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February 10th, 2007

Black Xbox 360 Coming?

The authors over at Tweak Town have images of a black Xbox 360 at a Taipei game show. Here is one image from the Tweak Town post:

(via Tweak Town)

No word on whether or not this will market to market or when such a move would hypothetically happen. It would be a logical move for Microsoft […]

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February 6th, 2007

New Wii Color Variants Coming

The Nintendo Wii will be releasing variants of the console in red and black in the immediate future although no specifics such as dates or quantities were released. This follows most of nintendo recent consoles (think N64 to present) which were offered with varying colors in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience.
I am […]

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February 6th, 2007

No Unreal 3 Engine for Wii

In an interview with Game/Life the Unreal 3 Engine creators talk about their plays for the Wii. Here is an exerpt about it from their interview:
“WN: It’s also tough to ignore the success of the Wii at this point. Do you guys have any plans to be in that space? 

MR: Hey, we’re in that space! Red Steel, Splinter […]

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February 6th, 2007

Is GameStop Price Gouging?

After reading a story on Digg I decided to look into this issus. Gamestop.com as well as GameStop and EB Games stores are selling their own “premium” Nintendo Wii component cables for $49.99. The problem is that they aren’t selling Nintendo’s $29.99 version because they are “Out of Stock” and are on a backorder list.
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February 3rd, 2007

PS3 Defended in Recent Press

Jack Tretton the CEO and President of Sony Computer Entertainment America has gone on a PR sprint of sorts defending the PS3 as the dominant console and saying that they are  essentially being rooted against and being put up against unrealistic standards. So lets break down some key parts of the article.
“Because we’re in that […]

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February 3rd, 2007

Dan Aykroyd Backing New Ghostbusters Game

Dan Aykroyd, one of the actors from the original series of Shosbusters movies has publicly said that he will be lending his voice to a new Ghostbusters game. According to the Edmonton Sun he will not be doing the voice and motion capture until next year which means a late 2008 release for the game […]

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January 30th, 2007

PS3 Prices To Be Cut 25% 12 Months from Launch

Tony Smith of Reg Hardware is reporting that Sony is planning on cutting up to 25% off the price of the new Playstation 3 within 12 months of its March 23rd European launch. The forecast is for Sony to cut up to or more than 150 Euros off of the 599 Euro starting price for […]

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