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Xbox Live Free! (For a little while)

By Geoffrey Tim
November 18, 2009
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Are you a sad Xbox Live silver user, forced to watch from the sidelines while your Gold-subscription paying friends get their game on? Do you feel dejected by smug PSN users who laud their multiplayer service’s gratis nature over you? Well, Microsoft has awarded you a small reprieve – as Xbox Live Gold will be free for a short period, …

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Shocker : Modern Warfare 2 Tops Xbox Live Activity Chart

By Geoffrey Tim
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
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Major Nelson has posted the latest Xbox Live Activity charts, dated November 9 and – BIG SURPRISE! – Modern Warfare 2 sits firmly at the top. With Xbox Live having hit new user records on the back of the game, it really was to be expected. What has come as a surprise is that both previous COD games, the original …

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Review And Competition Winner – Rabbids Go Home – Nintendo Wii

By Nick De Bruyne
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming, Reviews
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A double dose of awesome is in store today as not only have we reviewed Rabbids Go Home but we are giving away that sweet looking bundle that we posted up yesterday to one lucky reader. Back to the game. Let’s be honest here, how many of you guys actually switch your Wii on more than once a week? Or …

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What's up with the site today?

By Gavin Mannion
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
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Some of the more observant Lazygamer regulars may have noticed something different about the site this morning, mainly that it wasn’t here. The good news is that it’s back now but unfortunately the bad news is that we are expecting to fall over again in a few hours. Kotaku has been kind enough to  post a link to an old …

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It’s a Lie! Natal Rumours Untrue, says Microsoft

By Geoffrey Tim
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
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Less than a week ago we told you of the rumours surrounding Microsoft’s controllerless wagglemachine, Project Natal. A November 2010 release, 14 launch games and a sub-£50 price point- All of which is apparently a load of codswallop. Xbox UK Honcho Neil Thompson had this to say when asked about the veracity of the claims "No. They weren’t accurate, they …

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Borderlands beats out Prototype to be #1… Dragon Age wants in on the action as well

By Gavin Mannion
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
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There have been some killer titles released this year already in Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2, New Super Mario Bros (nearly released), Forza 3 and Killzone 2 however all of those titles have something in common. They are all sequels, not a single new IP in that entire list and if we include the rest of the year we can …

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Whatever happened to Vault boy from Fallout 3? He started to work as a Pizza Delivery Boy

By Gavin Mannion
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
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In what feels like a very sad episode of ‘Where are they now” our old friend Vault Boy has been found and very much not well. While we were under the impression that vault boy had gone off to explore new galaxies and save new worlds this isn’t the case… in fact after Fallout 3 vault boy has been struggling …

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EA shuts down Pandemic studios, keeps Pandemic studios

By Gavin Mannion
November 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
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Yesterday some rumours starting floating around that EA may be shutting down Pandemic studio’s and not 24 hours later all is confirmed. However Pandemic as a brand isn’t going away with the 3 men in charge of the company being absorbed into the EA Los Angeles office and future Pandemic IP’s still in the works. Unfortunately for the other 200 …

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