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Tokyo Game Show Attendance Down, Yo

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This year’s Tokyo Game Show is over, but our memories will live on. Nothing says memories like checking attendance figures, so let’s do just that. Let’s. More »
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PSPgo: “16,000 Pieces Of Digital Content” At Launch, Network Cards For Stores

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | The launch of the PSPgo is just around the corner, and Sony have been out showing off some new pre-paid PSPgo cards, as well as providing info on just how much stuff is available for download on the handheld. More »
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Your Official PAX Attendance: 60,750

9:30AM Owen Good | Big Download got the scoop from Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo that PAX 2009 sold out to the people-packing tune of 60,750. While slightly over last year’s attendance, it’s still taken as a strong showing. More »
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Measuring The Time It Takes Between A Button Press And On-Screen Action

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Digital Foundry’s long-running blog on Eurogamer often throws up some interesting technical studies on games, but few have ever been as interesting, or as comprehensive, as this piece on controller latency. More »
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Report: 360 More Reliable, Repairs Less Frequent

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | According to data released by third-party warranty providers SquareTrade, since the mid-point of 2008 the Xbox 360’s reliability has improved out of sight. More »
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My, A Lot Of People Play Runescape

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Runescape tends to fly along under most people’s radars. Maybe because it’s free, maybe because it’s browser-based, maybe because of both. Doesn’t matter! Game’s still insanely popular. More »
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The People That Play One Game For 200-300 Hours A Year

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | You think playing a game for 20-40 hours represents good value? You’re playing the wrong kind of game, pal. You need to be playing sports games, where people bleed their annually-released games dry. More »
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1vs100: 2.5 Million Downloads, 200k+ Playing In A Single Night

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | No doubt flushed with the unexpected success of it all, Microsoft this morning released some statistics for their Xbox Live party/quiz title 1 vs 100. Most importantly, that it’s been downloaded 2.5 million times. More »
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Halo 3 Still Being Played, By The Truckload, Every Day

12:20PM Luke Plunkett | We’ve noticed. Many of you are sick to death of Halo. To a certain extent that’s understandable, but then, sometimes you have to applaud the efforts of a game that, two years on from release, is still so damn popular. More »