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by Mike Bantick
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Activision and Treyarch are taking the next instalment of the excellent Call of Duty franchise back to WWII, adding the South Pacific to the theatres of conflict. You are one click away from a bunch of concept art, screen shots and further details in the next chapter. Prepare for Call of Duty: World at War.
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by Mike Bantick
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Due for release this [southern] spring, Activision have released a bunch of screen shots and instrument photos from Guitar Hero: World Tour to drool over while you wait. The new guitar looks particularly hot.
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by Mike Bantick
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A geeks dream is about to be realised; wield the Wii-mote as a lightsaber in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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by Mike Bantick
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Remember Earth Hour? Back in March this year when we switched off all our lights and electrical equipment at home, except the fridge, oh and the Plasma TV because the football was on. Well a new campaign to return some power to the grid is ready to launch. Computers Off Australia wants us to lift our fingers a little at home time.
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by Davey Winder
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The amount of music piracy amongst teenagers in the UK has reached epidemic proportions judging by a new survey, with illegal downloads to iPods the main source. New figures show that the number of illegal tracks on iPods is staggering.
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by Mike Bantick
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Nintendo have released Wii Menu version 3.3 for download to all those little blue lit gaming consoles. With this small update Nintendo introduce some Mii tweeks and more importantly closes some piracy methods including Freeloader and the Zelda hack.
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by Mike Bantick
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In the UK alone, women on household fitness crazes’ such as Wii Fit are getting carried away, the damage bill so far? AU$41.5 million.
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by Mike Bantick
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The Nintendo Wii is still king-o-the-hill, but after narrowly losing out to the Xbox 360 during April, the Sony PlayStation 3 has powered past its Microsoft rival to post a big sales win during May.
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by Mike Bantick
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Oh hardy har har!. The [very] soon to be released PlayStation 3 exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4 contains a nice little cut scene poking fun at rival console disc formats. Seems MGS4 will remain a PS3 exclusive with little digs like this contained herein.
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by Mike Bantick
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Activision are set to completely destroy our fingers with Guitar Hero III download content in June. Look out for tracks from Sex Pistols, Motorhead and the Kaiser Chiefs from the Isle of Wight festival.
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by Stuart Corner
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Music legend Peter Gabriel might seem an unlikely candidate to launch a personalised entertainment content filtering system based on Bayesian mathematics, but apparently he's also something to a technology pioneer to boot.
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by Mike Bantick
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The movie version of the show I watched as a kid is due for release soon, but from today gamers can experience Speed Racer: The videogame.
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by Mike Bantick
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Following on from the Aerosmith themed Guitar Hero release, comes the Metallica fans chance for Guitar Herodom.
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by Mike Bantick
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It has finally happened; the Nintendo Wii has overtaken the Microsoft Xbox 360 install base over in the America’s.
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by Mike Bantick
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Electronic Arts have thrown the cloak back and given details on the Warhammer Online Collectors Edition.
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by Mike Bantick
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In a genre loaded with titles such as Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden II, Dragon Ball Z: burst Limit and more, can the venerable Street Fighter franchise muscle onto the current generation of platforms with Street Fighter IV? Some details have emerged.
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by Stephen Withers
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The long awaited online Home service for PlayStation 3 appears to be getting closer with the successful test of a new virtual online service. Sony hosted an invitation-only event in Home's Media and Events Space last week for an undisclosed number of guests drawn from the 10,000 PS3 users participating in the closed beta.
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by Stephen Withers
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Think you're a hot shot of the simulated racing circuit? Sony's giving you the chance to see how well you can transfer those skills to the tarmac.
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