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It is perhaps one of the most distinctive sounds in video game history — the “wakka, wakka, wakka” of 1980s pop culture phenom “Pac-Man.” Now, 26 years after the game was first introduced, Microsoft has kept the beloved sound but flipped the script on Pac-Man, Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde with the game’s first revamp since its worldwide release. Game designer Toru Iwatani, who brought the world the first “Pac-Man,” was also behind the creation of the latest game.
Original post by Walaika Haskins and software by Elliott Back
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Swedish software company MindArk, which operates the online game “Entropia Universe,” has authorized a Beijing company to create a version of its online game for the Chinese market. “Entropia Universe,” which has more than 580,000 players, is a game set on a fictional planet in which users can work, meet friends, trade and buy virtual land. It’s unusual among online games in that its currency is convertible at a fixed rate to the U.S. dollar. Gothenburg-based MindArk said in a statement Friday that the Chinese virtual world will have a capacity of 7 million concurrent players.
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Original post by Min Lee and software by Elliott Back
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Starting Thursday, PlayStation 3 owners in North America will be able to add some new capabilities to their gaming console with the release of the latest PS3 firmware update. The regular system update from Sony bumps up the appearance of standard definition PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games as well as DVDs to HD-quality. It also extends the PlayStation Portable’s Remote Play functionality. The update is available suing the PS3′s System Update feature when it is connected to the Internet.
Original post by Walaika Haskins and software by Elliott Back
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Sony’s PlayStation 3 video game console will come with a beefed up 80 GB hard-disk drive in South Korea, and that model is being considered for the U.S. and other markets, a company official said Wednesday. The PlayStation 3, which competes against Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360, now comes with a 60 GB hard drive. A 20 GB version, which has been discontinued in the United States, still sells in Japan and some other regions. “Increasing capacity for models is one of the options,” said Satoshi Fukuoka, a spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment.
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Original post by Yuri Kageyamaap and software by Elliott Back
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Speculation surrounding a new Sony PlayStation 3 model sporting an 80 GB hard disk drive has gone into overdrive once again after the company’s South Korean unit announced the arrival of the newest addition to the console line on its Web site. The system, according to Sony Korea, will become available on June 16 and cost the equivalent of $557. Confirmation of such an offering would have to come from the South Korean division, Kimberly Otzman, a spokesperson for the U.S. arm of Sony Entertainment, told TechNewsWorld.
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