LG, Warner, Sony bundling 3D Blu-rays with TVs, players
(via After Dawn) - Warner Home Video has said this week that it has partnered up with LG and Sony to offer 3D Blu-rays bundled with select Blu-ray 3D players, 3D HDTVs and 3D projectors. A few of the new 3D Blu-rays being bundled are Imax Under the Sea 3D, Imax Space Station 3D and Imax Deep Sea 3D.
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Shogun 2: Total War Really Looks This Good? Clips
(via Kotaku) - The Creative Assembly knows how to make Japanese real-time strategy very attractive, going by this new Shogun 2: Total War cinematic trailer that was "captured in-game." Based on Shogun 2's gorgeous artwork and screens, it shouldn't be that surprising.
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The Modern War Gear Solid Saga Continues Clips
(via Kotaku) -- The ultimate paramilitary crossover continues in part two of Modern War Gear Solid. "Ghost, get in my box!" More »
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Aonuma Explains Zelda: Skyward Sword's Painterly Art Style
(via 1up) - When Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword at E3 back in June, you would have been forgiven for thinking at first glance the graphical style was simply a compromise between Wind Waker's cel-shading and Twilight Princess's more realistic design.
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Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock Also Features These 22 Tunes Activision
(via Kotaku) - In addition to more than 20 minutes worth of Rush, the next Guitar Hero will feature these 22 newly revealed songs, ranging from the darn good Blue Oyster Cult's "Burnin' For You" to the ear-searing "Unskinny Bop" by Poison.
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BioWare Lending a Hand on Darkspore
(via 1up) - EA debuted Darkspore last week, an RPG hybrid that mixes with elements from Maxis' own Spore game. While Maxis' expertise is centered squarely in the sim genre, the developer is apparently getting some help from RPG mainstay BioWare.
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Chatroulette perverts beware,your IP may be collected
(via After Dawn) - Chatroulette, the online video chat room, has announced this week that is taking steps to clean up the service, which has been riddled by sexual perverts, threatening those who regularly expose themselves on the service. Founder Andrey Ternovskiy said this week that the company is now collecting evidence, and will contact law enforcement if need be.
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Infinity Ward Founders West & Zampella Will Speak At QuakeCon 2010 Id Software
(via Kotaku) - This year's gathering of first-person shooter diehards at Quakecon will feature more than just id Software's Quake, Doom and Rage. Bethesda's showing up too, armed with Brink. More surprising is an appearance by the former heads of Infinity Ward.
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Mass Effect Studio Needs To Sell 10 Million Units Bioware
(via Kotaku) -- One million used to be the bar. Then two. Then three. Mass Effect developer BioWare isn't stopping there. More »
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Five Flicks The Gears Of War Movie Should Ape Gears Of War
(via Kotaku) -- That's right, the Gears of War movie is going back to the drawing board. The game's designer, Cliff Bleszinski, said the aim was to have the feature film version "more like District 9". More »
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PS3 firmware 3.41 causing lot's of problems?
(via QJ) -- It looks like the latest PS3 firmware 3.41 did not only add a nifty new feature on Sony's hardware, it also introduced some new problems on the console, especially for those who are trying to upgrade their
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Fan-made Gears of War 3 Trailer Attempts To Outdo The Official One Clips
(via Kotaku) - Can fans take the Gears of War teaser formula and make it better? You know the formula, right? Grim, in-game capture of cinematic footage plus stark, haunting music plus COGs versus insurmountable odds equals great Gears of War ad.
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Wii Party Returns to #1 on Japanese Software Charts
(via 1up) - The Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS have dominated the charts for another week in Japan. Nintendo's Wii Party returned to the #1 spot according to the Media Create rankings ending July 25, displacing the recently released Fire Emblem remake (via Gamasutra).
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All You Need To Know About Warriors Of Rock's Quest Mode Clips
(via Kotaku) -- Technically all you need to know about the Quest Mode in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is that Gene Simmons from Kiss is in it, but some additional information on the Warriors and their powers doesn't hurt. More »
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It's Like Lego Star Wars, But With Marvel Heroes And The Infinity Gauntlet Preview
(via Kotaku) - Thanos wants the Infinity Gauntlet. That's the plot to a Marvel comic my friends read in 90s as well as for Marvel Super Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, a fall game that gives Spider-Man, Hulk and friends the Lego game treatment.
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The War On Phallic Graffiti Note
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Sony Releases Pair of New Firmware Updates
(via PS3 informer) -- The PSP and PS3 systems each received a firmware update this week, although the new code adds little in the way of functionality. The new PS3 Update 3.1 adds recommendations for games and videos on the Playstation store. This feature...
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Correction: BioWare Not Involved With DarkSpore
(via 1up) - Yesterday 1UP reported, via information from GameSpot, that Dragon Age and The Old Republic developer BioWare was involved in the development of the Electronic Arts game DarkSpore. We'd like to make a correction to that report -- BioWare is not involved in the game.
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Gears Of War Movie More Like District 9 Hollywood
(via Kotaku) -- Third-person shooter Gears of War looked set to get the Hollywood treatment until the movie's director Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) decided to focus his attention on another motion picture. More »
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Update: Firmware 3.41 is now live
(via PS3 vault) - Firmware update 3.41 is now available to download. This firmware is extremely light on features, however the newest feature is the ability to recommend games and items for people on the PlayStation Store. Aside from that, no other notable features are included in this firmware update.
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You May Like, The Next PlayStation 3 Firmware Update PS3
(via Kotaku) - Someday soon, you'll be asked to update your PlayStation 3's software. When you do, you'll be ready for the PlayStation Store's new "recommendations" feature. Consider it a new way for you to be sold things via the console's PlayStation Network.
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Deadliest Warrior: The Game Review
(via 1up) - Strip the internet of all the pornography, box cat videos, and idiotic Facebook status updates and you're pretty much left with one thing: lots and lots of "Who would win" forum threads. From what I can tell, the only thing more universally appealing than conflict is conflict that's extremely unlikely or altogether impossible -- like we're hard-wired to argue about whether a bear could take a shark or something.
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Valve Bans Modern Warfare Players By Mistake, Apologizes With Free Left 4 Dead 2 Steam
(via Kotaku) - Were you wrongfully accused of cheating and summarily banned from the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 recently? You weren't the only one. Valve's anti-cheat software goofed and they're offering free copies of Left 4 Dead 2 as an apology.
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Deployed To PC Thq
(via Kotaku) -- The PC will still be alive and thriving in the year 40,000, it seems. THQ is adding Windows-based PCs to the list of platforms it will support for the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, due in "early 2011." More »
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Final Fantasy XIV ESRB Rating Warns Against Putting Your Manhood In The Forge ESRB Rating
(via Kotaku) - Warning! The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has passed judgement on Final Fantasy XIV, warning potential players against boozing, whoring, upskirts, euphemisms for masturbation, and creative ways to endanger a penis.
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Japan's Weekly Hardware Race Starts & Ends With PSP Console Taisen
(via Kotaku) -- After taking a back seat to the Nintendo DSi LL for a few weeks in Japan, the PSP is back on top, outselling Nintendo's recently cheapened platform. That said... More »
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While You're Waiting On The Space War, Here's The Shogun War Gallery
(via Kotaku) - While you're waiting for your chance to play some sci-fi real-time strategy, why not browse through some lovely screens and concept art from Shogun 2: Total War, visiting a simpler time, when war didn't involve zergling rushes.
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One Of These World Warriors Doesn't Belong Comic-Con 2010
(via Kotaku) -- A Twilight cosplayer—aligned with Team Jacob and apparently in Big Head mode—proves that werewolves don't belong in the Street Fighter line-up. Spotted outside the Capcom booth at Comic-Con 2010. More »
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Super Street Fighter IV's Downloadable Wardrobe Expands This Fall Comic-Con 2010
(via Kotaku) - Overshadowed by the reveal of Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono's commitment to costumes. Yes, there will be more downloadable costumes.
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A Closer Look At DC's StarCraft II & World of WarCraft Toys Comic-Con 2010
(via Kotaku) -- DC Direct knows how to put together a video game toy. The collectible and toy maker is tackling the soon to be released StarCraft II and even more characters from World of Warcraft for its next lines. More »
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