Amazing gamer pill in rubbish shock
Incredibly, pills marketed at FPS players looking to improve reaction times have been debunked as hokum, according to this. Despite the maker of FPSBrain claiming its products provides a “remarkable...
View Article3DRealms “polishing” DNF
This almost isn’t worth the internet it’s written on, but 3DRealms reckons it’s “polishing” Duke Nukem Forever at the moment, which means you man see the shooter sometime before you’re dead. “We’re...
View ArticleVideogamer.com claims Bach GDC interview is “entirely fictional”
Double uh oh. Videogamer.com reckons the recent Sith Gamer interview with Robbie Bach, which detailed some of what Microsoft is expected to show at GDC next month, is “entirely fictional”. The...
View ArticleAliens “addicted to computer games”, says scientist
A scientist asked to come up with a “dangerous idea” has hypothesised that the reason alien species haven’t managed to reach earth is because they’re all doing what we’re doing: wasting our lives...
View ArticleSony “mulling over” PS3 SKU strategy
Yet more in the 80Gb US PS3 cancellation saga, this time in the form of a story that Sony hasn’t actually made its mind up what to do about the whole issue. Heavy rumour’s been pointing to a 120Gb...
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PS3 SKU rumours gets out of hand: 160Gb, slim machine for autumn?
It’ll make the tea as well. According to this, a “particularly well-informed insider” reckons Sony’s planning a slimline PS3 for launch this autumn, which could be the home of the now much-rumoured...
View ArticleELSPA DS piracy story “completely false”
Whoops. The ELSPA story doing the round a few days ago concerning R4 carts and US DS piracy is, to be blunt, a load of old bollocks. The newspaper piece claimed that manager of ELSPA’s Intellectual...
View Article“Vietnam bans computer games”
“Vietnam has ordered state officials to stop playing computer games at work and drinking alcohol at lunch,” said this frankly bizarre report from The Gulf Times. Like, that’s it. All we can think about...
View ArticleUK employees should play online at work, says PopCap
According to a report put together by Peggle publisher PopCap, banning internet use at work and stopping employees playing casual games, reading social networking sites and the like, could cost the...
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Square: FF Versus XIII on hold reports “are false”
Square Enix has confirmed that yesterday’s story claiming Final Fantasy Versus XIII was on hold “are false”. The company’s issued an official statement on the matter. “Reports that development for...
View ArticleWhite Knight Story not dated by Famitsu
We’ll put this down to the enthusiasm of youth. We ran a story yesterday, crediting this PS3F piece, saying Famitsu had confirmed Level-5′s White Knight Story as a December 11 release in Japan. Long...
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BioShock 2 forum rumours are “not true,” says 2K
2K’s put a stop on BioShock 2 rumours dragged of its own forums today, saying they’re simply wrong. “Please do not believe everything you read on the internet,” said a community manager. “This rumor...
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StarCraft II beta invites are bollocks, says Blizzard
Remember the story knocking about over the weekend about Blizzard sending out StarCraft II invites? It’s not true. “This is FAKE, and is Photoshopped,” said a Blizzard rep on the official forums. “We...
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Nintendo trademarks Cii, Bii, Oii and Yii
Even awesomer. Not content with trademarking “Zii,” Nintendo’s gone the whole hog and grabbed Cii, Bii, Oii and Yii. What’s left to say? Nothing. So we won’t. Via Engadget and GoNintendo.
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Square announcement will “change Japanese history”
We’ve been around the block. We’re no strangers to hyperbole. But this is something quite special. Square Enix saying it will “change Japanese history” on May 21 with a game announcement related to...
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Report: Nintendo not exhibiting at CES, says CEA
PCWorld’s reporting that the CEA has issued a second press release on the subject of Nintendo exhibiting at CES in the New Year. Upshot: it isn’t. The CEA said yesterday morning that Nintendo was to...
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FFVII for NGP rumour looks suspiciously like complete bollocks
What is apparently an email from Square Enix to potential translators for an NGP remake of Final Fantasy VII is doing the rounds. Read it and weep. The email can be found on a cached Gawker forum post...
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This is what the “average” Runescape gamer looks like
This is kind of cool and kind of silly; Runescape developer Jagex photographed a whole bunch of players in order to generate an “average Runescape gamer” image. According to GamePolitics, Jagex took...
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