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360 Component Upgrade
October 10, 2007
[caption id="attachment_5318" align="alignleft" width="375"] An Xbox 360 with its case open.[/caption] OCT. 9, 2007 • The San Jose Mercury News reports that production Xbox 360s will not receive another motherboard...
PS3 Price Drops
October 9, 2007
OCT. 9, 2007 • Sony Computer Ent. dropped the price of two PlayStation 3 models in Japan by ¥5,000 ($43) each to better compete with the Wii. The 20GB system...
SCE Starts In-Game Ad Unit
October 8, 2007
OCT. 8, 2007 • Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the creation of a new in-game advertising business unit, and hired Darlene Kindler, a 25-year consumer electronic industry veteran, as director...
New HD-DVD Consortium
October 8, 2007
[caption id="attachment_5305" align="alignleft" width="350"] Microsoft and Toshiba are joining forces to boost HD-DVD.[/caption] OCT. 8, 2007 • Microsoft Corp. and Toshiba announce the creation of the Advanced Interactivity Consortium, an...
Nintendo Products
October 5, 2007
OCT. 05, 2007 • In the console hardware battle one of the key distinguishing features is software that is exclusive to a particular platform. Therefore, DFC Intelligence is taking a...
From the Men of GoD: Gamecock
October 4, 2007
OCT. 4, 2007 • It is a very lonely neighborhood for the independent game publisher. The economies of scale long ago tilted the publishing business in favor of heavyweights such...
Japanese Game Market
October 3, 2007
[caption id="attachment_11250" align="alignleft" width="405"] Jump Ultimate Stars is a Japanese market fighting game for the DS that will probably never get a U.S. version.[/caption] OCT. 3, 2007 • Since the...
UT3 to Miss Holidays
September 30, 2007
SEPT. 30, 2007 • In an SEC filing, Midway Games announced that its PS3 exclusive, Unreal Tournament 3, will not be ready in time for the holiday season. Midway estimated...