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Mass Effect – Viral Marketing Begins

By Gavin Mannion
April 2, 2007
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So the viral marketing for Mass Effect has begun… A user by the name of Spectre2183 has published 2 pixelated videos which look like they have been taken with a helmet cam… Basically it’s a nice hectic battle with very little given away, apart from that they where ambushed by the sound of it and it all happened so quickly… …

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Eidos holding back "most" PS3 titles

By Gavin Mannion
April 2, 2007
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Jane Cavanagh, Eidos CEO, has commented that whilst they think the PS3 will be a successful platform they are not going to be publishing any games for it until the second half of 2008. Why? Well they don’t think the install base is big enough to warrant anything currently. That must be a bit worrying for Sony since if developers are not …

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Gamerzines: New Versions Out

By Gavin Mannion
April 2, 2007
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 Just a quick note to let you know that April’s Gamerzines have been released. Head on over to download the 4th issues of the 360Zine or the first ever issue for the PS3Zine. These magazines generally have a large amount of interesting articles in them and best of all they are free. They are currently running a competition to win …

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Guitar Hero II has Effect Pedals

By Gavin Mannion
April 2, 2007
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So the kind guys over at Joystiq have gotten their hands on Guitar Hero II already and have finally figured out what that mystery port was for. It’s for “Effects Pedals” which are sold separately and not available at the moment. One of the comments on the post by a visitor is claiming that the pedals that come with the …

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Custom Faceplate Painting

By Gavin Mannion
March 30, 2007
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Xbox360FanBoy.com asked a couple of their readers to send in some custom designs that they may have created. The best one they received is the following Now that is some realy fantastic painting…. I think if I tried I would end up with something like that another reader sent in… These controllers looked like they where dipped in a can …

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Japanese GOW Ads?

By Gavin Mannion
March 30, 2007
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So after Sony got mauled in the media for their awful PS3 TV ads it looks like Microsoft did not want to be left out in the cold. They have now released a few viral marketing TV ads to get the popularity of Gears of War in Japan increased. I for completely understand Microsoft’s frustration with the Japenese gamers. They don’t …

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Another Analyst Claiming Blu-Ray Will Win

By Gavin Mannion
March 30, 2007
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So yet another analyst has thrown his 2 cents into the Blu-Ray vs HD DVD war. However there is a very strong trend that is emerging with all these reportrs. Blu-Ray wins every time, now in the beginning there was a large groundswell of support for HD DVD due to it’s lower costs of manufacture and it’s supposed better quality …

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The 1 Million Download XBLA Title

By Gavin Mannion
March 30, 2007
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So which title do you think was the first to be downloaded 1 million times from the Xbox Live Arcade? What else apart from that great hardcore gamers favourite UNO!…. The first time I heard that UNO was going to be on Xbox Live! I thought it was a nice idea to bring in some casual gamers (read wives) but …

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