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India is surely riding the big wave of development which is spreading in the region. With a fabulous ten times growth in domestic sales and a blooming economy, the Asian country is becoming a very attractive market for international companies. With many tricks up its sleeve, like cheap work force and great pote... |
19 September 2008
05:32 GMT |
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One of the most exciting game projects to be announced by Sony was DC Universe Online, an MMO game for the PC that can also be played on PlayStation 3 consoles. Although there are no details (not even rumors) on a release date, the development of the title is clearly going on well since the people working on it have ... |
11 August 2008
04:27 GMT |
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Do you feel you're intellectually challenged when playing Gears of War? Do you ever feel too stupid for today's games? Are you, in fact, tired from pushing all those buttons on the expensive controller that came with the overpriced console and which apparently is targeted at some rather inept individuals on... |
11 July 2008
20:06 GMT |
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Every day or so some political figure is ready to make a fool of themselves and mock the intelligence of their audience by claiming something outrageous about videogames. Most of these figures and their statements are not brought to the public's attention but sometimes someone important enough does or says somet... |
26 June 2008
20:31 GMT |
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The world's 17 best fighters begin their final phases of preparation for entering the Fifth World Fighting Tournament. They must not repeat their prior mistakes and achieve mind, body and soul steadiness. However, J6, the organization funding the tournament, has other intentions with this contest and the company... |
26 June 2008
09:33 GMT |
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Besides the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein successfully intuited a natural social law: the level of intelligence on this planet is a constant, but our population continues to grow. Maybe the statement is so obvious that we can actually interpret it like an axiom (a proposition that is not proved or demonstrate... |
20 June 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Activision is reporting that it is entering an agreement with developer System 3 regarding distribution of its videogame Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli on the North American market. The game is currently in development for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2, the Nintendo Wii and the DS.Mark Cale, Chief Executive ... |
9 June 2008
03:19 GMT |
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How does a rich football club get even richer? It signs deals in which it lends its good name to a number of different products and collects a whole lot of money for that. While we, the customers, get access to all kind of branded goods, from bicycles to, obviously, football gear (or soccer gear if you're North ... |
10 April 2008
19:11 GMT |
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Enterbrain, a company that specializes in the analysis of the Japanese hardware and software market, has released its findings related to the evolution of the videogames market over the fiscal year that has just ended on March 30. While not mind-blowing the figures suggest clear, sustained growth.The combined sales o... |
4 April 2008
03:40 GMT |
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Janco Partners is seeing the videogame industry as one of the few in the United States that is not currently affected - and will not be affected - in the future by the economic downturn that's currently in full swing. According to Mike Hickey, analyst with Janco, the company estimates that gaming software sales,... |
2 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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MotoGP is something all testosterone-based living beings can love. It's got horse power, a lot of highly skilled pilots, it's very fast paced and there's plenty of drama involved. And don't forget the crashes. Man, those guys can really take hits to the head (I guess the helmet really helps there)... |
31 March 2008
19:06 GMT |
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KBC Securities Japan has recently downgraded the financial rating of games giant Nintendo, saying that it expects the sales of hardware like the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS to fall after the record numbers that the company has recently released. Being Japanese-based, KBC is in a unique position to monitor Nintendo&#... |
24 March 2008
06:20 GMT |
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Not since the launch of Sid Meier's Pirates! has the pirate impersonation genre hit success. Although the Pirates of the Caribbean movies created huge expectations for the games, they quickly turned out to be disappointments. So, it's about time for a new company to try and cash in on the whole pirate mania... |
17 March 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, will quit his job by the end of the month, an official press release states. He will be replaced with immediate effect by Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of SCEI. The resignation reasons are unclear right now and they seem to stay that wa... |
25 February 2008
05:27 GMT |
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2K Games has announced that the console exclusive title, developed by Firaxis and available for the Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 3, will be released on June 3, 2008. For the first time ever, the franchise moves away from the PC, after the success of Civilization 4 and its two expansions, Warlords and Beyond ... |
21 February 2008
05:28 GMT |
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It was a reason of sadness for most of the PS3 fans when they found out that they were going to be unable to play PlayStation 2 classic games on their next-gen consoles. This backwards compatibility was dropped with the introduction of the 40GB PlayStation 3 and, since then, nobody thought that Sony could change thei... |
14 February 2008
05:05 GMT |
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In the Summer of 2007, rumors about a Sony Ericsson PSP mobile phone have appeared, allowing both Sony Ericsson and PlayStation fans to hope that, someday, a device that combines the two brands' technologies could really exist. Since then, the PSP handset was confirmed, denied and almost confirmed again, so it ... |
30 January 2008
04:18 GMT |
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Earlier this month, there were some leaked informations regarding a Best Buy memo which was sent to its stores, informing that the 80 GB PS3 won't be restocked after the 28th of January. Having in mind that the 60 GB model was gone from the shelves, too, it meant that only the 40 GB model was going to be sold, w... |
29 January 2008
03:09 GMT |
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Be advised that we don't encourage piracy, but we're surprised to see that the homebrewers have (almost) finally made it, after such a long research. Word goes that Team ICE has found a way of running SELF files in GamesOS on the PS3's 2.10 firmware. Translation: they managed to run an unsigned code o... |
21 January 2008
05:40 GMT |
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Twelve risky missions challenge your piloting skill in this smoothly animated shooter Fly six famous jets including the F-14 Tomcat and the Mig-29 in a variety of combat escort and rescue situations. Aerial combat fairly simple at the lowest difficulty option becomes a multi-mach dance of death at high difficulty.GA... |
17 January 2008
19:31 GMT |
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BLOODY ROAR II continues the fight started in BLOODY ROAR. This time, seven more characters have joined in the fight. By transforming into the Spirit Animal of each character, you'll be able to pummel your opponents into the ground.If the regular combos aren't good enough for you, play the Custom mode to un... |
17 January 2008
16:31 GMT |
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The zombies from the original Resident Evil have returned to give gamers another taste of terror in this third installment of the popular horror-survival series. The game begins with Jill Valentine, who survived the first quest, but now finds herself surrounded by flesh-eating zombies as she tries to leave Raccoon Ci... |
17 January 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Before you get overexcited, you should know that this IS a rumor, after all and it's not at all solid, at least for now. According to Gamefront.de, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan are offering now a position of software engineer, one that will have to implement backwards compatibility for the PS3 plus a futur... |
17 January 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Bloodlines is a full-contact pursuit game, which combines the strategy of a game of chase with the full-on fighting and characters of Mortal Kombat and Tekken.In the distant future, when all distinct cultures and individuality have been banned by the government, a group of rebellious punks fights to preserve what is ... |
16 January 2008
19:36 GMT |
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From the twisted mind of Monty Python Troupe member Terry Jones comes Blazing Dragons. This warped medieval adventure brings over 40 wack characters to life with a freakish mix of voice-over talents like Cheech Marin, Harry Shearer (of The Simpsons fame) and Terry Jones. The wild arcade action like dragon thumb wrest... |
16 January 2008
18:31 GMT |
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It's BLASTO time! Fire up your trusty Blast-O-Matic, strap on your rocket pack, and get ready to go head-to-head with some slimy, alien slugs. You'll span galaxies and cross planets as you endure in your quest to save the universe. In this free roaming 3D world, you'll have plenty to do and plenty to s... |
16 January 2008
16:31 GMT |
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The year is 2096. There is only one spectator sport left, BLAST CHAMBER. Take the role of one of the nameless contestants raised by the Stable and see if you can get out alive. In the allotted time of The Game, you must make your way through a rotating chamber to a crystal. Otherwise, the bomb strapped to your back i... |
16 January 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Some of them are funny like hell, others are plain stupid. All are illegal. Yes, we're talking about the ways found by criminals to steal stuff. For example, we now have the funny story of a 21 year-old Kmart employee who managed to steal electronics worth more than $7000 before being, eventually, caught.Accord... |
15 January 2008
04:48 GMT |
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StreamMyGame.com has released today its free Linux Player, application that will let you play any PC game through a PlayStation 3 with Linux installed on it.How does it work?The StreamMyGame Server converts the game's video and audio into a Game Stream and sends it over a local network to another computer, thus ... |
14 January 2008
05:44 GMT |
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Good Battles Evil when Two Kingdoms Collide. An Evil Force, shackled for centuries, throbs like a heartbeat within the Earth as it seeks open air! And in the body of a youth beats the soul of a poet and the heart of lion. Stride into Darkness with young Finn and his vigilant firebreathing dragon as they hunt down the... |
11 January 2008
08:13 GMT |
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Big Air offers extreme snowboarding action! Players compete in Big Air, Half Pipe, Boardercross, Freeride Race, and Freeride Trick events, gear up with real snowboards and apparel from Palmer, Ride, K2, Nitro, Morrow, Joyride, Quicksilver, Arbor, Westbeach, Wave Race, Maui and Sons, and more. You can challenge real p... |
10 January 2008
17:31 GMT |
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The newest addition to the Go! portfolio for PSP, Go!Explore, puts 3D city mapping in PSP owners' hands by turning their handhelds into personal GPS devices. It works just as with a regular GPS, which means that all you have to do is input your destination and leave the rest to your new GPS-enabled PSP.According... |
9 January 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Battle Arena Toshinden 2 for the PlayStation is the sequel to Battle Arena Toshinden. As with its prequel it is a weapons-based 3D fighting game. Though the core gameplay remains unchanged the game adds a simple combo system: Light Attack, Hard Attack, Special move. Though several characters have a couple of unqiue c... |
8 January 2008
14:36 GMT |
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Battle Arena Toshinden is a fighting game for PC, PlayStation and some other formats. It was one of the first fighting games to boast polygonal characters in a 3D battle arena, rather than the traditional side-to-side fighting space that had been popular since Street Fighter II. The player could use the L/R trigger b... |
8 January 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Last week, anyone browsing through the features of the PSP on the Sony products page, would find that the system now sports an additional characteristic: the ability to "call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system." Sony has now confirmed that Skype is indeed head... |
8 January 2008
05:45 GMT |
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72 Hours until Mr Freeze turns Gotham City into a giant popsicle. You are the only thing standing between millions of innocent people and their icy doom. Your detective skills are about to be pushed to the edge as you drive, sleuth and fight your way to their salvation. Step into the boots of Batman, Robin or Batgirl... |
7 January 2008
18:31 GMT |
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Slide head first into the ultimate baseball simulation for the next generation. Features include: hyper-realistic 3-D rendered excitement; exhibition variable season and championship play; complete statistical tracking; and trade deadline-updated 1995 team rosters.Bases Loaded ('96: Double Header) is a baseball ... |
7 January 2008
16:31 GMT |
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You are a champion motor racing driver who has witnessed the brutal slaughter of his wife and daughter by the members of a cult called the Disciples of Lazarus. Unable to come to terms with your loss, you are recruited by a mysterious organization and given the chance of revenge. Your objectives are plain and simple... |
3 January 2008
16:36 GMT |
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There's no parole in the future. In Ball Breakers, you're a convicted felon who's been sentenced to a life of pain on another planet. You won't be breaking rocks or making license plates - you're going to be grafted into a bionic exoskeleton to entertain the masses as a high-tech gladiator. W... |
3 January 2008
13:36 GMT |
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Everybody agrees that 2007 was a great year when it comes to video games. 2008 promises to be even better, but the first days of January find us with very few new releases and a great desire to play some marvelous games. If you're having trouble choosing the games to play during the first days of the new year, w... |
31 December 2007
07:22 GMT |
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Shoot your way through the billiard underworld in this authentic pool simulation/adventure. Compete with friends or against computer opponents in a wide selection of pool halls and bars. Top-notch graphics, actual pool physics, and superb gameplay offer a rich and detailed feel.Defeat your opponents to win fame and s... |
28 December 2007
16:26 GMT |
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The game involves a boy named Koh from the town of Monsbaiya, which is set at the foot of the gigantic Monster Tower, which houses a plethora of monsters and bizarre creatures. At the age of fifteen, Koh has come of age and is entitled to enter the tower to slay monsters and live up to his missing father's reput... |
28 December 2007
15:31 GMT |
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You are a champion motor racing driver who has witnessed the brutal slaughter of his wife and daughter by the members of a cult called the Disciples of Lazarus. Unable to come to terms with your loss, you are recruited by a mysterious organization and given the chance of revenge. Your objectives are plain and simple... |
28 December 2007
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Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, based on the animated feature film, is a 3-D action-platform game where players control Milo, a linguist and cartographer, whose ambition is to discover the legendary lost world. Players will lead a team of experts in the fields of geology, demolitions, machinery, and even han... |
27 December 2007
18:31 GMT |
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This monster compilation of 12 of the best-known games from Atari's arcade stable of the '70s and early '80s includes Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Super Breakout, Tempest, and Warlords. All come authentically recreated ... |
27 December 2007
17:31 GMT |
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They said it couldn't be done, but they were wrong: a new and improved ASTEROIDS that is just as addictive as the original. It has been converted into a 3D space shooter with tons of features, like mind-blowing 3D graphics, innovative cutscenes, and intense special effects.Another improvement over the original i... |
27 December 2007
16:36 GMT |
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SH2 starts where SH left off. It is announced that the capture of field marshal Tannenburg will end the war. Since General Plastro has disappeared, it is suggested that he has become a victim of plastrification and been trapped in the real world. The game introduces Bridgette Bleu, a spy for the Blue Nation. She has ... |
27 December 2007
14:31 GMT |
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Assault Rigs is an Action game by Psygnosis, released in 1995 for PC, PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn. The game's based in the future, where real sport has been overtaken in favour of virtual sport. And everyone's favourite is Assault Rigs. The game runs through like a tank simulator, set inside a 3D virtual ... |
21 December 2007
16:31 GMT |
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Travelling through 7 mind blowing levels, your mission will take you far from home. Journey to remote outposts of humanity and into hellish uncharted alien worlds. We wouldn't deploy you to the epicenter of an alien infested city without a massive arsenal from which to choose. Multi-phased pulse rifles, devastat... |
21 December 2007
00:31 GMT |
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In the presumably distant future, the vast majority of Earth's population is wiped out by a cataclysmic war known as the Great Destruction. The harsh conditions that result force the few remaining survivors to live underground for fifty years, during which time corporations come to power. The two largest corpora... |
18 December 2007
13:31 GMT |
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