Remember Kids, Just Say NO!

This has to be one of the ugliest skins I’ve ever see on or for the PSP. Yet Wal-Mart has decided to sell a God of War: Chains of Olympus PSP-2001 bundle (Piano Black) as pictured above. It is available now for the low, LOW price of $207 and includes the PSP Slim, the God [...]

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Warm Coffee and Other GTA Achievements…

Our dear friends at 360Sync have been getting a lot of attention today for making a pretty awesome revelation (though they credit the GameSpot forums!) regarding a near-final, first half list of GTA IV’s Achievements. Before we go any further, can I get a “Woop Woop”? Thanks. Among the Achievement list, which is freakin’ gigantic [...]

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Commodore 64 comes to PAL Virtual Console

Today’s Virtual Console update in PAL regions features an all new console coming to the VC for the first time. The Commodore 64 was launced way back in 1982, making it the oldest system on the VC, something that is apparent in the quality of the graphics on offer in some of the better games [...]

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Xbox Live Going Down April 1

  Microsoft sent a message to all Live subscribers this morning, and because I love you guys so much, I’m going to type it out in its epic entirety right here: Xbox LIVE will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours on April 1st 2008 to upgrade the service starting: 02:00 PDT, 0900 GMT and 18:00 [...]

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GTA IV to Feature Music Downloads

There you are, driving down the street in GTA IV and a song comes on the radio that you’ve never heard before. It’s pretty good, you’re bopping your head to the beats and then it’s gone. Well, in GTA IV you can buy that song and it’s as simple as pressing a few buttons on [...]

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SOCOM.com Launched!

*I’m actually a day late to the party, but better late than never I always say. For fans of the popular SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals series, the new SOCOM.com which was launched yesterday is a welcomed addition. The site promises a great deal of interaction between the SOCOM development teams and the community. Considering Zippers [...]

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Fallout 3 Boasts Over 200 Different Endings

Fallout 3 Boasts Over 200 Different Endings

Lead designer on Fallout 3, Todd Howard, was recently interviewed on episode 107 of the Official Xbox Magazine podcast.  He seized the opportunity to casually reveal the 200-plus possible ending of Bethesda’s fall title, Fallout 3.  Howard claimed that the game was “easily 100 hours,” and that throughout the duration of the game, “decisions the player makes will impact [...]

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Xbox.com gets My Xbox upgrade

Click me In a Spring Cleaning effort, Microsoft’s Xbox.com website section, My Xbox, has been upgraded to look cleaner and make navigation easier for its users. While accessing your current games list is more of a chore than selecting from the previous list – it’s now a scrolling image cycle, making it a pain to [...]

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PSN Personal Information Possibly Compromised

The official UK PlayStation site has posted a notice that there is a possibility of unauthorized access to users’ personal information. They are asking everyone who has used the PLAYSTATION Store on their PC’s to verify their account information is correct as soon as possible. Thankfully, accounts do not display the full credit card number [...]

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Hip Merchandise from Valve

Hip Merchandise from Valve

  Valve’s online store  is offering up an impressive array of goodies for dedicated gamers.  Portal-themed merchandise is selling out the fastest, with “the cake is a lie” t-shirts and the “weighted companion cube” plush, both selling like hot-cakes at $24.95 and $29.95 respectively (all figures US).    Other eye-catching products in the featured item lineup include: Half-Life 2 [...]

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