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Nintendo changed the world of video games with touch-screen gaming on the Nintendo DS in 2004. Nintendo then pioneered the motion-controlled gaming revolution with the Wii console and the Wii Remote controller back in 2006. Today the company unveils an even more immersive gaming experience: Nintendo 3DS™. At the E3 Expo today, Nintendo gave...
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Coheed and Cambria released new songs for Rock Band downloads. “Coheed and Cambria are one of those bands that surprised me with the amount of support they got within the Rock Band community when we first launched. Not that they don’t deserve it (quite the contrary, in fact), but in the realm of popular...
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from Bungie: You up for a challenge? Halocharts’ Firefight Challenge Staff recently put together a brand new challenge for the community at large. And, just a quick note to all those players who think they have mastered it all… trust me… we’ve been running this one for over a week now. Though we’ve got...
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from RockBand Pennsylvania rock band Breaking Benjamin released a new album called Dear Agony in September ’09, and on the same day three of their hit singles came out as Rock Band DLC – “So Cold,” “The Diary of Jane,” and the first single from the new album, “I Will Not Bow.” I had...
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“Seven45 is currently working on the next big thing in Music & Video Games. Over the coming months we will be opening the studio doors to give you a sneak peak at our flagship game. ” — Seven45 Studios Their new game “Power Gig: Rise of the SixString” uses a game controller guitar that...
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U2 is considering following in The Beatles by having their own edition of the ‘Rock Band’ video game. Initial discussions with the game’s makers fell through. Bono and band had talks last year with the makers of the game, MTV Games and Electronic Arts, but they couldn’t come to a deal because of what...
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Did you know that most gaming incorporates advertising within the game? It is hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Targeting children with subliminal advertising is probably a bad thing. Not all games are for children, though. Advertising can help offset the price of the game (making it...
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Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs) is a Bungie.net set to be released September 22, 2009. Halo 3: ODST (previously known as Halo 3: Recon) is a standalone expansion for the first-person shooter (FPS) video game Halo 3. Players take on the roles of human UNSC soldiers called, Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, during the time...
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Microsoft has unveiled a new project that allows a gamer to interact with the game console — “No Strings (or Controllers) Attached.” “Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands,...
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Perhaps one of the more recent first-person-shooters (FPS) to be released is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game came out about the same time as Halo 3 but sales for what people are now calling COD outshone the successful franchise that is Halo. Now the best selling shooter of all time, COD...
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