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Dragon’s Dogma Gets Ur-Dragon Challenge

Capcom has unveiled the first online event that it will run for its upcoming Dragon's Dogma role-playing game, in the form of the Ur-Dragon Challenge, which will pit players against a mighty beast and reward them with copious amounts of loot.Dragon's Dogma hasn't even been released and Capcom is alread...

12 May 2012
00:11 GMT

Mass Effect 3’s Next Multiplayer Operation Is Raptor, Requires Skilled Players

BioWare has just mentioned a few new details about the next weekend challenge for the multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3, which is called Operation Raptor.Mass Effect 3 delighted millions of people earlier this month, thanks to its mostly impressive single-player as well as the addictive multiplayer mode.In order to g...

28 March 2012
15:41 GMT

Microsoft Not Playing Fair the Smoked by Windows Phone Challenge

In January 2012, Microsoft kicked off the “Smoked by Windows Phone” challenge, which offered users the possibility to win $100 if the smartphones in their hands, running under a different OS than Windows Phone, were faster. As part of this challenge, users were asked to perform specific tasks on their ...

26 March 2012
02:13 GMT

Win a PC Worth $1,000 in Microsoft’s "Smoked by Windows Phone" Challenge

This weekend, phones that are faster than Windows Phone can bring you a PC worth $1,000, the latest reports on the web suggest. Apparently, Microsoft has decided to increase the prize in its "Smoked by Windows Phone" campaign by ten-fold, so as to show to the world that it is confident on the capabilities of its pl...

23 March 2012
06:33 GMT

“Smoked By Windows Phone” Now a Global Challenge

In early 2012, Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with a hand full of Windows Phones and a pocket full of $100 bills. He challenged people to put their handsets to test against Windows Phone devices to see which would be faster. He actually managed to prove that Wind...

7 March 2012
10:26 GMT

The “Smoked by Windows Phone” Challenge Hits the Streets

Microsoft appears more than confident in its Windows Phone operating system. In fact, it is so confident that devices running under the platform can outperform other devices that it has kicked off a challenge to prove that. Ben “The PC Guy” Rudolph came to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in...

11 February 2012
04:12 GMT

Win $100 If Your Phone Is Faster than a Windows Phone

Windows Phone is picking up steam, and 2012 is expected to help it gain significant market share. Microsoft is keen on making sure that things are indeed like this, and came to CES 2012 to showcase the platform’s capabilities compared to what rivals have to offer. The Redmond-based company was determined t...

11 January 2012
11:16 GMT

Minute to Win It Arrives on the Xbox 360 in October

Video game publisher Zoo Entertainment, Inc. has announced that it will be launching a video game version of the popular game show Minute to Win It for the Xbox 360 home console with the Kinect motion tracking system.The game will be released on October 18, 2011 and will be sold for 29.99 dollars in the United States...

22 September 2011
10:35 GMT

Nokia Has Two IdeasProject Challenges for App Development

Nokia is once again calling developers to come up with new ideas for great applications for mobile phones and to submit them as part of two campaigns it put in place on its IdeasProject website. The two challenges are open for about a month or so, and will result in the ideas chosen to be developed into real app...

30 August 2011
16:11 GMT

Taylor Lautner Challenged to Push-Up Contest to Settle Lawsuit

A short while ago, “Twilight” heartthrob Taylor Lautner sued an RV dealership for failing to deliver to him a customized vehicle on time, as stipulated by contract. The owner has just challenged Lautner to a push-up contest to settle this. Amidst talk of being quite a diva, it emerged that Lautner sued Br...

31 August 2010
10:17 GMT

New Football Game Coming to Current Gen Consoles

EA Sports has a monopoly on big football franchises, offering the Madden series for all those interested in the American style game and the FIFA franchise for all those interested in the British born form of football.So, it must be good news to some people that someone else is set to handle a more obscure form of foo...

17 June 2009
02:42 GMT

Violent Videogames Are Not More Enjoyable

As most gamers have known from the days of Tetris, we're not playing videogames to enjoy our daily dose of over the top violence but to overcome new gameplay challenges. This is now a scientific fact as demonstrated by a study from the University of Rochester and from the firm Immersyve, which specializes in &ld...

20 January 2009
04:41 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Celebrates PlayStation 3 Birthday with Contest

The PlayStation 3 has just turned two years old, celebrating the first launch of Sony's console in Japan, which took place in the middle of November. A lot has happened these past two years, and although the Japanese company hoped that the PS3 would dominate the market, like its predecessor, the PS2, such a thin...

19 November 2008
03:45 GMT

Peter Molyneux Talks About the Challenges of Fable II

Peter Molyneux is one of the most unique game designers out there, because he really knows how to promote his titles in terms of appeal to any class of gamers, be it hardcore or casual, and really does make you want to play them.Microsoft has recently launched his newest title, Fable II, which is the successor to the...

4 November 2008
02:46 GMT

Crysis Challenges You!

Intel wants to date you, Crysis fans! And no, they're not thinking (only) about hot sexy girls - they are actually searching for people who enjoy playing the latest Crytek game and who want to take part in the first ever Crysis mapping contest. There are two Crysis universe-related contest categories - Single p...

22 January 2008
15:06 GMT

What Could Bring Google Down

The past decade has seen Google rise from nothing to being one of the most recognized brands in the whole world and, at the same time, a competitor to the older technology giant, Microsoft. Not bad, what started as a Stanford University research project came to be the single most dominant search engine on the Intern...

14 December 2007
15:46 GMT

YouTube to Be Dethroned Soon

YouTube was acquired by Google in October 2006 for $1.6 billion and was quickly brought in the first position of the top online video sharing services. Now, YouTube is still the leader but is more and more threatened by other companies that are continuously making alliances to dethrone the Google product. The first a...

18 April 2007
10:59 GMT

RalliSport Challenge Unlockables (Xbox)

RalliSport Challenge is an amazingly realistic racing experience that puts you in the driver's seat of rally racing excitement, with more than 25 fully licensed cars, four adrenaline-pumping rally race modes, a wide choice of tracks to choose from, and much more. The RalliSport Challenge experience is enhanced w...

30 March 2007
04:50 GMT


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