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Rumor: Say Sayonara To TGS?
First E3, now this? Game site Jeux France is rumoring that the Tokyo Game Show could very well be canned next year. Blame the usual suspects: Too many people, huge budgets, blah, blah, blah. continue reading »
Gears of War On PC Rumor "Debunked"
We got the photo to the right from reader Bob a few weeks ago, but didn't run with it. It sounded a little suspect. Gears of War on PC confirmation from a Games For Windows promo image printed in PC Gamer? Nah. Then I remembered that all Microsoft rumors are true! continue reading »
Rumor: Xbox 360 HDMI Coming With Lost Planet Bundle?
Shots of the forthcoming Lost Planet Xbox 360 bundle for Japan made their way onto the internet today, with some eagle eyed console fans noticing something surprising: mention of HDMI output on the back of the box. continue reading »
Rumor: Blue Dragon 2 Slated (Well, Duh)
Nothing's been announced, but this seems kinda obvious seeing as how much time, effort and money Microsoft has poured into Blue Dragon—the product of Final Fantasy mastermind Hironobu Sakaguchi and Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Quest character designer Akira Toriyama. continue reading »
Rumor: Next PS3 Best Buy Shipment Dated
An anonymous tipster writes that Best Buy's next big Playstation 3 shipment will be hitting on December 12. Yikes, I hope that's not true. continue reading »
$100 Xbox 360 Confirmed (Pretty Much)
Remember that $100 Xbox 360 Core System rumor I posted? Remember that all Microsoft-based rumors are true? Amazon is running a special weekly promotion, for the next four weeks, in which they'll sell one hot item at a very low price. continue reading »
RUMOR: No PS3s In Wal-Mart PS3 Kiosks
Via game site GamerAndy comes this unconfirmed report that the display PLAYSTATION 3s in demo kiosks at Wal-Mart are mock-ups, and the footage running in the store is off an a third party disc player. continue reading »
Rumor: No 20 GB PS3s Coming
A Circuit City source tells me that, company wide, their shipments of Playstation 3 20GBs have been completely canceled. The rumor is that this is something happening nationwide. The store did not get extra 40GB models to make up for the 20GB shortage. continue reading »
RUMOR: Wii Disrupts Pacemakers
While the silver set might be in Nintendo's cross hairs, old gamers with bad tickers beware. We've heard this from a few sources, but nothing has yet been confirmed or denied by Nintendo, so take this with pitch of salt. continue reading »
Rumor: Gamestop Expects To Fulfill All Pre-orders "Well Before" Christmas
After Gamestop delivered a swift punch in the gut to the PS3 pre-ordering crowd—many of whom camped out just to pre-order the thing based on alleged, yet conservative launch day store allocations—comes a shred of positive news about when they'll get their post launch... continue reading »
Rumor: Fry's Forcing Mega PS3/Wii Bundles In Store?
Those of you looking to hit your local Fry's Electronics may want either pull a little extra out of savings or skip the store altogether, should you be looking for a PlayStation 3 or Wii this weekend. continue reading »
Rumor: Xbox 360 For $100?
This obviously sounds way too good to be true, so consider it rumor/unicorn-caliber fantasy at this point, but Techcrunch is saying they have a "rock solid source" telling them that mega-retailer Amazon will be selling some Xbox 360's for $100. Yeah. $100. That isn't a typo. $100. continue reading »
Rumor: Crack The Target Wii Code
Some insane mathematician (whom I can only assume works at Target) over on the IGN forums has posted a complicated yet seemingly accurate way to find out how many Wii's your local Target will have on launch day. I will try and explain this as best I can, so listen up. continue reading »
Rumor: Best Buy's PS3 and Wii Mazes
Remember back when the Xbox 360 launches, way back in old 2005? Well when Best Buy prepped their store for launch of the console, they decided to rearrange check-out to make it a virtual sales gauntlet that costumers would have to endure to get out of the store with console in hand. continue reading »
Rumor: MS To Offer HD Movie Downloads Via Live?
We've been hearing rumblings that Microsoft is getting itself deeper into the digital distribution biz—remember when they offered the Battlestar Galactica series recap earlier this fall?—with one of our tipsters sending us a bit of info via SHSIBAE that could possibly confirm that today. continue reading »
Rumor: Wii Outputs at 720p?
According to the latest issue of the UK's Nintendo: The Official Magazine, the Wii will output at the relatively impressive 720p, not the low-end, and still rumored, 480p. The magazine says that "At the time of going to print, Wii games will output in 720i and 720p." continue reading »
Rumor: EB Games Clamp Down On PS3 eBay Pre-Orders
EB Game is releasing its jack-booted foot soldiers and coming after your dubious eBay pre-order ass! Flexing its gestapo muscle, the company is apparently dead set on tracking down all pre-orders up for auction. continue reading »
Rumor: Xbox Japan Unveils the 60 GB HDD... Accidently
Forget the Japanese. Look closely. Closer. Notice anything? Yep, that says 59.5 GB HDD. The picture is from a press conference for the "Fall 2006 System Update" at Microsoft Japan HQ, and it appeared on Japanese site Game Watch. continue reading »