Last year, Daniel Schiappa, general manager of strategy for Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, the unit responsible for Xbox and Zune, told attendees at a virtual worlds conference in Austin that “by next year, you’ll probably know more about why I’m up here.” Well, it seems we are about to learn what Microsoft has been [...]

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Not to be overly reductive, but every video game can be reduced to two basic elements: presentation and gameplay. Presentation includes everything from graphics and sound down to the interface and save system. Gameplay is just that – the way the game plays. Reducing Alone in the Dark down to these two elements makes it [...]

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Many own computers, but few play video games on them. This is especially true with console owners, as an odd church-and-state-like separation seems to keep the games on the game machine and, well, the viruses on the virus machine.

If your Gamertag is Console4Life, then there is a good chance that you have little clue about [...]

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It’s not like Battlefield: Bad Company is everything to everyone. It’s not the best first person shooter you’ll ever play; there’s basically only one mode to multiplayer, its got some really corny writing, the color palette is sort of bland, etc., etc. But I’ll be damned if it isn’t one of the best games I’ve [...]

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned from all those wasted hours watching the Weather Channel, it’s this: You don’t mess with Mother Nature. Thankfully, the guys at Frozen Codebase didn’t get that memo and they’ve given gamers a way to control the full, unbridled power of various natural disasters, essentially turning them into a literal [...]

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If someone gets into a discussion with other people on video games for the purpose of learning about a title, much of the beginning details center on the genre. Is it an action game? Platformer? RPG? If it’s a sports game, is it a “simulation” or “arcade”? Before the game’s finer points are elaborated upon, [...]

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Multi-Platinum Alternative Rockers Coldplay Debut New Single as Part of Downloadable Songpack for Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun 13, 2008: The reflective and emotional chords of multi-award winning band Coldplay are making their debut on Activision, Inc.’s (Nasdaq:ATVI) Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock with the release of a three-track downloadable [...]

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