September 7, 2010

Mafia II Demo on Gamers Next Month

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Are you a big fan of italian mafia-influenced games? Then august will be your month this year, because Mafia II will be getting a demo release then. A few weeks before the game drops out, you can try the E3 demo version, where you’ll take the role of Vito going after The Fat Man running across Empire State. The [...]

Walmart Offers Microsoft Kinect Pre-Order Bundle

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Walmart offers a limited-time $199 pre-order bundle for Xbox 360 owners, however it’s a bit early to pre-order the Kinect, because it will be launched at the beginning of November. Kinect is a color VGA motion and depth camera for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system. Kinect games require the full body movement and voice recognition [...]

Google Invested Over $100M in Zynga

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Google invested approximately $100-$200 million in one of the leading social gaming companies of the world, Zynga Game Network Inc., which has already raised about half a billion dollars in venture capital in 2009 alone. The investment closed a about a months ago, but there may be another thing going on, a strategic partnership between [...]

Sony updated the PS3 in Japan

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Sony will launch two new, upgraded versions of the Playstation 3 in July, a white 160GB model which will cost about $342 and a black 320GB model with a price of $399. We haven’t heard about any other major upgrade like chipset revision, thermal management, or new version of the Blu-Ray drive. If you live [...]

Sony announced its own move motion controller for Playstation 3

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Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) held its annual press conference today at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles, Calif., announcing groundbreaking new products and services that further establish PlayStation’s leadership and cutting edge position in home entertainment. Since last Fall, the PlayStation business has experienced unprecedented growth, fueling huge momentum into [...]

Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition arcade game comes to PS3 this summer

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Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition, a stock car arcade racer will be available exclusively on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) this summer. Days of Thunder: NASCAR Edition gives players the opportunity to go head-to-head against select NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, including champions such as Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart, and [...]

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures comes to PC

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Sony announced the development of Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, a free-to-play, action packed virtual world for fans of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series on Cartoon Network. Developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), creators of the critically acclaimed kids’ game, Free Realms, and licensed by LucasArts, in conjunction with [...]

Gameloft created 10 new 3D games for smartphones

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Gameloft, a leading publisher and developer of downloadable video games, announced today the launch of 10 high-definition 3D games for smartphones that will be available through Gameloft’s channels. The 10 titles include: Asphalt 5, Let’s Golf!, Assassin’s Creed, Hero of Sparta, Gangstar: West Coast Hustle, Dungeon Hunter, Real Football 2010, N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance, [...]

Call of Duty Black Ops launch date announced

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Prepare for the follow-up to the biggest entertainment launch in history: on November 9th Call of Duty: Black Ops will introduce fans to the elite world of Black Ops. Activision Publishing, Inc. and award-winning developer Treyarch will take players behind enemy lines in an entirely new chapter in the groundbreaking and record-setting, No. 1 first-person [...]

Square Enix releases action RPG NIER

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Square Enix announced that the highly-anticipated Action-RPG NIER is now available at North American retailers nationwide for the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. NIER presents the despairing story of a world afflicted by an apocalyptic plague and a father’s desperation to protect his daughter from [...]