Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Report: 60% Of Britain’s Xbox 360s Have Died
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | Following in the wake of Game Informer’s armchair survey earlier in the year – which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down – CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. More »
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A Game Store That Only Sells One Game
10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Kooky, but true: EA Sports have, in the run-up to Christmas, opened two actual storefronts dedicated entirely to EA Sports Active (and, we guess, it’s expansion). One is in San Francisco, the other, Boston. More »
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PSP Comics Service Dated, Priced (For Japan)
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Sony Japan today announced the final launch plans for the PlayStation Portable’s comic service, whereby a range of manga will be made available to PSP owners in Japan. More »
Culture
Finally, The Steel Battallion Controller Is Put To Good Use
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | Looks like somebody found a job for their old Steel Battallion controller that didn’t involve posting on small-time forums how much they paid for it or how awesome it would have been if more games had supported it. More »
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Facebook Comes To The PS3 Today
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | Having only been announced on Monday, Sony’s Eric Lempel has told 1UP that the PlayStation 3’s 3.10 firmware update will be released sometime later today. More »
GRID Now Available On Games On Demand
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | It’s been announced that Codemasters’ rather well-received 2008 racer, Race Driver: GRID, is now available for download via the Xbox 360 Games on Demand service. More »
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America’s Army: Super-Effective
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Of all the US Army’s various recruitment methods – and they have many – it appears none are anywhere near as successful as a humble, free video game. More »
Culture
Evony Ads Go From Bad To Worse To Awesome
6:00PM Luke Plunkett | You live on the internet, so we know you’ve seen them: ads for Evony, pathetic attempts at enticing people to play an online game run by shady types by using boobs. Least, they were pathetic. Now, they’re hilarious. More »
Culture
For The Discerning Art Collector/Halo Fan
5:00PM Luke Plunkett | Perhaps in an effort to appeal to a more up-market clientèle than Halo merchandise currently allows, Microsoft have commissioned a series of framed prints depicting art from Halo 3: ODST. More »
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