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At the
beginning of this month, James Bond fans were served another 007 dish, when the
22nd installment of the Bond movies franchise “Quantum of Solace” opened
in the United States on November 14.
Even though
“Solace” did not manage to thoroughly live up to the Bond name, the producers
having apparently chosen to fall into the old patterns of “Casino Royale,” the movie
has also gone digital, with a “Quantum of Solace” videogame having been
released in North America on November 4.
So James Bond
has returned to save the world yet again. As promised at the end of each and
every...
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Games used to be about entertainment, about blowing off some steam after a hard day at work or, even, about intriguing stories that captivated the player. Today, though such games still exist, people can take a look at gaming and see that people are starting to move more and more towards the virtual reality. Second Life is a 3D game that simulates life, by allowing players to fully customize how their characters look and wonder the virtual world doing things that can easily be done in the real world, with the possible exception of flying like a bird and looking like a magical creature. The...
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It’s been a long, productive night for World of Warcraft
gamers around the world, as they counted down the seconds to grab that zepp and
set foot on Northrend for the first time. After a longtime waiting and wishing they
could all try out the Beta, the Wrath of the Lich King is finally out.
So make sure your fridge is full for the next few days, and
arm yourself with endless patience to grab a mob and finish a quest, cause this
weekend, millions of players will be exploring the new continent (and probably
stealing your mobs too…).
This is the second expansion pack for worldwide...
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The video game industry seems to have grown in October, despite the forbidding economy, according to NPD results. For the three big hardware manufacturers, the growth has been significant. Even if Sony sold only 190,000 PlayStation 3, coming in fourth among all current platforms, the company says PS3 software sales have doubled year over year, gaining impressive momentum. Furthermore, Sony highlighted 166 percent growth in the PlayStation Network’s user registration, stating that the total number of PSN registrations is up to 14 million. All in all, the company says it gained $131 million...
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The video-game industry recorded an 18% growth in October which is a critical month of the fourth quarter that also includes the holiday shopping season. The growth came on the background of a major decline in the sales of portable players. According to data provided by the NPD Group, a market research firm, the video-game industry grew to $2.2 billion in October, a figure that keeps the industry on its way to top $22 billion for the entire fiscal year. However, a decline was registered in the pace of the grouth. Video-games sales were up 18% higher in October 2008 than in October 2007, but...
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