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HD-DVD: Officially Six Feet Under

Its been a long time coming but today in a recent press release Toshiba Corporation officially announced that they will no longer develop or manufacture new HD-DVD players or recorders. This is great news for consumers in general after a long and drawn out format war between the two high-def formats, Sony’s Blu-ray and the […]

February 19th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Libraries Draw Teens by Holding Video Game Tournaments

Normally, the local library is a place that teens stay as far away from as possible, but that isn’t the case with Rochester Hills Public Library. The library holds video game tournaments ranging from Guitar Hero to Smash Brothers. Teens are also able to rent games from the collection of 1,823 games in stock. According […]

February 17th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Tell Me a Story: Games with Powerful Narratives

In video games, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But is a video game a video game if I put down the controller and watch a story unfold? Mr. Kurosawa, arguably Japan’s greatest Director and storyteller is telling us that although film incorporates aspects from other mediums it still has […]

February 16th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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New Franchises Coming and Innovation To Previous Ones says EA

EA Sports, a well-known publisher, has planned to launch five new sport franchises in the span of three years. Peter Moore, the president of EA, says that one of the new franchises coming during the fiscal year of 2009 (Apr. 1, 08 - Mar. 31, 09) will be geared towards the more casual gamer. Also […]

February 14th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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EA Says 2008 and 09′ Will Be Huge

Publisher Electronic Arts has announced a slew of popular titles set to release sometime during 2008 and 2009. In a presentation for industry analysts, games such as Burnout and Skate were talked about. Both franchises will be returning sometime during the fiscal year of 2009.
EA is confident that their new installment of Skate will be able […]

February 13th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Prototype Thriller In Progress From Silicon Knights

The developer of the classic title Eternal Darkness for the GameCube and soon to be released Xbox 360 title Too Human, Silicon Knights, is said to be working on a “third-person action/psychological thriller.”
Investing $500,000, The Ontario Media Development Corporation is giving the chance to two game developers (Silicon Knights and Digital Extremes). The money will […]

February 12th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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THQ Announces Huge Sales of WWE and Talks Future Titles

Apparently there were quite of few of you interested in dueling, greased men in tights, as publisher THQ announced an increase in sales of nearly $35 million over last year. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008, Cars: Mater-National and MX vs. ATV Untamed all helped stimulate the growth.
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw sold more than five […]

February 8th, 2008 | Will | 0 comments | Continued
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Activision Sheds Some Light On Future Titles

During a conference call which Activision spoke about it’s Q3 earnings which add up to be more than a billion dollars, thanks in large part to Call Of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero 3. They also commented on it’s future titles for the fiscal year 2009.
Another Call of Duty title was mentioned to continue the series. […]

February 7th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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More And More Games Being Rated “E”

Games like Bioshock and Resistance: Fall of Man are all the talk from the media because they are rated “M” for Mature. But the truth is that most of the video games out there are actually rated “E” for everyone.
ESRB has released it’s statistical breakdown of games it rated last year. The “M” category only […]

February 6th, 2008 | Jordon | 0 comments | Continued
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Looking for Cheap Games?

This is a great article by Jenni Lada at Gamertell.com. Personally, I’d never have though to look at GoodWill for games, but now that I know, I may have to stop by once and awhile.
When you think of cheap games, the first thing which usually comes to mind is a resale shop, like GameStop, or […]

February 4th, 2008 | Andrew C. | 0 comments | Continued