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The Halo 3 Zune for military service members (Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft is adding yet another piece of Halo 3-related merchandise to its product lineup

On the heels of the Halo 3 Edition black Zune, Microsoft is introducing a new brown version of the Halo-themed player for military service members. After receiving feedback on the popularity of the Zune players from U.S. soldiers, teams from Microsoft Zune and Microsoft’s U.S. Federal business joined together to develop a special Zune – Halo 3 Military Edition, which will be available exclusively

There are emulators for both 8-bit and 16-bit platforms for some time now, but most of them run on more powerful devices such as computers and high-end cellphones. The OneStation Portable crams in all those emulated games into a GBA-sized cartridge that slots wonderfully into a GBA Micro-cloned design. You’ll be able to enjoy classics of yore with a 320 x 240 resolution color LCD display at extremely dirt cheap prices – retailing between $30 to $40. Even the game carts are so affordable, selling for just $5 or $6 a pop. Unfortunately, the game… Continue Reading»

Electronic Arts announced on Friday that Tony Hawk killer Skate will ship to retail on September 12 for Xbox 360 and September 24 for PS3. EA will also release a demo to Xbox Live Marketplace on August 15.The downloadable demo features game play tutorials and a single level introduction to the game’s “Flickit” controls where players use analog sticks to pull of combos in lieu of button mashing. The demo also allows for video captures of skate session which can be shared online at www.skate.ea.com for other players to view, rate and comment on.Skate is EA’s attempt… Continue Reading»

Sure, you can already mouse around on your Linux-booting or web-browsing PS3 system to your heart’s content, but Epic wanted to level the FPS playing field just a bit, and is bringing keyboard and mouse support to its PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3. Epic VP Mark Rein was concerned that having multiple control methods would give some players an unfair advantage, but apparently those problems have been worked out. In addition to bringing a potential end to those endless mouse vs. dual stick debates (unlikely), this also… Continue Reading»

Grand Theft Auto fans are going to have to wait a bit longer for the next installment.Take-Two Interactive announced Thursday that Grand Theft Auto IV would not be released Oct. 18 for Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game systems, as originally planned. Instead, the game will arrive in spring of 2008, “due to additional development time required to complete the title,” the company said in a statement.Rockstar Games founder Sam Houser says in the statement, “the new consoles are allowing us to create the “Grand Theft Auto” game we always dreamed… Continue Reading»

Can you imagine what kind of boring life you’d grow up to have if what you played with as a Japanese kid was a virtual commuter train simulator? All you do is go from one commuter stop to the next, picking up other sad sack salarymen, all the while enjoying the sights that is Japan’s urban jungle. Makes me want to off myself just thinking about it.
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