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Epic supports its fans and its games well after the launch. This week Epic delivered on its promises by adding to the award-winning third-person tactical shooter by handing gamers a new mode of play — Annex. And just like that, new life is breathed into the most popular Xbox 360 game on Live.
The new mode [...]

Microsoft released an update to its Live Search Maps product on Tuesday, adding 3D support for Firefox users as well as several new features in its effort to continue building search share in an increasingly crowded and competitive market.
In addition to 3D support in Firefox, 16 new cities will now be available in 3D including [...]

After a barrage of negative publicity surrounding its decision to replace aerial images of areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina with pre-storm photos, Google has switched the images back.
Missing however is any explanation why the images were modified in the first place, other than to say that the pre-storm images provided much higher-resolution than those post-Katrina.
The [...]

Sony celebrates its portable system’s second anniversary by trimming a handful of Hamiltons off the hardware’s Core Pack
The PlayStation Portable was released in North America just over two years ago, and to mark the occasion, Sony is dropping the price on the bare-bones package of its gaming handheld. Effective today, the PSP Core Pack (a [...]

The Sacramento County District Attorney’s office will not be pressing criminal charges against staff of a radio station that organised a competition which resulted in the death of a young woman, reports the Sacramento Bee.
The contest, titled “Hold Your Wee for a Wii,” was organised by radio station KDND 107.9, and involved contestants drinking an [...]

A new tycoon game is coming to PCs this June that will let gamers visit the wards of a hospital and kill or cure the patients. Codemasters has announced it will be publishing the new title, Hospital Tycoon. The game has been developed by the Milton Keynes, UK-based team that worked on other Tycoon games, [...]

Rhythm-based games are now more popular than ever, thanks to franchises like Guitar Hero and the recently announced Rock Band from Harmonix. But they can all be traced back to a game released on the PlayStation more than 10 years ago–PaRappa the Rapper, widely considered to be the first modern rhythm game. PaRappa creator Masaya [...]

Archos typically does a fair job kicking out leading-edge PMPs, but the oddly small (and relatively stripped) 204 didn’t exactly do the brand any favors. Sure, the 20GB DAP rocks an unnecessarily sweet 1.8-inch OLED display, but the curious lack of video playback was deemed an unfortunate omission by the folks at ArchosLounge. The thorough [...]

 Microsoft has confirmed earlier reports of the Xbox 360 Elite, saying it would begin arriving in US stores on April 29 at a street price of $479.99 USD.
As expected, the new model comes with a 120GB hard drive and HDMI support, along with HD cables, wireless controller, and Xbox Live headset. Both the console and [...]

Several news outlets are citing various sources saying Microsoft plans to release the Xbox 360 Elite, a high-end limited edition console that would retail for $479 USD and include an HDMI connector, IPTV capabilities, and a 120GB hard drive.
The Redmond company is not confirming the rumors, although it has been reported that a Microsoft XNA [...]