Four maps for 800 MS points (US$10): Creek, Broadcast, Chinatown and Killhouseread more | digg story

Sure, there are those games that require a meticulous and steady hand, tremendous attention to detail, and the discipline of a surgeon. And then there are those games that — you swear! You swear up and down, on all that is holy — you are just a little better at when blitzed. Here are the [...]

A study took 35 overweight children between the ages of 7 and 12 and asked them to gradually increase the amount of time they played the game. Children who relied on the game as their sole source of exercise gained 2 pounds during the study. Those who did not play the game gained an average [...]

Sony’s PlayStation 3 has surpassed the Xbox 360 in sales for the second straight month. Microsoft has to be concerned about the PS3’s growing momentum as well as its own supply constraints.read more | digg story

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SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton says. . .
“Consumers are recognizing the tremendous value of PS3 and we believe that Blu-ray becoming the high-def format of choice was the tipping point for many consumers. With monster titles like Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Grand Theft Auto IV launching in April and Metal Gear Solid 4 [...]

This year is definitely turning out to be the “year of the PS3″. With a victory over HD-DVD, 360 shortages and (finally) some high profile releases, Sony managed to sell 280k units while the 360 sold 254.6K. But the PS2 outsold BOTH of them with 351k. No surprises as to who beat EVERYONE else for [...]

GTA IV multiplayer details have emerged in the newest issue of PSM Spain. There are 15 multiplayer game modes, which include deathmatch and free roam. The host can decide how many peds are involved, the type of vehicles, the type of weapons, the flow of traffic, etc.
* There are 15 multiplayer game modes [...]

It seems like just yesterday we were looking back and saying, “hey, why does the Xbox only have like five good games? The PS2 has so many…” Then again, the PS2 was undoubtedly littered with trash, since developers tend to lend to the murky water of crapware every year in their publishers need to make [...]

One group of local guys took their “Rock Band,” breadpig, out of the living room and into Chinatown. They set up their instruments (which, when not connected to a gaming system, don’t actually emit any sound) and “played” for a building crowd. They even recruited a lead singer from the bystanders, who specialized in Isely [...]

Mike Hickey, the analyst who said Halo 3 was responsible for poor movie ticket sales (as opposed to the fact that it was mostly pure dreck like The Heartbreak Kid at the time), is now predicting the same thing will happen when GTA IV is released.read more | digg story

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