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by Mike Bantick
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It has been a long time coming, Antipodean Nintendo fans have been hoarding the little Club Nintendo cards that were packaged in Wii and DS products for a long time now – finally they will have somewhere to take advantage of their loyalty.
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by Davey Winder
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As if an iPod does not do enough already, someone at Apple obviously thought it was missing the ability to talk. But not any more.
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by Stephen Withers
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Networked storage at home is quickly moving from the realms of geekdom into the mainstream. Western Digital's on the bandwagon with a redesigned version of its My Book World Edition NAS unit.
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by Mike Bantick
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...no surprise really, but the NPD Group’s 2009 report on Online Gaming has thrown up some trends of interest when it comes to our connected entertainment options.
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by Mike Bantick
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Grand Theft Auto IV has sold several truck loads of copies, the downloadable content The Lost And Damned has proven popular on Xbox LIVE and Rockstar Games are poised to release content on the ever present Nintendo DS. Yet parent company Take-Two Interactive cannot make a buck?
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by Mike Bantick
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Legendary KISS bassist, Gene Simmons has but exercising his famous tongue on the eve of launching a guitar controller for Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Hopefully the axe shaped guitar will come with a wig and face make-up included.
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by Mike Bantick
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The signs are all around, we are in the recession, and even the entertainers are feeling the pinch. But Sony this week received a little PlayStation 3 support in both Killzone 2 sales and some –almost – kind words from the largest game maker going around, Electronic Arts.
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by Mike Bantick
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Empire: Total War pins much on its ability to recreate epic sea battles. Today is the launching of its maiden voyage.
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by Mike Bantick
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A couple of vignettes for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica have touched down, click through to watch digitised performances from Metallica, Motorhead, Queen and more.
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by Mike Bantick
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RockStar Games have given out a couple of peeks into the world of GTA on the Nintendo DS. Click on in to view the trailer and game-play videos from the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars.
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by Stephen Withers
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More than 20 million accounts have been registered on Sony's PlayStation Network. The company doesn't say how many are active, but it's still a milestone.
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by Mike Bantick
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Well this might explain the push to sell current PlayStation Portables. It looks like the revamped PSP without the UMD disc format is on its way. But how will we put games into the thing?
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by Mike Bantick
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Microsoft has announced an Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition console bundle. It’s red! I wonder if it will go faster?
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by Mike Bantick
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In the face of the new Nintendo DSi about to hit western markets, Sony have pulled out the chocks on a launch of fresh big-named titles coming to the PlayStation Portable. LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm, a new Buzz and more are heading for the Sony portable this year.
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by Mike Bantick
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Who is not holding a showcase of their wares now days? Well not to be outdone by the likes of Blizzard, Codemasters recently held their own showcase day. Showing off Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising and FUEL along with new details of other Codemasters games.
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by Mike Bantick
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It is a little like two diva’s going at each other in the tabloids, but the old girl SingStar (for the PlayStation) has looked at the up and coming Lips (for the Xbox 360) and said; “Well if you can go wireless, so can I”.
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by Mike Bantick
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Operation Flashpoint was a scary game, a first person shooter for sensible people that realised it takes only one bullet to kill. It meant, some serious planning needed to go into your operations. OFP was a fair way ahead of its time technically as well, and the follow-up Dragon Rising is being built with the same ideals. Check out the enclosed developer diary video.
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by Mike Bantick
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Sony announce an Australian themed Buzz titles; Buzz: Brain Of Oz. But I thought Australians knew everything.
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