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The feature-gimped PlayStation 3 with a 40 GB hard drive is coming to North America at a reduced price, but without the ability to play PlayStation 2 games. If you thought Sony was removing the PS2 guts out of the system, saving them gobs of cash and passing the savings on to you, late adopters, maybe you should think again. According to the Wall Street Journal's paraphrasing of SCEA boss Jack Tretton, the removal of PS2 backward compatibility and other components isn't "dramatically reducing Sony's cost of manufacturing" on Sony's behemoth console. More »
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Attendees at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival were witness to a prime example of spin control and knowing your audience. More »
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We've been calling around a number of stores today to try and get to the bottom of a bunch of rumors including that the Xbox 360 premium and core now have HDMI built-in, and while we haven't gotten to the bottom of that rumor, yet, we have nailed down something else: The Xbox 360 Top Spin Bundle is real, and it's already available at a number of stores. More »
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Say what you will about Phil Harrison, the guy's a real trooper. He's in a position that lesser me would have run screaming from over the last few months, and yet he soldiers on, telling it like it is. James Brightman from GameDaily.Biz has just posted an exclusive interview with Phil from DICE earlier this month, where Phil explains why there are PS3 systems sitting on store shelves.
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I was just watching CNN when a short report on the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual video game report card hit. More »
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Music mag Spin provides all with the first Dead Rising review. Well, the first one I've seen, and I'm sure there are others. Loads of 'em. Writer Tom Dumont writes: More »
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