Xbox360 Demos

Big news!

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If you have been up with video game news then you should know about Jack Thompson, the guy who has been talking bad about videogames, their violence, and how you can play with friends (which makes n o sense)…Recently he is known for his comments about the Adults Only game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. His biggest mistake was posting his contact info (house address, email, etc.) on the internet. Because of this he has been reciving “hate and flame” mail. Recently he is tring to put the popular video game comic “Penny Arcade” off the the internet because the comic makes fun of him. Apparently he hasn’t learned anything still.

Bidding

Every year a online charity, nite2unite, puts up some of the most rarest game gear EVER!

http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=nite2unite

The money all goes to charities and supports many goals.

Currently big sweet awsome deals that are selling are:

Real Starwars Lightsaber autographed by George Lucas himself
HALO 2 Master Chief Full Size Statue Authentic 6-foot statue
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 signed by the one and only Bill Gates.

So buy today. Besides the money goes to Charity and helps out the world.

[Update] Bidding is over

Well they did it.

Recentally I made a post about viruses on your PSP. Well it finally happened.

Almost all PlayStation Portable users are looking to modify their gaming system so it can run software that has not been approved by Sony have found that they themselves running nothing at all. Ever again. According to researchers at security vendor Symantec a new Trojan horse program, called, Trojan.PSPBrick, has begun circulating on online gaming sites. Once installed, the software will delete important system files in version 2.0 of the PlayStation Portable’s firmware, turning the hand-held games into inoperable machines, called “bricks” by gamers.

The Trojan is promoted as a nifty software hack that can be used to disable the PlayStation Portable’s software protection mechanism (allowing one to install non-Sony programs), said Dean Turner, senior manager with Symantec’s Security Response team. “Once a user installs that Trojan, it deletes four critical files from the machine and a message comes up that says, ‘Your PSP 2.0 is hacked, please reboot.’”

But without the system files, however, the PlayStations cannot be restarted, he said.

Symantec rates the attack a Category 1, which is its least serious rating. The company has heard of no confirmed cases of PlayStation Portables being taken down with the software, yet. Symantec has posted details of the threat, and Sony is also providing information on the Trojan horse.

Symantec states that now with all the mass downloading of new PSP programs this attack is probably not going to be the last on the PSP.

Thanks to PCWorld and Symantec for the details

Xbox 360 has 9 new launch titles

9 new games have been unofficially added to the xBox360 launch titles when the system releases (on november 22). The titles are as follows: Project Gotham Racing 3, Kameo: Elements of Power, Perfect Dark Zero, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, FIFA 06, and Need for Speed Most Wanted. This would mean in total 17 games that would come out on launch day.

SSX4

EA has announced that (other then their lawsuit they are currently having with its workers) SSX4 (the sequel to SSX3) will be coming out early. The maker’s snowboarding franchise has been a big hit with almost all video game owners. SSX3 was one of the best ever made. The DS and PSP versions will be released at a later date. More details to come

Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Solution

Nintendo has released a little dongle for those who don’t have access to a Wi-Fi network to be able to play online games on their DS. The little accessory has the size of a regular thumb drive in which you plug into a USB port in your computer. The price is thought to be at least $53 dollars. The DS Internet play service will support friends lists. The little plug will be available when Mario Kart DS releases. Please note that nintendo published games will have free online play but other companies may charge. Above is a picture of the little plug. Also listed is the future game list of titles that will support online game play.

The game list:
(Title/Publisher/Date of release)

Ash / MistWalker
Bomberman Story / Hudson
Crossword Puzzle / Nintendo
Custom Robo DS / Nintendo
Daikookai Jidai DS / Koei
Dangerious Jisan / Konami
Densetsu no Stafi 4 / Nintendo
Detect Hacker / Nintendo
Dracula Castlevania / Konami
Eigo Zuke DS [English Training] / Nintendo
Gyakuten Saiban 4 / Capcom, 2006
Jigsaw Puzzle / Nintendo
Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training 2 / Nintendo, 12/29/2005
Kaitou Wario / Nintendo
Mario Basketball 3 on 3 / Nintendo
New Gundam / Bandai
Nobunaga’s Ambition DS / Koei
Ocha Inu no Heya / Koei
Puzzle Up DS / Nintendo
Rainbow Island DS / Taito, 01/05/2006
Stylebook Series / Bandai
Sudokou / Nintendo
Tales DS / Namco
Tingle RPG / Nintendo
Vs. Puzzle Papi Inu Vector Wan / Konami
Yu-Gi-Oh! / Konami