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First PS3 jailbreak raid in South Africa arrests one man, confiscates his kits
Officials in Johannesburg, South Africa conducted the world's first "PS3 circumvention raid" at a residential property in Parktown, confiscating $14,000 (R100,000) worth of computers, PS3s, hard drives, jailbreak software and USB kits, along with "fake" PS2 games and original PS3 games. One man was taken into custody at the Specialized Commercial Crimes Court but made bail, and is expected in ...read more
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PS Vita ‘Risks Major Failure’
The recent announcement of the forthcoming price drop for Nintendo's 3DS handheld definitely threw a wrench into the plans for the PS Vita, well at least into the outlooks from some gaming analysts. With Sony's PS Vita getting set to launch in Japan later this year, and worldwide in early 2012, some tend to think that for Sony to have success with the handheld they'll need to lower the price of ...read more
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PS Vita Final Specs Remain Undisclosed
There has been plenty of speculation recently about Sony's PS Vita handheld and its to-be announced final system specs. Rumors arose earlier in the week about a possible RAM cut that would reduce some of the cost associated with manufacturing the handheld gaming device. While multiple sources both confirmed and denied these intial reports, it appears that there is no definite understanding of ...read more
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EA Offers Battlefield 3 Beta Early To Preorder Customers
Gaming publishing giant Electronic Arts has announced that people who pre-order the Battlefield 3 game from its Origin online store will get early access to the beta version of the game’s multiplayer mode. According to a post on the Battlefield 3 blog, gamers who pre-order the game from EA’s store will get early access to its multiplayer beta, which will be launched next month in ...read more
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Sony Announces PSN Play
Sony just recently announced a new program that will look to rival Xbox 360's Summer of Arcade. The program which has been described as the first of an annual occurence, will see Sony release four downloadable PSN games and offer partcipants DLC for each game as well as new theme with each pre-order. Better yet, if you purchase all four titles, you'll get a fifth title absolutely free. The ...read more
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MW3 pre-orders “significantly” ahead of Black Ops
What was said by a UK retailer some weeks ago has now been said by Activision to be true worldwide; pre-orders for Modern Warfare 3 are tracking “significantly” ahead of last year’s Black Ops. Acti CEO Bobby Kotick relinquished the info in the company’s Q2 2011 results report: “To date, pre-orders for Modern Warfare 3 have significantly exceeded the pre-orders for Black Ops at this ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 'Rezurrection' DLC on 360 August 23
First Strike, Escalation, Annihilation, and now Resurrection. The latest Activision earnings release names the new Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC, and provides a release window of sometime this fiscal quarter (which means July through September). It would be ironically poorly timed, but great for promotional purposes, if the DLC were to hit (on Xbox 360 first, as per exclusivity agreements) during ...read more
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Battlefield 3 Probably Getting Online Pass
A growing number of games are locking out preowned customers from certain content -- usually online multiplayer -- unless they purchase an online pass-equivalent from their respective publishers. This allows publishers, who normally make no money on preowned sales, to at least get some revenue from the active second hand market. DICE has half-confirmed to Gamerzines that Battlefield 3 will be ...read more
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Gamestop Now Sells HD-PVRs!
One of the most popular capture cards is now available by Gamestop. Expensive, yet effective and definately worth it for the price, Hauppauge now is selling through Gamestop. Trying to obtain one of these godly capture cards before may have been a hassle, but Gamestop may be carrying them in stores as soon as tomorrow, August 2, 2011. This is the same capture card many "famous" youtubers have ...read more
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Battlefield 3 multiplayer alpha & beta access detailed
he official blog for Battlefield 3, the next installment in the EA-published, large-scale military shooter series, shares some new details about the game's upcoming multiplayer beta. First up is an Alpha trial--accessible via invite only--focused primarily on server-related stress tests. While no Alpha Trial codes are being given away on social networking platforms (a relatively common ...read more
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