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GAME declassifies exclusive Modern Warfare 3 Intel Pack
Any consumers who pre-order the hotly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from GAME will receive an exclusive Classified Intel Pack. GAME will be handing over these special packs along with 360, PS3 and PC copies of the game when it is released on November 8th. Modern Warfare 3 will also be available on Wii and DS. The UK retailer has announced the Intel Packs will include an ...read more
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New Xbox 360 dashboard is called Twist Control, has less cluttered interface
Robin Burrowes, Xbox Live product marketing manager for EMEA, has revealed that the new Xbox 360 dashboard slated for release later this year is called Twist Control. According to Burrowes, speaking with Eurogamer at gamescom, the redesign will provide Kinect users voice and motion control over the menu, and it also includes new channels and a top display, allowing for easier flick-through for ...read more
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Gamestop beta testing console streaming service
Gamestop has been testing a console game streaming service and hopes to have a beta in place by year's end, according to a report from GamesIndustry.biz. Presumably, testing sessions are conducted while researchers break from formulating new, more effective ways for cashiers to ask you to pre-order something, anything. If you've been paying attention, the news shouldn't come as a total ...read more
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PS3: Cross-Game Chat Is Never Coming
For years, PlayStation 3 players have been begging for cross-game chat -- the ability for players to be in separate games and still talk to each other using the PS3 console. Sony has now confirmed that feature will never come to the system. The news comes from a Eurogamer interview with Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida. Apparently, the PS3's RAM is used by the game the system is ...read more
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Xbox 360 Japanese Business in Danger, Microsoft Responds
It was reported earlier this week that Japanese retailers were looking to bail on supporting the Xbox 360 due to lack of sales in the country. Followed by reports that the "Xbox Special Forces Division" which was tasked with promoting the console in Japan, was being disbanded. The Special Forces campaign was used to promote upcoming Xbox 360 software which has apparently had little impact on ...read more
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EA’s anti-Modern Warfare campaign “bad for our industry” – Activision
While EA have been ramping up the Battlefield 3 vs Modern Warfare 3 talk throughout their marketing campaign for DICE’s shooter, Activision have remained hush-hush on the subject. This week at Gamescom Activision exec Eric Hirshberg spoke up (via Eurogamer) about that rivalry, and his view might surprise you a little. ”Competition is of course a good thing,” Hirshberg told the crowd at a ...read more
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Microsoft: Next Xbox may not replace Xbox 360
It's possible that when Microsoft releases its next console gaming platform, it won't outright kill off the Xbox 360. At least, that's a sentiment that Microsoft VP Chris Lewis gave in a recent interview with UK news site Metro.co.uk. Even before the Xbox 360 first came out in 2005, Microsoft championed its plans to make the console a 10-year platform, which would lead most to believe that ...read more
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Battlefield 3 wins Best In Show at Gamescom 2011
Battlefield 3 won big at this year's Gamescom Convention. The game took home the tile of "Best at Gamescom" with its reveal of 64 player conquest mode and cooperative play. DICE featured a new map at the convention called the Caspian Border which showcased just what their upcoming shooter is capable of with a trailer packed full of the different vehicles in the game. With more reveals to ...read more
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Logitech announces new G300 gaming PC mouse
PC peripheral maker Logitech has had a long history of releasing high end gaming PC mice. Most of these products also have a fairly high price. Today the company announced a new gaming PC mouse model, the G300, that happens to have a lot of features you would see in an expensive mouse. The big difference is that the G300's price is a bit more reasonable at $39.99. The mouse itself has an optical ...read more
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Valve wants to offer all EA games on Steam
Recently Valve and Electronic Arts have been having difficulties maintaining their relationship as publisher and distributor. EA has alluded to recent policy changes as the sole catalyst for the company to be pulling some of their games from Valves distribution service, Steam. The company has also announced that one of their biggest games of 2011, Battlefield 3, won't be offered on Steam when ...read more
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