Wednesday, March 11, 2009

In Real Life

Two-Year-Old Girl Offered For Sale Over Xbox Live

11:00PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Over the weekend, pranksters spammed Xbox Live users with a message advertising the sale of 23 year-old Christa Manos’ baby girl. The message included her phone number. Manos is not impressed.

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In Real Life

The Periodic Table of Video Game Characters

10:30PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Not much explanation necessary here. It’s a periodic table, only with video game characters instead of those boring chemical elements.

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News

Sony: ‘The PSP Was Slightly Under-Supported’

10:00PM March 11, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

For all the disparaging remarks Westerners make about the PSP, it is a successful platform. Sony has sold 50 million worldwide. That’s nothing to sneeze at!

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News

Insomniac Still A Great Place To Work

9:30PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

If you dream of some day working for a top-shelf games developer, and care about the little things (like colleagues, benefits and job security), you may want apply for a job with Insomniac.

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News

China Blocking World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Over Skeletons, City Raid

9:00PM March 11, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for MMORPG World of Warcraft, is having problems getting approved for Chinese release.

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In Real Life

UK Government Expressing Interest In Violent Game Tax

9:00PM March 11, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s knife crime adviser Richard Taylor plans to urge the Prime Minister to impose a new violent game tax.

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Sing Hero: Are Activision Going After SingStar?

8:30PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Last week, Activision filed a trademark application for something called Sing Hero. Doesn’t take a genius to work out what that could be all about.

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News

Ensemble: We Were A Victim Of Our Own Success

7:30PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Ensemble made the Age of Empire series. Which was hugely successful. Ensemble were, however, recently shut down. Was it because they were too successful? A former employee thinks so.

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News

New Professor Layton Game Announced, First Of New Trilogy

7:00PM March 11, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

Fans of puzzle franchise Professor Layton, solve this: What’s coming out on the DS in Japan this fall from developer Level 5?

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News

360 Avatars Go A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Western

6:30PM March 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

It’s OK, Americans. Those European football shirts weren’t your thing. This, then, is your thing, a new “Western Wear” collection of avatar clothing that’ll have you reaching for an official Microsoft-branded six-shooter.

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