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Parappa The Rapper creators working on Wii title

11 December 2007, 09:02

The creators of the original rhythm game, Parappa The Rapper are planning to bring their distinctive art style and unique ideas to a new music-based videogame for Wii.

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Codemaster's law firm issue demand to game pirates

10 December 2007, 13:02

Codemasters, publisher of titles such as Clive Barker's Jericho and Overlord, is targeting videogame pirates and demanding cash from those who have been illegally downloading their titles through bittorents and ...

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BBC Sports Personality of the Year: Joe Calzaghe

10 December 2007, 12:12

Joe Calzaghe and dad, Enzo, score a knockout at BBC's Sports Personality of the Year.

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Who can we trust? Killzone 2 dev doctors PS3 screens

10 December 2007, 11:49

The latest controversial subject to hit the headlines involves Killzone 2 developer Guerilla Games, who released a number of stunning looking screenshots for their first person shooter last week.

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Toshiba fuel SSD growth by unveiling 128GB drive

10 December 2007, 10:59

SSDs (Solid State Drives) are expected to become mainstream in the very near future and Toshiba has revealed three new products that look set to make SSD growth faster than ...

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Nintendo pull UK Wii advertising?

10 December 2007, 10:50

As demand continues to outstrip supply, rumour has it that Nintendo has canceled Wii advertisements over the Christmas period.

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Microsoft outlines Vista SP1 in 17-page changelog

10 December 2007, 10:33

Want to know exactly what will be changing under the hood of Microsoft's Windows Vista when release candidate 1 of its first service pack launches this week? Find out in ...

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Igor movie coming to Wii and DS in 2008

10 December 2007, 10:31

The film version of "Igor" is a playfully irreverent comedy that plans brings a new twist to the classic monster genre. The movie will be converted to a videogame in ...

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Intel sets its sights on India

10 December 2007, 10:21

Intel, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, expects India to become one of its top five markets within the next three years alone.

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2K and Don King presents Prizefighters for Xbox 360,DS and Wii

10 December 2007, 09:47

2K Sports are set to expand their sporting portfolio by teaming up with boxing promoter Don King to create a brand new IP based on the hard-hitting sport.

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Nation takes a stand, petrol protest on Wednesday

10 December 2007, 09:31

The price of fuel broke the £1 barrier not so long ago and with the addition of the Government's tax increase, a group named TransAction 2007 is planning a "nationwide ...

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Bungie look no further than Xbox 360

10 December 2007, 09:28

In a live text in interview with Eurogamers' readers, Bungie has said that they currently have no plans to work on any platform other than Xbox 360.

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Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360, PS3

10 December 2007, 09:03

Following the release of the third Grand Theft Auto IV trailer, Rockstar has issued some brand new screenshots from their crime-infused action adventure, Grand Theft Auto IV.

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ASUS brings 1GB of memory to EN8800GT

7 December 2007, 16:44

ASUS cranks up its graphics card offerings with what it claims to be the world's first EN8800GT based graphics card to feature 1GB of graphics memory.

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AMD DisplayPort graphics card spied on web

7 December 2007, 14:26

AMD's anticipated DisplayPort-supporting graphics chip, 'RV635', has appeared on the web on a card that sports said next-gen digital monitor connector, along with HDMI and DVI portage.

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December DLC available for Forza Motorsport 2

7 December 2007, 13:43

Here's a little early Christmas present for all the Forza Motorsport fans from the folk at Turn 10. A new track, Road America, and a selection of new cars.

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Nyko whack out wireless Nunchucks for Wii

7 December 2007, 12:54

Japanese gaming accessory manufacturer, Nyko Technologies are all set to unveil their new line of wireless Nunchucks for Wii!

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Dell's Latitude XT tablet PC launching December 11th

7 December 2007, 12:23

Tablet PCs, the portable systems the world nearly forgot, are set to receive a new breath of life as Dell readies the launch of its own tablet PC, the Latitude ...

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HEXUS Dragon Tour 2007 :: Deep inside Thermaltake's R&D Labs

7 December 2007, 12:17

Thermaltake is a leading providers for high-spec 'Nuts n Bolts' - everything from chassis and caddies to power supplies and advanced cooling. On our Dragon Tour, HEXUS.tv's cameras were given ...

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T-Mobile bring unlimited web access to pay as you go

7 December 2007, 11:49

With its ever Web'n'Walk package becoming ever popular with mobile users, T-Mobile now offer unlimited web browsing on your phone for pay as you go customers at just 50p a ...

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10 maps set for Xbox 360 and PS3's Stranglehold

7 December 2007, 11:33

If you've been gagging for some more John Woo action then you'll be delighted to hear that a new map pack is set to be released for both the Xbox ...

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McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

7 December 2007, 10:57

Jamie Oliver will be pulling out his (rather lovely) hair as he hears of McDonald's' new found advertisements located right on the report cards of school children.

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New Government enquiry into violent videogames

7 December 2007, 10:50

The government are pressing on with their investigations into videogames that portray violence, contain sexually explicit material or incite racial hatred. The clock is ticking to a time where we'll ...

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Speed Racer trailer debuts

7 December 2007, 10:02

Is it a film, is it a cartoon, is it a video game? Judge for yourself in the first trailer of the Wachowski brothers' big screen adaptation of 1960's popular ...

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All British shoppers want for Christmas is Wii

7 December 2007, 09:53

Data collected by an online intelligence service confirms that the British are going mad for Wii this Christmas, closely followed by the DS and Ugg boots of course.

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MMO gets Crysis tech, that'll be 'The Day'

7 December 2007, 09:27

The award wining game engine used to power the critically acclaimed first person shooter, Crysis is set to be used in an upcoming third-person massively multiplayer online action game.

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The FA sets its sights on Special One

7 December 2007, 09:23

BBC Sport understands that the Football Association has contacted the agent of self-proclaimed 'Special One' for the now vacant role of England manager.

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EU PLAYSTATION store update

7 December 2007, 09:06

The Playstation Store has veen updated with very little content this week, but it does include a full demo of the Eidos shooter, Kane & Lynch Dead Men and a ...

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Flickr continues to impress, now allows photo editing

6 December 2007, 20:28

Online photo management system Flickr has teamed up with online photo editor Picnik, allowing users to edit photos directly through its website.

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GTAIV's third trailer coming this evening

6 December 2007, 18:36

The third trailer for Rockstar's forthcoming Grand Theft Auto IV, titled "Move up, ladies" is set to debut today at 8pm GMT.

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Microsoft trying its best to bring XP to the XO laptop

6 December 2007, 17:49

Not content with seeing the $100 XO laptop running only Linux, Microsoft state "we are hard at work" on bringing its OS to the device.

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Yahoo Messenger for Vista now available

6 December 2007, 16:46

After being announced what seems like many years ago, Yahoo finally releases its Messenger client for Windows Vista. After so many months of development however, it still needs a lot ...

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NiGHTS leads the way for Wii 2008 release schedule

6 December 2007, 13:09

Nintendo has confirmed their current schedule for Wii and DS in 2008, and it's Sega's NiGHTS which stands out in the first month of the new year, but it's Mario ...

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