Sony Pictures is in talks with Sheldon Turner in order to bring Infamous to the silver screen.  The game centers on bike messenger Cole McGrath, who wakes up after a giant explosion to find out that he possesses electric powers.  In the game, you can be a hero or opt to be an infamous villain [...]

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Back in 2006, a studied conducted in the UK found that one in nine massively multiplayer online gamers has an addiction.  Although real-world help centers exist to mitigate the problem, stronger measures seem to be necessary.
Dr. Richard Graham, a psychiatrist at London’s Tavistock Center, will plunge into game realm in order to tackle the problem [...]

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We knew that Microsoft and Turn 10 were aiming for an October launch, but now we know that Forza Motorsport 3 will launch officially on October 27.  In addition, more details were unveiled about the Limited Edition bundle.
For $79.99, the Limited Edition bundle will include a 2GB USB flash drive/keychain (Forza themed of course), a [...]

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Poor Ubisoft.  Yesterday morning, Ubisoft announced a 50% drop in first quarter sales; in addition, numerous game delays were announced.  One of those delays in particular, besides Splinter Cell: Conviction, Ghost Recon 4, and I am Alive, was Red Steel 2.
Originally, Red Steel 2 was scheduled for 2009, but now the current release date is [...]

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BioWare lead producer Casey Hudson confirmed that your actions in the original Mass Effect will be carried over to the sequel, influencing the storyline.  “When you’re playing the first game, everything that you do is setting a variable so that as the story progresses we know that you did a certain thing on a certain [...]

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Since I’m home for the summer, I decided to purchase a three month subscription to Xbox Live on May 11.  The timing for Microsoft’s new Xbox Live update could not come at a better time.  Here’s what I’ll be missing out on:

Revamped Netflix streaming.  You will now be able to edit your queues straight from [...]

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PS3 gamers were concerned at one point that Uncharted 2, a much hyped PS3 exclusive, would be released next year as opposed to this fall.  Sony refused to comment on the speculation, until now.
SCEA officially confirmed that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will ship out on Tuesday, October 13, in North America.  Currently, the game has [...]

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New York’s Military Island in Times Square will be transformed “into an urban island getaway to celebrate the launch of the Wii Sports Resort video game” tomorrow.  Somehow, the urban island setting seems like a sort of paradox, doesn’t it?  But Nintendo seems focused on bringing an island-like setting to the most bustling city in [...]

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PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners in Japan (all five of you) will be able to purchase Bayonetta on October 29.  Meanwhile, gamers in North America and Europe will have to wait until January 2010.  The reason for the delay, taken from Gamespot:
“Bayonetta is an extremely important new IP for Sega and adds a new [...]

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I doubt Microsoft’s store will look nearly as cool
In order to compete with the various Sony Style and Apple stores worldwide, Microsoft hired an ex-Wal-Mart executive to create a store of its own back in February.  The first of these outlets will open in the Fall and sell Xbox 360 software and hardware, Zunes, and [...]

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