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PSN Thursday: Demo MLB 08 twofer, Patapon

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP
As Roger Clemens returns from hawking wolf tickets before Congress, baseball gears up for spring training with MLB 08 demos for both PS3 and PSP available on the PS Store today. whether bats and balls aren’t you thing, the Patapon demo has finally been released from the evil grips of the GameStop pre-order….

Sony execs talk backward compatibility, PS3 comeback

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, BusinessOne year after EGM’s infamous BattleStation cover feature on the PS3’s problems, the latest issue has a feature that’s quite a bit more bullish about the system’s chances in the coming year. Included in that feature is an interesting interview with two PlayStation executives that reveals some interesting tho…

X3F Week in Review: February 8, 2008 - February 14, 2008

Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox 360Wowzers. X3F continues its rise to Net dominance that week with way more composition than we could possibly compile here. With the addition of two new writers, we’ve got posts out the yin-yang. Seriously, it’s ridiculous. A new Fancast, new Ask X3F, and a grade new community feature all await your consumptio…

Nokia announces user-generated mini-games for new N-Gage

Filed under: Culture, PC, Mobile, CasualPersonalization is all the rage in games these days, what with Miis, face-mapping and, er, laser-etched portables showing up all by the place. Now Nokia’s jumping into the personalized gaming, uh, game with the Yamake initiative for the new N-Gage platform.According to the announcement, Yamake mini-games (bec…

EA responds to BioWare/KOTOR MMO rumor

Filed under: PC, Online, RPGs, MMO
Looks like we may have gotten a little ahead of ourselves yesterday when we reported that the Knights of the Old Republic series was heading back into BioWare’s able hands. According to a note from EA PR, the slide in the analyst report referenced by Eurogamer (pictured above) only referred to KOTOR as part of Bio…

Analyst: Next-next-gen coming in 2010

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Retro, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360Remember when the term “next generation” meant systems like the N64 and original PlayStation? Those were the days. Now the term next generation can only be legally applied to the post-PSWii60 systems that are no doubt being planned as we speak. While no one knows anything for c…

Joyswag: Win a Cobalt Black DS with Advance Wars or Prof. Layton

Filed under: Nintendo DS, Joyswag
What’s black and blue, and red all by? Why it’s Joystiq’s Valentine’s Day giveaway! Admittedly, black and blue are not the colors of a healthy romance, and no one wants to think about ‘war’ and ‘ruin’ while toasting champagne with that special someone, but for those bitter, lonely gamers out there, here’s your chan…

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