Wednesday, May 27, 2009
News
Xbox Live Is Not Here Right Now
11:00PM Mike Fahey | No, it’s not just you. Xbox Live is down for everybody, but Microsoft is working feverishly to have service restored before the riots begin. More »
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Former Guantanamo Inmate Helping With Guantanamo Game
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Moazzam Begg, a British citizen, was arrested in January of 2002 as an alleged terrorist. He was held for three years in Guantanamo Bay, before being released in 2005. Now he’s helping make a game. More »
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Home Is About “Community”, Not “Money”
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Speaking with GI.biz, Peter Edward – PlayStation Home’s director – reckons that despite costing a bucket to develop, the priority with Home at the moment is not to make money. It’s to build a community. More »
Culture
A Cup Of Joe Tastes Better In A Servbot Mug
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Give the Koreans shit about Starcraft all you want, sometimes they come out on top. Example: these Servbot coffee mugs, signed by Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune. More »
News
THQ Announces “Homefront”, By The Guy Who Wrote Red Dawn
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | THQ have just announced “Homefront”, a first-person shooter that tells the story of a United States humbled by total economic collapse, then conquered by North Korea. So not based on a true story, then. More »
Culture
This Is That Secret Tiny Sega Arcade Cabinet
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | After Burner? Shocking. Back in February, a series of SEGA mini deluxe cabinets was announced: More »
Rumours
360 To Link With Satellite TV Service
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Later this week, Microsoft is due to host a big press conference in London. What’s on the table? Oh, full integration of satellite television with the Xbox 360. More »
News
Don’t Forget, This Generation Development Costs Are High
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Making big time video games is expensive. Really, really, really expensive. It needs big time money. Double the big time money from the last generation, actually. More »
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