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Games getting canned are not a new thing. Games get canceled due to development hell, inability of game to meet publisher standards or in plain words, ‘ego’ differences. But it really hurts me that some of these games had so much potential and they got canned for a ton of different reasons. We bring you...

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The PlayStation Move is Sony's answer to the motion control trend. It uses a digital camera called the PlayStation Eye to track the movement of a new controller stuffed with gyroscopes and sensors and magic—all of it topped with a glowing plastic ball. It's been over a week since my Move review hardwa...

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A federal judge is allowing a negligence lawsuit to proceed against the publisher of the online virtual-world game Lineage II, amid allegations that a Hawaii man became so addicted he is “unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or co...

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The leaks weren't wrong, they just weren't the whole story. A 160GB PlayStation 3 Slim is indeed coming to the US -- Europe, too -- but additionally, there's a heftier 320GB Sports Champions Move bundle. The former standalone console is available now stateside for $299, and according to the GamesCo...

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At Gamescom, a large conference held in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft today has announced a return for its very popular PC gaming franchise, Age of Empires. This new game is called Age of Empires Online and, as the name suggests, will be played through the internet. Microsoft is keen to “herald a new ag...

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The July video game sales numbers for the United States have been released, and Microsoft enjoyed some huge gains. This is what happens when you release a smaller system with much-needed built-in wireless for a good price. The Xbox 360 was the best-selling system of the month, with 443,500 units sol...

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Tease as much as you want, Sony, but things get real serious when you flip to the other side and look at the magic behind Microsoft's Kinect camera. Recently, T3 was able to get behind the scenes for a quick lesson on how this Xbox 360 peripheral works, and as part of the tour, it also saw the innocent senso...

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Despite all of the excitement over the 3DS and its games, there are still several unknowns about them, including the price and release date. Today, one of those things (the price) may have been made clearer. According to Computer and Video Games, “The Nintendo 3DS could see higher game prices than it...

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While limited edition Halo Xbox 360 hardware may not be new, the new Halo: Reach limited edition bundle is likely to have Halo fans of all ages rejoicing. The best part of this new bundle is that it is the first special edition bundle to include the new Xbox 360 model. The new Xbox 360 s model that this bund...

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The creators of the ambitions 'creature simulator' Spore, have revealed that the game is getting a sequel called "Darkspore". The game is going for a far darker and grittier experience, described as an all new "fast paced and intense" experience in the sci-fi genre. In the or...

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Another autumn is fast approaching, which to FPS gamers mean only one thing: time to prepare to heed the next Call of Duty. In a repeat of last year's controller bonanza, Mad Catz is producing a litany of licensed Black Ops peripherals -- for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC -- and we've now got the first imag...

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Earlier this week, and to the dismay of the many users of Blizzard's official forums, Blizzard announced it would soon force all users to use their "Real ID" -- or their real name -- to be identified, in a bid to remove "flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness" that curre...

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With the release of the beta of Starcraft II, Blizzard introduced a new feature called "Real ID" -- essentially the feature is your "real-life" full name being used as your username. The feature was trumpeted to be "completely voluntary" and "keeps...

barney · barney

Just like floppy disks gave way to CDs, then CDs to DVDs, followed by USB flash drives and SD cards, the time of game discs has an end in sight. Mind you, there's still a great need for them right now in the console and portable games world, but services like Valve's Steam on the PC (and now Mac) side...

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The much-hyped OnLive PC gaming service has soft-launched to a limited preview audience, and we've spent the past several days putting the streaming service through its paces. OnLive allows nearly any laptop or desktop to play high-end PC games, by offloading the CPU and GPU-intensive tasks of ac...

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Hi everyone, once again we’re adding new features to the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system via firmware update to ensure we’re bringing you the best, most comprehensive entertainment experience possible. PS3 system software update (v3.40) will be available soon, adding the PlayStation Plus subscrip...

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While Microsoft was demonstrating all their upcoming games and electronics, including the new Xbox 360, during E3 2010, one thing in particular struck the audience, that Microsoft never formally announced the price for Kinect. Up until now, exactly how much Microsoft will sell the Xbo...

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Activision has shared many of the details of the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The game will feature a story-driven quest mode where you'll see the characters from previous games turn into demons and you'll be able to play with any combination of instruments. With 90+ songs, the ga...

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Intrigue, backstabbing, secret messages and double agents: Reading the world's largest game publisher's counter-suit against the top people in charge of creating one of the biggest video game franchise in history is like dropping into one of their Modern Warfare video games. Told fro...

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Some good ones here! A List of Free PC Game Classics To Download

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Your used (or torrented) copy of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3, the latest entry in the SOCOM series for the PlayStation Portable, may be missing something: online play. Sony is taking new measures against rampant piracy of PSP games and discouraging used purchases of the latest portable...

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On April 15 we will discontinue the Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox v1 games playable on Xbox 360 and Xbox Originals. I want to start by saying this isn’t a decision we made lightly, but after careful consideration, it is clear this will provide the great...

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I guess that we will have to wait to find out! Is the iPad the future of portable gaming?

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As 2009 is slowly moving toward its end, we follow up our most pirated movies chart by taking a look at the most pirated games of the year. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the absolute winner on the PC and Xbox 360, while New Super Mario Bros. scoops the title of most pirated Wii game of 2009. [/q...

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Games we can't wait for in 2010

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Who created the best new Intellectual Property in gaming this year? GameTrailers: GOTY Awards 2009: Best New IP

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On the last day, they gathered for a group photo. They were videogame programmers, artists, level builders, artificial-intelligence experts. Their team was — finally — giving up, declaring defeat, and disbanding. So they headed down to the lobby of their building in Garland, Texas, to sm...

barney · barney

Say what you will about the gaming industry in 2009. Yeah, it was a little rough, with consumers tightening their belts and only a few megahits. However, we did see price drops for all the major consoles, a gazillion new iPhone games, and a smattering of amazing titles, some of which we're stil...

barney · barney

A lot has changed since the Xbox 360 debuted in November of 2005. After what has seemed like dozens of upgrades, improvements, omissions, price drops, and bundles, the dust has settled (for now) and we're left with three competitively priced consoles. Such an evenly matched trio of hardw...

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	15 Cancelled PlayStation 3 games that should have never been cancelled (Preview) Games getting canned are not a new thing. Games get canceled due to development hell, inability of game to meet publisher standards or in plain words, ‘ego’ differences. But it really hurts me that some of these games had so much potential and they got canned for a ton of different reasons. We bring you...	barney	0	448	Sep 6, 2010 by barney
	Enough to forget the Wii? A week with the PlayStation Move (Preview) The PlayStation Move is Sony's answer to the motion control trend. It uses a digital camera called the PlayStation Eye to track the movement of a new controller stuffed with gyroscopes and sensors and magic—all of it topped with a glowing plastic ball. It's been over a week since my Move review hardwa...	barney	0	377	Sep 1, 2010 by barney
	Man who played Lineage II for 20,000 hours sues creators (Preview) A federal judge is allowing a negligence lawsuit to proceed against the publisher of the online virtual-world game Lineage II, amid allegations that a Hawaii man became so addicted he is “unable to function independently in usual daily activities such as getting up, getting dressed, bathing or co...	barney	0	558	Aug 22, 2010 by barney
	160GB PS3 Slim, 320GB Move bundle coming to US and Europe this fall (Preview) The leaks weren't wrong, they just weren't the whole story. A 160GB PlayStation 3 Slim is indeed coming to the US -- Europe, too -- but additionally, there's a heftier 320GB Sports Champions Move bundle. The former standalone console is available now stateside for $299, and according to the GamesCo...	barney	0	531	Aug 18, 2010 by barney
	Microsoft announces Age of Empires Online (Preview) At Gamescom, a large conference held in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft today has announced a return for its very popular PC gaming franchise, Age of Empires. This new game is called Age of Empires Online and, as the name suggests, will be played through the internet. Microsoft is keen to “herald a new ag...	barney	0	526	Aug 18, 2010 by barney
	Redesigned Xbox 360 most popular system in July (Preview) The July video game sales numbers for the United States have been released, and Microsoft enjoyed some huge gains. This is what happens when you release a smaller system with much-needed built-in wireless for a good price. The Xbox 360 was the best-selling system of the month, with 443,500 units sol...	barney	0	399	Aug 14, 2010 by barney
	Microsoft pulls apart a Kinect camera, tickles your non-gaming fetish (Preview) Tease as much as you want, Sony, but things get real serious when you flip to the other side and look at the magic behind Microsoft's Kinect camera. Recently, T3 was able to get behind the scenes for a quick lesson on how this Xbox 360 peripheral works, and as part of the tour, it also saw the innocent senso...	barney	0	551	Aug 8, 2010 by barney
	3DS games to come at a premium cost according to analyst (Preview) Despite all of the excitement over the 3DS and its games, there are still several unknowns about them, including the price and release date. Today, one of those things (the price) may have been made clearer. According to Computer and Video Games, “The Nintendo 3DS could see higher game prices than it...	barney	0	548	Jul 27, 2010 by barney
	Xbox 360 250GB Limited Edition Halo Reach bundle unveiled (Preview) While limited edition Halo Xbox 360 hardware may not be new, the new Halo: Reach limited edition bundle is likely to have Halo fans of all ages rejoicing. The best part of this new bundle is that it is the first special edition bundle to include the new Xbox 360 model. The new Xbox 360 s model that this bund...	barney	0	538	Jul 24, 2010 by barney
	Sequel to Spore revealed (Preview) The creators of the ambitions 'creature simulator' Spore, have revealed that the game is getting a sequel called "Darkspore". The game is going for a far darker and grittier experience, described as an all new "fast paced and intense" experience in the sci-fi genre. In the or...	barney	0	453	Jul 21, 2010 by barney
	Black Ops controllers aren't stealthy enough to avoid pre-release detection (Preview) Another autumn is fast approaching, which to FPS gamers mean only one thing: time to prepare to heed the next Call of Duty. In a repeat of last year's controller bonanza, Mad Catz is producing a litany of licensed Black Ops peripherals -- for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC -- and we've now got the first imag...	barney	0	536	Jul 14, 2010 by barney
	Blizzard backs down on Real ID for forums (Preview) Earlier this week, and to the dismay of the many users of Blizzard's official forums, Blizzard announced it would soon force all users to use their "Real ID" -- or their real name -- to be identified, in a bid to remove "flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness" that curre...	barney	0	542	Jul 12, 2010 by barney
	Blizzard announces changes in attempt to cull forum trolls (Preview) With the release of the beta of Starcraft II, Blizzard introduced a new feature called "Real ID" -- essentially the feature is your "real-life" full name being used as your username. The feature was trumpeted to be "completely voluntary" and "keeps...	barney	1	521	Jul 8, 2010 by Vindicated
	Understanding next-gen streaming game services (Preview) Just like floppy disks gave way to CDs, then CDs to DVDs, followed by USB flash drives and SD cards, the time of game discs has an end in sight. Mind you, there's still a great need for them right now in the console and portable games world, but services like Valve's Steam on the PC (and now Mac) side...	barney	0	482	Jul 4, 2010 by barney
	Hands-on with OnLive: Is this the future of PC gaming? (Preview) The much-hyped OnLive PC gaming service has soft-launched to a limited preview audience, and we've spent the past several days putting the streaming service through its paces. OnLive allows nearly any laptop or desktop to play high-end PC games, by offloading the CPU and GPU-intensive tasks of ac...	barney	0	524	Jul 1, 2010 by barney
	PlayStation 3 firmware 3.40 arrives, brings PlayStation Plus (Preview) Hi everyone, once again we’re adding new features to the PlayStation 3 (PS3) system via firmware update to ensure we’re bringing you the best, most comprehensive entertainment experience possible. PS3 system software update (v3.40) will be available soon, adding the PlayStation Plus subscrip...	barney	0	505	Jul 1, 2010 by barney
	Kinect price confirmed, will sell for $149.99 US (Preview) While Microsoft was demonstrating all their upcoming games and electronics, including the new Xbox 360, during E3 2010, one thing in particular struck the audience, that Microsoft never formally announced the price for Kinect. Up until now, exactly how much Microsoft will sell the Xbo...	barney	0	477	Jun 23, 2010 by barney
	New Guitar Hero gets new guitar, challenges, story mode (Preview) Activision has shared many of the details of the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The game will feature a story-driven quest mode where you'll see the characters from previous games turn into demons and you'll be able to play with any combination of instruments. With 90+ songs, the ga...	barney	0	499	Jun 5, 2010 by barney
	7-11 Stores will start selling pre-owned games (Preview) [url=http://www.ir-site.com/images/library/master/t_pressFrame.asp?PressURL=http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/ir/_quote_Module=MediaViewer_amper_GUID=12724533&Ticker=GMTD&dir=gamersfactory]7-11	barney	0	496	Apr 20, 2010 by barney
	The Biggest Break Up In Video Game History (Preview) Intrigue, backstabbing, secret messages and double agents: Reading the world's largest game publisher's counter-suit against the top people in charge of creating one of the biggest video game franchise in history is like dropping into one of their Modern Warfare video games. Told fro...	barney	0	475	Apr 11, 2010 by barney
	A List of Free PC Game Classics To Download Here! (Preview) Some good ones here! A List of Free PC Game Classics To Download	barney	0	476	Mar 13, 2010 by barney
	Sony Gets Serious On Piracy, Used Game Sales With New PSP SOCOM (Preview) Your used (or torrented) copy of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3, the latest entry in the SOCOM series for the PlayStation Portable, may be missing something: online play. Sony is taking new measures against rampant piracy of PSP games and discouraging used purchases of the latest portable...	barney	0	542	Feb 18, 2010 by barney
	A Letter from Marc Whitten: Discontinuation of Xbox LIVE for Original Xbox Games (Preview) On April 15 we will discontinue the Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox v1 games playable on Xbox 360 and Xbox Originals. I want to start by saying this isn’t a decision we made lightly, but after careful consideration, it is clear this will provide the great...	barney	0	525	Feb 5, 2010 by barney
	Is the iPad the future of portable gaming? (Preview) I guess that we will have to wait to find out! Is the iPad the future of portable gaming?	barney	0	481	Jan 30, 2010 by barney
	Modern Warfare 2 Most Pirated Game of 2009 (Preview) As 2009 is slowly moving toward its end, we follow up our most pirated movies chart by taking a look at the most pirated games of the year. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the absolute winner on the PC and Xbox 360, while New Super Mario Bros. scoops the title of most pirated Wii game of 2009. [/q...	barney	0	506	Dec 30, 2009 by barney
	Games we can't wait for in 2010 - Cnet Video (Preview) Games we can't wait for in 2010	barney	0	498	Dec 26, 2009 by barney
	GameTrailers: GOTY Awards 2009: Best New IP (Preview) Who created the best new Intellectual Property in gaming this year? GameTrailers: GOTY Awards 2009: Best New IP	barney	0	518	Dec 22, 2009 by barney
	Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem (Preview) On the last day, they gathered for a group photo. They were videogame programmers, artists, level builders, artificial-intelligence experts. Their team was — finally — giving up, declaring defeat, and disbanding. So they headed down to the lobby of their building in Garland, Texas, to sm...	barney	0	509	Dec 22, 2009 by barney
	The 30 most anticipated games of 2010 (Preview) Say what you will about the gaming industry in 2009. Yeah, it was a little rough, with consumers tightening their belts and only a few megahits. However, we did see price drops for all the major consoles, a gazillion new iPhone games, and a smattering of amazing titles, some of which we're stil...	barney	0	494	Dec 7, 2009 by barney
	Which Console To Buy? (Preview) A lot has changed since the Xbox 360 debuted in November of 2005. After what has seemed like dozens of upgrades, improvements, omissions, price drops, and bundles, the dust has settled (for now) and we're left with three competitively priced consoles. Such an evenly matched trio of hardw...	barney	0	501	Dec 2, 2009 by barney
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