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Mad Catz’s Black Ops PrecisionAim gamepads and Stealth mouse hands-on

Mike — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:26:00 +0000

Mad Catz’ Modern Warfare 2 peripherals won’t know what hit them when Black Ops debuts this fall — the quality of the company’s gamepads has increased yet again, and of course, this year the Call of Duty -flavored lineup ships with a genuine R.A.T. mouse . We snuck down the streets of San Francisco for a top secret rendezvous to test these controllers out, and discovered a pair of the most comfortable gamepads we’ve tried for our trouble

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Amazon steals Microsoft’s Director of Game Platform Strategy for some reason

Mike — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:08:00 +0000

Amazon’s gaming related job postings are starting to bear exotic fruit having just nabbed Microsoft’s Director of Game Platform Strategy, Andre Vrignaud . Vrignaud started with Microsoft in 2002 as Director of Xbox Live Platform Strategy and more recently helped manage Microsoft’s overall gaming platform strategy with a hand in figuring out how to roll out Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7.

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PS3 3.42 software update reportedly patches jailbreak, hates fun

Mike — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:48:00 +0000

Sony just released its 3.42 software update for PlayStation 3 owners. As a mandatory update, PS3 jockeys must accept it if they want to continue accessing the PlayStation Network or PlayStation Store

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‘Classic White’ DualShock 3 appears at e-tail, dreaming of an alabaster console

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:33:00 +0000

While the white PS3 Slim pictured above decidedly belongs to Japan , the “Classic White” DualShock 3 alongside has just appeared for preorder at e-tailers based in the US. Now, we wouldn’t go so far as to claim that an ivory 160GB game system will follow this controller across the Pacific, but let’s just say we won’t be surprised if Sony reveals one anyhow before these preorders (tentatively) ship on October 15th.

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PS3 jailbreak adapted to Nokia N900, Palm Pre in wake of Australian ban (video)

Mike — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:29:00 +0000

Two weeks ago you’d have to pay an Australian importer for a specialized USB key . Four days ago open-source software let you roll your own . Today, there’s no need for any of that — you can hack your PS3 with a tethered smartphone

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My Breath, I’m Not Holding It: Duke Nukem Forever Actually Being Released Next Year?

Mike — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:00:12 +0000

Duke Nukem Forever , the game that was never meant to be , is allegedly back on track for a 2011 release on PC, XBox and PS3. Wait a minute — is it April 1st already?

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My Breath, I’m Not Holding It: Duke Nukem Forever Actually Being Released Next Year?

PS3 hack escapes court challenge

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:43:40 +0000

Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.

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PS3 hack escapes court challenge

Sony: PlayStation 3 Blu-ray 3D update due in October

Mike — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:52:00 +0000

Despite what we’d heard before , Sony announced today at IFA that the firmware update bringing 3D Blu-ray playback to the PlayStation 3 will not arrive this month, instead pushed back to October which, we are told, is an entire 30 days away. until then we’ll have to live with the recent MotorStorm 3D game that recently popped up on PSN and a slightly-lower res version of Wipeout .

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3D Sony Vaio landing next year, we preview the prototype

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:44:00 +0000

See this computer here? Yeah, well Sony’s going to launch a laptop next year that will most likely look nothing like this. Intrigued?

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Sony Qriocity on-demand movie service extends into Europe, ‘Music Unlimited’ coming by year’s end

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:01:00 +0000

Sony has just informed Euroland that its Qriocity on-demand ecosystem will be showing up in the continent’s wealthier regions this fall. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK will get a chance to savor the Video On Demand option, which will form the vanguard of a wideranging content streaming service, available on Sony networked devices — yes, that includes the do-it-all PlayStation 3. The heavyweight movie studios behind the venture include 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, NBC Universal, Paramount and, of course, Sony’s moviemaking arm

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