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Gaming, Technology, and Whatever - Part 5
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Call of Duty Subscriptions!

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May 312011
 
Call of Duty Subscriptions!

Ok, so my exclamation point in the title is totally sarcastic, I’m sorry.  It’s been rumored coming for a long time, and now it’s been unveiled.  The monthly subscription will give you access to extra content like map packs, as well as opening up social features, kind of like a CoD Facebook where you can post gameplay videos and track stats with your friends.  The WSJ oddly got the exclusive for the story which tells me that this is more about Activision showing off to investors than gamers.  WSJ is guessing that it’ll be somewhere around an $8 per month […]

EA Games iOS Sale

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May 272011
 
EA Games iOS Sale

EA has had great success with various sales on the Apple App Store, so it’s no surprise they’re doing another one over the Memorial Day holiday.  Dead Space for the iPad is very well done and both the iPhone and iPad versions were recently updated with a new survival mode along other new content.  Many of these games have free “lite” versions that you can try out before you buy.   Also not EA related, but the ever popular Infinity Blade is still half off at $2.99 and features new multiplayer modes.  That app is universal and is almost worth […]

Sony starts sign ups for identity protection

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May 262011
 

Sony took a break from being hacked on various fronts to announce that you can start to sign up for your year free identity protection/credit monitoring service.  I can’t think of any reason why you wouldn’t do this, so you might as well head over to this page here, and put in your PSN email address.  After doing so, they claim you’ll receive an activation code and instructions within 72 hours.    Do it.  It’s a great opportunity to check out your credit even if you’re not worried about Sony’s lack of security.  You’ll need to take action before the end […]

Gamefly buys D2D, officially

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May 252011
 
Gamefly buys D2D, officially

To update our previous post, it’s now officially official.  What does this mean for D2D customers today?  Not much.  Gamefly was looking to get into the PC gaming business and add to their portfolio.  Those of you who have hopes of eventually seeing PC game rentals, stay tuned as that could be a real possibility.  In a quote to their own Shacknews, Gamefly CEO Dave Hodess said “we know that consumers are interested in PC game rentals, so we will investigate this idea thoroughly.”  I’m assuming that they will be looking at digital rentals, with DRM in place to limit […]

PSN partially down for maintenance, no PlayStation Store (Update2: yet more hacks)

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May 242011
 
PSN partially down for maintenance, no PlayStation Store (Update2: yet more hacks)

Sony alerted users on their blog that PSN will be partially down for maintenance for the bulk of the day.  They claim the impact will be minimal and chances are you won’t notice it.  They also took the time to mention that the PS Store won’t be coming back online today, but reiterate they are still on target for “the end of this month.”  While I’m sure there are a lot of people who will boycott the store in light of Sony’s lack of focus on security, the store also is the gatekeeper for code pack-ins in new games and […]

Brink gets better

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May 242011
 
Brink gets better

Last night Splash Damage posted a patch for the PC version which includes a fair number of bug fixes cleaning up many common issues with the game.  You can read the changelog here, although the three key ones that have plagued many users are: Fixed sound dropping out when playing networked games Improved graphical performance, especially when using Ambient Occlusion Fixed memory leak/crash when alt-tabbed out To extend the double meaning of this post title and to follow up my post last week, I can say that Brink does get better with time.  While I don’t think I ever found […]

My turn at a Brink impression

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May 202011
 
My turn at a Brink impression

Brink has been out well over a week, and I’m still not sure what to make of it.  I’ve done some challenges, played a bit of the campaign modes and did some random online action and I’m still not sure how I feel about this game.  This is a bit strange for me.  Usually I have a fairly strong opinion of a game after several hours, but I’m having a hard time trying to figure out exactly what Brink is. One thing I have learned is that you can essentially throw out all the single player and co-op stuff, if […]

Direct2Drive being sold to Gamefly?

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May 202011
 
Direct2Drive being sold to Gamefly?

MCV is reporting that one of our favorite PC digital distribution sites, Direct2Drive is being sold to Gamefly.  Gamefly rents console games by mail (think video game Netflix) in the US and also recently bought community news site Shacknews.  An interesting development, for sure, although I doubt that this will have much impact on users in the short term.  The deal is said to be in the final stages.  D2D was previously owned by IGN.

PlayStation Store next week

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May 192011
 
PlayStation Store next week

GiantBomb and other outlets are reporting that the PlayStation Store will be up next week. This comes from a memo sent to PSN devs letting them know when they can start to sell their products again. Expect two store updates a week for the next two weeks so that Sony can catch up on all the releases that were missed due to the outage. Of course, this is also great news for those trying to redeem codes for extra content packed in to recently released games like L.A. Noire and gamers who have been waiting to catch up on Telltale’s […]

L.A. Noire first impressions

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May 182011
 
L.A. Noire first impressions

If you have been following any of the big gaming sites or even mainstream media, you probably already know that L.A. Noire is receiving glowing reviews and universal praise.  I decided to give it a shot and after just a couple hours with the game, I can see what all the excitement is about. I hadn’t paid much attention to the game during its development cycle, and not a whole lot of news had come out about it to know exactly what to expect.  Of course, you see the name “Rockstar” on the box art, so immediately you think of […]

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