Press releases that land in my inbox:  

VOGEL’S ANNOUNCES WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT FOR  NON-STOP GAMING

 

Attempts to Beat the 40 Hour Gaming World’s Record on July 16, 2010 in Rotterdam

 

Gamers Use Vogel’s TwistDock at Marathon to Keep Controllers Charged for Continuous Gaming
July 13, 2010, Eindhoven, Netherlands, - Vogel’s www.vogels.com, the leading European market leader in Audio/Video & TV mounting solutions, announced today that on Friday, July 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM Central European Time (CET) in Rotterdam, Gerdi Vogels, CEO of Vogel’s, will give the starting shot for a new Guinness World Record attempt for Non-Stop Gaming.  The world’s record attempt marks the introduction of the new must-have accessory for the Sony PlayStation^®3 (PS3^TM):

Vogel’s TwistDock www.twistdock.com.

 

Gamers to Play Red Dead Redemption for Entire Weekend – Ultimate Test of Stamina & Endurance
On July 16^th at Dixons, the largest chain store in the Netherlands, the marathon session for the Guinness World Records will begin with six champion gamers spending the entire weekend – day and night – playing Red Dead Redemption on the PS3.  The gamers will attempt to beat the current World’s Record of 40 hours for gaming in the racing category with the help of Vogel’s TwistDock providing non-stop play by keeping their PS3 controllers continuously charged.  The Guinness World Record winner will receive a 1,000 Euro prize plus a TwistDock docking station for the PS3.

“During this attempt to break the record, it’s all about stamina and perseverance.  The current gaming Guinness World Record in the racing category is 40 hours,” said Albert Zeeman, VP of Innovations, Vogel’s and the inspiration for the record breaking attempt.  “Of course, we want to beat this record. And we’ll find out if we do on July 18^th.  Exciting!”

No word on whether the players will be eating Hot Pockets.

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I’m so jealous of everyone heading to E3! I’m sure I’ll be going too, once I become a famous games journalist, but for now, I’m just looking on enviously at all the new games and announcements of upcoming games.

I’m pretty excited about LEGO Rock Band, even though a lot of people are complaining that it’s slapping the LEGO name on just another Rock Band game, or slapping the Rock Band name on just another LEGO game. To me, this is a bit like complaining that mint chocolate chip ice cream has MINT and CHOCOLATE CHIPS.

Here’s the trailer, so you can see for yourself.

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Angry Gamers has a tutorial on talking smack in online games, just in case the Barrens Chatters of the world need help.

Insult indirectly – Use similes and metaphors to get your point across. For example, if your opponent sounds like he is 7, don’t say “What are you, 7 years old or something?” use an indirect approach to say the same thing, like asking him if he likes apple juice before nap time.

See? It’s not all calling people a n00b and then running away! You can be clever in your insults!

I’d like to add my own rule, for those without Vent or other voice chat: No all-caps sentences, because looking like a spammer isn’t clever on any level.

Via Talking Sh!t: The Tutorial – Angry Gamers.

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New game site AngryGamers (warning, some NSFW language) has a preview of the new content for the latest Grand Theft Auto series. They say:

GTA IV was one of the best games of 2008 and is getting some nice DLC on February 17th, well for Xbox 360 owners anyway. This is the Microsoft hyped Xbox 360 exclusive content that was promised back before GTA IV was even released.

But after a slew of new games (AngryGamers mentions Gears of War 2, I thought more along the lines of the newish sandbox game, Spore, and the latest WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King), is anyone still playing GTA? Are you? Are you excited for the new GTA content, or too busy with your new games to care?

Read the rest of their thoughts at GTA IV Lost and the Damned Preview – Game previews, 360 previews, PS3 previews, Wii preview – Angry-Gamers.net.

New content for GTA4 will be available on February 17th, 2009.

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Over on Thumbgods’ sister blog, HyperGadget, Sheikh Chandio has a post about a new joystick toy for gaming on the PS3. He says:

Are you a fighting game fan and looking for a cool joystick that can provide you the arcade style gameplay on your PS3? You are on the right place then. The Dominator Joystick can be the ultimate joystick for any fighting game fan for playing games like “Dead or Alive” or “Street Fighter” or “Mortal Combat VS DC Universe”. Two of the most remarkable features of the joystick are Combo Attacker and Rapid Fire. Combo Attacker will allows you to pull combos with ease and the rapid fire will allow you to attack you opponent rapidly.

Via Dominator Joystick with Rapid Fire for PS3 : HyperGadget

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Angry Gamers is an uncensored video game website dedicated to offering unbiased and uncensored content. Angry Gamers contains the latest game news, game previews, original game articles and the latest game reviews for Xbox 360, PS3, Nintentdo Wii and indie games.

Big Red Potion
Casual Gamer Chick
Eat – Sleep – Game
Flash Games Den
Gamasutra
Gamers With Jobs
GameTalk
GamerTell
GameSpy.com
Indie Game Magazine
Killer Betties
Kotaku
My Geek Life
See Jane Game
Simpson’s Paradox
Talking Orange
Tiny Subversions
Two Bit News
WomenGamers.com

Do you know of a good one we missed? Let us know!

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My friend was recently got ban from xbox live. It’s xbox 360 online game. He was ban for using modified console. Modified console is an upgrade that enable you to use pirated games, which cost a fraction of the original price. Ban hammer as they call it struck once in a quarter, which permanently bans the console but not the account, so the member could use his unexpired subscription membership in another xbox 360console. He was really upset when he found out his console was ban. I told him that cheater never prosper and he maybe better of buying PS3 because playstation came with their version of online gaming. But he was so addicted to xbox live, and he kept on saying that he work really hard for his rank in NBA 2k9 and the equipments that he earned from his long hours of online competition in Soul Caliber IV. And he kept on pointing out that the number of members in xbox live will always outnumber the one’s that will subscribe to Playstation. So as expected he bought another brand new xbox 360 console, but he learned his lesson he never modified the unit, the unit only plays original games. I ask him one time what will he do to the old xbox 360 console. He said He’s planning to throw it in the river or something.

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Gamertell talks about the WSJ’s predictions for console sales. I know this Christmas has been light for all of us, so what do you think the effects will be in the gaming world?

Citing a subpar holiday season and Sony’s Playstation 3 still being the most expensive console, an article in the Wall Street Journal this
week indicates there is almost no way the PS3 can catch the Xbox 360 or
Nintendo Wii in sales. In early results, November 2008 sales of
Sony’s controversial console were down 19 percent from the same
period in 2007.

Via Wall Street Journal foresees problems for Playstation 3 – Gamertell

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Game online more often was liked by everyone, because of the more interesting and good game also was supported by hardware that increasingly sofisticated. for example with the attendance ps3 then animasi and the trick in the game was increasingly real and interesting .
every body who like game online will try to find newest game in order get interesting games.
PS3 the new generation from PS2 have given more atractive games on pc. every player will feel easy to operate this hardware because of systems which build is easy and comportable for human being.
But we recomended or give suggestion to all people who like play the game on the monitor for long time to take care about your eyes. for instance :
1. take a rest every 2 hour after playing the game, let your eyes see the green one or beautiful scene in order fresh again.
2. Dont too near from the monitor , sixty centimeter minimal distance between monitor and your eye is ideal and health.

Dont let your eye get trouble because of your hobby, take care and please do my suggestion.

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I saw this today on Gears of War 2 Tops Sales Chart on PlayGirlz:

Nintendo might be sitting pretty at the top in the console wars, but when it comes to software, Microsoft’s got the lead. The economic crisis seems to be hitting everyone but the world of video games. Anxious shoppers tossed games into their carts like they were Halloween candy. And the results are in.

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Gears of War 2 (Epic, Xbox 360) – 1.56 million units
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Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, Xbox 360) – 1.41 million units
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Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) – 796,000 units
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Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) – 697,000 units
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Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 637,000 units
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Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch, PS3) – 597,000 units
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Guitar Hero World Tour (Vicarious Visions, Wii) – 475,000 units
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Left 4 Dead (Valve, Xbox 360) – 410,000 units
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Resistance 2 (Insomniac, PS3) – 385,000 units
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Wii Music (Nintendo, Wii) – 297,000 units

The Xbox 360 managed to get 3 out of the 10 spots, including the number 1 and 2 positions, thanks to Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty. But Nintendo dominated in numbers once again, picking up half the slots. And that leaves only 2 slots for the PS3, with Call of Duty and Resistance 2. Alas, Resistance 2 was the only PS3 exclusive to make it on the list. Sorry, Sony.

I was pleased about this because someone who lives in my house works for Epic on GoW2 so it’s nice to see his work rewarded.

Via Gears of War 2 Tops Sales Chart

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I was at my friend’s house on the last Sunday night. I was fascinated by the new game Mortal Combat Vs DC Universe. It is a first time ever for all the DC comic characters together, and grouped them together to against the once popular game “Mortal Combat”. I had played mortal combat some 12 years ago, when we were still playing with Nintendo games.

You can pick your characters to fight against the computer, or you can follow a story line, which is realyl interesting, and with great graphic. I love this game, because I haven’t played mortal combat for long while. Now it is available again. DC comic characters with all the popular characters included in this game, such as Superman, batman, green lantern, catwoman, and wonder woman, etc….. You will enjoy this game. It is available on Playstation 3.

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First I was scouting to buy a mobile game. Being a video fan since I was young I’m very picky in my console and games. I own a Super Nintendo, Sega Dreamcast, Playstation1, Playstation 2 and Xbox 360. Now I’m scouting for a mobile game. Of course I wasn’t expecting mobile games to have great graphics like xbox 360 or PS3. So I choose between Nintendo DS and PSP. Finally, I choose PSP, because of the god of war game series. I have just finish god of war 1 and 2, chain of olympus is only available in PSP. I was surprise the PSP has a good graphics. It is an equal I think to PS2. To think of it’s little screen and very little packaging could produce a graphics equal to a regular console. I never regretted it one bit. I’ve been playing it a lot. My plan was only to play when I’m not at home, like when where on the road with my parents or just outside being bored. But now I’ve been playing it more than I’m playing my other consoles. For one, it’s more lighter to our electricity bill, against a regular console like PS3 hookup with a 40″ plasma tv. It is really a bargain.

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Games in nintendo wii is really great for everyone. Everyone now is acquiring the console because of it’s gameplay. Surprising a great percentage of it is the middle age people. Because of it’s gameplay the player gets to exercise while playing. Take for example it’s tennis game. Where the player will actually swing the controller to hit the ball. Actually silly to see at times, but even doctors have been recommending it. Players or people have a chance to exercise in their living room. You can play golf and tennis without the sun and the high membership fee of clubs. And also, you can play the hit tv game dancing with the stars in nintendo wii. You can dance by shaking the controller, coordination and timing is the factor in the game. Nintendo wii introduce a very unique gameplay, the controller which has a sensor, that the charcter that you controlling in the screen imitates your hand movements in the screen. It’s like in the tennis game, the swing of the player depends on how you swing your controller. In the boxing game, you move your controller to dodge the opponents punches, it enhances your reflexes. After a game other player also works out a sweat. Beats other console of just pushing the Y button or the triangle button really fast, only the fingers gets an exercise. Although the graphics is inferior compare to pS3 and xbox 360, ingenuity and inventive we have to give nintendo wii a two thumbs up.

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Last year, christmas 2007, when I was planning to buy a new game console. I just owned a Playstation and Playstation 2. I was going to Playstation 3 immediately. Because I have known it games from the start. I’ve been a big fan of Metal gear, final fantasy and god of war. Games which I know will not appear in the xbox. Another factor in my decision is the upcoming god of war 3, I have just finish god of war 1 and 2 in ps2, and I have to say that was really a good game. To think I almost bought PSP just because of god of war chain of olympus game. But all that factors went to nothing when xbox offered its online or xboxlive. I’m a competitor I love playing against someone else. I’m getting tired of playing against the computer. Whatever good the developer makes it’s AI or artificial intelligence cpu it doesn’t beat a real player.
Until now I’m addicted to playing NBA 2k9 online. My ranking is under 100 and I’m planning to go to the top. I heard PS3 can now play online but it could never outnumber the number of people online in xbox live. Never regretted my xbox 360 even for the 3 red lights or stuff. Because PS3 has the lens problem and I heard Final Fantasy will be available for xbox 360 in the future. Who knows maybe even god of war 3.

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The rumor that you will be able to import images in the PS3 flagship title of the year Little Big Planet has been denied by Media Molecule, the company the developed Little Big Planet. They say that it is possible to import images but they have no plans to bring out any such feature. In case you don’t know about Little Big Planet, here is a brief overview of the game. Little Big Planet lets you take control of a character called Sackboy or Sackgirl which is fully customizable. There are a lot of items available which you can make use of to customize your character and as you progress in the game you will unlock new items. The multiplayer mode is a blast and allows up to four players to play on the same screen or over the internet. The game comes loaded with 50 readymade levels and you can also create your own levels. All the levels that are created by the game designers are created from the level creator that is present inside the game and you can also use it to make equally beautiful and fantastic levels. However, creating a level is a time consuming process. Overall it is a great game and a must have all PS3 owners

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Burnout is one of the most famous racing game franchises and it is famous for its car crashes and fast gameplay. Burnout offers a fast and intense action gameplay. The latest installment of Burnout series is Burnout Paradise released in January 2008 and it was a great hit. Burnout paradise is all about racing and wrecking cars. Burnout Paradise offers a free roaming world that gives you the free to go anywhere and destroy anything you want. Burnout paradise is superb in terms of graphics and all the car crashes and blasts look are very fun to look at. Burnout also offers a addictive online multiplayer gameplay where you can race with your friends in different modes. Burnout Paradise was released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and it is definitely worth playing because it offers a totally different experience and fun gameplay. Overall it is a great game and I will give it 9 out of 10.

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Bioshock was released for the Xbox 360 over a year ago. It showed the gamers what they can expect from FPS games. On October 21 2008, it was released for the play station 3. It is a must play game for all those horror FPS lovers. If you have played F.E.A.R then you will definitely like this game too. The game offers highly realistic environments and graphics. The combat system is excellent. There are a lot of options to choose from when it comes to fighting you enemies. Bioshock has an intense story line which is full of twists. The in-game sound is just spectacular. There is a huge arsenal of weapon available; from shotguns to Tommy guns you can get your hands on all of them. In the PS3 version they have also added a harder difficulty mode. This is a must have game for PS3 owners. I will give it 9.5 out of 10.

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Ever since I saw the first glimpse of this game, I immediately fell in love with it. Little Big Planet is a great game that allows you to create your own 2d levels and characters and play online or offline with your friends. The motto of this game is play, create and share and it stick to it. After playing the game and having an idea of the physics engine you can create your own levels with the easy to use in-game level build and share them online with others. It is a highly imaginative game and it all depends upon your imagination how you play the game. The character that we control is called Sack boy or Sack girl which can be fully customized. You can choose from variety of different costumes and outfits. You can also unlock new outfits that are hidden in the game. The story mode is not too long. There are more than 50 pre-maid levels that you can play but, you can always build your own. The in-game music is excellent and the game has a great replayability. Overall, it is a great game that is a must have for all PS3 owners.

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GTA Grand Theft Auto is a Series Engine Gameplay. Many people get confused and go on Renaming the Games as GTA I, GTA 2 GTA3 GTA4 for SA and then 5 for the updated mod and so on.

Well the Sequence is somewhat like this.
GTA3 has a Same core and the first game out was Liberty City with not so Good Graphics and Rendering and it was of course old tolday.
then Comes Vice city, this one is GTA 3b not GTA IV!!!
after Vice city Comes San Andreas (ONE OF THE BEST PLAYED TILL today with lots of New MODS and stuff)

and this year in 2008 comes GTA IV and is Available only for PS3 and Xbox360.
So next time Please rember the Naming Fashion.

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Metal Gear Solid is one of the most successful video game franchise with a huge fanbase. I am a huge fan of the series. The storybased gameplay of this game is totally different. The game allows you to take the role of Snake. In the previous games of this series that i have played there was not much action but the story kept me glued to myseat. The story is full of twists an turns. This series from Konami has been a Playstation exclusive for a long time now. The latest sequel of metal gear solid is Metal Gear Solid 4: The Guns of Patriots. The game offers stunning visuals and a great story full of twists and turns. The release of the latest MGS 4 has suddenly boosted the sales of PS3. For some times there have been rumors that Konami is planning to release Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360. If this is true then it will be a great news for the Xbox 360. Some of my friends have got an Xbox 360 and when they see me playing MGS on my playstation 3 they can do nothing but, get jealous of me. I hope they will bring out MGS 4 on the Xbox 360 so that all the of the Xbox 360 users can have fun playing this stunning game.

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Last month we reported that Treyarch Studios latest entry to the Call of Duty franchise would be receiving the multiplayer treatment prior to its official release. Now Activision has sent us the word that it’s that time of the month… in a good way. That’s right CoD fans, the World at War multiplayer beta is up and running on Xbox Live. Unfortunately for PS3 owners there are no beta plans and PC users will have to wait a little while longer for the unspecified date of their slice of the CoD5 pie.

For those Xbox 360 owners looking to join in the World at War beta, you’ll want to be a bit of a gambler in order to be granted access. To be part of the multiplayer experience you have to sign up as a CallofDuty.com member which will put you in the run in for a beta token. So get in quick before the beta tokens are all dished out.

The CoD5 beta will provide gamers with the “opportunity to play as U.S. Marines, German Wehrmacht, Japanese Imperial Army and Russian Red Army factions in a variety of game types (Team Death Match, Free-For-All, Capture the Flag and War), across three different maps.” The maps are as follows:

Castle – The Imperial Japanese Army faces off against the Marine Raiders in a daytime battle, located on the grounds of an ancient, Japanese castle.

Makin – The U.S. Marine Raiders square off against the Imperial Japanese Army in a nighttime fight, set in an outpost on the Makin Atoll in the Pacific.

Roundhouse – The Wehrmacht will fight the Red Army to the bitter end in a daytime struggle that features tank and infantry combat, set in a desolate, war-torn European train depot.

The multiplayer betas will only run for a few weeks, but that should be time aplenty for Xbox 360 and PC gamers to hone their online skills for CoD5’s release on the 12th of November.

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Home is the name of the new game from Sony for his PS3. In fact it is not really a game but more a social and interactive application en 3D where you will have to create a character in this virtual reality world and make him live like a normal person (go to work, clubbing, eat, meet people…)
From feedbacks of some players who had the opportunity to play in the demo version during the TGS 2008, they said that the graphic is very powerful and the system created a very fluid and impressive world !!!
Sony created a stand but within the Home world and the virtuality seems so real that we can think we are in the reality, a good way to prove the capacity of this application and may be in the future, every events will be built on this way, who knows !!!

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For fans of Fallout, you should be happy to know that Fallout 3 will be out soon, in fact the november 7th, less than one month !!! Still in the apocalyptic world, you will have to try to survive by all means. I watched some video at the website of Game Trailers and the game play since very pretty cool and very impressive with a lot of effect.
The game will be available for PS3, Xbox and PC but for people who like to play with his keyboard and mouse, you will need a PC which have at least this kind of configuration if you want to experience the game in perfect condition :
System : Windows Vista
Proc : Intel Core 2 Duo minimum
Memory : 2GB minimum
Video card : compatible with Direct X 9.0c and at least 512MB RAM (like NVIDIA 8800 or ATI 3800)

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There are many football games out there but, two of them are most famous. First one is Fifa and the other is Pro Evolution Soccer. Fifa is owned by EA Sports and Konami is the developer of PES. PES used to be better than Fifa few years ago. But, now Fifa has improved a lot in the recent titles. One major reason for this is that EA is a rich company and it has a larger fan base while on the other hand Konami is not such a big company. The latest sequel of Fifa, Fifa 09, was released few days ago and it has already sold 1.2 million copies in Europe during its first week. Fifa was released on all the nextgen consoles with Xbox 360 and PS3 sharing the same version of the game, while Wii version offers different gameplay and graphics based on its, since it has different type of controllers and it is not capable of playing next generation graphics. One major feature in Fifa 09 is the Adidas Live session. Addidas Live Session allows you to update the status of your player and team based on the real world. This means that if Cristiano Ronaldo is not performing well in the real world then his status will also drop in the game. That sounds interesting. So, if you are a major football fan then I would suggest that you definitely play this game.

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Like every gamers know, Tekken is one of the best fighting games on which each fighter has his own fighting technical. You can select different characters like a boxing man, a street fighter, a kung fu fighter… there are a lot of different characters for any kind of players and if you want to master the technic, you have to pass a lot of times and after to participate to the real tournament organized by Sony and to be the best fighter of the world !!!
Normally playstation players have the privilege to play it but during the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft has announced that Tekken 6 will be available for his xbox too but not until the end of 2009 !!! For PS3, it will be available normally beginning of the year 2009 !!!

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