The SWGEmu team has just announced that they will be going through with plans to launch a fully playable beta test server for the new Star Wars Galaxies Emulation Project. This beta test will take place sometime in the first quarter of 2009. The announcement was made on the team’s message board just yesterday.
Two brothers living in Waukesha reportedly choked, cut and stabbed each other when they fought over a Playstation 2 video game controller. Waukesha Police are recommending that charges be brought against both brothers who violently acted out of anger.
ReSolve, the appointed administrator of Free Radical, has told Edge that there has already been a “significant interest” shown in the purchase of this video game developer. Free Radical was just officially placed into administration just a few hours after they refused entry to staff members.
3D technology is taking its toll on Blu-ray player, live sport game and soon will grow into PS3 game console. Not a rumor, source has reveled Sony’s plan to support stereoscopic 3D gaming and Blu-ray 3D movies on their bread-n-butter PS3 game console next year with Blitz Games Studios’s Blitz Tech 3D engine.
Blizzard has released the first of what is to be a series of Starcraft 2 battle reports. This video is a match from the alpha version of the game – narrated by lead designer Dustin Browder and e-Sports team member Robert Simpson – in which Matt Cooper and David Kim play a 1-on-1 match as Protoss and Terrran.
There’s a special place in our hearts for bizarre Japanese toys, and Tuttuki Bako is just one such gadget. Starting from the basic premise that a Tamagochi would be much more fun if you could actually jab at it with your finger, Bandai have dropped a small endearing blob-creature into a box and given you a hole to poke a digit in at it. Akihabara, in the name of science, picked one up and had a play.
Video demo after the cut
There were recent rumors from many places including GamesIndustry.biz that UK video game developer Free Radical Design is closing their doors. Well it appears that that is not the case, the company has instead gone into administration. This will allow the company to continue operating even though they are not able to actively pay their debts.
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Saving money is a financial strategy, but Takara Tomy says it does not have to be that boring. The toys company created a personal finance RPG game called Osaifu Saver that turns finance tracking into a fun activity.
Not an exciting game I would look forward to, but an extra dimension will be added and broadcasted live in next week NFL’s match-up in between Raiders and Chargers. The league has teamed up with 3ality Digital and Real D 3D to bring NFL’s first ever live broadcast game in 3D. It will be available at three theaters, one each in the location of Los Angeles , New York and Boston.
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