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PS3 version 1.90 Firmware is out in EU now

By Gavin Mannion
July 24, 2007 - 18 years ago

The PS3 has a new update waiting for you when you connect. Sony is continuing with their staggered updates and now we have version 1.90 available. Unfortunately no ingame XMB yet, that is expected in version 2 and so is customised soundtracks.. • Ability to rearrange games on the XMB• Option menu now includes “eject disk”• Press triangle to eject games/CDs/movies in the …

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LittleBigPlanet – So confusing

By Gavin Mannion
July 23, 2007 - 18 years ago

I just don’t know what to make of this game. One week it looks stupid and pointless and then the next week I am chomping at the bit to get the game… PSU.com has another write up about LBP and this has once again gotten me really excited about this game. Their summary LittleBigPlanet is one of those rare examples …

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Call of Duty 4 released on 9th of November 2007

By Gavin Mannion
July 23, 2007 - 18 years ago

Well the subject says it all doesn’t it? There really isn’t much else to say apart from that some (French?) site is reporting an unnamed source claiming that COD4 is being released on the 9th of November to PAL areas… I can’t wait for this game it is looking awesome…  Hey that’s an idea … watch a video about it …

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Best E3 07 Hardware

By Gavin Mannion
July 23, 2007 - 18 years ago

I found this very professional video embedded above from Gametrailers.com. It is their best of show (E3) hardware awards… which is based purely on games.. which would be software? Anyway it’s a great watch. If you are wondering what all the consoles have coming up and only have 2 minutes to spare take a look. You may be suprised at who …

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Response to 6 reasons why the 360 is in trouble

By Gavin Mannion
July 21, 2007 - 18 years ago

Gamepro.com has an article detailing 6 reasons why the 360 is in trouble at the moment. I thought I would take a shot at responding to it… lets see how this goes. 1. It’s unreliable…. According to gamepro gamers are unwilling to fork out $300-$400 on a console that is unreliable. Well I completely agree that it is unreliable but I am not sure how …

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Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Plunge 60%

By Gavin Mannion
July 21, 2007 - 18 years ago

Not good news for Microsoft but InformationWeek.com is reporting that sales of the 360 are down 60% compared to the same quarter last year. That is bad news no matter how you spin it. So why has this happened? Well the highly publicised reliability problems must be a part of it, the rumour of a price drop coming towards the end …

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Unreal Engine 3, Half-Baked, Broken and Late?

By Gavin Mannion
July 20, 2007 - 18 years ago

Ouch Kotaku.com has a scathing article about the Unreal Engine. According to a lawsuit filed by Silicon Knights Epic appears to have simply taken-in millions of dollars in license fees from Silicon Knights and other developers, and provided them in return with vastly less than the entirety of the Engine, let alone all parts of the Engine that are necessary …

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Gears of War vs Unreal Tournament 3

By Gavin Mannion
July 20, 2007 - 18 years ago

Well it’s not quite a head to head but what better way to start a Friday other than watching a video about the two best looking F/TPS games around at the moment.. I personally prefer the look of Gears and the gameplay of Unreal so I have no favourites at the moment. UT is one of the biggest blockbuster releases …

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Xbox 360 game being developed in South Africa

By Gavin Mannion
July 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

After a long hiatus Waggy over at Wagy’s world has decided to start blogging again… For those of you who don’t know, Waggy is somewhat of a minor celebrity in the console gaming circle of South Africa… I (Waggy) returned to Johannesburg to start I-Imagine, South Africa’s first console game development company where we created the first Xbox, PS2 & PSP …

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Interview with LittleBigPlanet Developer

By Gavin Mannion
July 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

Gametrailers.com has posted a video interwith with Alex Evans, one of the lead developers of LittleBigPlanet. I am still in two minds about this game, I have to play it… there is no doubting that but I am still worried that it might just suck badly. I mean what is the actual point? This interview game me some more confidence …

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No Halo 3 co-op over Live…. Damn

By Gavin Mannion
July 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

This is not official yet but the very strong rumours are that Bungie has not been able to get co-op working over Live properly and will drop it now. I think this means you can kiss the rumours of a 4 player co-op goodbye for good. According Frank O’Conner We know that people want it and we’re trying to make …

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Microsoft execs getting edgy

By Gavin Mannion
July 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

Shame it seems that the constant heckling over the past few weeks has gotten to a few Microsoft execs… First Peter Moore quits and now Jeff Bell has be caught insulting forum members. After Master Ninja insulted Jeff’s presentation skills he received an anonymous private message stating… And your contribution to society is…what? Being forum members with nothing better to do …

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