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Could Youtube be coming to the Xbox360, PS3 and WII ?
YouTube has posted a job listing for a “Game Console Software Engineer,” which could be a hint of its plans to expand to game consoles in much the same way Hulu Plus and Netflix have. The position will help “build the next generation game-console-based TV experience with You Tube video content,” the listing reads, which really seems like a dead giveaway. Even more so, requirements include ...read more
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Activision 'abused' Guitar Hero
Former Red Octane boss says too many releases led to the demise of cherished brand One of the key figures from the history of the Guitar Hero franchise has blamed Activision's abuse of the brand as the reason for its downfall. “It was brilliant,” said Kelly Sumner, the former CEO of Guitar Hero’s original publisher RedOctane and the man who oversaw Activision’s acquisition of the ...read more
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Spanish hacker steals customer data from Nintendo, blackmail backfires
A hacker from Spain has been arrested over stealing data on 4,000 gamers from Nintendo. Apparentlty, the hacker tried to blackmail Nintendo, accusing them of 'negligence'. After Nintendo didn't respond, the hacker began to leak the information online. He has since been arrested in Malaga.
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Dead Space 2 Kinect Hack
The wonderful people over on Youtube bring us footage of user kick755's new Dead Space 2 hax. He managed to use a FAAST emulator for the Kinect aspect and GlovePIE for the Wiimote to create, not new, but more interesting levels of interactivity in Dead Space 2. He managed to reload, use telekinesis, and aim using his technique, but then stuns us by literally stomping on a Necromorph's head. This, ...read more
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Guitar Hero killed off, True Crime cancelled, new studio to work on Call of Duty
With a yearly release of Guitar Hero games, it was only a matter of time before Activision announced the next iteration. But, in an interesting turn of events, there will be no Guitar Hero game during 2011. Even more mind-blowingly, there might not be another one ever. The publisher today announced – during its December quarter and calendar year 2010 financial results call – that due to a ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops infographic is heavy on numbers
Over 1.1 trillion shots fired in 161 virtual World Wars fought every day since the game’s launch. Treyarch’s released a neat new infographic for Call of Duty: Black Ops to mark the release of the game’s first map pack, First Strike. The image has a bevy of surprising stats which you’re sure to find interesting if you’ve spent a chunk of your life playing the shooter. We’ve ...read more
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DSiWare Hack released?
A new hack has been released for the DSi using a DSiWare game, as posted by yellows8 over at hackmii. Interesting stuff. But given all the newfound illegalities on console hacking, it seems like these 'achievements' will be slowing up across all consoles? As you may remember we started looking at the DSi about two years ago. Despite some early attempts using savegame hacks for hybrid card ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops - First Strike - Ascension footage
Ascension – the new Zombie map that is included with the upcoming First Strike map pack – is set to include a couple new weapons, perks and enemies when it lands on February 1st. Ascension is set in a abandoned Soviet cosmodrome and has you playing as one of the regular cast of characters (Takeo, Nikoli, Dempsey, and Rictoffen). While playing the new Zombie map you will have the ...read more
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Rumor: Infinity Ward making MW3 with Sledgehammer, Raven
As long as the world keeps spinning on its axis and waves crash against the shore, so too will a Call of Duty game be in development. Case in point: CoD: Modern Warfare 3 is currently being developed by the skilled, gentle hands of Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games. Or so it’s today rumored. LA Times reports that the folks at IW and Sledgehammer are sharing the single-player duties on ...read more
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Treyarch made Modern Warfare to
Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision, and he believes that Treyarch is due much more credit than it gets for its development efforts in Modern Warfare 1&2. The CEO voiced his concerns in a recent interview with Computer and Video Games. He claimed that the multiplayer in the Call of Duty franchise as gamers now know it "was largely developed by Treyarch" . This probably doesn't have ...read more
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