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GTA Being Spied by Guinness Records

April 29th, 2008

You may not know but the super-highly-most awaited game of the year is due release and is already being watched by Guinness Records. The game is expected to sell 9 million copies, slamming $540 million in the company,(only the $60 basic version counted). And this is just an estimation, the actual sales might be double.

Still thinking why Guinness is giving a hawk eye on this game? Well you need to read on to know what Grand Theft Auto has gained from the past years. And these records can make it clear.

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Portal 2- Not this year.

April 26th, 2008

The one reason I remember I got Orange Box was Team Fortress 2 . But when I got hooked to Portal. It was marvelous, the gameplay simple, not too vivid graphics just simple and graphically good looking, Portal was made brilliantly. It was a real disappointment as it got finished too soon and the Bonus ones too died off soon.

Portal was a experimental game which worked wonders for Valve. Won loads of Awards and this experiment was successful creating revolution in gaming industry. Since, then I was waiting for any news for a Portal successor. And February I was happy to know Valve is getting ready to make Portal 2. But now the news is that Valve’s coming soon promenade has extended to next year. Yes!! Valve stated to launch it not sooner. Valve clearly stated, Portal was a revolutionary game, and the successor shouldn’t be just color change with some added features. Portal 2 should also be revolutionary.

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iPhone 2 – Features

April 26th, 2008

This might be a little shaky to state but the new iPhone a.k.a. iPhone version 2 is ready and all set is been under rigorous testing. The next person walking alongside you might have one in his pocket.!! Yes, this is what Engadget states with their reliable sources.

Iphone soon after its launch had critics trying to bash it around with their baseball bat like hell. It doesn’t have this, doesn’t have that … .blah blah blah. Gulping all these comments Apple iPhone stood as the best Phone ever made. Still people were eagerly awaiting for version 2 which is supposed to launch soon.

Heres what the iPhone version 2 will include :

Being a second generation it will still sustain the same size and shape
3G will be included for better connectivity and GPS will be set default.
No metal body, so no angular edges. Instead the volume buttons will be chrome and the whole body would be glossy black.
The phone would be slightly thicker than the first generation, but still battery won’t be removable.

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Nintendo touches the $1 Billion Mark

April 25th, 2008

Its wouldn’t be that shocking for anyone now , but Nintendo reported $1 Billion Hardware sales making the Q4 sales rise up by 60%. Looking at the sales barometer, the number of consoles sold is half the number of the had DS sold. The consoles only count the 18.6 million mark while the DS shows 30.3 million units and shocking 15.9 million Game Boy Advance were sold in this period.

This phenomenal increase in the sales can solely be credited to the launch of Wii, more and more gamers, casual as well as hardcore are switching to a cheaper gaming alternative as Consoles getting more and more competitive with Microsoft and Sony stacking up cores and graphic processors to get the best possible realistic output, Nintendo plays safe and brainy. With easy to play and hard to master games and closest possible realism, these the interactive games are fit for all.