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April 11th, 2007

God of War Countdown Coming to an End

The God of War countdown at IslandofRhodes.com will come to an end tonight at midnight eastern. The countdown does not have anything to do with the PSP version of the game but speculation abounds that it may be an announcement on God of War II, already released for the PS2, or an announcement about a […]

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March 31st, 2007

PSP Firmware Update 3.30

This week Sony released a new PSP firmware update, the first in 2 months, that adds some new functionality to the portable console. Here’s the features the update includes:

Thumbnail image support for items and videos
MPEG-4 support for 720X480, 352X480, and 480X272 video sizes
“Use Wireless Hotspot” feature added

Not too many major changes but the added video […]

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March 24th, 2007

Girls Gone Wild Pool No Longer Girls Gone Wild

What we thought was going to be Girls Gone Wild turns out to just be pool with a dose of nudity for added measure. We first reported the odd partnership back in February but it appears the deal never got signed. The game’s title and references in press releases only ever referred to it as […]

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March 24th, 2007

Japanese Sales Numbers

Japan has very different sales trends often times than North America or Europe which makes them all the more interesting to look at. japan has a marked slant towards both Nintendo products as well as handhelds. Here’s the numbers for Japan from March 12th-18th courtesy of Joystiq:
- DS Lite: 121,471 12,959 (11.94%)
- Wii: 67,070 […]

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March 16th, 2007

“Nintendo Dominates February”

GameDailyBiz has the numbers from February and they are inpressive. Here’s a piece from the article:
“On the hardware front the DS sold more than any other platform with 485K units, followed by the Wii with 335K units. The PS2 once again outsold the Xbox 360, 295K vs. 228K. Meanwhile, the PS3 sold a disappointing 127K, […]

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March 16th, 2007

PSP Redesign Coming

After rumoms about the PSP went from redesign, to no redesign, to redesign again we held off reporting the news until we knew what what was happening. Kotaku is now reporting that a PSP2 will be coming. E3 is being guessed as the location for the announcement of the redesigned console which is said to […]

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March 14th, 2007

New Video Game Releases: Week of March 12th

Here is a complete list of all video games set to be released this week from GamerDeals:
Xbox 360
Call of Duty 3 Gold Edition
PlayStation 3
College Hoops 2K7
Nintendo Wii
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007
PlayStation 2
God of War 2
PSP
Call of Duty 3: Roads to Victory
DS
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach
Herbie Resuce Rally DS
Spectrobes
Tags: DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Video Games, wii, […]

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February 5th, 2007

Girls Gone Wild Pocket Pool

In perhaps the oddest combination of a game and a trademark Girls Gone Wild, the TV porn DVD franchise, has lent its moniker to a new pool based game for the PlayStation Portable handheld gaming platform from Sony. According to reports from GameSpot the game will feature multiple variants of pool including 8 ball, 9 […]

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December 12th, 2006

Where does Sony find these marketing bozo’s?

I swear, every quarter Sony’s marketing morons are botching another idea. Where does Sony find them?
Here’s the stupid, fake blog that Sony’s marketing minions have set up.

Read more after the jump.
Tags: advertising, PSP, Sony

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November 3rd, 2006

Lucas Arts and ZeroBoss Giveaway: Thrillville

Jay over at the Zero Boss is partnering with Lucas Arts to giveaway Thrillville, an amusement park sim for the PS2, PSP and XBox. If you have a Nintendo or PC, sorry… But he says to submit anyway and he’ll think of something to give you.
More on the game and the contest:
Thrillville is […]

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