Second Life is becoming synonymous with bad news, as the euphoria about a shared virtual community gives way to a very first-life phenomenon: complaining!
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Sony is preparing to release an 80GB version of the PS3 next month but only in South Korea because North Korea has no use for such things. What other features it may have in addition to the larger hard drive remain a mystery and a Sony spokesperson will not say when the 80GB version will go on sale in other markets, namely Europe and the US.
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Sega, overlord of gaming titles such as Sonic the Hedgehog,  Virtua Fighter,  Phantasy Star Universe,  Virtua Tennis, and lets not forget, Ecco the Dolphin, has just signed a deal with Epic, the creators of the Unreal 3 Engine, buying usage rights for forthcoming projects.  Just imagine, within a very short time we might see  Marcus Fenix in a mini skirt, serving it up to Serena Williams, or even better…riding along with Ecco!
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Blizzard shocked the world Saturday, announcing their newest game title would be Starcraft 2. “The epic interplanetary battle between the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg will take on new dimensions,” Blizzard promised on their web page, adding a new slogan at the bottom of its StarCraft page.
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Look away PlayStation 3 (PS3) fans, what you’re about to read will not bring you joy. The latest sales figures from the NPD Group show that the Nintendo Wii outsold the PS3 four to one in the US market in April.
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Microsoft wanted to give XBox owners what they craved most — a sneak preview of Halo 3. But the first day of the game’s 21-day beta release was plagued with access problems.
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Sony finally announced plans for the one thing the PS3 has been lacking: new games! They struck fast, announcing 34 PS3 titles coming up in the next year.
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The PS3 costs $600 and a lot of people aren’t willing to pay $600 for a console. That may be about to change according to game analyst Michael Patcher. He seems to think there may be a price cut in the PS3’s future. Right now he thinks it will occur by the end of the year but may happen as early as this summer.
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Nintendo is experimenting with “download stations” at three airports where users can wirelessly download free game demos to their Nintendo DS consoles. The free game demos currently available include…
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Software sales continue to decline for the PS2, but there’s one thing that could give them a boost — summer blockbusters. A leading analyst sees the PS2 grabbing the biggest sales for games based on this summer’s biggest movies, like Spiderman 3, Shrek the Third, Ratatouille, Transformers, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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