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Sony may not rumble soon

By Gavin Mannion
June 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

Well this rumble story just got interesting. We all know that Immersion and Sony recently kissed and made up which meant we are all now waiting for a rumbling SIXAXIS.  Well this morning it is being reported that a third party may stop this from happening, the third party being Microsoft… It looks like Microsoft have pulled a brilliant sneaky …

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360 not unstable

By Gavin Mannion
June 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

Not that anyone believes them but Microsoft in the guise of Todd Holmdahl has come out and stated that they do not have a high defect rate on the 360 at all… Yeah right Todd… Anyway he did make one statement that is very accurate.  We’re very proud of the box. We think the vast majority of people are having just a great experience. You …

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Call of Juarez – the best textures on Xbox 360 so far?

By Gavin Mannion
June 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

  Someone has picked up that the textures in the little know Call of Juarez are possibly the best ever out of all the Xbox 360 games so far… yes that includes Gears. Click the image to see the full size file and let me know what you think…. Link to MAXCONSOLE – XBOX 360 – Call of Juarez – …

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Unreal Tournament 3 – PS3 Timed Exclusive

By Gavin Mannion
June 19, 2007 - 18 years ago

Hey good news for the PS3 fans, it seems that Sony have managed to secure the exclusive (timed) rights to Unreal Tournament 3. This would be developed by Epic, you know the guy who made Gears of War that runaway mega smash for the Xbox 360…. So if this does turn out to be completely true it would be a great steal for Sony….  Yet …

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Sony Sizes Up Xbox Live

By Gavin Mannion
June 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

Next-gen.biz has a little interview with Eric Lempel who is the director of PlayStation Network operations. The first thing that smacks you in the face is the following quote   Microsoft had a year jump on us for the launch and essentially we’re offering a lot of the same stuff. I don’t think there’s a big difference in exactly what we’re offering …

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Rumbling SIXAXIS? No Comment

By Gavin Mannion
June 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

So stories are leaking out of Sony HQ think and fast about the new rumble enabled SIXAXIS. When questioned about it though Sony have continually stated that they are not commenting on this old gen feature… Personally I am not buying a PS3 until the controllers rumble and weigh a little more. It’s just not cricket the way it is at the moment. We …

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Blockbuster massively expands Blu-ray support

By Gavin Mannion
June 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

In what may turn out to be a crucial move Blockbuster has decided that it is going to expand it’s HD offering to all 1400 (US) stores. However it is dropping it’s HD-DVD line and going exclusively Blu-Ray. The senior vice president of purchasing, Matthew Smith, has said that 70% of all HD rentals had been Blu-Ray and he cannot ignore those …

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RUMOUR: Fox may make the Halo movie

By Gavin Mannion
June 18, 2007 - 18 years ago

Okay remember everyone this is a rumour only. Fox has recently picked up the licensing rights to advertise Halo 3 worldwide which has caused Myarcadeplanet.com to speculate that they may indeed back a full length movie. Personally I don’t see how this can’t happen. Halo 3 is most probably going to be the biggest selling entertainment launch of the year beating …

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PS3 price cut confirmed?

By Gavin Mannion
June 16, 2007 - 18 years ago

Howard Stringer has told the London based Financial Times “That price cuts is what we are studying at the moment. That’s what we are trying to refine” If that isn’t a confirmation of a price cut on the way I don’t know what is? But once again Sony seems to fail with it’s communication with the media. Here’s a hint Howard, …

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Analyst predicts Blu-ray, HD DVD obsolete in five years

By Gavin Mannion
June 16, 2007 - 18 years ago

Yet another analyst is predicting that the latest HD format war is a waste of time. But this one is slightly different as it’s HD-DVD’s biggest backer who is saying it. Yup that’s right Microsoft has come out and said that neither side will win the format war as optical discs are going to be obsolete in 5 years anyway.  They are currently backing …

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Microsoft's E3 lineup

By Gavin Mannion
June 16, 2007 - 18 years ago

So a ‘manager’ from the E3 event has leaked the Microsoft line up for the new mini-E3 event which is coming up. – Microsoft start first at 6.30pm GMT+0:00. (Fact)– New Crimson Skies game to be announced.– Bungie working on new title/series not related to anything in the Halo/Marathon Universe.– Epic Games to show some form of Gears of War …

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Xbox 360 vs PS3 Graphics – Version 2

By Gavin Mannion
June 16, 2007 - 18 years ago

The guys over at Gamespot seriously have the best jobs… They have once again been putting two of our favourite consoles against each other and documenting the results for us all to see….  If you remember about 6 months ago they did this as well and in that comparison the Xbox 360 was the winner all round, however 6 months is a long time …

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