Playstation Home is the long awaited and oft delayed online community-based service meant to rival not only Xbox Live, but also avatar-based virtual worlds such as Second Life. However, with the closed beta still ongoing, and reports still leaking of the disappointment faced upon first viewing, the question has to be asked: will it be worth the wait?
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I’m sure everyone’s heard about the supposed leaked information about trophies and in-game XMB(XcrossMediaBar) inclusion in the firmware update 2.40. Apparently more news has been leaked recently regarding the details of the infamous firmware 2.40!
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Yesterday I put up part 1 in our Xbox 360 pre-E3 lineup, talking about blockbuster games such as Gears of War 2, Fable II, as well as among others like Left 4 Dead and Too Human. If you missed it check out part 1 before you continue read part 2.
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There have been phallic creatures created in Spore and I’m fairly sure that’s not what EA had in mind when it released the Creature Creator.  Here is something a little more constructive.  Someone has gone and created aliens from the Half Life series in the Creature Creator.
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Being a games console manufacturer is a tricky business, and one which by no means guarantees profits. Just ask Sega. With news that Sony has lost over $3 billion from just making and selling the PS3, and the fact that the Xbox 360 has already cost Microsoft $1 billion due to the Red Ring of Death recall, is it the case that the Nintendo Wii will be the only profitable console this generation?
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Yesterday we talked about the top sleeper hits for this year, today we go in depth and take a preemptive look at Xbox 360′s lineup pre E3 announcement. What games can 360 owners look forward to exclusively? Also what is the good and the bad you can expect.
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Resident Evil 5 is one of the most eagerly anticipated games for the current-gen consoles. Announced way back in 2005, it is expected to make an appearance in the first quarter of 2009. But there have been rumours over the past few days of the game becoming a timed Xbox 360 exclusive, something which would completely ruin the gloating of the PS3 fans over the current exclusive line-ups for each console.
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Undoubtedly many of you have read and heard about PS3’s stellar lineup for 2008, and in fact with exclusive hit titles such as Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance 2, Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and Little Big Planet who can argue this isn’t the year of the PS3?
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We are all surely enjoying this generation of video games aren’t we? There is a fine choice of consoles, from the hardcore, online capable Xbox 360, the middle of the road, improving all the time, Blu-ray enabled PS3, and the casual gamers dream that is the Nintendo Wii. But let’s not get too blinkered by all that is current and next-gen. Let’s also remember the good old days when games were hard, and gamers were more geeky teenagers than casual grandmas.
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I spent some time with EA’s Spore Creature Creator over the weekend and I have discovered it’s not that fun.  The idea behind it is that you can create your creature and then import it into Spore when it is released in September.  Besides creating your creature, there isn’t much to do in the creator.
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