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Zune 120GB Gears of War 2 Special Edition

By Staff Editor and Vincent Nguyen on Thursday, Nov 6th 2008 1 Comment

Last year Microsoft launched their Halo 3 edition Zune in celebration of the release of what was one of the biggest Xbox 360 titles to date. This year they are doing it again with the release of the Zune Gears of War Special Edition Zune 120GB.

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Football Manager 2009 demo is available now

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Nov 3rd 2008 1 Comment

If you’re big into video games but not so much into simulations, you’ll probably love the newest PC game, Football Manager 2009. With a demo now available from Sports Interactive, you can take on the role of a soccer team manager.

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Lord of the Rings Online expansion due on November 18th

By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Oct 9th 2008 No Comments

Fans of MMOs listen up! Looks like the month of November is a generally good month for you. Not only is the World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King coming out on November 13th. Now, the Lord of the Rings expansion is due to be released on November 18th!

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Mega Man 9 coming to consoles within two weeks

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Sep 22nd 2008 No Comments

mm91 There are a lot of gamers out there that only want the latest and greatest first-person shooters or epic releases, but others love to look back fondly at the classics that got us to this point. For those, there is Mega Man 9.

Capcom has just announced the North American release dates for Mega Man 9 and regardless of your console preference, you should be covered within the next two weeks or so.

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Gunnar Optiks shades just for gamers

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Sep 2nd 2008 2 Comments

Gunnar Optiks are known for their specialty computer glasses but now it seems they’ve set their sights on the devoted gamer. Yes, that’s right game junkies: you may be able to get your very own pair of game tailored glasses soon.

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Silver Nintendo DS Lite spotted

By Emily Price on Thursday, Aug 28th 2008 2 Comments

It looks like the silver Nintendo DS Lite rumors may be true. A leaked Best Buy ad features the yet to be officially announced silver DS for $129.99.

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Aly and AJ to release guitar controllers

By Emily Price on Thursday, Aug 28th 2008 No Comments

If you’ve got a teenage girl at home, then chances are you’ve been exposed, at some point, to teen rock idols Aly and AJ. The blonde sisters have their own album, have starred on television programs, and are now releasing their very own guitar controllers.

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AMD to support three new DirectX 10.1 games

By Emily Price on Wednesday, Aug 27th 2008 1 Comment

amd1 AMD has announced support for three new games. The graphics cards will be used in EA Phenomic Studio’s game Battleforge, Sega’s Stormrise, and NHN Games’ Cloud 9. All three of the games will be using DirectX 10.1. The games that are expected to use the cards and Direct 10.1 together range from strategy games, to a sci-fi title.

Computers need to be using Windows Vista in order to take full advantage of DirectX 10.1, but DirectX is compliant with AMD’s 3000 and 4800 series cards. According to the companies public statement “Only AMD graphics offer top-to-bottom DirectX 10.1 support”.

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NVIDIA PhysX technology used in Shattered Horizon

By Emily Price on Wednesday, Aug 27th 2008 No Comments

nvidia2 NVIDIA has announced that Futuremark games will be using NVIDIA PhysX technology for its new first-person shooter, Shattered Horizon. The game is a first-person shooter that simulates a zero-gravity environment.

Jukka Makinen, Head of Futuremark Games Studio said “Shattered Horizon has a real space setting that offers gameplay, tactics, and freedom of movement that cannot be found in any other shooter…PhysX is essential in helping our game designers create a realistic and fun zero-gravity combat experience”

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4x Quad Charge Station for Wii Controllers

By Emily Price on Tuesday, Aug 26th 2008 No Comments

The 4X Quad Charge Station for Wii is designed to recharge four of your Wii remotes simultaneously. The device uses high capacity Li-Ion Polymer Rechargeable Batteries, with each battery can providing 13 hours of playtime per remote.

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