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Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 02:11 PM EST
Warren Ellis is reporting that many Second Life vendors are closing up shop due to the recent explosion of a program called "Copybot," designed to clone...
Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 01:22 PM EST
Today is the fifth anniversary of the original Halo: Combat Evolved. To celebrate Bungie has announced new maps for Halo 2, a commercial for the upcomin...
Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 12:51 PM EST
Turmoyl writes "Many Cedega (formerly WINEX) users claim to have been mistakenly caught up in a security sweep of the U.S. game servers performed by Bli...
Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 04:37 AM EST
Citing the advent of downloadable game demos and an inability for the magazine to 'fit into our integrated media network or afford us digital media oppo...
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 03:36 PM EST
GameSpot reports that Wikipedia has closed the next-gen console entries because of nigh-onto constant defacement from angry fanbois. From the article: "...
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 02:48 PM EST
GameDaily has an amusing piece looking at the 10 lamest consoles to hit the market. Older flops like the Jaguar and Action Max join the new graveyard-bo...
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 01:56 PM EST
1up has a piece looking at the Wii vs. the PS3, running down the particulars on graphical power, online capabilities, launch titles, and control scheme....
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 01:17 PM EST
Via Joystiq, an article on the Seattle Times points out what many of us have already known: IBM is the real winner of the console war. The company is pr...
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 12:22 PM EST
Tyburn Franklie writes "Second Life is entering its 'second phase'. With big-name brands colonizing its virtual earth and the media getting worked up in...
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 11:32 AM EST
Wowzer writes "Sony's PlayStation 3 is set to arrive this week on November 17th. With just 400,000 units available at launch in the USA, and an unknown ...
Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 06:42 PM EST
bart_scriv writes "While lots of ink is being spilled on the Wii/PS3 war, the real battleground for gamers may be in China, where companies Shanda and N...
Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 05:32 PM EST
GameSpot reports that GameStop will have too few units for preorders on launch day. Employees are being "asked" to wait until the second shipment of con...
Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 04:36 PM EST
Via 1up news, Bungie's statement that they'll have some big news to share next week about the Halo series. From their post: "A bunch of stuff is going d...
Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 03:29 PM EST
Via Opposable Thumbs at Ars Technica, the news at IGN that there are some annoying backwards compatibility issues with the PS3 and the PS2. Specifically...
Posted: Monday, November 13, 2006 at 02:22 PM EST
MTV is taking another crack at a 'Gamer's Week' this week, and they're already showing they've learned since last year. Offering programming that's abou...
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