Friday, March 20, 2009
Media
It’s Time For New Starcraft II Screens
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Been a while since we posted Starcraft II screens. And frankly, it’s been a while because they were all starting to look the same. The break has, however, done wonders for our attention span. More »
News
Try Guitar Hero: Metallica Before You Buy
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Not sure why you’d really need this, what with the game’s title doing most of the selling (or turning away) on its own, but whatever. There’s a demo for Guitar Hero: Metallica on Xbox Live. More »
Media
DSiWare Game Will Bring Manners To The Masses
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | If you’ve never been, you can probably still imagine: Japan is one polite country. A level of politeness like that isn’t just “there”, it’s earned, and it’s earned through hard work and diligent instruction. More »
Culture
Ratchet & Clank: Action Figures
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | And here we were thinking for a game series to get some action figures it had to be about men, blood and bloody men. No! Because DC Direct are bringing us Ratchet & Clank figures. More »
News
Sony Want Profits, Not Market Share
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | This console generation, the PlayStation 3 is in dead last place. The Xbox 360 has sold more, the Nintendo Wii has sold a lot more. Does this worry Sony? Surprisingly, no, it does not. More »
News
Capcom Investigating Other Platforms For Lost Planet 2
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | We’re fairly sure that Lost Planet 2, despite its press release’s decidedly pro-360 slant, will not be exclusive to the Xbox 360. Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi today only further reinforces that belief. More »
News
Blizzard Unveils New Battle.net
5:00PM Luke Plunkett | Blizzard have today unveiled the all-new, all-singing, all-dancing upgrade of their online gaming service Battle.net, with improvements that promise to make your life as a Blizzard junkie that much easier. More »
News
Finally, Pirate Costumes Come To Xbox Avatars
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | For all their promise, the 360’s avatars look a little… drab. This isn’t 1998, Microsoft, nor the set of Frasier. Thankfully, Capcom are on the case, and with Crecente in mind will be releasing pirate costumes. More »
News
These Gaming PCs Can Get So Hot They Melt Their Own Cases
3:00PM Luke Plunkett | We’ve spoken of the Acer Predator gaming PC previously. Mostly on account of its gorgeous, Patlabor-meets-Transformers aesthetics. Today, we write about it on a more serious note. Because some Predators are melting themselves to death. Yes, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, “The insulation on the computer’s internal wiring can become bent or stripped, causing the wires to overheat while the product is in use”. And what happens when the wires overheat while the product is in use? Well, according to two cases reported to the CSPC, the computers short-circuit, “resulting in melted internal components and external casing”. More »
Competitions
2:30PM David Wildgoose | Today is your last chance to win a copy of Halo Wars, plus the Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 console and the Halo 3 Legendary Edition Xbox 360 game (cat helmet included). If you like some real-time strategy, some first-person shooting and some Halo-ing, you will want to enter our Halo Wars comp over here.
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WIN! Halo Wars Xbox 360 Console Pack
2:30PM David Wildgoose | Today is your last chance to win a copy of Halo Wars, plus the Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360 console and the Halo 3 Legendary Edition Xbox 360 game (cat helmet included). If you like some real-time strategy, some first-person shooting and some Halo-ing, you will want to enter our Halo Wars comp over here.
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