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Microsoft Offers Memory Upgrade

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Some odd news.

Killer Instinct Characters Appear in Viva Pinata
Sounds odd that they would put them (hidden) in a whats generally a kids game.

[Decker]

This was posted in the Backroom:
Basically, you're either a pirate... OOOOOR.... a stupid person who got caught up in the fun
EA CEO bein crazy

[TinCow]

Bioshock 2 will be called The Sea of Dreams. A 15 second teaser trailer is avaiable.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008...ges/#more-4243

[TevashSzat]

Dragon Age comes to 360 and PS3

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Game Informer names unnamed consoles that will host BioWare's spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate next holiday season; PC version still on track for "early 2009."

In 2004, Canadian developer BioWare unveiled its all-new fantasy role-playing franchise, Dragon Age. The game was assumed to be PC-only, until 2005, when studio heads Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka told GameSpot that "there will be other versions that will be on other platforms." However, it wasn't until Electronic Arts' presentation at this year's E3 Media & Business Summit that the game was officially confirmed as coming to consoles.

Now, BioWare has revealed exactly which consoles Dragon Age will arrive on--and when those versions will ship. The November issue of Game Informer lists the game as arriving on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in "holiday 2009," several months behind the PC edition. As first revealed in June, the original version of the RPG, now called Dragon Age: Origins, will arrive in the first quarter of next year.

When asked for comment, BioWare reps confirmed the GI story's accuracy and that it had not previously named consoles for Dragon Age, but they declined to comment further. However, the article flatly states that the console editions of the game will reflect the "core PC experience" with some interface tweaking and will not be watered-down console ports.

Dragon Age: Origins is also notable for being BioWare's first PS3 project. Its confirmation also raises the possibilities that other upcoming BioWare titles--such as Mass Effect 2--may find their way onto Sony's console. The first Mass Effect was initially an Xbox 360 exclusive published by Microsoft Game Studios but was ported to the PC after IP-holder BioWare was bought by EA, which is ardently console-agnostic.

Well, yep apparently a few months after Dragon Age comes out in June 09, it will seem that the console versions are coming in "holiday" 09.

While, I don't look more and more what should be PC exclusive titles becoming multiplatformed, at least PC will get it first and not a couple moths late like GTA IV among others