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Microsoft Tests A New Xbox 360 Disc Format In The Latest Update Preview
Microsoft is seeking U.S.-based Xbox 360 owners to test out the next Xbox 360 system update, paving the way for an “updated Xbox 360 disc format”, whatever the hell that means. There’s a new Xbox 360 system update in the works, and as always, Microsoft is looking for stateside Xbox owners in the thousands to…
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A River Of Souls Runs Through Rift‘s First Post-Launch Update
Trion Worlds’ fantast MMO Rift has gathered quite an audience since its launch last month, and those loyal fans are now being rewarded with a full-scale invasion from the plane of death. Just their way of saying thanks, now die. The world of Telara is no stranger to invasions from different planes through extra-dimensional rifts.…
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Console And Retailer Exclusive Downloadable Content Hasn’t Gotten This Bad. . .Yet
How much would you pay to add the mighty Rook to your chess arsenal? Is there a collector’s edition that comes with everything included? How long will the PS3 exclusive remain exclusive? A glimpse of things to come? The Future Of Console Gaming? Via Reddit
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Getting Banned from a Game as Bad as Getting Dumped, Says Science
Researchers trying to determine if getting dumped causes measurable, physical pain-and it apparently does show up on fMRI-needed a proxy experience for romantic relationships in their tests. (It wouldn’t be polite to throw people who just got dumped in fMRI machines, I guess, but I still would like to see those results.) Instead researchers “attempted…
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A Delicious Reminder That Free Realms Comes To The PlayStation 3 Today
Sony Online Entertainment’s family-friendly, free-to-play MMO Free Realms hits the PlayStation Network today, a fact they celebrated with a dozen family-friendly, free-to-eat cupcakes. The fine folk at Once Upon A Cake delivered these tasty treats to my door this morning, a dozen chocolate and vanilla cupcakes emblazoned with the news that Free Realms is now…
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Can The Nintendo 3DS Survive 99 Minutes In A Microwave Oven?
No. No it cannot. dOvetastic Microwave Theater takes a brand-new Nintendo 3DS out of its box, turns it on, sets the camera on, and places it in a microwave oven for nearly 100 minutes of fiery melting fun. The system fritzes out almost immediately, and the rest is all smoke and fire, signifying nothing. Unless…
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How Long Should A First-Person Shooter Story Be?
In today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Crushinator ponders the correct length for the single-player story in the increasingly multiplayer-focused first-person shooter genre. Many of the reviews of Homefront lately have lamented its short single player campaign, and that was enough to make me not want to buy it. I usually enjoy single-player games much more…
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Atari Crashes Castles With Its Warlords Remake
The latest classic Atari game to be dragged kicking-and-screaming from our fond memories into the present day, the new version of Warlords marries the wall-busting gameplay of the original with an element of real-time strategy, with a dash of Castle Crashers cuteness thrown in for good measure. Warlords was once a simple game about hurling…
By Mike Fahey
