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PSP-3000 Redesign On The Way?

28. March 2008

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PSP-3000 Redesign On The Way?

A PSP Fanboy reader, poking around Sony’s online instruction manuals, found a placeholder image that suggests work has already begun on the third iteration of the PSP handheld game system.

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Grand Theft Auto Lets You Purchase Legal Music

28. March 2008

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Grand Theft Auto Lets You Purchase Legal Music

We were right, Grand Theft Auto’s radio stations are indeed going to be monetized; but not in the way we initially expected. Instead, Yahoo! Games has unveiled a new digital music distribution model built right into GTA IV.

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Paramount Becomes Game Publisher

28. March 2008

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Paramount Becomes Game Publisher

Variety is reporting that Paramount, a subsidiary of Viacom, is set to begin publishing games, particularly low-budget portable titles, later this year:

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RETROSPECTIVE: Pirates! Gold

27. March 2008

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RETROSPECTIVE: Pirates! Gold

*insert cliche pirate joke here* We look back at a classic pirate simulation game from way back in the 90s.

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Wiimote Aids U.S. Military in Robotic Bomb Disposal

27. March 2008

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Wiimote Aids U.S. Military in Robotic Bomb Disposal

GameSpot discovered a story in the New Scientist about how the U.S. Military have modified one of their Packbot bomb disposal robots to accept input from the Nintendo Wii’s motion-sensing wireless Wiimote controller:

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Microsoft Lawyer Says UT3 Master Chief Mod is A-Okay; What about Halogen?

27. March 2008

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Microsoft Lawyer Says UT3 Master Chief Mod is A-Okay; What about Halogen?

Two days ago, BusinessWeek’s Matt Vella prognosticated a beautiful future for user-created content should console game companies like Microsoft “start opening up and letting devoted players tinker with the bits inside.” Now, it looks like Redmond’s giant software company may have set just the precedent required to catapult us into that very future.

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Ships August 29

27. March 2008

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Ships August 29

Prepare to once again join a band of Scavengers, Trespassers, Adventurers, Loners, Killers, Explorers, and Robbers, shoot them in the feet and steal their weaponry — when free-roaming PC shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’s prequel Clear Sky appears at retail around the world this August 29th.

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Collider Interviews Metal Gear Solid Movie Producer Mike De Luca

27. March 2008

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Collider Interviews Metal Gear Solid Movie Producer Mike De Luca

Though he’s rather hush-hush when it comes to concrete details about the 2009 Metal Gear Solid movie, producer Michael De Luca’s interview at Collider is still well worth reading for Hideo Kojima’s legion of stealth-action fans. The biggest takeaway is simply a feeling that the movie is in good hands.

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The Value of Writing in Video Games

26. March 2008

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The Value of Writing in Video Games

Recently, a brouhaha erupted over the necessity of writers in the video game industry. Adam Maxwell, a game designer, came out and lambasted the purpose of writers in an opinion article at Gamasutra. In response, Kelly Wand, the writer on one of the games that Maxwell refers to in his column, made a case for [...]

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Take-Two Says No Buyout, Maybe Merger; Then Braces For Impact

26. March 2008

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Take-Two Says No Buyout, Maybe Merger; Then Braces For Impact

Take-Two’s board of directors has finished evaluating EA’s most recent offer of 26 dollars per share and wound up much where they started — recommending again to shareholders that they hold onto their stock, and for pretty much the same reasons.

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