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There are only two worthy Chips manufacturers, Intel and AMD. What AMD has an advantage over Intel is the marketing concept to drive sales of it’s processor chips, graphics boards, and motherboards.

The concept is to get customer loyalty, and there are none better than PC gamers. It is the gamers that spend money on faster processors, better graphics, and pushing the envelope for better integration of the system for their game play.

AMD, in a great marketing blitz is offering John Woo’s Stranglehold for the PC to anyone who purchases an AMD product.

For fans of John Woo’s cinematic action scenes, this is the perfect game as you play Chow Yun Fat’s character “Tequila” and go bust some caps up some gangsta asses.

Stranglehold is a spinoff of the movie “Hard Boiled” where Chow Yun Fat, as  “Tequila” goes against a crime syndicate - dealing in arms.

Check out AMD for more details on getting Stranglehold for free: AMD Stranglehold

So your mother said you’d never amount to anything playing video games all day.

Well now you have a chance to prove her wrong. With this video game for your DS system, you’ll be able to practice for your law degree. Who needs to take an LSAT when you can start right away in your professional law career?

In the game, you are Apollo Justice, the rookie defense lawyer. You will be going against the prosecuting lawer and law genius Klavier Gavin who also happens to be a popular rocker.

Thankfully for you, you can always take legal council from your mentor Kristoph Gavin, that’s right, the elder brother of Klavier Gavin.

So be sure to gather your evidence, question those witnesses, build up your case, and rock out that court room to win you case!

To play a demo of Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice, visit the courtroom

European owners of the PS3 may cry foul against retailers for jacking up the price of the popular game series “Devil May Cry 4.”

The cost of the PS3 version of DMC 4 is £10 more than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 version in Europe while the prices for DMC 4 in the US is the same.

Videogamer had a quote from a Capcom Spokesperson.

“We don’t set the prices of our games, that’s at the discretion of the retailer. In this specific instance, the process has resulted in a price difference, but the process itself is not something we completely control.”

So, you’re a famous rock star on tour, and you’re bored as hell in the bus, as you’re heading to your next gig. There’s not enough room in the bus for you to rock out with your guitar…You pull out your DS and start rocking on the DS…

Rumors of Guitar Hero for the DS has now upped their ante.

The confirmation by Activision to release the game Guitar Hero: On Tour was given by Trademork. The relase date seems to be set for June 2008.

Trademork found that Activision had filed to protect “Guitar Hero: On Tour” as their trademark for computer game related software.

How the game will work on the DS is still a mystery, I’m thinking it’ll be stylus based, kinda like the PSP game DJ Max, where you click on buttons in relations to the graphics on screen. The reason I think it’ll be stylus based is that an external accessory like a wireless guitar would be of no use when you’re trying to rock out while looking at the DS screen.

If it comes to an additional accessory, it’ll probably be wifi based use and using something like a circular rod with buttons that you can press while playing…

In a previous post, I had mentioned that Sony had planned to offer GPS for the PSP as well as VOIP through Skype.

A recent statement on Sony’s Japanese website,  states that the expected roll out of Skype VOIP for PSP will be delayed from the Jan 24, 2008 launch date.

The reason are the mikes that the PSP would use, they do not meet the specifications that Skype requires.

Read more over at Sky.

Grand Theft Auto 4 was expected to be released last fall but was delayed for a release in 2008.

The speculation was that it was a PS3 issue with development for it.

Rockstar announced today that they would be releasing the game on April 29, 2008.

“We are so excited to be releasing Grand Theft Auto IV,” said Sam Houser, Founder and Executive Producer of Rockstar Games. “We’ve pushed ourselves very hard to make something incredible and hope the game sets a new benchmark for interactive entertainment.”

Jeronimo Barerra, the Rockstar product development VP addressed the issue on MTV.com.

“It’s really no surprise to anybody that the PS3 was definitely a contributing factor to that. Now, we’re neck and neck. That’s not an issue anymore. But back then that was something we were taking into account. That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with the PS3 version. It’s awesome. They’re both identical.”

Also mentioned in the MTV feature is that, on occasion, certain portions of GTA 4 will not require the use of a hard drive on Xbox 360 systems.

You’ll need another controller for your ceramic white PS3 and with the reviews that this controller is getting, it’ll be well worth it.

The DualShock 3 controller is a bit heftier and battery life is the same. The battery used is a 300maA compared to the regular controller’s battery which uses 30maA.

The rumble feature is back in this controller and playing games like Unreal Tournament 3 and Uncharted are better with the rumble feature of the controller.

Get your DualShock 3 in Black or White.

The PS3 is coming in another flavor; White. The once available color only available in Japan will be released to the US market.

The question is when will it be released?

The ceremic White PS3 that was available in Japan since November of 2007 is a 40GB unit that comes with a white Dualshock 3 controller.

PSXextreme posts that Sony Japan had filed with the FCC and the American Telecommunications Certification Body in October of last year but had asked that it be kept quite until the release.

For more info check out PSXextreme.

More interesting is the rumor spreading that Sony could be selling their PS3 for $299, the magic price point as soon as Jan. 28, 2008. With Sony’s report that the cost of manufacturing the PS3 is cut in half, a price point of $299 is certainly doable.

At that price, I can afford to buy extra PS3s for my bedroom, garage, attic, restroom, etc… Highly exaggerating but you can see the benefits of the price cut.

With the Blu-ray capabilities and wifi streaming, I can manage to stream music to every nook and cranny of my home and play games or watch movies where the whim hits me.

If Slickdeals is correct, it will certainly not be the first time their predictions about price cuts for the gaming systems have been accurate. Slickdeals had predicted the price cuts for the Xbox360 and PS3 a few weeks before it happened. Check out Slickdeals.

If the rumor is true, then you can afford to purchase a Black and White PS3 at that price.

Mentioned in Dengeki, the PS3 only game, “Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!” otherwise known as Yakuza 3 udon will be available starting next month.

The cost to purchase the special promotion Udon noodle dish will cost about US $2.00.

I don’t really see much of a need to hack the PS3 to make it into something else.

To me, its already near perfection. The heat created by the system is my only peeve.

The PS3 is a media center that can play games, run as a Linux system, play Blu-Ray movies, play streaming vids and music from a server, and supports most formats such as DivX and MP4.

However, some people are never content with what is done but what can be done with something new and I command them for attempting to improve upon it.

There is a PS3 homebrew project that is working on additional features for a PS3, such as VOIP, P2P, TV movies (including MKV), and a lot more stuff. The sytem is in beta and lots of bugs to work out, but its working and its free.

Quote from PS3Hex regarding the Megabox:

“Originally Posted by MegaBox Features

Video:
1-Reproduction in the premises of almost all the formats of video, including the MKV.
2-Reproduction in Streaming (from Internet or the local network) reproduces just like in the point 1 that if, the MKV would cost to him more but, depending on the bandwidth of Internet, since in local network we have all 100MB.
to 3-Encoder and to decoder of DivX, DVD, TDT and others.
4-Recording to CD’s/DVD’s etc. (Necessary external recorder USB)
5-Possibility of using compatible digital cameras with Linux.

Audio:
1-Reproduction of all the habitual formats. (Local and streaming.)
2-Encoder and decoder of CD’s and other formats.
3-Recording of CD’s/DVD’s etc… (Necessary external recorder USB.)
4-Possibility of using compatible reproducers MP3/MP4 with Linux

TV/Radio: (compatible with multiple models and marks of devices USB TV)
1-Reproduction of TDT, TDS, TDC and IMAGENIO. (Necessary USB capture device.) “one in pack MegaBOX PS3 will be included”
2-Radio and TV in streaming by Internet.
3-Recording of programs of TV “to the hard disk of the PS3, external Hard disk or to record it to CD/DVD “with possibility of programming the hour and date of recording.

Software:
1-FireFOX. (Formed with all plug-ins for its perfect operation.)
2-System P2P.
3-System VoIP and instantaneous mail.
4-Emulation of games of almost all the platforms. (Reading of ROM’s from any unit, even from local NETWORK.)
5-Game for LINUX in 3D (to still not contrasted.)
6-Possibility of launching PS3 games directly from MegaBOX.
(In the future possibly ISO loader)
“Software requests are accepted”

Appearance:
1-Skins Manager so that you modify to your taste the appearance of MegaBOX in your PS3 (Necessary knowledge of XM)

Components needed:
1-Playstation 3 sixaxis (PS3)
2-Any compatible PS3 device

Screen Resolution:
1-1280×720 (720P)

NOT NEED TO INSTALL, is based on FREEVO and the source is gonna be released. You dont need to install linux, IE: you can run a live cd or put it on a mem card and run the media center from there. so everyone can use it without to much problems.”

I look forward to seeing how this progresses.