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GTAIV Xbox360 is region locked. April 30, 2008

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A warning for all Xbox360 owners, Rockstar’s latest humongous game, GTAIV, is region-locked.

This simply means that you have to get the game region that corresponds to your Xbox360. It means that you cant import the game from locations that have released the game (ie. Australian and Asian gamers cant play US or European version of GTAIV, imported or otherwise).

You have been warned.

GTAIV arrives in MY, and along comes problems! April 30, 2008

Posted by stvchang in Microsoft, PS3, PS3 games, Sony, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, games, gaming news, tech news.
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The much awaited and anticipated open world game from Rockstar arrives in MY, but only the Xbox360 version for now. Unfortunately, the PS3 versions have not arrive so there will be more waiting for PS3 users, and this means that I could not compare the two versions yet. Even as the game just arrives, the internet boards have lit up with several problems being mentioned.

The biggest problem so far are reports that GTAIV is locking up during or after the FIRST cutscene! This problem appears on both consoles, and Rockstar is working hard to find out the problem. The other problem mentioned is specifically for PS3 players only. It seems that the system is having some problem in connecting to the multiplayer portion of the game. If players try to connect the multiplayer by dialing the option on the phone, users will get the messages: “Cannot connect to game provider, please try again later”. This could simply be due to the massive amount of players trying to connect to the servers, but Rockstar is also looking into this issue.

There you have it, GTAIV finally arrives in MY(even if only the Xbox360 version, so PS3 owners sulk a few more days, like me!), but it seems that there are some bugs that have followed it too. Also note that the PS3 version requires a 3.4GB HDD install while not for the XBox360.

Let me know if the problems happens to you.

Latest Game Titles available in MY stores. April 3, 2008

Posted by stvchang in Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, PS3 games, Sony, Wii, Wii games, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, games, gaming news.
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PS3:

Dark Sector - (US) Action
Viking: Battle for Asgard - (US) Action
SEGA Superstar Tennis - (US) Sports

Xbox360:

Universe At War - (EU) RTS
Football Manager 2008 - (EU) Sports
Armored Core: for Answers - (JPN) Action Shooter
SEGA Superstar Tennis - (EU) Sports
Viking: Battle for Asgard - (EU) Action
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - (US) Action Shooter
Dark Messiah: Might and Magic Elements - (EU) FPS RPG

Wii:

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - (US) Sports
Dewy’s Adventure - (US) Platformer
George of the Jungle - (EU) Platformer
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure - (EU) Action
Arctic Tales - (US) Action
Destroy All Human! Big Willy Unleashed - (US) Action
Puru Puru Pack - (US) Mini-games compilation
Cocoto Magic Circus - (US) Mini-games Complilation
My Horse and Me - (US) Pet Sim
Super Mario Galaxy - (US) Platformer
Big Brain Academy Wii Degree - (US) Mini-games Compilation
My Word Coach - (US) Mini-games Compilation
Worms: A Space Oddity - (EU) Action
Baroque - (JPN) RPG
No More Heroes - (US) Action
EA Playground - (US) Mini-games Compilation
Ninja Reflex - (US) Mini-games compilation
The House of The Dead 2 & 3 Return - (US) Light Gun Shooter
Go, Diego, Go! Safari Rescue - (US) Action

Latest Game Titles available in MY stores. March 27, 2008

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PS3:

Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Chinese) - (Asian) Racing [Download or Blu-Ray]
echochrome - (Asian) Puzzle
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 - (Asian) Shooter


XBox360:

Condemned 2: Bloodshot - (US) FPS
Army of Two - (US) Shooter
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty - (US) FPS
Lost: Via Domus - (US) Action
Frontlines: Fuel of War - (US) FPS
Lost Odyssey - (Asian) RPG


Wii:

Winning Eleven: Playmaker 2008 - (Jpn) Sports
Pinball Hall of Fame: The William Collection - (US) Pinball Sim
Bully - (US) Action
Balloon Pop - (US) Puzzle
SEGA Bass Fishing - (US) Fishing Sim

Haze is PS3 exclusive? March 19, 2008

Posted by stvchang in Microsoft, PC games, PS3, PS3 games, Sony, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, games, gaming news.
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Ubisoft’s Haze is now being mentioned as a PS3 exclusive during a Play.com live event. Initially announced as a multiplatform title for PS3, Xbox360 and PC, it was later hinted as a “timed exclusive” for PS3.
Its now being mentioned as PS3 exclusive, heading for Sony’s console in May 2008. We shall find out which is true by then.

Latest Game Titles available in MY stores. March 11, 2008

Posted by stvchang in Microsoft, PS3, PS3 games, Sony, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, games, gaming news.
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PS3:

Army of Two - (US) Action Shooter
Conflict: Denied Ops - (US) Action Shooter
Lost: Via Domus - (US) Action
Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions - (US) Action Shooter
Fifa Street 3 - (US) Sports Sim
Unreal Tournament 3 - (US) FPS
Dynasty Warrior 6 - (US) Action


Xbox360:

Army of Two - (US) Action Shooter
The Spiderwick Chronicles - (US) Action
Devil May Cry 4 - (US) Action
Turok - (US) FPS

Blu-Ray wins the High Def video format, blu-ray in Xbox360 soon? March 11, 2008

Posted by stvchang in Apple, DVD, Microsoft, Rumors, Sony, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, blu-ray, blu-ray discs, blu-ray movies, business, gadgets, games, gaming news, hd-dvd, movies, tech news, tech stuff.
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The 1080P High Definition Video format war is over. When HD-DVD exclusive Warner Bros studios switched to support the Blu-Ray format exclusively, the winner was effectively decided. Shortly thereafter, Toshiba (the main player in the HD-DVD format) too announced that they will cease to produce new HD-DVD players and withdrawing from the format war.

Now, its reported that Sony is talking to Microsoft about adopting the Blu-Ray format to its systems. While Sony have approached Apple for the same talks too (Microsoft and Apple are supporters of HD-DVD format), there are now strong rumors that Xbox360 may feature Blu-Ray as standard drive format.

While these are rumors at this point of time, it is not impossible for Xbox360 to adopt the Blu-Ray as the format due to the larger storage capabilities and as games becomes bigger (Lost Oddessey will fit in one dual layer Blu-Ray disc instead of four dual layer DVD dics). Alternatively, Microsoft could come up with a Blu-Ray add-on drive, as they have done with the HD-DVD add-on drive.

This will be interesting to keep watch, to see how Microsoft will react.

Silver Satin PS3 and Xbox360 Arcade debuts in Japan. March 10, 2008

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This past weekend is a good weekend for Japanese games. On March 7th 2008, two new console SKUs have appeared in the land of the rising sun to woo gamers to these brands.
Sony rolls out their Silver Satin PS3 thats is of the same specifications with the Ceramic White and Black cousins, while Microsoft unleashes its Xbox360 Arcade, which have been long available in other markets.
Will these two new SKUs from Sony and Microsoft pry Japanese fingers from Nintendo’s Wii? Only time will tell.

PS3 Devil May Cry 4 requires HDD install. February 12, 2008

Posted by stvchang in DVD, Microsoft, PS3, PS3 games, Sony, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, blu-ray, games, gaming news, tech news, tech stuff.
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As a first for PS3, Capcom’s Devil May Cry 4 will install 5GB worth of files on the PS3′s HDD. The whole installation will occur during the initial run of the game and will take a whopping 20 minutes to complete. In that time, Capcom have kindly inserted a history of the entire Devil May Cry series while the PS3 is locked during the installation process.

The installation is supposedly to improve loading times on the PS3, but there are contrasting reports that this may not work that well. Many have said that load times are just few short seconds faster than the DVD streaming of the Xbox360. I will test it out when I get the Xbox360 version soon.

I sure hope that this is not the sign of times to come, as I did not get consoles to bear with installation times.

Latest Game Titles available in MY stores. February 12, 2008

Posted by stvchang in Microsoft, PS3, PS3 games, Sony, Xbox360, Xbox360 games, games, gaming news.
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Xbox360:

Burnout Paradise - (Asian) Racing
PS3:
Turok - (US) FPS