Aggravated Gamers

Time has come…

sado — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:35:54 +0000

Due to our inability to continue getting podcasts out on a consistant basis we will be on hiatus for now. I am sorry I an unable to continue because of these issues associated with scheduling. I thought for quite a while that due to the new cast member showing up we would be able to continue but since he is now no where to be found I cannot continue. If I am able to find another host I will start doing the podcast again, until then, adios.

…really not good at goodbyes but this isn’t really a goodbye.

GTA 4 Official On PC - announced by ESRB!

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:02:06 +0000

Leaked from ESRB’s Website! Damn Official!

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Square Enix: Of Course, Final Fantasy XIII Is PC Bound!

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:02:04 +0000

Yes, yes, we know. While some just seem to be figuring this out, Final Fantasy XIII is coming to the Xbox 360 *and* the PC. Square Enix announced this way back at its E3 press conference. Probably going lost in the jaw-dropping Xbox 360 announcement. To review, here’s how the FFXIII development cycle is going down: First do the PS3 version, then th

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Facebook on Notice, Scrabulous Sued

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:59 +0000

After months of speculation, board game maker Hasbro has sued the creators of Scrabulous, an online game that the company claims copies its game Scrabble, and has asked Facebook to remove the game from its site.

Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:56 +0000

PC gaming wasn’t a huge factor at this year’s E3, but it seems that Microsoft was merely biding its time before making its big moves to try and perk up the waning PC gaming market. The company made a variety of positive announcements at the GameFest technology conference in Seattle this week, including the announcement of DirectX 11

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Wii Storage Problem ‘Urgent’ Admits Nintendo

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:53 +0000

With the arrival of downloadable content like WiiWare titles and Virtual Console, as well as dedicated games channels, the laughable storage [0.5GB] on the Wii console has jumped to being a priority for Nintendo.

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New Xbox 360 Dashboard: You Don’t Have to Use It

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:51 +0000

So, for all of you who hated the new dashboard, here’s some good news: it’s optional. You can still use the blades if you don’t like it, so Microsoft is giving you some option.

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DirectX 11 detailed; Vista and DX 10 / 10.1 hardware support

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:49 +0000

At its GamesFest event in Redmond today, Microsoft shared the first details of DirectX 11 – the numerically superior successor to DirectX 10.1 – which will feature full support for Windows Vista, as well as future versions of the popular operating system. Worried about hardware? DirectX 11 won’t just ignore your fancy DirectX 10 or 10.1 cards – nop

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Quake Live PC Exclusive Debut Trailer HD

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:45 +0000

Start hoarding the rockets, Quake ]I[ is back and free to play on your web browser.

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Insider Describes the World of Sony’s MAG

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:40 +0000

MAG was shown to a focus group less than a month before E3. One among that group reached out to me, under a promise of anonymity, to describe what was shown and asked of the group. Put simply, MAG will be a mercenary combat MMO. It will more than likely carry SOCOM branding, as Zipper Interactive is behind it.

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Beta Is Starting

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:25 +0000

Breaking News: Activity on the World of Warcraft beta page, along with reports that the beta downloader is active are the final indicators that Blizzard has begun the beta testing phase of the next upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.

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Portal Still Alive Will Include New Puzzles, But No New Plot

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:21 +0000

Speaking with Valve’s Doug Lombardi earlier this week at E3, we got onto the topic of the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade version of Portal. I wanted to know what gamers could expect from the game and why Valve decided to tweak it for the XBLA release.

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LucasArts and BioWare building KOTOR MMO

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:17 +0000

EA boss John Riccitiello finally spilled the beans on the long-rumored Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic MMO.

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Blizzard wins Warcraft bot battle

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:15 +0000

Blizzard has won the first round of a legal battle against the maker of software that automates game play in World of Warcraft.It brought the case against MDY Industries claiming its WowGlider program infringed its copyright.An Arizona district court has ruled MDY does infringe Blizzard’s copyright but not in the way the game maker claimed.

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Why Microsoft Blocked Bungie’s Halo Game Announcement

sado — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:01:11 +0000

Don Mattrick explains why Microsoft blocked the planned announcement of a new Bungie Halo game.

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Aggravated Gamers Episode 72 - The Pre-E3 Show

sado — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:57:49 +0000

Podcast Notes for July 13th 2008

Makin the Rounds
Pre-E3 Show
Call of Duty PC discussion

News Articles
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…in-game-ads-2/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…ation-3-price/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…es-like-store/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…0gb-model-299/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…target-stores/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…ed-by-koreans/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…rger-official/

Bumper Music:
Intro - Freeplaymusic.com
Outro - RushJet1

Sony PlayStation 3 to Have In-Game Ads

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:15:16 +0000

The company has yet to reveal when these ads will begin appearing in PlayStation 3 titles, though with two of the world’s largest dedicated firms as well as their in-house branch working on inundating players with advertising, expect to see some results in short order.

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Sony:No plan to cut PlayStation 3 price

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:15:11 +0000

- Sony has no plan to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console, the company’s chief financial officer Nobuyuki Oneda said Friday.”This year, our strategy is not to sell more quantity for PS3 but to concentrate on profitability,” Oneda told a forum in Singapore. “Our plan is not to reduce the price.”

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Activision Blizzard mulls iTunes-like store

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:00:12 +0000

“Activision Blizzard is considering developing an iTunes-like digital entertainment store on its popular ”Guitar Hero” video game platform, Chief Executive Robert Kotick told Reuters on Thursday. Kotick…”

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Rock Band 2 Confirmed Artist and Song Track List

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:00:08 +0000

The confirmed artist and song lineup for Rock Band 2 so far.

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Official: 60GB Xbox 360, 20GB model $299

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:59:11 +0000

Word on the street was that the $299 price slash we’ve been hearing about wasn’t about carving out a new pricepoint but instead making room for a new 60GB Xbox 360 in its place. Turns out the Mr. Word on the Street nailed this one, with Microsoft finally fessing up to the price drop, and announcing a new fancy 60GB Xbox 360 to fill in at that $349

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Xbox 360 Price Drop Already In Effect At Target Stores?

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:59:06 +0000

According to Target.com it is. It’s listing the Xbox 360 Pro at $299.99 as of right now, but only for “in store” sales. We’re bothering our local brick and mortar Targets to confirm that the price drop has already taken effect, but if it hasn’t we’re sure that this-gen lollygaggers won’t mind waiting a whole 48 hours.

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Improve Your Xbox 360 Experience with Port Forwarding

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:59:02 +0000

Wired’s How-To Wiki details step-by-step how to set up port forwarding to make sure you’re getting the best experience from your Xbox 360 and Xbox Live game play.

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Flagship Studios Closed, Hellgate Controlled By Koreans

sado — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:55:46 +0000

All Ping0 and Flagship Studios staff have been made redundant. Employees were notified at a company meeting and subsequently informed that the offices will be officially closed on Saturday. The fate of Mythos and Hellgate: London now lie in the hands of a Korean gaming company and a venture capitalist corporation. Errk!

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Activision Blizzard Merger Official!

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:54:05 +0000

Activision has officially received shareholder approval for its merger with Vivendi. The company said over 92 percent of its shareholders greenlighted the merger, and the transaction is expected to officially close tomorrow.

The merger was first announced in December of 2007, but has just now been finalized.

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David Hayter Begged Konami To Change MGS4 Ending

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:54:00 +0000

David Hayter isn’t just some voice guy. He’s a voice guy who’s also a Hollywood screenwriter and has penned some big movies like X-Men. While Hayter did offer praise for Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima he also pointed out creative run-ins he’s had with the game designer.

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Do More Than Just Game on Your Xbox 360

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:53:57 +0000

Once I bought my 360, however, I’ve been able to get rid of my home theater PC, my DVD player, and even my cable box, so that my entire entertainment system runs through my Xbox 360. It’s convergence at its best. The 360 is not perfect by any means, but it’s the best multimedia device I’ve ever used.

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Mega Man 9 First Footage Revealed

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:53:51 +0000

. . .the first footage, which definitely has the look and sound of a classic Mega Man game from the ’80s (minus slowdown and flicker). Details on the Blue Bomber’s return are slowly starting to emerge, but we’re hoping to learn a lot more about this WiiWare title soon. . .

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Microsoft E3 2008 press conference Bingo!

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:53:48 +0000

In anticipation of all the revelations we’ll be seeing soon, we’ve compiled our own Xbox-centric predictions and have set them up on our very own bingo card. So play along with us and download the card!

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Gaming Headset Lets Your Thoughts Control On-Screen Action

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:53:46 +0000

It’s mind over machine: a US high-tech company has created a headset allowing computer game lovers to use their thoughts to move mountains and make objects disappear on screen. Emotiv, a San Francisco-based startup that marries neuroscience and computer engineering, says its gaming headset offers only a glimpse of what the technology has to offer.

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Motus Shows Off Xbox 360 Motion Controller

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:53:43 +0000

With an unlikely PS3 motion-sensing controller popping up at one peripherals maker earlier this week, it’s little surprise that - just days before E3 is due to kick off - that one appears for the Xbox 360. This one from hardware maker Motus Games, however, looks a lot more real and there’s even a few videos of it in action.

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Sony PlayStation 3 to Have In-Game Ads

sado — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:53:40 +0000

Aggravated Gamers Episode 71 - Diablo 3?!

sado — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:11:41 +0000

Aggravated Gamers Episode 71 - Diablo 3?! is now up for download. Check the bottom of this post for stream and download links. Enjoy.

Podcast Notes for July 2nd 2008

Makin the Rounds
Diablo 3?!

News Articles
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…es-diablo-iii/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…pacity-to-100/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…999-on-july-6/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…ith-xbox-live/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…lion-accounts/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…3-360-pc-only/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…s-this-summer/

Reviews
Bad Company - B-

Podcast on Wednesday

sado — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000

Currently building the new PC for the cast and working on some other stuff that will be unveiled very soon which is why the podcast was delayed. Expect an extra long cast though on wednesday. Friday’s cast will also go on so don’t worry about that. See you then.

Blizzard Announces Diablo III

sado — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:03:56 +0000

YES, finally!

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London Studio Records Over 370,00 Words of Dialogue

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:11:22 +0000

Lionhead’s has recorded over 370,000 words of dialogue for Fable 2 and the audio was recording at the London-based firm, Side where over 45 actors (aged from 8 to 80) were cast to play almost 200 speaking characters.

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Blizzard Reveals WoW Account Security Peripheral

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:09:05 +0000

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment has announced the Blizzard Authenticator, a keychain security device that adds greater protection against World of Warcraft account theft and hijacking.

The Blizzard Authenticator will debut at this weekend’s Blizzard Worldwide Invitational event, retailing for $6.50.

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Sony Expands PS3 Friend List Capacity To 100

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:08:03 +0000

We are getting reports in that Sony has expanded the friend list capacity on the PS3 from 50 to 100. Confirmed by more than once source, check the link.

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Xbox 360 price dropping to $299.99 on July 6

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:58 +0000

What’s this? Could it be? An Xbox 360 price drop on July 6? According to this image, the Xbox 360 Pro will drop to $299.99, at least at K-Mart. The little image circulating shows the “Xbox 360 20GB console” with a $299.99 price.

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Ever Notice How Team Fortress 2 Medics Heal Faster Sometimes

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:18 +0000

If you’ve paid close attention to the rate that Medics heal in Team Fortress 2, you may have noticed that they sometimes (seemingly arbitrarily) will heal significantly faster than, say, when you’re in the midst of battle. The new official Team Fortress 2 blog has already proven itself useful, revealing why this is and how exactly it works.

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IGN Signs Content Deal With Xbox Live

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:00:11 +0000

Microsoft has announced that they’ve signed a deal with IGN to bring the site’s IGN Strategize segments to Xbox Live. Or, more specifically, that they’re bringing the site’s IGN Strategize segments to Xbox Live, and they’ll be hosted by Jessica Chobot.

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Teen Crime Spree Inspired By Grand Theft Auto

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:58:50 +0000

“It was determined that they were emulating the character in that Grand Theft Auto game, going on a crime spree” using weapons and tactics inspired by the controversial video game, said Det. Sgt. Anthony Repalone, a Nassau police spokesman.

“We got certain admissions” from the boys, Repalone said.

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CoD4 PC gamers get free map pack

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:57:50 +0000

The Call of Duty IV map pack that came out this spring is finally available as a free download for PC gamers. Or at least, for those who have the NVIDIA GeForce graphics card. Sorry ATI users, and console gamers, for that matter.

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The PS3 PlayStation Network Has 9.8 Million Accounts

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:57:49 +0000

That’s world wide, too. Another interesting fact the volume of data distributed via the PSN is approx. 86 peta bytes. That’s the equivalent to 17 million single layer DVDs!

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Crysis Warhead Teaser Trailer

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:57:46 +0000

Check out what is to come

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Half-Life 2 Episode 3 Coming to E3 - 360 & PC only

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:57:42 +0000

Slated as the culmination and conclusion of the Half-Life 2 saga, Episode 3 will be at E3 in just a few short weeks. It is also only listed as being a 360 and PC game. Sorry PS3.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Ships Out 3 Million

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:21 +0000

During Sony’s corporate strategy meeting, at which the company announced Life with PlayStation and showed off its video download service, PlayStation bossman Kaz Hirai provided some new numbers. Most relevant to this post’s interests are the shipment figures for Metal Gear Solid 4: 3 million to retailers worldwide.

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PS3 set to deliver worldwide daily news

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:18 +0000

During the Sony Strategic Meeting in Tokyo today, Sony announced a service that will allow PS3 owners to view daily world news interactively.

The system, billed under their Life with PlayStation brand, allows you to zoom around a virtual globe (not unlike the one in the Folding@Home application) and gain world news from various cities.

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How Sony Plans To Turn PS3/PSP Profit in 2008

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:12 +0000

Sony has announced its several step strategic plan on how it will make its gaming division profitable. Until just recently, the PS3 hasn’t been as profitable as Sony had hoped.

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DRM license transfer tool now available

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:10 +0000

The DRM tool to transfer licenses for content purchased on the Xbox Live Marketplace has just been released. This will allow anyone who has purchased a new console, or had one replaced to (painstakingly) transfer the licenses to the new console in order to use all of the premium content while offline.

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Wii Castlevania Revealed! …It’s A Fighting Game?

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:08 +0000

ccording to GoNintendo, the latest issue of Nintendo Power reveals the proud return of the Castlevania series to consoles. Castlevania Judgment is, believe it or not, a 3D fighter, pitting classic characters from throughout the series against each other in mortal combat. The exact opposite of what fans have been waiting for.

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Sessler’s Soapbox: Left 4 Dead = Left 4 Awesome

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:04 +0000

This week Adam Sessler returns with his thoughts/review of Valve
’s highly anticipated zombie title Left 4 Dead. While he is in rare form this week, meaning that he is not ranting about anything, its is still the same bitingly witty Sessler we have all grown to know and love.

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PS3 movie downloads in US this summer

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:55:00 +0000

Kazuo Hirai, chieftain of Sony Computer Entertainment, that Sony will make a movie download service available to US PlayStation 3 owners this summer, Japan and Europe at later dates — details coming “next month,” presumably at E3.

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Kid Icarus, Doom 4, Alan Wake, and HL Ep.3 Confirmed for E3

sado — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:49:34 +0000

For those of you who’ve been wondering what games are going to be revealed at E3 this year, here are 4 that have been confirmed!

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Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Beta Footage Surfaces

sado — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:44:17 +0000

Leaked video showing Epic Games’ Gears of War 2 (360) multiplayer beta has appeared on Korean gaming site This Is Game, as spotted by AnalogHype, The game is slated to hit retailers this November.

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CliffyB Calls Metal Gear “Passive Entertainment”

sado — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:10:48 +0000

Cliff Bleszinski, lead game designer of Gears of War 2, sites Metal Gear Solid as the kind of game Epic doesn’t want to make. What were his exact words? Read on to find out.

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Red Faction:Guerrilla Video Shows “Fully Destructible Game”

sado — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:06:16 +0000

Publisher THQ passed in a new video detailing the development of Red Faction: Guerrilla (PC, PS3, 360), the latest edition of Volition Studios’ shooter franchise.Guerrilla marks the debut of a new third-person perspective and cover system in the Red Faction series, and is scheduled to release during THQ’s 2009 fiscal year

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Blizzard Affirms Upcoming Game Announcement; Diablo 3, “Yes”

sado — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:06:12 +0000

Diablo fan website DiabloII.net reports that Blizzard will indeed announce Diablo III this weekend at the company’s Worldwide Invitational in Paris. Nerds unleash!

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Survey Hints At Possible Future Halo Titles?

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:09:17 +0000

This excerpt from a marketing survey, completed for a company that was very interested in Xbox 360 gaming (Intellisponse, perhaps?), was sent to us by tipster frostcircus. If you’re a Halo purist, you may not want to click through.

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God of War 3 to be shown at E3 2008

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:50:36 +0000

During the IDEF event at France, Sony’s announced that they’ll be presenting God of War 3 during this year’s E3 show.

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BREAKING - NY Senate Passes Video Game Bill 61-1

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:50:36 +0000

Moments ago the New York State Senate voted 61-1 to approve a bill proposed by Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Republican from Staten Island. The video game bill mirrors that passed yesterday by the State Assembly, the measure will now go to Gov. David Paterson for consideration. If he signs the bill, it will become law in 2010.

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Square Enix Re-Releasing Classics On PSN

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:50:34 +0000

Square-Enix has committed to re-releasing many of their classic titles over the PlayStation Network, starting today, with two Square games (Xenogears and Einhander) and two Enix games (Rakugaki Showtime and Astronoka). They’re all available for ¥600 (USD$5.50).

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Halo 3 body count surpasses Earth’s population

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:50:31 +0000

When it comes up as a Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy question, you’ll be happy you knew this factoid

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Gamers average $30,500 spent during “peak gaming years”

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:43:36 +0000

GameStrata, the leading online community for gamers, today released results from a survey of North American video game enthusiasts showing that over their peak gaming years of 18-48 the average gamer spends more than $30,500 on games and gaming hardware.

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Microsoft To Let Other Companies Build, Release 360 Consoles

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:43:30 +0000

We’ll tell you what’s up with Microsoft: new hardware options. It may sound totally insane, but word has it that Microsoft may begin allowing third-party manufacturers to create Xbox 360 hardware. And we’re not talking about peripherals, people; we mean hardware that runs 360 game discs created by someone other than Microsoft.

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New InfinityWard.com Site Launched

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:43:29 +0000

For fans of Infinity Ward and the Call of Duty Series you can now get a more personal look at the team behind the games. Launching yesterday was Infinity Ward’s new website. The new Internet HQ for the “recently named Best Developer in America by Game Developer Magazine, houses a new community section, store, and much more.

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World of Warcraft’s Arena Season 4 goes live today

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:43:26 +0000

And right on time, WoW Insider has everything you need to know. Get your Arena team ready first for what promises to be a “Brutal” season.

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The Truth Behind How VGChartz Gets Their Numbers

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:43:22 +0000

What VGChartz claims to do is a weekly estimate of every game published in every territory - including Japan, North America, and the particularly difficult to estimate Europe and offer all of that data for free. Which is extremely impressive…but how accurate is it?

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Blizzard’s New Splash Screen: Does It Herald Diablo 3?

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:57 +0000

An in-depth analysis of the new splash screen that’s been showing on lots of Blizzard sites and what it might herald. Includes pictorial analysis.

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Spore $80 Edition Announced

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:50 +0000

Excited about Spore but dismayed by the low dollar specs? Who plays $50 games anymore? Fortunately, EA has upped the ante, giving gaming’s upper class snob a more premium Spore buying option, known as the Galactic Edition.

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Zero Puncuation Review Halo 3

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:49 +0000

Halo 3 Review

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Xbox 360: Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:48 +0000

Netflix subscribers, if you’ve got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don’t have to shell out $99 for Roku’s Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen
—you already have everything you need. Using the free Windows Media Center plug-in, vmcNetflix, you can turn your Xbox 360 into a Netflix Watch Instantly box.

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Metal Gear Movie to be CG Generated?

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:46 +0000

The recent buzz in the industry is that the upcoming Metal Gear movie is going to star Christian Bale but grapevine suggest otherwise for they say this movie is planning out to be fully computer generated with live voice actors and is presumably going to be a remake of the very first Metal Gear released on the MSX

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Rumor: Leaked image could show PS3 trophies

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:43 +0000

This image, leaked by “The Patriots,” could show a PS3 trophy screen. The picture seems to show a gamer profiel, of sorts. If it’s real, that is.

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ArsTechnica: Rockstar Games patches Grand Theft Auto IV ::

sado — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:38:41 +0000

Today Rockstar has released a patch for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. Online play should become a little smoother; Check out the change list after the jump.

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Jury Rules 360 Doesn’t Violate Software Patents

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:32:11 +0000

Xbox 360 owners can rest a little easier now that their consoles aren’t illegal. A federal jury has thrown out the third of five lawsuits in an ongoing legal battle between Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent SA, and found that Microsoft did not violate Alcatel-Lucent’s patent on video coding.

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Kotaku is shocked to discover that MGO is a standalone game

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:30:10 +0000

“At the Metal Gear 20th Anniversary party last year, Konami hinted at it being a stand alone, but then later decided to include MGO with Metal Gear Solid 4.” You’d think that a video game website should know what’s going on.

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BioWare considering Wii, PSP development

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:28:26 +0000

“We’re looking into Wii and PSP as a company,” Darrah revealed, although “nothing’s been decided.” BioWare is also intent on broadening its portfolio, Darrah says.

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Metal Gear Solid 5 May Be a Prequel

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:27:48 +0000

If you’ve already finished Kojima Productions’ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) and are wondering where the story could possibly go from there, the answer appears to be backwards.

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Sony says that the ‘Disc-Based Delivery System Will Fall’

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:27:26 +0000

At a developer conference in London, SCEE president David Reeves said that the future is the PlayStation Network. He points out that internal figures that show over 40 per cent of PS3 owners download games direct to their machines.

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First Call Of Duty 5 Trailer

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:27:22 +0000

First trailer for Treyarch’s Call of Duty: World At War.

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Why We’ll Never Have a Grand Theft Auto Movie

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:26:53 +0000

Back in February we spotted a rumor that a GTA movie starring Eminem almost happened. It was knocked down the same day by Rockstar’s Dan Houser, who said “we never entertained proceeding with the project.” Maybe the story pitch was crap, but even if it wasn’t, now we know at least one reason why.

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New Wii update hacked, homebrew lives on

sado — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:26:50 +0000

Earlier this week, Nintendo released firmware version 3.3 for the Wii in the hopes of deterring some of the homebrew work being done for the console. The update nixed the commonly-used “Twilight Hack,” which made use of a modified save file to launch homebrew applications. It didn’t take long for the community to respond, however…

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Aggravated Gamers: Afterhours Episode 1 - MGS4

sado — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:19:46 +0000

Justin and Ian discuss everything that happened in MGS4 as well as what they liked and didn’t like.

WARNING!!! Massive spoilers throughout the podcast, do not listen until you finish MGS4.

Aggravated Gamers Episode 70 - New format, XMB, Conan, and the Itagaki saga

sado — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:00:49 +0000

Podcast Notes for June 20th 2008

Makin the Rounds
2.40 in-game XMB!

News Articles
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…few-surprises/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…iness-by-2012/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…ith-gag-order/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…es-team-ninja/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…o-break-apart/
http://www.aggravatedgamers.com/2008…lude-trophies/

Reviews
Age of Conan: A-

Podcast Tomorrow

sado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:01:17 +0000

The podcast should go on without a hitch tomorrow at around 3pm EST. We’re planning as always to have the podcast up sometime before 8pm EST if all goes well. Prep has already been finished for the podcast so all that remains is to fill in the spots for the show. See you then.

Edit: Due to posting this past midnight it’s actually today by the post date of this post.

Podcast Tomorrow

sado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:23 +0000

Sony redesigns its PlayStation trucks for social gaming

sado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:44:29 +0000

Sony has just sent word that it has retooled the PlayStation Experience and PlayStation Patrol tour trucks into a more social and community-oriented experience. Better than ever, here are some pictures.

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11-Year EA Vet Neil Young Leaves for ‘New Project’

sado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:43:01 +0000

Level Up has just learned that Electronic Arts veteran Neil Young has left the company for an unspecified “new project,” on which EA Games label president Frank Gibeau wishes him the best of luck. During his 11 year tenure at EA, the affable Brit captained such projects as the ahead-of-its-time alternate reality game Majestic and the. . .

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EA bans the Spore porn (aka penisauruses)

sado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:42:59 +0000

It seems that the days of computer created penis monsters and self-buggering entities are numbered, as EA has started threatening to ban people for creating porn using the Spore Creature Creator.

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Spore Creator Editor Spawns Xbox 360 Controller

sado — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:42:56 +0000

People aren’t just using the Spore Creature Creator to make penis monsters. Creative kids are trading cocks for controllers — just look at what Kotakuite zOmbi’s friend Eric made in the Spore creator editor a few minutes ago. Yep, that’s right, Eric made an Xbox 360 controller.

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WoW Patch 2.4.3 notes are now live with a few surprises

sado — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:25:54 +0000

Highlights include mounts at level 30, changes to non-combat pets, Curse of Shadow and Curse of Elements have been combined, Hunter pet changes, Magisters’ Terrace Nerf, changes to Rogue’s Cheat Death ability and more!

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Gaming expected to be a $68 billion business by 2012

sado — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:25:36 +0000

An industry study conducted on the worldwide video game industry has predicted that the video game boom will continue through to 2012, with total sales soaring to $68.4 billion by 2012. The outlook isn’t as rosy for PC gaming, which is projected to drop by 1.2 percent during the same period.

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Tecmo Slaps Itagaki With Gag-Order

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:41:51 +0000

And the Itagaki vs. Tecmo legal battle continues! On June 10th, Tecmo filed with the Tokyo District Court for a “gag-order” against former employee and Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki before the court case begins.

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Warren Spector thinks 100 hour games aren’t the way to go

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:32:40 +0000

Warren Spector, the man who helped establish Ion Storm and create the Deus Ex and Thief franchises, has some choice words about games that take forever to beat. Speaking at the Game Education Summit in Dallas about how educators can prepare students for places in the games industry last week, Spector addressed a number of issues that seem to be pla

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EA CEO John Riccitiello: “Warhammer Online won’t rival WOW”

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:32:36 +0000

EA CEO John Riccitiello has been talking at a session with investors at the William Blair & Company’s 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference, and said that the publisher didn’t expect Warhammer Online to meet World of Warcraft’s level of popularity.

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Hacker makes Wii-friendly NES, SNES, N64 controllers

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:30:17 +0000

The RetroUSB NES/SNES controller adapters enable gamers to easily attain a more genuine Virtual Console experience through the ability to use original controllers. Some hackers have gone even further, building custom circuitry into old equipment. Custom Nintendo themselves have contributed the Super Famicom Classic Controller to the cause of authen

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Itagaki Taking 36 Members With Him As He Leaves Team Ninja

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:30:13 +0000

Word on the street is that key members of Team Ninja — as many as three dozen or more — are headed out the door as well, but that’s not all. It seems that each one of the soon to be ex-ninjas will be serving Tecmo with a class-action lawsuit in regards to unpaid bonuses for completed games.

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Nintendo kills Twilight Hack with Wii Menu Update 3.3

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:28:58 +0000

Say goodbye to homebrew (at least for now, until they figure out how to exploit something else).

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Team Fortress 2 Pyro Update Coming This Thursday

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:28:52 +0000

Valve has announced that the Pyro class update for its online multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 will be released this Thursday. To celebrate the update, the company is also doing a free TF2 Weekend, starting this friday.

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AMD says new graphics chip makes games seem real

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:28:52 +0000

We’ve come a long way since Pong and Space Invaders. But video and computer games are still striving to be both interactive and realistic. Have you seen the “Saturday Night Live” skit of the interview with Grand Theft Auto IV’s main characters, Niko and Vlad? Their arms move imprecisely, as if they’re puppets underwater.

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Why the Decline of PC Gaming is just a Myth

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:28:50 +0000

“PC gaming is not only not in decline, it’s alive and well and growing,” said Roy Taylor, chief technical officer of the PC Gaming Alliance, a nonprofit trade group.

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Playstation 3 Firmware 2.36 soon, v2.40 to include trophies

sado — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:28:47 +0000

We’re also happy to officially report that the 2.40 system software update for PS3 will include “XMB” access in-game. The update will also include “trophies,” an exciting new feature that we’ll be providing more details on soon, as well as some other new enhancements.

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Metal Gear Solid 4 300,000 Copies Sold In Japan

sado — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:31:51 +0000

Media Create stats reveal that Metal Gear Solid 4 has solid 300,000 copies in Japan turing Dragonball Z’s: Burst Limit 92,000 game’s sold in Japan in to nothing.

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Details On Sony’s Motion Controls, No “Break-Apart”

sado — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:29:48 +0000

The control system, said the “source”, actually consists of a smaller-sized device that can attach to the body - and multiple devices are intended to be used in concert, such as wearing two on the hands to move a character’s hands in-game, or four, on hands and feet at the same time to move a character’s body. Though the source admits. . .

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FINALLY English Starcraft & WoW Commentaries Sponsored

sado — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:29:44 +0000

GomTV is branching out to audiences besides Korea, sponsoring Starcraft commentaries by “Tasteless,” past US pro-gamer and WoW commentaries. Whats next? A US cable channel devoted to E-Sports Commentary? These are just a few of the commentaries (some World of Warcraft as well) that GomTV has released to test the waters.

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Are Video Games the New Textbooks?

sado — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:29:41 +0000

Learning how neutrophils attack infection in the bloodstream isn’t exactly the most gripping topic for your average high school student, but the Federation of American Scientists hopes to change all that — with video games. Advocates are enthusiastic about the promise of video games in schools, but some educators are wary…

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Aggravated Gamers Episode 69 - The Return

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:56:21 +0000

Aggravated Gamers Episode 69 - The Return is now up for download. Check the bottom of this post for stream and download links. Enjoy.

Guest - David Anderson (Daviblight from conceptart.org)

Game Steals In-Game Enviroments from Oblivion

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:56 +0000

GamePlasma was recently tasked with the job of reviewing a game titled “Limbo of the Lost.” However once one of their writers, Erik Franck, started playing it, he noticed some very familiar settings. It appears that Limbo of the Lost has blatantly taken in-game environments and textures from Oblivion.

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Football gamers sue EA - “blatantly anticompetitive conduct”

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:51 +0000

“Electronic Arts could have continued to compete by offering a lower price and/or a higher quality product,” the suit said. “Instead, Electronic Arts quickly entered into a series of exclusive agreements with the only viable sports football associations in the United States: the National Football League, the Arena Football League, and NCAA Football

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Sessler’s Soapbox is Tired of the Bigots on Xbox Live

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:47 +0000

For this week
’s Sessler’s Soapbox, Adam Sessler brings up an issue that’s old, but still unfortunately valid. That is, he, like many people, is fed up with the amount of racist and homophobic talk on Xbox Live. As he points out, the situation is just getting uglier all the time.

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FACT: Video Games Are Dropping in Price

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:42 +0000

“Just like new cars drop in price when you drive them off the lot, the resale prices of video games drop in price the day you buy them. In fact the resale price of video games released in 2007 dropped 0.24% per day. But do well reviewed games drop as much as poorly reviewed ones? We set off to find out.”

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Review- IGN- 10/10

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:38 +0000

An great ending to a great series

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Review: Metal Gear Solid 4 is a Masterpiece

sado — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:16:35 +0000

Every once in a long while, a game will come along and change all the rules. Final Fantasy VII transformed the RPG genre, Resident Evil helped create a new sub-category of gaming — survival horror — and Grand Theft Auto III single-handedly reshaped the gaming landscape. And now comes Metal Gear Solid 4, a game whose potential influence….

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Aggravated Gamers - Podcast Update

sado — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:56:20 +0000

Aggravated Gamers - Podcast Update is now up for download. Check the bottom of the post for stream and download links. This podcast is primarily meant to inform you guys about what has been going on these last couple months and explain the new format for the podcast. Podcast coming most likely friday, if not, latest by monday.

Podcast Update

sado — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:03:53 +0000

Well it has been quite some time since we have done a podcast and I see it as my duty to inform you all why there has been such a delay with the podcasts these last four months. About four months ago I was diagnosed with a medical problem that has obstructed possibly every aspect of my life for the time I have had it. It is something where I want to come back and start the podcasts again, but with that being said there is no possible way I can do so until this problem is alleviated. Tomorrow (friday) I go into surgery at 10 am to remove two wounds, which if left alone, could lead to an infection and require even more surgery. I luckily caught the wounds early and everything should be fine. I will be put under general anesthesia while the ten minute surgery is done.

The doctors say it is a seven to ten day recovery time for this type of surgery and usually due to the amount of pain associated with the wounds I have there is usually relief by the second or third day. I can personally tell you that for three to four months my sleep has been affected as well as every other aspect. I am sorry that this affected my ability to do the podcast but I hope after I recover to be back with a new format for the podcast and hope you and the rest of our listeners will learn to forgive us for our absence. Believe me there is nothing more I want to do than return to the podcast as soon as possible. I cannot say when we will be back but I will say that it will be as soon as possible. We are hoping to return in two to three weeks but still have to see how the recovery goes before we can finally nail down a date.

Wish me luck.

- Justin

Microsoft Explains “Gaywood” Ban

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:11:15 +0000

Late last night, we learned the story of Richard Gaywood, the not-so-happy Xbox Live user whose gamertag was banned. Since “RichardGaywood” was both the user’s gamertag as well as his legal, honest-to-goodness given name, Kotaku contacted Microsoft to learn the reason behind the ban.

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BioShock Confirmed for PS3! (Holiday 2008 Release Date)

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:11:04 +0000

Cue the I-told-you-so’s — the everlasting rumor about last year’s Xbox 360 hit BioShock popping up on the PS3 turns out to be true. According to the July issue of EGM, publisher 2K Games has confirmed that the underwater shooter is making the transition to Sony’s shores.

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Penny Arcade promotes their game with blog comment flamebait

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:10:14 +0000

Instead of using positive review quotes from gaming publications they went with the most ridiculous comments that one hater has been systematically posting on Wired. Dtoid also found out that the guy has been trolling them since 2005 on various sites. Can you imagine his face when he discovers this?

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Microsoft: No spring dashboard update for 360

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:10:06 +0000

Microsoft announced this afternoon that there would be no spring dashboard update for the Xbox 360.

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Valve’s Doug Lombardi: PC Gaming Is Not Dying

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:03:05 +0000

What does Valve think of the PC Gaming Alliance? Are they as tired of the PC gaming “problem” as we are? What is at the root of the issue, anyway? Read on for some answers.

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Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Details (Opinion and Analysis)

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:02:49 +0000

When the first Gears of War 2 gameplay footage was revealed, it did nothing for me, at all. The only thing that instantly jumped out to me was using Locust as meat shields, but nearly everything else felt very familiar.

I shrugged off my disappointment, as I knew it was the multiplayer information that would get me hyped up. An by god, it has.

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Shigeru Miyamoto The Walt Disney Of Our Time

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:01:55 +0000

When Disney died in 1966, Mr. Miyamoto was a 14-year-old schoolteacher
’s son living near Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital. An aspiring cartoonist, he adored the classic Disney characters. Shigeru Miyamoto, a man whose creative successes have spanned almost 30 years. From Donkey Kong, to Mario as well known as Mickey Mouse

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Ninja Gaiden 2 Frame Rate Issues in the Final Build

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:01:48 +0000

CVG Staff have confirmed that the framerate issues in NG2 were found in the final build of the PAL version.

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Age of Conan One of the Fastest Selling PC Games of All Time

sado — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:59:45 +0000

Funcom has announced that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is shaping up to be one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. Half of the visitors to Hyboria, over 400,000 of them come from North America. The record pre-orders for the game have translated to financial dividends.

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Age of Conan Ships 700,000 Units

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:04:55 +0000

If you were wondering if AoC was going to be a hit, wonder no more.
� Funcom has announce that it has shipped 700,000 units world wide for its May 20th launch date, which includes 110,000 units of the special edition box.� To put that in perspective, World of Warcraft [...]

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Bill Gates gives Xbox 360 to South Korean President

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:04:46 +0000

Bill Gates has commissioned 100 mother of pearl-clad Xbox 360s to be used as extra special gifts, the first of which was given to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

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Podcast returning soon

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:03:35 +0000

More info will be posted soon but suffice it to say it involves a company that did not live up to it’s promises on computers purchased for review and a long arduous process of trying to get our money back. It’s really fun stuff and we’ll talk about it later but the biggest thing to announce is that we will be returning to the podcast this coming weekend (friday) for sure. We can not wait to get the podcast back on the road. See you then.

Moving E3 Cost The ESA $5 Million

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:00:10 +0000

Kotaku explores the Entertainment Software Association’s decision to move E3 to Santa Monica last year and the enormous cost of the move in both money and industry credibility.

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ESA up in arms about Game Critic Awards’ E3 award

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:59:42 +0000

With the departure of Activision from the ESA—and its subsequent withdrawal from E3—the company will only be showing its upcoming titles off-site. The ESA has taken issue with this, arguing that companies not involved in E3 should not be eligible to win such awards.

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First Skate 2 Teaser Trailer And Details

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:59:31 +0000

Shortly after you won Skater of the Year, your character disappeared. No one knows what happened to him, but the skaters of San Vanelona hope he’ll come back. And they need you. In the past five years, the cops have cracked down on skaters. Caps were put on rails to make it almost impossible to grind and “No Skating” signs are everywhere.

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Age of Conan Collector’s Edition Completely Sold Out

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:56:37 +0000

Historical pre-order and ship-in numbers for 2008
’s most anticipated MMO - - Early access offer oversubscribed – First review of game gives a 9 out of 10.

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‘Officially Licensed’ Xbox 360 PJs Now Available

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:56:28 +0000

XBOX 360 lounge pants that are apparently officially licensed by Microsoft have started popping up at online retailers. The $17.99 pants are machine washable, have an open fly, side pockets and a covered elastic waistband with adjustable drawstring tie.

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EA Mythic: Nintendo could make winning console MMO

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:55:50 +0000

According to one developer at EA Mythic, Nintendo is the most likely candidate to create a successful console MMO.

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Gears of War 2 action “fives times bigger”

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:54:54 +0000

The Xbox360 exclusive just keeps on getting better thanks to the Unreal Engine “which never stopped evolving,” says Cliffy B. The Epic team have been able to cram more action and higher quality effects and environments thanks to “having artists that are smart”.

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Nintendo joins the rest of the world in not welcoming Hitler

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:54:46 +0000

“No online racing for you!’ That’s the message Nintendo is sending to Mario Kart Wii owners hoping to race their Hitler Miis on its Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service.

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Realistic-Looking Sonic the Hedgehog to Give You Nightmares

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:52:54 +0000

You might remember an image that showed up awhile back depicting how Bowser might look if he were real. Well, that same guy decided to give the same treatment to another beloved video game character with this realistic picture of Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Namco Bandai In SHOCK Soul Calibur Breast Cover-Up

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:52:02 +0000

Yes. Shocking. For your submission, the picture, showing Soul Calibur’s Ivy as she’s depicted on the game’s official website. On the left, how she appears on the Japanese site. On the right? How she appears on the American site.

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Wii Fit Dares to Call Young Girl ‘Fat’

sado — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:51:53 +0000

Who could possibly have envisaged Nintendo
’s Wii Fit as being the next software title to have ‘nanny state’ experts up in arms and calling for reclassification and even a ban, but, thanks to the fact that a certain Wii Fit balance board had the audacity to call a young girl ‘fat’ that’s exactly what’s happened.

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Sony Aiming at MMORPG Market for PS3

sado — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:15:28 +0000

In an interview posted by The Seattle Times, John Smedley President of Sony Online Entertainment, gave his thoughts on MMORPGs and where they fall in for PS3.

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Dark Alex Working his Magic on the PS3?

sado — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:11:16 +0000

The Official site of Dark Alex now has PS3 section logo under the familiar PSP section logo. Many are now hoping that we could one day see a custom firmware on the PS3.

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World of Warcraft - Blizzcon 2008 Announced

sado — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:10:45 +0000

PARIS, France. May 12, 2008 — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its third BlizzCon
™ gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment®’s Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®.

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MGS 4 gets 10/10 in First Review!

sado — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:10:37 +0000

PlayStation Official Magazine UK got the exclusive review - here’s an interview with the reviewer before the mag ships.

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Rare says “Gamers shouldn’t judge Banjo-Kazooie based on SS”

sado — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:08:04 +0000

George Kelion has said that these screenshots only show how pretty the game is, and that gamers shouldn’t judge it based on them alone. “You can’t tell altogether that much from the screenshots other than the fact that it’s pretty,” Kelion said.

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Xbox 360 Announcing “Lips”

sado — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:07:57 +0000

8bitjoystick (a site known for some good Xbox 360 intel) has confirmed that Microsoft has been working on an Xbox 360 accessory known as “lips.” What’s “lips,” you ask? No one knows for sure, though we know it’s not the Wiimotesque Newton, and voice certainly comes to mind.

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BioWare Backs Down From Draconian Mass Effect Authentication

sado — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:11:23 +0000

“When Mass Effect comes to the computer it will not use SecuROM…. The developer said the decision came after listening “very closely” to its fans and that the new system will also allow gamers to play the game without the DVD in the drive.”

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Kojima So Not Disappointed With MGSIV

sado — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:11:05 +0000

When Hideo Kojima said the MGS4 graphics on PS3 weren’t to his “satisfaction” or that he realized there were lots of “restrictions” the PS3 posed, he didn’t mean it. He meant to compare it and his game to a flying car. Even if a flying car doesn’t make it into space, it’s still revolutionary. “I wanted to convey my thoughts like that,” he says.

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First Banjo Kazooie 360 Screenshots Leak

sado — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:10:45 +0000

Representing the first media of the game to arrive since its 2006 announcement trailer, the images provide an in-game glimpse of the first Banjo effort to hit a home console since the Nintendo 64 release of Banjo Tooie in 2000.

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If Nintendo made Halo 3.

sado — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:10:38 +0000

Sometimes it’s best not to ask “what if”…

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Spore to remove SecuROM!

sado — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:10:10 +0000

“Despite some hand-wringing by fans, EA today announced that their hugely anticipated Will Wright game Spore will not make use of SecuROM’s 10-day periodic re-authentication and instead use a modified version to require online authentication.”
Hurray!

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