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Guild Wars 2 Releases Later this year, Beta Expanded

Straight from the ArenaNet Blog, the founder and President of ArenaNet Mike O’ Brien started off the Year of the Dragon with some very good news. Guild Wars 2 is expected to release later this year, and select press will be invited to participate in beta testing. March and April will see the studio increasing the size of their beta test events so more gamers can join in the fun. This is very good news to me ...

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DC Universe Online Celebrates One Year Anniversary – Game Update 8

2011 was a pretty big year for DC Universe Online, and SOE has some pretty interesting statistics to share with us. Since launch, DCUO has seen: More than 3.5 million Heroes, more than 2 million Villains More than 1.8 million registered players on PC, and more than 2.3 million registered players on PS3 3.6 million days of playtime total by all players in-game More than 1,200 new NPC characters added since l ...

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Oops, Diablo 3 for consoles wasn’t confirmed after all

Recently, Blizzard Community manager Micah Whipple responded on Twitter about Diablo 3 coming to consoles which sounded very much like a confirmation. Unfortunately the tweet was taken out of context and only stating that a console version is still a possibility and not a reality. Here is a statement given to IGN about the matter: "Bashiok's response on Twitter was intended as a confirmation that we're acti ...

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Kinect Launches for Windows on February 1

Window’s has confirmed in their CES 2012 keynote that Kinect will be coming to a PC near you on February 1 with a model that is different from the camera on the Xbox 360 console. Major Nelson tweeted the price featured on Amazon to be $249.99, making it $100 more than the console version. However, the Kinect on PC is an improved model with the nifty ability to detect objects near the camera lens. Source: G4 ...

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DC Universe Online “Lightning Strikes” – Second DLC Featuring The Flash

SOE has announced their second DLC Pack for DC Universe Online will be called Lightning Strikes which releases later this year. Staying true to its name, Lightning Strikes will introduce Electricity Powers as an eighth power set plus new adventures with The Flash, the fastest man alive and protector of Central City. DC Universe Online has seen great success with going free-to-play, and paying $14.99 a month ...

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DC Universe Online Gains 1 Million New Players from Going Free-to-Play

Sony has some pretty good news to share about DC Universe Online. 1 million new registered players have joined DCUO with an even 50/50 split between the PS3 and PC platforms. I bought the game when it released originally, and was a paid subscriber for a few months. The game originally had a pretty sizeable community and now those numbers have risen to new heights as Sony tries to keep up with the increasing ...

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Windows 7 Surpasses Windows XP as Most Popular Operating System

According to Statcounter.com.  As of this month, Windows 7 has surpassed Microsoft's most popular operating system Windows XP. Since the launch of Windows 7, customers have been pleased with the operating system as Windows XP dropped down to 38.58% and Windows 7 rose to 40. 34%. Windows vista on the other hand didn’t stand a chance.  At its peek in 2008, Windows Vista never got any higher than 23% of the op ...

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iPhone 4S Vs Samsung Galaxy S2 Spec Comparison [ Poll ]

Just a few days ago, Apple had a "Lets talk iPhone" conference, and to be honest, it was very distasteful in the media's eyes. Given the close release date between the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2 on T-mobile. We decided to give you comparison between the two phones and ask you which one do you prefer.   iPhone 4S Galaxy S II Processor A5 Chip (clock speed not confirmed yet) Dual-core 1.5 GHz RAM (R ...

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Official Sony PS3 Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound Headset Unboxing

WorseCase takes you through an unboxing of the Offical Sony PS3 Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound Headset. Review and showcasing coming later on this week. Hit the video below. ...

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Diablo III Public Beta “Very Close” Claims Blizzard

Blizzard told VG247 in an email that the public beta for Diablo II will be arriving pretty soon. A Blizzard rep revealed the following good news to the site. “We’re getting very close to starting the closed public beta test for Diablo III,” “You might start seeing some new reports about the beta client as we’ve begun limited external testing with employees and their families, and there is no non-disclosure ...

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