Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters Arrives
Konami announced today that Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters --
World Championship Tournament 2006 is now shipping for the
Game Boy Advance.
The new title includes more than 2000 cards, including
selections from the latest Structure decks and the Yu-Gi-Oh!
GX universe. The game will also ship with three
limited-edition trading cards from the GX universe.
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Ghost Recon Becomes Xbox 360 Bestseller
Advanced Warfighter becomes the fastest selling Xbox 360
title in three European countries
Ubisoft has announced early sales figures for the company's
recently released Xbox 360 title, Ghost Recon Advanced
Warfighter. The game enjoyed sales of around 240,000 copies
in the first week alone in the North American territories,
whilst selling 120,000 units in the first three days in
Europe.
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Microsoft starts music video downloads via Xbox360
Microsoft has announced an agreement with Epic Records to
offer exclusive artist content and high-definition music
video downloads free for all Xbox360 gamers for a year.
The move clearly shows that Microsoft is hoping to use the
games console and more than just a gaming machine and could
be the company’s backdoor entry into the music video and
more importantly movie download business.
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XBOX 360 Firmware Hack Confirmed
TheSpecialist and his team was able modify the DVD player
firmware. Once the firmware was modified the hackers removed
or modified the software that detects the type of media used
in the player from the disc's XEX file.
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360 firmware hacker interviewed.
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Does Microsoft have handheld Xbox up its sleeve?
While the Origami hype is finally dying down, the rumors of
a Microsoft portable gaming device are heating back up.
A story in Monday's San Jose Mercury News suggests that the
combination music and gaming device is moving from
possibility into project, though it still could be years
off.
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A World Without Pikachu?
In case you are too young to remember, way, way back in the
early 1980's, a man named Gunpei Yokoi had the vision of
on-the-go gaming. Although certainly not the first to think
up such an idea, he and fellow Nintendo workers felt they
had the creativity and power to make it work. After a year
or so of developing, the team released the first Game &
Watch, a machine designed to play one (yes one) simple game
using familiar button mechanics that later structured
Nintendo's controller layout.
While the games didn't have much depth, or have spectacular
graphics for that matter, they were intended to offer
players simple gameplay that would leave them addicted and
wanting more.
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Play Magic Online and win a trip to E3
Wizards of the Coast is providing one Magic Online player
and a guest with a trip to Los Angeles to attend this year's
E3 Video Game Expo. The winner will also earn a first-hand
look at the 2006 Magic: the Gathering Invitational, a
tournament featuring the world's best Magic: The Gathering
players. The winner will also get a behind the scenes look
at Magic Online III, which releases later this year.
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World of Warcraft TCG Discussion with Upper Deck
I sat down with Cory Jones Director of Brand and New Product
Development for Upper Deck to talk about the new card game
at the GAMA Trade Show this past week. Enraptured by Cory's
excitement as he talked about the game, I attempted to keep
pace and not miss any details. From what I heard, the World
of Warcraft Trading Card Game sounds like it is on track to
be one of the most innovative Trading Card Games this
industry has witnessed.
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PS3 to ship with Linux, Sony confirms
Sony President Ken Kutaragi confirmed that the Playstation 3
(PS3) has been delayed, at a press conference in Tokyo
earlier this week. Kutaragi additionally confirmed that the
gaming console will ship with an upgradable 60GB hard drive
pre-installed with Linux.
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Sony confirms God of War sequel
Kratos returns to the PlayStation 2 for more bloodletting in
early 2007; story sees Spartan-turned-god on quest to alter
his destiny.
The saying "violence begets more violence" rang true today,
as Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that God of War
II is coming to the PlayStation 2.
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PS2 Review: 24 - The Game
24: The Game has everything. Generally, that's a compliment,
at least outside the realm of video games. Inside, it
usually means that with production spread thin, it fails to
do any segment of the game properly, and that's exactly what
happened here. There's a strong core story here, and that's
the only aspect that's worth playing this one for.
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For diverse fans of manga, there is no place more
storied than Kinokuniya bookstore
We all have our sanctuaries, our personal spaces where we
can indulge and escape. The conservatory at Volunteer Park.
The Big Picture movie theater in Belltown. And for folks
fixated on Japanese comics called manga, there's Kinokuniya,
a bookstore in Uwajimaya Village.
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