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Entries from September 2008

Wrath of the Lich King – Dazed and Confused

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s tough playing an expansion when new updates have changed a few ways the system works. I’ve also had some troubles because most of my addons do not function in the Lich King beta. There are a few quests that have left people confused and screaming “how do I turn in the horse quest?” when […]

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Tags: beta · Editorial · world of warcraft

TD Gaming Podcast 88: We Love Carebear Servers

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of hot topics along with a bit of gaming history. We take a flashback look at Tapper, a great arcade classic and we’ll hit up some popular news articles: Microsoft Not Happy About 360 Defects Article Spore DRM, Torrenting is doing the right thing? Are RockBand 2 instruments […]

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Tags: Podcast · Show Notes

EA and Take-Two Stock Falls Fast

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s official, EA has given up their talks with Take-Two and, as a result, the stock of both companies is falling like a stone. While gamers may cheer knowing the Grand Theft Auto and 2K Sports product lines will continue to compete with EA products, share holders are doing a WTF? Take-Two has had its […]

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Tags: electronic arts · Industry News · Take-Two

Peggle Nights Contest Update

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

For those that haven’t posted on the forum or send us an e-mail about our Peggle Nights contest, it’s time to get in the action! The free Peggle Nights game giveaway will expire soon and we want as many contestants as possible. We’ve got many great entries, we’ll be reading off some of the e-mails […]

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Tags: Casual Games · Contest · Podcast

Microsoft’s High Hopes Holiday Lineup

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

This year Microsoft believes they’ve got a heavy hitter lineup of titles starting around now until the end of the year including: Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Rock Band 2 and Fallout 3. They’re also looking at Lips, their karaoke title with a casual appeal to bring on the sales […]

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Tags: Holiday · Microsoft · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360

Beta: Wrath of the Lich King – Initial Reaction

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The long awaited Wrath of the Lich King is here! By long awaited, really, I mean, I waited a long time to get patch after patch of the next expansion to Blizzards best of MMORPG. Although I don’t know the architecture to creating the patches, it seems so dated in methodology. Why must I download […]

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Tags: Blizzard · Editorial · Preview · world of warcraft

Trials of a World of Warcraft Player: Entry Four

September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

“Beta” The second letter of the Greek alphabet, also holds a value of “2.” Beta, in the gaming and general computer industry is a time where people are, usually, invited into a product prior to launch to test the product under the assumptions that “it’s not polished yet” and “things may go wrong.” Somehow, however, […]

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Tags: Blizzard · Trials of a World of Warcraft Player

GTA IV: 46th Best-Selling Game In August

September 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Like a washed up superstar, Grand Theft Auto IV continues to drop in NPD figures. This Axl Rose of video games came on strong and sputtered out into oblivion with barely a notice, leaving the spotlight and all hype behind it. This drastic fall may hurt any negotiations “behind closed doors” with Electronic Arts and […]

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Tags: Editorial · electronic arts · Financial · Industry News · Take-Two

Xbox 360 Price Cut Leads To 100-Percent Sales Increase

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Why release a single block buster game with a two week pop when you can simply lower the price of your console and boost sales by 100%? That’s a question Sony may be asking themselves right now, as Metal Gear Solid 4‘s hype may have lasted years but the sales and console unit sale boots […]

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Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360

Toy’s R Us Find’s Wii Profitable

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

The success of the Nintendo console, the Wii, has proven to change the industry in many new and creative ways including reinvigorating slow product sales at Toys R Us. “The company went from a loss of $42 million at the same time last year to a profit of $13 million for the three months ended […]

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Tags: Accessories · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii