P.O.D. on Xbox Live's "Game with Fame"
P.O.D. announced today that they will be involved in a Xbox
Live "Game with Fame" session. The band, whose name stands
for "Payable on Death," has sold 7 million records featuring
their unique power rock, and have created, in the band's own
words, "a catalog of music that we want to respect and honor
with each step into the future." P.O.D. will be playing Tony
Hawk's American Wasteland over Xbox Live on Friday, March 3.
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Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Xbox 360 producer
interview
We recently had the opportunity to pick the brain of Dan
Blackstone, Senior Producer of DICE on Battlefield 2: Modern
Combat. He addresses some of the complaints fans voiced
about the Xbox version and offers some insight into what’s
unique on Xbox 360, including Achievements, that you’ll get
to experience when the game is released on March 15.
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New Method to back up Xbox 360 memory cards
Datel's Transfer Kit for Xbox 360 allows you to transfer
data from your Xbox 360 memory cards to your PC. By using
your PC's storage capacity to hold almost unlimited back-up
'images' of your Xbox 360 memory cards, you can archive and
restore them at any time - you need never be short of save
space again.
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Magic The Gathering Online III Interview
Justin Ziran talks about the upcoming new online version of
thier popular trading card game.
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Poker chips may be path to top profits
Topps released its inaugural collector chip set in
mid-December. The chips, made to resemble poker chips (the
heavyweight clay chips come in multiple colors), come five
to a pack, with random autographed chips inserted amongst
the rookies, all-stars and legends.
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Sony launches Memory Stick Micro (M2) for mobile
phones
Sony has announced three models of the ultra-small memory
card to ship later this year that are suitable for its new
range of Sony Ericsson phones.
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Sony sets the date for Blu-ray
Sony has announced that it will release the first Blu-ray
movie discs to stores on 23 May. The company has already
announced that the discs will cost $23.45, a 15 to 20 per
cent increase over current DVDs, with older titles priced at
$17.95.
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Pokemon version of 'Game of Life' hits stores
"Pocket Monster Advance Generation Game of Life," the first
product from merged toymakers Takaratomy, will go on sale in
late April. A Pokemon version of "The Game of Life" board
game will become the first product released following the
merger of two of Japan's most powerful toymakers into
Takaratomy Co., officials said.
Takaratomy, the company formed by the union between Takara
and Tomy, will start selling "Pocket Monster Advance
Generation Game of Life" from late April.
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Nintendo Wifi for the City of London
The City of London Corporation has announced that the City
is to benefit from complete Wifi coverage. The City (which
covers about one square mile) is working in partnership with
Wifi company The Cloud to implement the scheme over the next
few months.
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Nintendo Revolution - touch sensitive?
Interesting speculation about controller
Interweb chatter over the weekend on many a videogame forum
centred around comments made by an EA exec in an interview
regarding ‘touch sensitivity’ features on the new Revolution
controller.
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Japanese import finds continuing growth within the
States
Manga has arrived! Not to be confused with anime, which is
Japanese animation that pulls a lot of its material from
manga.
In Japan, the comic book is considered legitimate literature
and art. While manga is projected to make $300 million in
sales in the United States this year, sales in Japan will
reach more than a billion. That is a lot of books sold when
you compare the size of the two countries' populations.
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