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New PS3 model coming soon – Price drop confirmed

By Gavin Mannion
July 9, 2007 - 19 years ago

So I reported a few days ago about the impending PS3 price drop. Well Sony has now officially confirmed the $100 price drop and have also announced that a new model will be hitting our shelves in the coming month. The new model will have a 80Gb hard drive and… no that’s about it. I have absolutely no idea why they didn’t increase …

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Rock Band 360 exclusive?

By Gavin Mannion
July 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

After the jump there is a scanned copy of the Rock Band E3 media invitation… You will see on the bottom there is a pile of logo’s for every company that has every looked at Rock Band… Though we seem to be missing a very important logo… There is no mention of Sony or the PS3 at all… What are …

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Top 10 Things Female Gamers Hear on XBL

By Gavin Mannion
July 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

Gaming Today has a nice 10 point list of the most common things female gamers here on Xbox Live… Are you a girl? You can’t be a girl. Everybody knows girls don’t play video games. Are you playing on your brother’s/boyfriend’s account? You must be a fat and ugly since you play video games. Shouldn’t you be playing Barbie Horse …

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Hour of Victory – Abysmal

By Gavin Mannion
July 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

Now I just posted about a local competition to win a copy of Hour of Victory and bokka1 was kind enough to post a link to Metacritic for this game… To quote you can probably get a few moments of joy from Hour of Victory. Like when you return it to EB for store credit. – IGN Technically unsound, with many glitches; …

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Hour Of Victory – Competition

By Gavin Mannion
July 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

Straight from the Blurb Hour of Victory, available exclusively for Xbox 360 in July 2007, allows you to play a key role in the pivotal and cinematic battles from the European and North African theaters of World War II, using the skills and gameplay style you choose. Sneak into enemy territory as a covert operative, storm the gates as a …

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Dress like a Ninja! – Win a PS3

By Gavin Mannion
July 6, 2007 - 19 years ago

EntertainmentAfrica.com is running a really cool competition to win a PS3. All you need to do is dress like a Ninja.. Yup that is it.. You can do it by yourself or you and your 100 ninja buddies can all dress up and enter together… Not sure who’s going to get the PS3 if you do that but I am …

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Xbox 360 shipments fail to reach target

By Gavin Mannion
July 6, 2007 - 19 years ago

The CFO of Microsoft, Chris Liddell, admitted in a conference call yesterday that the Xbox 360 has missed it’s targets. Originally expected to sell 12 million by the end of June instead it has only shipped 11.6 million. According to most estiamtes the 360 has sold between 10.1 million and 11.3 million So if you go with the second estimate they are …

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Latest Japanese Hardware Chart – Last week of June 2007

By Gavin Mannion
July 6, 2007 - 19 years ago

So the Japanese sales charts are in and the PS3 has finally broken through the 10,000 barrier again… Wii 75,919 (Up 10,000)PS3 11,914 (up 2,400)360  3,154 (down 200) So the obvious realy winner is once again Nintendo which is now outselling the PS3 7:1 in Japan… The 360 is stable at a paltry 3k and the PS3 is hovering around the 10k …

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PS3 price drop to $499 on July 12

By Gavin Mannion
July 6, 2007 - 19 years ago

What a night, first Microsoft come out with their new 3 year hardware warranty and now this. Kotaku.com spotted an advertisement for a PS3 at Circuit City for $499 yesterday. GameDaily.biz then contacted Sony Entertainment America and has been told by an anonymous merchandise manager that the price drop is true. The PS3 is going to cost $499 in the US from the 12th …

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Xbox 360 Warranty increased to 3 years – Official

By Gavin Mannion
July 5, 2007 - 19 years ago

In a move that can only be commended Microsoft has announced today that all Xbox 360’s now have a 3 year warranty on hardware failures. Over and above that Microsoft is going to reimburse anyone who has had to pay for a repair on their Xbox 360… This warranty is global which hopefully includes South Africa this time 🙂 Link to …

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Medal of Honor Airborne delayed on PS3

By Gavin Mannion
July 5, 2007 - 19 years ago

In what is turning out to be yet another bad media day for Sony it has been revealed that the much hyped Medal of Honour has now been delayed on the PS3. This highly acclaimed WWII FPS by EA is hitting the Xbox 360 shelves on the 28th of August 2007. Currently there is no news on when the PS3 version will arrive… I am …

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Beautiful Katamari Damacy cancelled on PS3

By Gavin Mannion
July 5, 2007 - 19 years ago

Yet another title has decided not to grace the latest Sony platform…. Beautiful Katamari Damacy was meant to be released on all the next gen consoles but the developers have now decided to only release it on the Wii and 360 instead. Personally this doesn’t make a blind bit of difference to me but it is yet another blow to the PS3’s hopes, …

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