Archive for May, 2008

GTAIV Breaks Halo 3’s Record! $500 million in 1st week, 6mn

Auto Date Friday, May 9th, 2008

The title sold about 3.6 million units on April 29, its opening day, bringing in roughly $310 million (
?200.91 million). This is $10 million (?6.48 million) more than what Microsoft Corp.’s “Halo 3,” another blockbuster game, took in during its first week last fall.

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GTAIV issues on PS3 ‘fixed’, Rockstar offers apology to all

Auto Date Friday, May 9th, 2008

The recent patch released for PS3 has ‘fixed’ the stutter and lock-up issues, it was linked with the GameSpy servers and the immense load they experienced. “Rockstar apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.” GTAIV should be back in the good graces of the Sony masses once more, hopefully.

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GPL vs. Skype Back in Court

Auto Date Friday, May 9th, 2008

Tomorrow the High District Court of Munich will hear Skype argue against the validity of the GPL.

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The next big Apple push: Mac gaming?

Auto Date Friday, May 9th, 2008

Interesting idea about Mac making another big push into gaming. But forget a Pippin II, or an iMac gamers’ edition … this theory is all about mobile.

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What is Web 3.0? The upcoming revolution.

Auto Date Friday, May 9th, 2008

Internet visionary David Bayer gives the low-down on web 3.0 and where our emerging technologies will take us.

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