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Remember back in March when analysts were talking about how the release of Grand Theft Auto IV might cause potential viewers to skip out on seeing Iron Man on opening weekend? Well if they did choose to stay home, no one noticed.
According to the sales figures for opening weekend, the Marvel flick managed to pull [...]
There are few things that get old-school gamers excited more than an awesome remake of a classic game. And there is no game that has been asking for a remake more than Final Fantasy VII. If you’ve never played it and get any enjoyment out of an RPG, then just trust me and go find [...]
Intel are having trouble meeting demand for their ultra-efficient Atom mobile processor, according to a report in the WSJ. While the company claims to be on-track to produce millions of the chips before the end of the year, demand has exceeded expectations. The Atom is currently being used in the ASUS Eee ultraportable, among others.
I’m sure that there are some of you that decided to forgo the lines at your favorite game stores today and decided to have your copy of Grand Theft Auto IV shipped directly to your house. Unfortunately some UPS employees would have your copy of the game to themselves.
Portal is one of those games that just kind of came out of nowhere. It was included in the Orange Box and just seemed like an extra bonus game. However, once you started playing it, you realized that the game was actually compiled of pure awesome. There were only two issues that I had with [...]
I can’t honestly remember the last time I’ve gone into Blockbuster looking to rent games. I do seem to recall renting a Nintendo 64 there a while back. I have purchased a used game or two from them when searching for something to watch, but again, that’s been some time ago, as I don’t usually [...]
I would have to say that one of the longest-running jokes in gaming has to be Duke Nukem Forever. The game has been in development since sometime in the 1850’s and will be released whenever 3D Realms is good and ready. We’ve seen hints that the game is still being worked on and is getting [...]
Processor manufacturer AMD is being forced to field criticism from some users, after reports of compatibility issues between a number of their quad-core Phenom X4 chips and motherboards using a certain chipset. The company confirmed that the issue arises when the 9750 and 9850 Phenom processors, which have a Thermal Design Power (the maximum [...]
Last week I showed you the cover of Okami for the Wii, which happened to include a watermark from IGN. That was bad, and we were all pretty shocked that it managed to slip through the cracks at Capcom. They’ve since made up for it by offering a free replacement cover. However, it has just [...]
The high-definition disc format war may be over, but the real losers aren’t those who bought HD-DVD players but Toshiba, the company behind the bested standard. The company has announced today that their net profit this past quarter dropped an astonishing 95-percent, thanks to losses prompted by the format pull-out. Overall, net profit [...]
