Microsoft’s Answer To Blu-Ray Is DMD

Whether you call it downloadable content, game add-ons or digital media distribution, the new wave of accessing information for console games is drastically evolving thanks to die-hard efforts of Microsoft and Sony. The industry is continually finding ways to break out of the reliance of hard-copied media formats. And even though both Microsoft and [...]

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Sony’s PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet again!

The news just gets worse for Playstation 3.
Alone among the three major videogame consoles, sales of the PS3 are down about 19% from November 2007, according to the latest stats from the NPD Group. Sony was only able to sell 378,000 PS3s this November, compared to 466,000 last year.
And the problem for Sony isn’t the [...]

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Burnout Paradise: Welcome to Big Surf Island

Criterion hasn’t released anything new on this awesome, (Now premium downloadable content) since way back in May, so it’s high time They gave you a little update.

This first shot shows your arrival point on the island.  From here, you can make out the awesome cylindrical tower referred to in this Crash TV Episode 15.  With [...]

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Why Microsoft Should Stop Charging for Xbox Live

A few questions come to mind when hearing this complaint….one being “Should Sony charge for its currently gratis PlayStation Network? That’s the question some are apparently asking in a kind of fawning, anticipatory way, assuming for not entirely clear and maybe even slightly confused reasons that it would bolster Sony’s revenue models. Why? I guess [...]

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So how much time are you saving? – Xbox 360 NXE Hard Drive Install Chart

All I did here was put their collected information chart form. I will update as much as possible, drop a comment if you know how much time is saved on a particular game (where the “xxx”’s are marked).
I don’t think the chart needs to be explained, you have the games, you have how much space [...]

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Happy Halloween From the Technook!

On behalf of myself and the entire crew (two other ppl lol…) we would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Halloween!  If you want to send your friends or family a nice Halloween greeting card you can do so at  this link.
We love all of our readers so we want to remind [...]

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New FFXIII Details Announced

multiplatform release will happen next year
Chris Winkler writes “Square Enix offered some new tidbits about Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII in this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu. The male character seen in the various trailers of Final Fantasy XIII is called Snow Villiers. Character designer Tetsuya Nomura commented that the [...]

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Mercenaries 2: Total Payback coming “Early November” sadly

We regret to announce the Xbox 360 “Total Payback” update will not be available until early November. We understand your frustration and appreciate your patience while we push to finalize the update.
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IGN: TGS Sony Booth Report

TGS 2008: Sony Booth Report

Find out how Sony is pushing the PlayStation 3 and PSP in Japan.

October 9, 2008 – Sony’s Tokyo Game Show booth this year looked a lot like its booth last year, with distinct areas for the PSP and PS3. The only thing missing was that giant open theater that has [...]

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Tokyo Game Show 08: Spotlight on Sony

Sony hopes to hit a Home run against 360

The Tokyo Game Show is one of the highlights of the year for the video game industry, which spreads its major announcements between this event, the Leipzig Game Convention and a diminished E3 show in Los Angeles in the summer, and the Game Developers’ Conference in [...]

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