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Microsoft owns up to "E74" 360 errors, expands warranty

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 03:26 PM | Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | (url: http://arstechnic...)

A popular gaming blog tracked a new kind of Xbox 360 error, the E74, and Microsoft has finally owned up and added the issue to the three-year "Red Ring of Death" warranty. This is a win for consumers, but it's yet another black eye for Microsoft's hardware.

While Xbox 360 systems may be known more for the dreaded "red ring of death" than any other hardware failure, one gaming blog has been tracking the rise of the "E74" error, an issue that causes the console to crash and show a multi-language kill screen. You'll also get a single red section on your system's power button. Microsoft is aware of the problem, and has since amended it's three-year warranty to cover the error.

Training Site

Submitted by: Bloodsong @ 11:16 AM | Thursday, February 12, 2009 | (url: http://www.gamerd...)

There are people on the internet who wish to keep the Shifter Tribes alive. They are providing a training site for the noobs, returning players, and players from other mods who wish to play Tribes. The perspective trainee should be instructed to read through the site, or at the very least watch all the video's 1st.
Then they can request Tribes, Ventrilo, and personal Training, etc..... at the web site providing the training.

Houston Vehicles Returns to T2

Submitted by: skywalkerjel @ 02:58 AM | Friday, February 13, 2009 | (url: http://hvelite.com/)

Houston Vehicles elite Where Machines Of War Blaze Paths Of Bloody Fury The epicenter for team based combat, on an epic scale, returns to the Tribes 2 universe. Houston Vehicles elite would like to invite all |HV| members, friends and cannon fodder to stop by and say Hi! (vgh). Mark your calendars for Friday February 13, 2009. Fly a shrike or drop some bombs, attack those generators, it's up to you. We're in full production and open for business, thanks to our hard working admins. The Houston Vehicles elite server you knew and loved is back. All previous maps and scripts have been re-installed by our scripting guru, Wembly. He even has some ideas for new features. So let's populate the server.

Guy tracks down his stolen 360 with still connected controller

Submitted by: Beren @ 03:42 PM | Sunday, December 14, 2008 | (url: http://www.kotaku...)

Now I had noticed my controller still worked if I was in the bath etc.. but this is certainly kicking it up a notch to be able to track down the 360 once its stolen by seeing when it is within range. Shame they had already formatted the guys HDD though.

Sony launches PlayStation 'Home' Virtual Community

Submitted by: DVADER @ 10:04 AM | Thursday, December 11, 2008 | (url: http://money.cnn....)

Sony Corp.'s much delayed virtual community for owners of its PlayStation 3 game console will start worldwide Thursday, but it's unlikely to attract many newcomers to the machine, company officials said.

The free-of-charge PlayStation Home service is mainly meant to make gaming more fun for people who already own the PS3, they said.

Junji "JB" Shoda, a Sony Computer Entertainment Japan vice president, who oversees Home, said Wednesday the service isn't meant to rival virtual worlds like Linden Lab's "Second Life," which can be played on personal computers and has drawn millions of people.

The Witcher Coming to Consoles

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 12:04 PM | Wednesday, December 3, 2008 | (url: http://www.1up.co...)

Rumors have been swirling around for some time, but at an event in London today Atari and developer CD Projekt RED confirmed they are working on a version of The Witcher for PS3 and Xbox 360. The new game, titled The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, will be more than just a quick and dirty port from the PC. While the story by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski remains, the announcement promises a brand new combat engine and a new game engine "rebuilt pixel by pixel for the new generation of consoles."

Strong October NPD defies market plunge

Submitted by: DudeofDeath @ 11:34 AM | Friday, November 14, 2008 | (url: http://www.gamesp...)

US gaming industry sees 18 percent year-over-year growth to $1.31 billion; Fable II tops software, Wii retains hardware crown, while Xbox 360 outsells PS3 nearly 2 to 1.

TOP-SELLING HARDWARE - OCTOBER 2008
Wii--803,000
Nintendo DS--491,000
Xbox 360--371,000
PlayStation Portable--193,000
PlayStation 3--190,000
PlayStation 2--136,000

EA sued over Spore DRM

Submitted by: EspoMan @ 02:52 AM | Saturday, September 27, 2008 | (url: http://www.gamesp...)

The suit accuses EA of "intentionally" hiding the fact Spore uses SecurROM, which it alleges is "secretly installed to the command and control center of the computer (Ring 0, or the Kernel) and [is] surreptitiously operated, overseeing function and operation of the computer, and preventing the computer from operating under certain circumstances and/or disrupting hardware operations." The suit also claims the SecurROM takes over a portion of the PC's processing resources "to transmit information back to EA."

ET- Quakewars MOD: Tribal Wars

Submitted by: Arcanox @ 06:03 PM | Sunday, September 21, 2008 | (url: http://www.twars....)

The project's working title is Tribal Wars, and it is a total conversion mod for Enemy Territory Quake Wars. The fundamental game play aspects are built around Starsiege: Tribes, but this project intends to develop additional elements that would spill over from the project's parent title Enemy Territory - Quake Wars.

We're working towards Milestone 1 in the project which will consist very much of a Tribes LT like experience, and simplified inventory stations. Subsequent milestones may include a larger selection of weapons, armor and tactical elements, many of which may be borrowed from Quake Wars.

I hope you guys like what you see, there will be more posted on the blog in the future.

Nintendo Faces Patent Suit over Wiimote

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 01:05 PM | Thursday, August 21, 2008 | (url: http://news.yahoo...)

Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.

Hillcrest Laboratories, based in Rockville, Md., has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington D.C., and a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland against Nintendo Corp., the company said in a statement Wednesday.

Kyoto-based Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa said Thursday the Japanese video game company has not yet received the lawsuit and had no comment.

Hillcrest is accusing Nintendo of infringement in four patents dealing with technology for a handheld three-dimensional pointing device and a display interface system for organizing graphic content on a TV, it said.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Trailer

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 10:28 AM | Tuesday, July 29, 2008 | (url: http://www.gametr...)

As if Peter Parker hasn't already have enough problems with a single Venom symbiote in Eddie Brock, now he has to face a city taken overrun by the alien parasites.

Nintendo Loses Controller Lawsuit

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 11:10 PM | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | (url: http://www.1up.co...)

The lawsuit concerns the analog sticks in the Classic Controller and GameCube controllers, which Texas-based Anascape Ltd. claims to hold a patent on that Nintendo violated. The court has ruled in favor of Anascape, and U.S. District Judge Ron Clark has rejected Nintendo's request for a new trial. As a result, Clark said he will put a ban on the sale of the controllers (which includes sales of GameCube systems) starting tomorrow, July 23, unless Nintendo posts a bond or puts royalties into an escrow account.

While the ruling concerns the analog sticks on the controllers, it doesn't include sales of the Nunchuck attachment for the Wii remote, which was deemed not to violate Anascape's patent.

Age of Conan Collector's Edition Completely Sold Out

Submitted by: jamesjimmy @ 08:21 AM | Monday, May 19, 2008 | (url: http://bittdaily....)

The exclusive edition was announced in January, and has since topped retail charts at numerous retailers. In some markets, the Collector s Edition has been sold out for weeks, and as a result additional boxes were made. These are also sold out, and the total print run stands at 111.000 units...

3 new MGS4 Trailers

Submitted by: KnightMare @ 03:48 PM | Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | (url: http://kotaku.com...)

3 new MGS4 trailers from the game's wrap party in Japan today.

Nintendo hit with $21 million patent infringement

Submitted by: HypnosisFX @ 07:51 AM | Thursday, May 15, 2008 | (url: http://http://new...)

LUFKIN, Texas - Nintendo of America Inc. was ordered to pay a small East Texas gaming company $21 million Wednesday for infringing on a patent while designing controllers for its popular Wii and GameCube systems.