Video Game News & Reviews

PlayStation Store Update
Hi Everyone – It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update. Updates Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Digger HD – Sale (now $5.99, original price $9.99) Mushroom Wars – Sale (now $5.99, original price $9.99) Worms – Sale (now $6.49, original price $12.99) Sam And Max [...]

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Police Report for Sept. 7
Published: Monday, September 6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 6, 2010 at 7:31 p.m. A PlayStation 3 system, 10 PlayStation games, laptop computer, television and speakers were taken from a residence on Herring Avenue between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Sept. 2.

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Sony wins indefinite mod chip ban
Following last week’s Federal Court of Australia’s decision to temporarily ban a handful of local retailers from selling or importing mod chips that allow unauthorised software to run on Sony’s PlayStation 3, the judge in the case has ruled in favour of Sony and placed an indefinite ban on the retailers in question.

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Monday morning briefing: Video games and dog gone shirts
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Monday briefing. Video game of the week Fresh from the files of our very own Jenna Zamie: Game: Metroid: Other M Genre: Sci-fi action adventure System: Wii What is it? Other M is a strong departure…

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NEWS: Conduit 2 Delayed to 2011
High Voltage’s first-person shooter sequel won’t be hitting stores in 2010, but it is getting Classic Controller support. Conduit 2 isn’t coming out until 2011 according to a fact sheet released by developer High Voltage Software. Along with that announcement, it was revealed that the game will support the Classic Controller and Classic Controller Pro in addition to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk …

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Sony Has Lost the PS3 Hacking War
YokimaSun writes “Sony may have dealt a major blow to the PSjailbreak sellers, but the release last week of PSGroove, an open source version of the hack, has now opened the floodgates of ports to mobile phones such as the Nokia N900 and Palm Pre. The final kick in the teeth is that a port of the exploit has been released by Waninkoko of Wii custom firmware fame for the Dingoo Handheld, which is …

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Feature: Enough to forget the Wii? A week with the PlayStation Move
The PlayStation Move is Sony’s answer to the motion control trend. It uses a digital camera called the PlayStation Eye to track the movement of a new controller stuffed with gyroscopes and sensors and magic—all of it topped with a glowing plastic ball. It’s been over a week since my Move review hardware arrived, and I’ve played games with a variety of people just to gauge their reactions. When …

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Apple to launch Xbox Live-like game center next week
New Apple iPhone platform will allow video game players to track one another’s achievements, create multiplayer matches and discover new games.

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PlayStation Move demos impress as Sony disses Kinect
The PlayStation Move hits store shelves on September 17, and Sony is hard at work convincing gamers that it’s something they need. The company has been aggressively touring the different trade and community events, showing the press and gamers a series of tech demos in order to highlight what the hardware can do. A new video with some of these demos has been posted to the PlayStation Blog. (We …

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PlayStation lawsuit first of many, says lawyer
Sony’s PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many gaming giant-initiated cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar case earlier this year. Sony’s PlayStation 3 mod chip lawsuit could be just the first of many gaming giant-initiated cases in Australia, according to a lawyer who defended a client against Nintendo in a similar …

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Ghost of Sparta demo coming next week to PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus subscribers will get early access to the God of War: Ghost of Sparta PSP demo September 7. .

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Sony to release PlayStation 3 3D update by October
Sony banking on 3D TV, laptop and games line up PlayStation 3 owners will finally be able to watch movies in 3D by October, Sony CEO Howard Stringer promised during his speech at the Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) trade show in Berlin. The work on the 3D software upgrade is now complete, and the upgrade will be done by October, according to Stringer. Users who have a 3D-compatible TV set …

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Child’s book bag among items taken in burglary
Reported missing from the home were a Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox, each with games and controllers, an iPod, a laptop computer, desktop computer, 20-inch television and a child’s book bag.

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Sony PlayStation Move
Sony may not be first to the motion-gaming party, but the PlayStation Move technology is a step above the Wii—now if developers tap the system to produce more compelling game titles, we’ll have a true winner.

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New movement-based game controllers take some getting used to
Berlin – Increasingly, characters in today’s video games take their cues from players, who have to jump, turn and gesticulate to get their onscreen personalities to do their bidding.

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Angry Birds, The Upcoming PSP Game That Might Be a Movie
Popular iPhone physics game makes the jump to Sony’s handheld gaming system this fall, possibly en route to a cinema-plex near you. IPhone – PlayStation Portable – Sony – Handheld game console – Smartphones

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The Sony PlayStation’s buttons get explained by their designer
You may never have given it much thought, but there’s a reason why every video game console’s face buttons are different from one another: patents. Even if Sony had wanted to, they couldn’t have adopted the NES’ “a-b” button convention, and likewise, Microsoft couldn’t have taken the PlayStation’s geometric shape convention for the Xbox. It turns [...]

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PlayStation Plus subscribers getting discounted Protection Plan
PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to purchase a PlayStation 3 Protection Plan for 25 percent off the original price.

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PlayStation Protection Plan available on PSN
Accident-prone PlayStation owners take note: Sony is now offering the PlayStation Protection Plan — an optional extension on the PS3 and PSP’s standard manufacturer’s warranty — for sale directly from the PlayStation Network.

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Sony says PlayStation 4 will still have a Blu-Ray drive
When Sony first revealed the PlayStation 3 way back in 2006 (has it really been so long) they said they expected it to have a ten year console life. It seemed crazy at the time, but they’re actually already half way through it, with the PlayStation 4 not even hinted at yet. By 2016, though, [...]

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Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns, GoldenEye 007 dated
Nintendo dates upcoming Wii and DS titles as pink puffball’s latest lands October 17, Donkey Kong Returns November 17, Bond sneaks out November 16, and Wii Party debuts October 3.

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Nintendo Refreshes the Dog Days of Summer with Upcoming Cool Games
REDMOND, Wash.—-The summer is heating up, which means it’s a great time for Nintendo to announce some of the cool games it will have available in the coming months for its Wii™ home console and portable Nintendo DS™ family of systems.

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Is Sony working on touch-control game machine?
Sony will not comment on rumors that it is working on a new handheld game device with touch controls on the back. But a games analyst say that Sony is certainly working on a new iteration of the PlayStation Portable. Sony – PlayStation Portable – Handheld game console – Games – Video game

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Video game lets players be ‘Bad’ to Jackson hits
An upcoming video game starring Michael Jackson is set to be “Bad.” Video game publisher Ubisoft announced Wednesday its dancing-and-singing “Michael Jackson The Experience” game will feature such Jackson hits as “Bad,”"Beat It” and “Billie Jean.” The title… Michael Jackson – Video game – Billie Jean – Beat It – Games

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Michael Jackson: the computer game
The King of Pop is getting his own computer game.

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Sony PSP2 Might Get Back-Facing Touch Pad
What makes this particular rumor interesting is that the source claims to have spoken to three different developers who’ve seen an early prototype behind closed doors. Sony – PlayStation Portable – Games – Video game – Console Platforms

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PlayStation 3 hard drive expanded
Sony have unveiled two new models of PlayStation 3 which have larger hard drives.

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Video game lets players be ‘Bad’ to Jackson hits
An upcoming video game starring Michael Jackson is set to be “Bad.” Video game publisher Ubisoft announced Wednesday its dancing-and-singing “Michael Jackson The Experience” game will feature such Jackson hits as “Bad,” “Beat It” and “Billie Jean.”

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Sony Playstation 3 to come with more memory
Sony Corp’s Playstation 3 will feature higher-capacity hard drives in North America this fall to let consumers download more games and entertainment, the company said on Tuesday.

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