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If you know Heath Ledger, then you’ll probably know that his last film, Batman The Dark Knight, has  landed on the number two spot of the all-time box office hit list. That said, I can’t imagine how Eidos and Rocksteady’s upcoming Batman Arkham Asylum can fail, even though it is really a separate project from [...]

It seems “Tales of Vesperia”, the latest in Namco’s series of “Tales of” games, had what it takes to help push Microsoft and its XBox 360 video game console over the top against it perennial rival, the Sony Playstation 3. The new game catapulted sales of the XBox last week to beat the PS3′s numbers [...]

We here at the ol’ Gaming Technology Blog really love keeping tabs on the continuing tit for tat, give and take, mano a mano dialogue between people who think video games are bad, evil, unwholesome corruptions sent by the devil, and people who use their brains. Example of people who use their brains? These psychologists [...]

What They Play, a parents’ guide to video games, conducted two separate studies asking parents about things their kids did that they as parents found objectionable. Around 3,000 parents responded by ranking video games a “more objectionable” activity than watching porn or drinking beer. They also ranked violence in video games as more objectionable than [...]

Interesting tidbit from the World News Network… they claim that in the Asia Pacific region, online activity is on the uptick with online gaming leading the way, while online video and music fall to the wayside due to rampant piracy. Hm. Maybe online audio and video execs could learn something from the gaming industry about [...]

The results are in: the second quarter of 2008 was all Nintendo’s. The company shipped 5.2 units of its Wii gaming console from April to June, dwarfing its nearest competitor Sony, which shipped 1.6 million PS3s. Microsoft brought up the rear, moving 1.3 million XBoxes. Nintendo also trounced the competition in terms of software and [...]

Now that DC’s got some of its self-respect back, what with Batman: The Dark Knight making all sorts of noise all over the place, they’re launching DC Universe Online. It’s a make-your-own-hero (or villain) sort of massively multiplayer role playing game, and it’s been three years in the making. It will be available to Windows [...]

It’s happened to at least once to every gamer: you throw down your controller (keyboard, joystick, gun, whatever) and exclaim, “I could make a better game than this!” Well now Microsoft, via its XBox 360 console, is giving gamers a chance to put up or shut up. So you use the available XNA tools that [...]

So the prices came out earlier this week for Intel’s latest batch of processor chips, and boy those Core 2 Extreme Quad-Cores cost a bundle. Way more than earlier reports led us to believe. Why? Is it because desktops have been making a comeback lately, thanks to frugal techies looking for a cheaper alternative to [...]

The Seattle Times website has posted a neat little article delineating the philosophical differences between game console rivals Sony and Nintendo. With its PlayStation 3, Sony is intent in expanding the console gamer’s online options, from playing to downloading content to chat and other interactive experiences. Nintendo and its Wii, on the other hand, is [...]

…in order to be replaced with 60G models. The 20G models’ prices were also cut by $50. From $350, they now cost around $299 in the USA. The expanded-storage 60G model, though is set to arrive in stores in August, and will cost $350 again. Neither the $280, 256MB XBox Arcade nor the $450, 120G [...]

Yahoo news’ gaming coverage has posted up its current list of the best five games of 2008, which reads as follows: 5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village 4. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 3. The World Ends With You 2. Lost Odyssey 1. Grand Theft Auto IV There’s also a “worst [...]

What is Bungie up to? Brian Jarrard and Luke Smith have been dropping hints lately, most notably in their podcast, that something big will be revealed and/or announced this July 14th at E3. New maps for Marathon XBLA perhaps? Or something bigger, like maybe something, dare I say it, Halo-related? Let the speculation frenzy begin.

So much of the gaming experience is all about the music. And the music just doesn’t get any better than this. The most beloved gaming scores re-arranged and played by a full orchestra! Until now Video Games Live has only been an arena experience, but it’s now available on iTunes (the CD will be released [...]

Sales forecasting company Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) has predicted in a note to investors that Microsoft will likely announce a price cut for it Xbox 360 game console in the USA at E3 this year. It was added that such a price cut would probably have Sony following suit with a similar price [...]

Anthony Puzo, son of the late Mario Puzo, is suing Paramount Pictures for at least $1M for breach of contract, after the studio allegedly failed to turn over revenues from the video game adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”. Paramount licensed game published Electronic Arts to turn the original 1972 film into a video [...]

If you haven’t heard about Video Games Live, it’s just about the coolest concert series there is. They play video game music, live, on a full-on classical orchestra with all the works, hi-tech lights show and everything. It’s one of those few gaming-related things (like conventions and such) that simple cannot be recreated as a [...]

Gaming is such a broad and complex world, full of accomplishments and human achievement, that the people behind the Guinness Book of World Records has an edition of records dedicated purely to gaming-related stuff. The Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2008 is now available and if you forgot to give your gamer dad something for [...]

Here’s a list of video games slated for movie adaptation. Look out for ‘em and enjoy! Direct to video stuff: Resident Evil: Degeneration (slated for release this year) Alone in the Dark II (coming in 2009) Sabotage 1943 (coming in 2009) Zombie Massacre (coming in 2010) For theatrical release: Max Payne (coming this October) Street [...]

For Playstation 3 owners, your gaming experience is going to get a lot more commercial, and cluttered, and distracting, etc. etc. insert sellout rant here. But naturally, if Sony is to be believed, it’s all going to be subtle and stuff. How much does Sony stand to gain by opening up the PS3 to advertisers? [...]