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Pachter: Next generation consoles not before 2013
In a recent industry newsletter, Michael Pachter, gaming research analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities has stated that the next generation of consoles will not arrive before 2013, if at all. "We do not expect a ‘new' console in 2010. We do not expect the ‘next' generation to begin before 2013, if at all." The only console that is expected to be released before 2013 is the ...read more
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Xbox 360 hits 30 million in sales
Microsoft Xbox 360 has hit another milestone today. As reported by VGchartz, the next generation console has reached sales of 30 million worldwide. Released on Novemeber 22, 2005, it has taken Microsoft's second gaming console just over three years to reach the mark. While this may not sound significant when comparing it to it's rivals (the Nintendo Wii is currently just under 50 million in ...read more
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Get the Orange Box for $9.99 on Steam this weekend
This weekend's Steam deal is Valve's Orange Box. The "Computer Game of the Year" is on sale for 66% off the normal $29.99 asking price to consumers worldwide. If you do not already own this game compilation, now's your chance to purchase Half-Life 2, Episode One, Episode 2, Lost Coast, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 for a mere $9.99 This fantastic deal will only be available for this weekend ...read more
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Activision leaves PC Gaming Alliance, SecuROM joins
The PC Gaming Alliance suffered a bit of a blow yesterday after a few of its members decided that in the current economy they cannot justify the budget required to maintain an active role in the organization. Among those few members leaving the group whose mission is to improve the landscape for PC gamers, developers and publishers alike are Activision Blizzard and hardware vendor ...read more
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LEGO Rock Band officially announced
LEGO Rockband was rumoured to be coming for a good couple of months, and recently at GDC it was let slip via a leaked document that confirmed the game was to be talked about. But now Harmonix has officially revealed that the game is indeed real and will be coming this year. The game is being created in partnership between Harmonix, who developed the earlier Guitar Hero games and now the Rock ...read more
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Two men send 217,000 text messages, $26,000 bill
Two men set out with the ambition to see how many text message they could send a month and rallied up 217,000 messages. The duo Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, were relying on their unlimited text messaging plans to pay for the fiasco. In a mixup on T-mobile's end a bill was sent to Andes for the whopping sum of $26,000 which, as you can imagine, had him stunned at the expenses incurred. ...read more
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Grand Theft Auto 5 isn't coming in 2009
One blogger earlier this week misinterpreted the words of Andrew Reiner, editor of Game Informer, at the possible release of Grand Theft Auto 5 later this year reports GameZine. "Rockstar was just in the Game Informer office. I can't tell you what they showed me, but it might have been Grand Theft Auto V." Clearly explaining that he cannot reveal the title Rockstar showed him, we can assume ...read more
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Xbox 360 Game Of The Year Bundle announced
Coming in May, a brand new bundle for the Xbox 360 console will be available in all stores (except those in europe). The bundle includes an Xbox 360 elite, which in itself comes with a 120gb hard drive and a wireless controller, along with two games. One of which will be Halo 3 and the other, Fable 2. The total price for the bundle will be at $399 US, which is the price of a Xbox 360 elite alone, ...read more
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Chinatown Wars below expectations for DS?
Last year, when Rockstar announced that they were bringing the popular Grand Theft Auto franchise to Nintendo's portable platform; many wondered how well an M rated title would do. Almost two months since it's release, the answers are starting to come in. In it's debut in March, the game only sold only around 89000 copies, far below the expected 250000 - 400000 range. When questioned earlier ...read more
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The Pirate Bay found guilty, jail & $3.6 million fine
The Pirate Bay, notorious for providing BitTorrent files of all things copyrighted and illegal have lost a trial in Sweden today. The news first surfaced from founder Peter Sunde who used Twitter to break the news. Sunde said "according to leaked information from the court we lost (got the news last night). Trustworthy source as well." Sunde is also insisting "nothing will happen to TPB, us ...read more
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