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Play Battlefield 3 Before Your Mates, If You Live Near The JB Hi-Fi In Albany, NZ

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11:30AM October 22, 2011 | Logan Booker

If you’re in NZ and insanely eager to play Battlefield 3 before your Kiwi compartiots, the JB Hi-Fi in Westfield Albany will be holding a special event on October 26, starting from 6pm, where you can play the game six hours prior to its official release. More »


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If You Want To Stay Up Playing Xbox Games, Don’t Snort Ritalin

7:30PM August 9, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

A teenager from The Hutt Valley, New Zealand, was last week trying to stay up late playing his Xbox 360. Instead of doing what normal people do and drink a ton of coffee, he got smart and tried to snort some Ritalin. More »


In Real Life

Let’s Check Out A Sports Game That Isn’t American (or About Soccer)

3:30PM July 18, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The biggest sports game in the world is EA’s FIFA series. After that? A whole bunch of American sports. Great for Americans, or the sport’s fans, but they’re not the only sports in the world. More »


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PSN Service Now Being Restored In Europe, Australia, Latin America

5:22AM May 16, 2011 | Owen Good

Reactivation of PlayStation Network, completed early this morning for all of North America, is now proceeding in Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and South America, PlayStation Europe said through its official Twitter moments ago. More »


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Earthquake Relief, 99 Cents At A Time

3:00AM March 15, 2011 | Brian Crecente

It was like a freight train hit the building. Wil McLellan was in the boardroom of New Zealand game developers Stickmen Studios when he felt the room start to vibrate. Then it whipped to the side. More »


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Kinect-Rigged Robot Could Help With Future Quake Recovery

1:30PM February 26, 2011 | Owen Good

An earthquake fixed attention and sympathy this week on New Zealand, where more than 100 died and more than 200 still are missing. Authorities probing the rubble surrounding Christchurch find some buildings too unsafe to enter. A Kinect-enabled robot, developed by British researchers, could help in such situations. More »


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MotorStorm Game Yanked In New Zealand After Earthquake

10:50PM February 25, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

MotorStorm: Apocalypse is an upcoming racing game that features buildings falling down all around you. In the wake of a devastating earthquake in the city of Christchurch, that’s apparently resulted in the game no longer being released in New Zealand. More »


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Millions Of Music Tracks Now Available On North American PlayStation 3

5:00AM February 18, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Music Unlimited, Sony’s streaming music service, hits North American PlayStation 3 consoles today, giving users 30 days access to millions of musical tracks before subscription fees kick in. More »


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Baby Dies While Man Plays PlayStation

7:00PM January 26, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

While a five-month-old baby died from internal bleeding, 21-year-old Trent Owen Ngaruhe Hapuku apparently continued playing his PlayStation. More »


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See Kinect’s Thousands Of Points Of Invisible Light

1:40AM November 5, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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Kinect works by projecting infared light throughout the room it’s situated in. Under normal circumstances, it’s invisible, but switch to night vision mode and you can actually see the dots floating around your living room. More »