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Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 21, 2009
After the recent massive banning on Xbox Live by Microsoft, several interesting series of events have happened. Hundreds of modded Xbox 360s have flooded Craigslist and a potential class action lawsuit is brewing.
According to reports, about a million Xbox Live users have been banned. The aftermath gets a bit ugly as a US [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 20, 2009
Have you ever fancied yourself as James Bond? Of course you have, we all have. But there’s no need to play the mostly shoddy movie-to-game adaptations in order to fulfill the dream because the British intelligence services are now recruiting via video ads delivered on Xbox Live. But not PSN, strangely.
GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) is [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 20, 2009
The latest Call Of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2, has already racked up sales records and the franchise doesn’t look like dying anytime soon. However, it could be about to switch genres, with rumors of a Call Of Duty MMO on the way.
The speculation over a Call Of Duty MMO began with one line in [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 20, 2009
A recent presentation slide shown at a investor meeting eludes to a new subscription model to be coming to the Playstation Network. It is not clear yet what this new revenue stream will entail, but could Sony be thinking about charging for PSN?
There have been clues scattered throughout the past year by Sony that [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 19, 2009
With the Spike VGA award show coming in December 12, gamers have started voting for their favorite games. The Spike VGAs are one of the biggest award ceremonies celebrating the achievements in the video game industry. Currently, Sony has the most number of nominees at the show – could this spell a sweep in [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 18, 2009
We still don’t know when it’s going to be released outside of Japan but Gran Turismo 5 is definitely close. The coverage is starting to ramp up, with rumors of content, the level of damage featured, and a whole host of other stuff now clearly on the agenda. And in his latest chat about the [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 18, 2009
To call Modern Warfare 2 a success is to underplay its achievement. Not only has the latest title in the Call Of Duty series outsold all other video games in its first five days on sale, but it also racked up more cash than any movie ever has in that time frame as well. Activision [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 18, 2009
Back in 2007 EA made one of the biggest studio purchases in quite some time. EA picked up Bioware and Pandemic studios for $860 million from VG Holding Corp as a bundle deal. However, two years later EA announced that Pandemic will be closing.
Pandemic studios have been around the video game industry for over [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 17, 2009
Major Nelson recently announced that Microsoft will be coming out with a new wireless adapter that supports N. The price tag for the new wireless adapter will be $99.99. This announcement has caused a revolt on Major Nelson’s blog by outraged gamers.
On Major Nelson’s blog Xbox 360 owners are outraged regarding the price of [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 16, 2009
I never thought EA would be superseded as the biggest money-grabbing SoBs in the video game industry. But it’s happening, with Activision showing a capitalist streak that pushes all other thoughts to one side. Its latest idea? To start charging people to play its biggest franchises online. And there’s none bigger than Call Of Duty [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 16, 2009
Microsoft announced last week that a new dashboard update will be hitting the Xbox 360 with Facebook integration. The day before this update hits, Sony announced that the PS3 will also be getting Facebook integration. It seems like the social battle of attrition has started.
Microsoft will be dropping the latest dashboard update tomorrow that [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 16, 2009
The Medal Of Honor series was/is an important one as it set the tone and acted as the basis for series which came after it. Most notably, of course, it led to the creation of Infinity Ward and the creation of the Call Of Duty series. Modern Warfare 2 has been ultra successful so is [...]
Posted from GAMER.BLORGE on November 15, 2009
We’ve all moved on from GTA IV now, right? The latest installment of the long-running Grand Theft Auto series was a massive hit last year but the release of Call Of [...]
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