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RamblinLonghorn writes:
The reviews for Bioshock are pouring in. With a metacritic score of 97%, the gaming press is united in their praise of the game. Gamasutra summarizes the finer points of the game and lists some of the reviewer's complaints.
Take Two Interactive Software stock, already reeling from the GTA IV delays, gained nearly 10% on Tuesday. Is Bioshock's critical praise and success a turning point for the embattled Take Two? How strong will Bioshock sell compared to other AAA titles set for release soon?
263625
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xtracto writes:
Spore is finished. That's the first thing I learn as I head in to my play session at the Leipzig Games Convention. Obviously, the game isn't finished finished (as in ready to ship), but in terms of its content offering, it's all there — the game is complete. At this point, EA is spending the next several months paying attention to feedback from players to tweak and polish Spore for its release next Spring. But otherwise, it's done.
263599
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igorthefiend writes:
Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/gaming/more-bioshock-shock/) and others (http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t =5527) are reporting that the PC version of Bioshock is loaded with new DRM from Securom which limits users to just two installs.
2K are saying that if users come up against the limit they should contact Securom — but Securom are referring people back to 2K according to NoFrag. http://www.nofrag.com/images/00311b.jpg
Where does this leave the doctrine of first sale? Is this ushering in a new era of restrictive protection on AAA titles?
263387
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wamerocity writes:
"One of the biggest if not THE BIGGEST development in the PSP hacking scene has just unfolded."
A new homebrew app, lovingly referred to as "Pandora's Battery" has surfaced as a joint effort between the most noted PSP Homebrew devs, team Noobz, C + D, and homebrew god Dark_Alex. This app, allows ANY homebrew enabled PSP to turn any regular PSP battery into the famed "jigkick" battery, (the method Sony uses to unbrick warrantied PSP) and in conjunction with a small program on the memory stick, it can restore it to the celestial homebrew-friendly 1.5 firmware.
As a sidenote, the newly-created jigkick battery can no longer be used as a normal battery, so a new one should be purchased first.
263361
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Dr. Eggman writes:
1up.com has the exciting news, Spore is content finalized and moving into to tweak and polish phase! What's more, they were able to give a hands-on preview; the first of its kind outside of EA. Sam Kennedy was allowed to evolve his cellular creature up into the top of the ocean before finally flopping onto land. From there, he continued to evolve his creature to the point of simple communication, before his time was up.
263227
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LucidLion writes:
As reported here and according to the vgchartz, in less than a year the Wii has overtaken the XBox 360 and has become the fasted selling console ever.
From the article:
The news marks the first time that Nintendo has been the leader in both the home console and handheld markets since 1994 when the company's Super NES and Game Boy lines reigned supreme. Currently, the DS and Wii are the top two selling system's in the industry.
With the way it's selling, any drought in Wii games probably won't last long.
255137
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panmediatic writes:
So I was playing my XBox yesterday and I got to wondering: where are all the parts for this thing made? I started doing a little research and got real interested in factories for circuit board assembly (otherwise known as box-building factories). Are they in the US? Somewhere else? Where?
I was wondering if people knew where some of the major factories are (with maybe websites or something) and what games for what game/hardware/console platforms are being manufactured. My hope is to find out about most of the major games out right now: where are they coming from anyway?
Thanks for your help in advance!
252251
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Cosmicbandito writes:
Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original "Adventure" in Code and in Kentucky.
Discussion of original game source code, different versions of the game, hand draw maps, and lots of great photos inside the cave the game is based on.
244085
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frooge writes:
With the recent release of iD's catalog on Steam, it appears DOSBox is being used to run the old DOS games for greater compatibility. According to a post on the Halflife2.net forums, however, this distribution does not contain a copy of the GPL license that DOSBox is distributed under, which violates the license. According to the DOSBox developers, they were not notified that it was being used for this release.