense storyline, filled with plot twists, the title thrusts players into battle like never before. With amazing special effects, including rim-lighting, depth of field, texture streaming and character self-shadowing, players are enlisted into one of the most photo-realistic gaming experiences imaginable.

The community-oriented Call of Duty 4 multiplayer gameplay features a robust leveling system, variety of unlockable perks, hot-join and matchmaking, as well as create a class and party capabilities to ensure that players of all skill levels can join in the fun. Additionally over 100 challenges and a host of new game environments and modes deliver unlimited possibilities. Infinity Ward has also included Kill-Cam, a fan favorite feature that they created in Call of Duty 2 which allows for spectator instant replays.

Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ will soon be available for preorder through Aspyr’s website for only $49.99.
For more information, fans can also visit the official Website,

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'Spore' Coming to Mac in 2008

It is offical Spore will be release on the PC and the Apple Mac at the same time.
Spore is Will Wrights new baby aka "Sims Everything". For the first time in Apple's history the will get a PC game the same date it is shipped for PC. Can we say Mass Effect or BioShock on Apple. Only time and EA will allow this to happen.

I think this is the biggest news for Apple. It shows that Apple is really serious about gaming and for years they have been

negelected.

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Rumorang: Duke Nukem on XBLA in 'next several months'

by Christopher Grant Jan 15th 2008 1:28PM

Filed under: Retro, Microsoft Xbox 360

After six long years, the team at 3D Realms finally broke their silence last month, showing off a short – and by many opinions, disappointing – teaser for Duke Nukem Forever. Though we're all well aware DNF isn't close to being released, rumor has it (again and again) that Duke Nukem 3D will resurrect the franchise on Xbox Live Arcade so the title's core audience, who were parking their bricks in a pair of Pull-Ons ten years ago, can learn what The Duke is all about.

Here's the details: sources close to developer 3D Realms told IGN that DN3D is scheduled to appear on Xbox Live Arcade "within the next several months" featuring four-player online co-op and eight-player online deathmatch. If true, this would be the first 3D Realms-developed game to ship since ... well, the original Duke Nukem 3D in 1996. Okay, there was also the strangely offensive Shadow Warrior in 1997, but we'd just as soon like to forget about that ...

Via: http://www.joystiq.com/

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Explosion of Indie Games Kills 'Best of' Column

Clive Thompson 01.14.08 4:30 PM

Cyclops is one of the author's many favorite indie games.
Screenshot: Courtesy of Hikoza'n-CHI X

This is getting ridiculous. Two years ago, I wrote my first column celebrating the best indie games: small, offbeat titles, programmed usually by a single auteur and given away for free. I figured I'd make it an annual affair. For 12 months, I'd scour the net for independent games that had a spark -- some innovative bit of design or gameplay -- and gather a list of the top 10.

But I've decided it's impossible. This is not because I can't find any games to praise. It's because I can find too many. Two years ago, the number of people making genuinely polished indie games was pretty small, numbering in the dozens or scores. A single columnist could reasonably hope to sample the year's offerings and make some picks.

But in the last two years, things have blown up spectacularly. There are now hundreds and hundreds of superb indie games coming out every year, from creators in the United States, Japan, India, China and all points on the globe. I'm not counting the crap games, by the way. Throw them into the mix and you're well into the thousands.

No, I'm talking about the good ones. They're now so numerous that I feel like Darwin, scrambling around the Galapagos Islands, frantically trying to catalog the explosively diverse life-forms.

Unlike Darwin, however, I'm giving up. This is the last "year in indie games" column I'm going to write. I'm not even going to pretend to offer a list of "the best," because even though I've played hundreds of games throughout the year, I can't pretend to have played widely enough to determine the best.

I can tell you some of my favorites. For sheer arcade-style action with a twist, I've been enjoying the laser-zapping-with-mirrors fun of Cyclops and the unusual music game Synaesthete. I lost several workdays to solving Bloxorz, a videogame iteration of an old school of logic puzzles (with simply gorgeous sound editing), and Speck Oppression, a physics puzzle game that oscillates my frontal cortex into Zen mode. For sheer narrative artistry -- games that are less addictive thumb candy than tone poems you play once or twice, then meditate upon -- I loved Psychosomnium.

So the question is, why are there so many great indie games now?

I think it's because the videogame industry has hit precisely the same maturation point that movies and music once hit.

Back around 1900, movies began as tiny, indie affairs -- hallucinogenic experiments maybe five minutes long. In a few decades, though, moviemaking became industrialized, turning films into two-hour narratives that cost millions (in today's dollars) to make. The sheer expense of making a movie meant that producers had to stick to genres that were proven to work at the box office: westerns, romance, mysteries. Experimental film died out.

But eventually, genuine auteurs got so sick of seeing the same, dull genres over and over again that they decided to buck the big-money system. The first generation of inexpensive cameras let them make movies on the cheap; with no stakes, they could do weirder, genre-busting films. Thus were born the indie movies of the '60s and '70s -- and that revolution helped rejuvenate all filmmaking, even big-budget stuff.

Movies took seven decades to hit that inflection point. The music business hit it more quickly, with indie pop emerging in maybe five decades after the industry's birth. But games got there in only 25 years.

Just like movies and music, the movement is propelled by a new generation of kids who have easier technological access than ever before: Flash broke the barrier down low, and game-development tools like Game Maker are becoming almost point-and-click easy. Today's indie gamemakers possess the desire to tweak the old genres, and an intuitive sense of the language and mechanics of play.

What's more, there are now formal distribution avenues to encourage indie games -- ranging from the many blogs devoted to them (TIGSource, Indie Games, Jay is Games and many more) to awards events like the Independent Games Festival and Slamdance Games.

Which is where I'm going to leave you. Indie gaming is a field that's come of age, such that you can sample its enormous variety all year long. The best-of column is dead. Long live the best-of column!

Via: www.wired.com

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Halo Now Playable on PS3: Via UT3

by Patrick Steen on January 14, 2008

In an odd turn of events for non-PS3 games making their way to the console, the Halo map “Wizard” is now playable in Unreal Tournament 3. Should this awaken Microsoft lawyers? We hope not.

The beauty of Unreal Tournament 3 is that the PC community can create maps for PS3 owners to play. It’s such a revolutionary setup for consoles, that you’re really getting a lot of bang for your buck with this insane multiplayer experience.

Now a Halo map has been created from scratch for the game:

This is a remake of the Halo map named Wizard. This was a great close quarters map and I felt it would be right at home with Unreal Tournament 3.

This also has full bot pathing so you can play singleplayer without having to find a server with someone hosting this map.

Enjoy the screenshots below, but most importantly enjoy this new map.

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This is why the Nintendo Wii may die an Early Death

The biggest flaw that hangs around the neck of the Nintendo Wii is the fact that a lot of companies are not truly investing the time and true resources to make a quailty game on the Wii. They are many games currently out that where pushed out to capitalize on the unexpected surge the Wii made when it enter the market.

An example of this is:

Far Cry Vengeance

GT Pro Series

Rapala Tournament Fishing!

Ninjabread Man

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific

Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing Review

Mini Desktop Racing

Offroad Extreme! Special Edition Review

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Dave Mirra BMX Challenge

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night

Everyone of these games are pure unaldutarated garbbage. Each one of these games has an average score of under 3.

My theory is by making any game for the Nintendo Wii or the DS and you will rack in the dough. The cost to pruduce a game is not as steep as the "other two". Development is very quick , so from concept to consumer is quicker than most games.

Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer of Majesco Entertainment, said, "In 2007 we continued to execute on our strategy. We made substantial operating and financial progress, laying the groundwork for continued growth and improved profitability in the year ahead. We successfully implemented our mass-market casual game strategy, as we published 19 games in 2007 including 13 for the DS and our first two Wii games. We streamlined our operations and reduced expenses.

For the full year, financing and factoring costs were down 35 percent, facilitated by our additional capital. We improved our gross margins by 420 basis points to 33.9 percent, reduced our non-GAAP operating loss for the year by $6.5 million, or 84 percent, and made substantial progress in moving toward profitability. With this improved efficiency and the additional capital from our recent equity financing, we are well- positioned for growth in 2008 and 2009."

We enter 2008 with positive momentum and remain committed to executing on our business plan while maintaining a disciplined financial approach," continued Sutton. "Our relationships with the nation's major retailers are solid and we are on track in expanding our product line.

Further, the launch of our new studio will allow us to gradually and prudently build a library of valuable intellectual property. Our balance sheet is much improved, reflecting our 2007 financing, as well as our efforts to reduce liabilities and lower our overall cost of capital. With our focused strategy and improved financial position, we are well positioned to capitalize on the continued growth of the casual gaming market."

So if you want to be a millionare forget American Idol or even PowerBall. It will be more in the realm of reality if you just mad a crappy Wii game instead.

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