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Entries from September 2008

Win A Free Copy of Peggle Nights

September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many folks know the name Peggle as an addictive casual game from PopCap Games. For those that have played the original Peggle game, you’re already up to speed on the addictive nature of the little peg bopping game with family fun and innovative game play. Gamingpodcast.net has a unique chance to give away eight electronic […]

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Tags: Casual Games · Contest · Editorial · popcap

Ensemble Studios To Close, Halo Wars Future Not In Question

September 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Ensemble Studios, owned and operated by Microsoft or, Microsoft Games Studios, has been targed to be dissolved. All employees will find new homes, a large quantity will start a new studio and continue maintaining the later released Halo Wars franchise. Microsoft has chosen to close the studio as part of their growth plan of Microsoft […]

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Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Wii

TD Gaming Podcast 87: One Star Review

September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This weeks gaming podcast is packed with content, our emotional rant on the latest news and we take a look back at Rygar and its infamous stupid pause system. This weeks news covers: Xbox Red Ring of Death Woes Explained EA Considering Licensing the Spore Engine New Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO Planned Wii getting […]

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Tags: Episode · Podcast · Show Notes · spore

Five Dollars Gets You 55 Original Rock Band Songs

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re into Rock Band and love the songs you’ve played, you may want to migrate them into Rock Band 2, correct? For the price of 400 Microsoft points ($4.99) you’re now able to download an export “patch” to allow exporting of 55 Rock Band songs into the next version of Rock Band. There are […]

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Tags: Guitar Hero · harmonix · Industry News · playstation 3 · rock band · Sequels · Xbox 360

A Nintendo WiFi Router for The DS and Wii… Really?

September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In a slightly odd move, Nintendo has released a WiFi Router in Japan marketed to streamline the process of getting your Wii Online. What? First, we’re not exactly sure who’s having a problem connecting their Wii to the network, it’s a fairly simple process executed by most popular WiFi routers on the market. We have […]

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Tags: DS · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii

Spore DRM, Less Than Transparent

September 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It turns out Electronic Art’s Spore has some digital rights management (DRM) under the hood that’s irking a few video game players. We use the term “few” lightly, as game players use their voices to be heard and let them ring loud! Taking a gander at Amazon.com’s listing of Spore and you’ll see 797 customer […]

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Tags: DRM · electronic arts · spore

Tecmo Declines Square Enix Proposition

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Square Enix, like many developers today, look to combine their efforts with like-minded individuals making video games for our industry. Recently they put out a bid to pickup Tecmo and expand their development archive to new heights by jumping into a few more genre’s without starting at the ground floor. Tecmo, has decided to opt-out […]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News · square enix

No New DS Redesign Until Sales Fade

September 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re looking to see what the next greatest DS hand-held will look like, plan to wait until Nintendo starts to see declining sales trends for their current DS hardware. Sensible from Nintendo’s standpoint, but a major bummer for those hand-held gamers who want to see something new and cool out of the Nintendo camp. […]

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Tags: DS · Editorial · Mobile · Nintendo

Nintendo’s Non-Gamer 50+ Crowd

September 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

While Sony and Microsoft one-up each other with fire sales on old hardware and blockbuster titles like Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2, Nintendo goes for something completely different… older people. You’re only as old as you feel, but it’s hard to discount Nintendo’s attack on a demographic when they visit the American Association […]

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Tags: Editorial · Nintendo · Wii

Imagine a Spore Engine, Might Be Real

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Electronic Arts may be considering the Spore system as an “Engine” for licensing to other developers to build RPG’s, action games, web-based games and many other options. Much like ID Software and Epic Games have done, this could be a build system for new creative additions to the industry. Considering the amount of crazy Spore […]

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Tags: electronic arts · spore