An anonymous e-mail hit the tips line earlier today and after placing a call with Microsoft’s technical support, we can confirm that starting February 2, all launch day Xbox 360s will no longer be covered by Microsoft’s three-year extended warranty. The warranty should have technically ended at the end of September last year, as I [...]

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admin on January 31st, 2009

You may remember last year’s Don King Presents: Prizefighter, an Xbox 360 boxing title from 2K Sports. Well actually, it’s more likely that you don’t remember it, since it was a lackluster and forgettable game. Anyway, the 360 version came out last June; the Wii and DS versions, last we heard, were due out in [...]

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What were your two biggest complaints with Fallout 3? An ending that forced you to revert back to an older save in order to continue playing, and a level cap that was set too low for a game of such great length? Yeah, it figures. The good folks at MTV Multiplayer asked Fallout 3 executive [...]

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Once again, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has spilled the beans on an upcoming game, this time one that is of particular interest to this old school Sonic fanboy. Sonic Chaos has appeared on the ESRB’s site, described as an actual 2D sidescroller. The full listing, found here, reads as follows: This is a side-scrolling [...]

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admin on January 30th, 2009

When we did our recent “Most Anticipated ’09 PC Games” list, Zeno Clash made an appearance on a number of our community members’ personal lists. At the time we made the lists, I had heard of the game, but really didn’t know much about it other than it was a game that emphasized hand-to-hand combat. [...]

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admin on January 30th, 2009

If you remember the story of the bus driver suspended for gaming at the wheel, then you remember my own embarassing gaming-on-the-go story, so I won’t recount it here. It seems (partially die to the issue with the bus driver) the Honolulu City Council has been working on trying to ban texting and gaming while [...]

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