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Xbox 360 Facebook and Twitter for adults only
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2009-11-08 21:56:37
Microsoft is playing things safe with the testing of the latest dashboard update for the Xbox 360 game console. Region specific, but containing Facebook and Twitter application integration, the public pre-release preview has been locked down for those over the age of 18.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2009-11-08 21:56:37
Microsoft is playing things safe with the testing of the latest dashboard update for the Xbox 360 game console. Region specific, but containing Facebook and Twitter application integration, the public pre-release preview has been locked down for those over the age of 18.
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Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-11-05 18:35:59
Infinity Ward is once again asking to head the call of duty. The Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer has been unleashed by publisher Activision.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-11-05 18:35:59
Infinity Ward is once again asking to head the call of duty. The Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer has been unleashed by publisher Activision.
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Tekken 6 ready to fight in 2.5 million homes
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-11-04 20:27:03
NAMCO BANDAI is taking no chances with today’s release of Tekken 6. 2.5 million copies of the fighting game have been shipped to retail outlets.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-11-04 20:27:03
NAMCO BANDAI is taking no chances with today’s release of Tekken 6. 2.5 million copies of the fighting game have been shipped to retail outlets.
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Australian Interactive Games industry nudges $2 billion
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-11-04 19:00:10
Recession proof? Not quite, whilst numbers announced today show green upward arrows across the board for the videogame industry, there were some shaky moments through 2009 for Australians in the business of bringing consumers living room fun.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-11-04 19:00:10
Recession proof? Not quite, whilst numbers announced today show green upward arrows across the board for the videogame industry, there were some shaky moments through 2009 for Australians in the business of bringing consumers living room fun.
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Review : Borderlands
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-11-03 00:15:19
This is the game that has kept me from reviewing Uncharted 2. How can so much tongue in cheek cartoon violence be so much fun? Well, I guess it is just because it is tongue-in-cheek cartoon violence wrapped up in a co-op first person shooter.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-11-03 00:15:19
This is the game that has kept me from reviewing Uncharted 2. How can so much tongue in cheek cartoon violence be so much fun? Well, I guess it is just because it is tongue-in-cheek cartoon violence wrapped up in a co-op first person shooter.
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Assassin's Creed II PC slips to 2010
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-11-01 20:29:51
PC gamers are getting used to waiting for cross platform blockbusters and it looks like this scenario with the release of the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed II from Ubisoft.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-11-01 20:29:51
PC gamers are getting used to waiting for cross platform blockbusters and it looks like this scenario with the release of the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed II from Ubisoft.
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PS3 PVR? PlayTV launches this year
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-11-01 17:57:05
It has been available in many other parts of the world, but before the end of the year, Australian PlayStation 3 owners will get a chance to turn their game console into a Personal Video Recorder with the PlayTV device.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-11-01 17:57:05
It has been available in many other parts of the world, but before the end of the year, Australian PlayStation 3 owners will get a chance to turn their game console into a Personal Video Recorder with the PlayTV device.
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Bayonetta release date confirmed
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-29 18:34:08
It’s good to be evil in Bayonetta, this witch with high calibre high heels takes on angels in high definition. SEGA has announced the release date for the western version of the game.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-29 18:34:08
It’s good to be evil in Bayonetta, this witch with high calibre high heels takes on angels in high definition. SEGA has announced the release date for the western version of the game. Read More About Bayonetta Release Date Confirmed...
Free Multiplayer weekend with Grand Theft Auto developers
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-29 00:38:26
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City has hit store shelves. This new stand-alone version of the game contains the previously released The Lost and Damned and new GTA IV episode The Ballad of Gay Tony on a single disc. Check out the launch trailer and absorb the details of Rockstar Games’s free Xbox LIVE multiplayer weekend where you can take on the developers, literally at their own game.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-29 00:38:26
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City has hit store shelves. This new stand-alone version of the game contains the previously released The Lost and Damned and new GTA IV episode The Ballad of Gay Tony on a single disc. Check out the launch trailer and absorb the details of Rockstar Games’s free Xbox LIVE multiplayer weekend where you can take on the developers, literally at their own game.
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Review: Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-10-28 23:28:52
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..... A new generation of inductees are enjoying the Star Wars experience, this time in the form of the animated Star Wars The Clone Wars series. So of course there is a need for a video game to accompany the series. Or is there?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-10-28 23:28:52
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..... A new generation of inductees are enjoying the Star Wars experience, this time in the form of the animated Star Wars The Clone Wars series. So of course there is a need for a video game to accompany the series. Or is there?
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Enhance TV announces ATOM Award winners for 2009
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2009-10-28 21:12:50
The Australian Teachers Of Media (ATOM) Awards have been handed out this week. In its 27th year the awards are there to encourage people working and studying all forms of screen media across Australia and New Zealand.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2009-10-28 21:12:50
The Australian Teachers Of Media (ATOM) Awards have been handed out this week. In its 27th year the awards are there to encourage people working and studying all forms of screen media across Australia and New Zealand.
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New Super Mario Bros Wii gets a release date
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-28 19:03:36
Gather the gang together, it is time for some old-school meets new-school Mario fun on the Wii. New Super Mario Bros. Wii has its November release date locked in.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-28 19:03:36
Gather the gang together, it is time for some old-school meets new-school Mario fun on the Wii. New Super Mario Bros. Wii has its November release date locked in.
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Netflix coming to PS3 via Blu-ray
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-10-26 22:39:08
Movies on demand as an instant-streaming offer are now set to arrive for PlayStation 3 owners. The Netflix service is already available to North American Xbox 360 owners as well as numerous other home entertainment devices including some already branded Sony.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-10-26 22:39:08
Movies on demand as an instant-streaming offer are now set to arrive for PlayStation 3 owners. The Netflix service is already available to North American Xbox 360 owners as well as numerous other home entertainment devices including some already branded Sony.
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Review: StokEd
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-10-25 23:08:40
Well it is coming into the winter months in the northern hemisphere, so what better way to hunker down in doors than with a nice outdoorsy style game based around snowboarding? Why risk a broken neck, when you can stay dry and warm in front of the TV whilst still experiencing some of the thrill of hurtling down a slippery ice-laden slope?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-10-25 23:08:40
Well it is coming into the winter months in the northern hemisphere, so what better way to hunker down in doors than with a nice outdoorsy style game based around snowboarding? Why risk a broken neck, when you can stay dry and warm in front of the TV whilst still experiencing some of the thrill of hurtling down a slippery ice-laden slope?
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Left 4 Dead 2 still banned after board review
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-22 19:21:42
Looks like the efforts by developer Valve and comments by publisher Electronic Arts have not been enough to get a new version of Left 4 Dead 2 past the Australian Classification Board.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-22 19:21:42
Looks like the efforts by developer Valve and comments by publisher Electronic Arts have not been enough to get a new version of Left 4 Dead 2 past the Australian Classification Board.
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First Look: Xbox LIVE update, Facebook, Twitter, HD Movies
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-10-21 23:41:15
iTWire has had a chance to play with the soon-to-be-released LIVE update for Xbox 360. Featuring optimised Facebook and Twitter along with insta-play Zune Marketplace based HD Movie rental, with party invite mode. iTWire also spoke to the Australian/New Zealand Xbox product manager Andrew Jenkins about the update.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2009-10-21 23:41:15
iTWire has had a chance to play with the soon-to-be-released LIVE update for Xbox 360. Featuring optimised Facebook and Twitter along with insta-play Zune Marketplace based HD Movie rental, with party invite mode. iTWire also spoke to the Australian/New Zealand Xbox product manager Andrew Jenkins about the update.
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PS3 shot at Bravia TV to kick start give-away
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2009-10-20 22:57:02
Sony is ready to relaunch the free PS3 with a BRAVIA LCD TV promotion again. Giving away 25,000 PlayStation 3’s with select BRAVIA’s. When Sony says it is doing a relaunch, it means a relaunch with video footage of a PS3 being hurled into an innocent LCD TV at 22 metres per second.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2009-10-20 22:57:02
Sony is ready to relaunch the free PS3 with a BRAVIA LCD TV promotion again. Giving away 25,000 PlayStation 3’s with select BRAVIA’s. When Sony says it is doing a relaunch, it means a relaunch with video footage of a PS3 being hurled into an innocent LCD TV at 22 metres per second.
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Queen joins Bowie and Blur in LEGO Rock Band
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-20 21:28:27
Combining the age old attraction of LEGO building blocks with the new-fangled latest video game technology is LEGO Rock Band. Joining David Bowie and Blur on stage, waddle out the four LEGO versions of members of Queen. We will, we will, block you!
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-20 21:28:27
Combining the age old attraction of LEGO building blocks with the new-fangled latest video game technology is LEGO Rock Band. Joining David Bowie and Blur on stage, waddle out the four LEGO versions of members of Queen. We will, we will, block you!
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Borderlands DLC announced before release
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-20 19:31:35
Borderlands, the new stylish shooter from Gearbox Software is released this week, and already 2K Games has let slip details of the download content for the game.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2009-10-20 19:31:35
Borderlands, the new stylish shooter from Gearbox Software is released this week, and already 2K Games has let slip details of the download content for the game.
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PSP Go immediate price drop but sales flop
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2009-10-19 23:56:33
The PSP Go is a vanguard for dedicated game machines utilising digital distribution of software. But despite an immediate price cut of AU$50, sales of the device since launce have been sluggish at best.
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2009-10-19 23:56:33
The PSP Go is a vanguard for dedicated game machines utilising digital distribution of software. But despite an immediate price cut of AU$50, sales of the device since launce have been sluggish at best.
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