Monday, August 07, 2006

Dead Rising Review (Xbox 360) 8.7
"Dead Rising is a game that takes the tried and true survival horror genre and turns it on its head. It melds brand-new gameplay ideas – and there really are a ton of new ideas to enjoy – with a B-movie style storyline that does an admirable job of keeping players engulfed in the strange goings-on in the Williamette Parkview Mall."
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Madden NFL 07: On The Field Int
A thrilling in depth look at the play mechanics for offence & defence.
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How you'll control the HD-DVD player from the Xbox360 Dashboard

In yesterdays show, I mentioned that I'd post photos of the Xbox 360 HD-DVD Dashboard interface and how you'll be able to control two drives. Those images are now posted over at the Gamerscore blog Note: these are not final and subject to change.

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Neverwinter Nights 2 Multiplayer Beta Test

Welcome to the sign up form for the closed public beta test for Neverwinter Nights
2 for PC. Neverwinter Nights 2 is an extensive role-playing game that employs a rich single-player experience, a toolset for creating custom adventures, as well as a multiplayer component where adventurers can team up and explore the world of Faerun as a team!

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X Demo (2 Days away)

The demo will feature the location of St. Maarten in the Caribbean and include 2 airports and 3 missions of progressing difficulty.


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Another Console Price Drop PS2 $109.00
PlayStation 2 - Wal-Mart

QuakeCon 06: John Carmack's keynote [now online]

"John Carmack's annual QuakeCon keynote address. It was comparable to his down to earth speech presented last year when he focused on next generation console gaming. This year, he focused on multi-processor support in games. Sit back and relax and prepare to be blown away by the genius mind of the QUAKE creator himself, John Carmack."

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New Crysis Videos

New videos of Crytek's upcoming Crysis, mirrored at bluealien.

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Best of QuakeCon 2006

GamerNode traveled to Dallas this week for QuakeCon 2006--and here's our take on the best the "Woodstock of Gaming" had to offer.

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The Game Industry Skills Shortage

Console developers are discovering that it is not as easy to find skilled talent for their proprietary hardware as it is for standardized (basically, DirectX) PC game development. And none have experience with next-generation hardware that is needed today. Game dev programs in schools are outdated and aren't helping.

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Pioneer Launches The First Surround Sound System For Xbox 360

Pioneer Electronics AsiaCentre today premiered the first surround sound system for Xbox 360 with the introduction of a 5.1 channel surround sound speaker system officially licensed for the video game and entertainment system.

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