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Top Ten Tips on securing a PS3 on the European launch date – this Friday!
Kudos to you if you’ve managed to forget all about the dreaded PS3 launch across Europe this Friday at midnight, but for the unfortunate three of you or so who actually want one of these waffle-irons next-gen gaming consoles, I’ve compiled a helpful list of tips for trying to purchase one on launch day, after seeing the carnage that was the Wii launch. The details of London’s official launch were announced yesterday afternoon, due to take place at Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street, where it was recommended you start camping from midday today (yes, that’s today, as in two full days prior to launch). So, grab your sleeping bags and your PSPs, and read on below for my Top Ten Tips. Not interested in the PS3 launch? Good on you Head on over to WiiWii.tv then!
Top games designer calls for joyful games
Top designer at Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, has said that the video game industry's reputation has suffered over the past decade, and has called for game developers to deliver titles that bring joy to the widest possible spectrum of players. "I…
Sony announce UK pricing for first PS3 games
Regardless of what's inside the PS3, it's still gonna play games, and Sony has announced pricing for first-party PS3 games and downloadable content. Discs will cost £39.99, the same price as Nintendo Wii games, and a tenner less than Xbox…
Forget specs: Unreal Tournament makes you see better
And you can stop munching on those carrots too. All you need is a good session on a first-person shooter. New research from the University of Rochester claims that playing Unreal Tournament for an hour a day can improve your…
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade launch at HMV Oxford Street, London
Well done for tearing your eyes away from your latest World of Warcraft battle, long enough to read this post…Oh, it’s about World of Warcraft, funny that, I should have figured! Released at midnight last night in Europe and the US, The Burning Crusade expansion pack features a new continent, two extra races of ‘people’, and the level attainability has risen to 70. HMV at Oxford Street held a launch party similar to that of December’s Wii launch party, with WoW designer Jon LeCraft giving away signed copies, and many geeks fans dressing up in costume. Several hardcore gamers queued for well over 16 hours, in order to gain special in-game gifts, like pets, although most started queuing in the late afternoon. The expansion pack is only £29.99, plus you have to fork out a monthly fee to subscribe to the game as well. Take a gander at some of the photos taken last night – no laughing, however, karma is a bad enemy!
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
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CES 2007: PCGamerBike lets you play Need For Speed AND get fit
Come on, no amount of drum-banging on the part of Nintendo's Wii will really convince anyone that playing games can get you fit. But that was until I saw the PCGamerBike at CES today. It's an exercise bike that hooks…
CES 2007: Sharp's gaming LCD HDTVs
I think the current success of high definition televisions, especially outside the US where we already enjoy an at least semi-decent picture resolution anyway, has a lot to do with the new high defintion games consoles: the Xbox 360…
Christmas stocking filler gadgets: Desktop basketball and desktop darts
OK so these aren't exactly high-tech gadgets, but everyone needs at least one silly toy on their desk, don't they? Just think how proud you'll be when you go back to the office in the New Year with one or…
Top 50 Games That Changed The World: Nos 50-46
At the risk of sounding as impenetrable as those Grand Theft Auto cultural theorists the other week, video games are now a proper, genuine art form in their own right. Even if they're still often not treated as such by…
First PS3 impressions emerge – part 2: the system
Yesterday, we examined some of the physical design of Sony’s latest console from reports coming in from those lucky few across the pond who have managed to secure themselves a console, get it home without being mugged and drag…
