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Microsoft faces red ring of death Xbox 360 lawsuit

October 16, 2008, 2:00 pm by Simon Munk 4 comments

Filed under Gaming Tags: lawsuit, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, Nintendo Wiii, red ring of death, rrod, Sony PS3, videogames console, X360

According to documents and news reports filed in a class action against Microsoft in a Sacramento County Superior Court, the company knew in November 2005 that over 50 per cent from the first sales batch were defective.

Kiss privacy goodbye as mobile bug tracks your every move

October 16, 2008, 1:30 pm by Chris Haslam Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: advertising, ALCATEL, chips, Integrated Media Measurement, Mobile phone, Motorola, News, privacy, Sony

Wrap yourself in tin-foil and head for the desert because media research company Integrated Media Measurement have started to embed tracking chips in mobiles that monitors everything you watch, buy and interact with.

Blizzard not “milking” Starcraft II trilogy… oh yes they are!

October 14, 2008, 2:00 pm by Simon Munk 8 comments

Filed under Gaming Tags: Blizzard, Edge Magazine, expansion pack, Grand Theft Auto IV, GTA IV, News, spore, Starcraft II, videogames, world of warcraft

Blizzard, the developer behind eagerly anticipated realtime strategy title Starcraft II has denied accusations from fans that they are trying to extract more money from their pockets by releasing the game as three separate episodes.

Blackberry Pearl Flip: first reviews

October 14, 2008, 12:30 pm by Simon Munk Leave your comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: cellphone, clamshell, Gizmodo, Mobile phone, News, review, RIM Blackberry Flip, Wired

RIM’s Blackberry first clamshell, the Pearl Flip, is just out in the US. And the first reviews are hitting the web now. But we’ve done the hard work for you and found out what everyone’s saying…

Pro Evolution Soccer creator would use FIFA engine if he could

October 14, 2008, 10:18 am by Simon Munk Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: 2009, EA, Electronic Arts, FIFA, football, News, Pro Evo, Pro Evolution Soccer, Seabass, soccer, Takatsuka, videogames

In an interview with CVG, Shingo “Seabass” Takatsuka, creator of the Pro Evolution Soccer series (currently prepping the 2009 edition for release), has said he would use rival FIFA’s game engine if he could.

Japan goes (a bit) Xbox 360 crazy

October 13, 2008, 12:22 pm by Simon Munk Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: consoles, Japan, Microsoft, News, PS3, Sony, videogames, X360, Xbox 360

Well, according to Microsoft it does. The Tokyo Game Show this weekend has been a hotbed of Microsoft employee quotables, stats releases and game announcements on how well the Xbox 360 is doing over there. Here they all are in one easily digestible package:

Spore gets expansion pack already?! Creepy & Cute coming November

October 13, 2008, 10:09 am by Simon Munk 1 comment

Filed under Gaming, Robots Tags: aliens, Electronic Arts, expansion pack, News, PC game, spore, videogame, will wright

When will this expansion pack madness end? Following the strategy it has adopted with The Sims, Electronic Arts is to release its first expansion pack for Spore in November 18, according to a listing that was briefly placed on its own US download store (and following brief listings on US Amazon and other retailers).

T-Mobile G1 pre-order stock runs dry

October 7, 2008, 3:00 pm by Chris Haslam 3 comments

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: Android, G1, handset, launch, Mobile phone, News, official, pre-order, sales, T-Mobile

If you haven’t ordered your hawt new T-Mobile G1 Android phone… it’s too late. The phone operator has announced that pre-order sales for the G1 Android handset have been three times greater than expected and it won’t promise to ship any more before the official US launch on 22nd October.