Microsoft’s Xbox 360 D-Pad Update: Something Old, Something New
For gamers who’ve griped about the Xbox 360′s leveled down d-pad, Microsoft’s telling old-school controller fans ‘have it your way’. In fact: Have it both ways. On November 9, the company says you’ll be able to buy a version of the Xbox 360 gamepad with a twistable d-pad, one where the ‘cross’ portion can be [...]
20 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Tips to Change Your Life, Make Friends and Influence People
StarCraft II. For almost a dozen years, you’ve been hanging on, wondering what the sequel to the genre-changing RTS would be like. During that time, you’ve wondered how you’d fare against your online competition the moment you’d installed the game, applied the updates, and entered the churning, combat-laden froth that is Battle.net to find the [...]
Portal 2 Possibly Slated for Release on February 9, 2011 [Updated]
We can’t confirm this, nor deny it, but according to Game Informer, Portal 2 is allegedly slated for release on February 9th of next year. Like we said, whether this is true or not is entirely up in the air. [Update] Valve has gotten back to us and has confirmed that Portal 2 will, indeed, [...]
“Limbo”, one of the best games i’ve ever played
Download this game and turn off the lights, trust me. (XBOX 360)
Stop StarCraft II From Melting Your PC’s Face Off
Blizzard admits certain StarCraft II menu screens can “make your hardware work pretty hard.” Screens “light on detail,” that is, which makes no sense, until you read that it’s because–left to twiddling it’s digital thumbs–the game works to draw these screens “very quickly,” sort of like revving your car engine with the gearstick in neutral. [...]
Hoo-rah! – EA Officially Announces Battlefield 3, Grants Beta Access to Medal of Honor Limited Edition Buyers
Hell, it’s about time. Wait, wrong game. Still though, Battlefield 2 came out before Twitter or Facebook hit it big, the iPhone became the tech toy everyone loves to hate but still owns anyway, and even before this snazzy, updated-on-a-regular-basis version of MPC.com came to be. So, for obvious reasons, it feels like we’ve torn [...]
Playstation 3 Firmware Update 3.41 Accidentally Bricks Consoles During Hard Drive Upgrades
Sony has a history of en-forcing policy changes with harsh firmware updates, but the recently released 3.41 patch for the Playstation 3 appears to be having the unintended side effect of preventing users from upgrading their hard drives. We have applauded Sony in the past for allowing users to easily upgrade their storage by swapping [...]
Nintendo to Talk 3DS Price, Release Date in September
Word all over the Web is that on September 29, 2010, Nintendo will finally reveal pricing details for its upcoming 3DS handheld gaming console, and also give it a release date. Or at least that’s what everyone is reporting from all corners of cyber space. We did a little digging and it appears the source [...]
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Goes on Sale
The original StarCraft real-time strategy game was released twelve years ago, and went on to revolutionize computer gaming. The use of three distinct races with their own unique units and gaming strategies led to an explosion in LAN gaming, especially in South Korea. Over eleven million copies of the games have been sold, with millions [...]
Rumor: Xbox 360 Price Cuts Coming (Next Year)
Maybe Microsoft isn’t losing as much money on consoles as previously thought. According to news and rumor site Fudzilla, cost improvements for the Xbox 360 Slim have the Redmond giant making more money on its console than ever before, which could result in upcoming price cuts. “According to our sources, it is likely that Microsoft [...]
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