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EA offers a little something to griefed SimCity owners

The Maxis Team has finally got SimCity to a playable state much to the relief of fans of the series and new comers to the franchise. There’s still a few hiccups and some crashes


[HowTo] skip tutorial in SimCity

Whenever you hit a new server to play you’ll encounter this screen. Maxis has cleverly hidden away skipping the tutorial screen so that people will ALWAYS go through it.  Not to worry though as there’s


SimCity gets Patch 1.2 updates, still has no stable servers

Maxis has a new patch up to fix some of the game play issues with SimCity, unfortunately it doesn’t really help on the server availability front. Fix for crash caused most commonly occurring on servers


Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus sells 120,000 copies

Looks like things are looking up for the PlayStation Vita as the Japanese release of Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus has surpassed 120,000 copies sold — includes both physical and digital sales — in it’s


Diablo III gets offline play on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4

Unlike the current version Diablo III for the Mac and PC, players on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 will get to play their game even without an internet connection. “You can have four


Here’s what you need to know about the PlayStation 4

A few hours after the Feb 20, PlayStation Meeting, the internet is still heavily buzzing with news of the new PlayStation console. Here’s a compilation of information about what we know so far on Sony’s


Sony makes the PlayStation 4 official, coming holiday 2013

It’s official, Sony is set to release the next PlayStation console, the PlayStation 4. Unlike it’s predecessors, Sony will be deviating from it’s specialised hardware much like what they did with the Vita – Sony


First look at Final Fantasy X HD

Price isn’t just the only thing that’s for the Vita today as Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto personally demoed the Vita port of the fan favorite Final Fantasy X. Hit the video below


DataBlitz Order Campaign for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

To help out the folks at DataBlitz (fuck off XPlay), I created this form so they can keep track of requests for copies of the game. Take note of the disclaimer: while this


PSV CFW gets XMB: Total_Noob announces TN-V

Custom Firmware development is chugging along the Vita front as Total_Noob has announced a new CFW in the works. According to Wololo, 6.60 TN-V is a Custom Emulator Firmware (CEF) for the PSVita


Square Enix celebrates 25th Final Fantasy anniversary with a sale

To commemorate the 25 years of Final Fantasy, Square Enix has a number of Final Fantasy titles on sale via the PlayStation Store. For the next two weeks, the following games will be up for


Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem announced for the Wii U

Cross overs seem to be the thing this year, as Altus and Nintendo announces a new X game called Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem for the Wii U. Shin Megami Tensei X Fire


Expect hot new game titles for the Nintendo 3DS & 3DS XL

Nintendo has been the undisputed king of handheld gaming ever since the release of the original Gameboy in 1990. Their last console, the Nintendo DS, was their most popular yet. British gamers quickly fell


Razer announces Edge convertible gaming tablet

Hardware companies now seem to be focusing on mobile gaming.  Nvidia has Project Shield on the handheld front and Razer is looking to corner it’s own niche of mobile gamers after it’s recent iterations


[HowTo] Fix Steam always validating cache files

Yes, that annoying Validating Steam cache files message pop-ups up each time you launch Team Fortress 2 or Counter Strike Source from a cold boot (meaning you haven’t launched the game since your PC


GameStop lists PlayStation Vita with PlayStation Plus bundle

Sony is set to promote the PlayStation Plus service with the PlayStation Vita not long after it has launched support for the portable console and what better way to sell the service and the


Nintendo sells 400,000 Wii U consoles in first week of US launch

It’s been a week since the Wii U has officially hit the US market and Nintendo Co Ltd is proud to report that the company’s newest console sold more than 400,000 in the United


Wii U now available in the Philippines via DataBlitz

Yep, right after launching in the US and taking over the tech news stories, the Wii U is now available in limited quantities at your favorite DataBlitz outlet. The downside? The deluxe edition, which costs


Sony shipped 70 million PlayStation PS3s

For a console that was marked by doomsayers as dead on arrival, shipping 70 million units is a significant milestone. Sony had announced that it’s current flagship console has reached the 70 million


Sony issues announcement regarding hacked PlayStation 3’s and PSN

In light of the release of the Lv0 keys and the inevitable development of custom firmwares for the PlayStation 3, Sony has issues a succinct and stern warning to it’s userbase.  Sony will be


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