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Freaky Creatures Gets Freaky Fishing UpdateFreaky Creatures starter packs are now available for purchase at comic, hobby and local toy retailers and FYE stores nationwide
GamersHell Friday, August 07, 2009Tribes of Mexica AnnouncedIncubator Games is proud to announce Tribes of Mexica, an actionpuzzle game set in the mythical world of the Aztecs.
Teambox.com Friday, August 07, 2009Sony?s PSX tanks in JapanThe western release of the PSX, Sony?s souped-up version of the PlayStation 2 that comes with a built-in hard drive and can double as a digital video recorder, keeps
getting pushed back and pushed back, and the latest news that...
About Friday, August 07, 2009Playing a First-Person Shooter Using Real GunsBlake
writes "A group
called Waterloo Labs rigged up a few accelerometers to a large wall and projected a first-person shooter onto it. Using some math, they can triangulate the position of impacts on the wall, so naturally they found someone with a gun and bought a large case of ammunition. Even cooler, this group usually posts a 'how we did it' video a few weeks after a project's debut, including
source code."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Friday, August 07, 2009Tekken 6: New Zafina GalleryTekken 6 (PS3)Namco Bandai's latest fighter gets a couple of hi-res images plus new character art showing Zafina in action.
GameSpy.com Friday, August 07, 2009BlizzCon Sells Out in Eight MinutesBlizzard's upcoming convention sold 20,000 tickets in
around eight minutes according to Activision.
GameSpy.com Friday, August 07, 2009Rage: New Screens and Technical Doc ReleasedRage (PS3)A document presented by id
software's J.M.P. van Waveren at SIGGRAPH 09 reveals new Rage images.
GameSpy.com Friday, August 07, 2009Wii sales take the lead in JapanMonster Hunter pushes up Wii interestThe power of the Monster Hunter brand in Japan once again plays a key role in the hardware sales battle this week, sales for the week ending August 2nd putting the Wii way out ahead.The console had been a distant third-place in the previous week's hardware chart, but the release of Monster Hunter Tri exclusively on the console appears to have given the Wii a timely boost in the land of the rising sun.Sales last week topped 95,000 for the Wii, followed by the DSi with less than 74,000 units sold.Third was the PSP with just over 33,000 sales, the DS Lite next with a respectable 12,000 or so.Then there's the PS3 with just shy of 9,000 units shifted, the PS2 and Xbox 360 sixth and seventh with
around 3,500 a piece. More soon.
Ferrago Friday, August 07, 2009US Xbox Live gets Paypal integrationA new way to buy pointsXbox Live users stateside now have a new way to pay for downloadable items and other content offered via the Xbox 360's online platform, Microsoft confirming support of Paypal this
morning.While you won't be able to pay for stuff using the online payments system directly on your console, you will get the option to link your Paypal account to your Xbox.com account.This will allow users to quickly use Paypal in order to top up their accounts,
should they prefer to use this option on the interweb, rather than buy items in the traditional ways.We'll bring you all the latest news from Xbox Live as we get it.
Ferrago Friday, August 07, 2009Brutal Legend clear for release after settlementActivision and Double Fine
settle out of court Activision were attempting to block the release of Double Fine's Jack Black-starring rock adventure Brutal Legend, but wrangling over who owns the rights to publish the game have now come to and end.According to the latest word on the block, Activision and Double Fine have reached an out of court agreement of unspecified content, allowing the game to be be
released this winter; and also negating further legal tussles.The agreement came just a day before both sides were to present their arguments to an LA Superior Court judge, who had already delayed a ruling in order to investigate matters further.Judge Craig Karlan had already refused to put the game's release on hold, stating that he couldn't see Activision winning through in the case, and
now it seems as if the publisher might have cut their losses.
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