A 15 year-old Swedish boy may have had the drive to follow in his fellow European gamers' footsteps of reaching level 80 in World of Warcraft in one 27 hour marathon session, but his body wasn't nearly so keen on the idea.
According to a Times report, after playing Wrath of the Lich King for 24 hours straight, he "suffered what appeared to be an epileptic seizure."
Doctors would later reveal the boy's body systems "had been disrupted by a combination of sleep deprivation, lack of food, and the prolonged period of concentration playing the game."
Understandably, the boy's father plans to place limits on the amount of time his son can play videogames after he makes a full recovery.
Let's make something clear; marathon gaming sessions aren't fundamentally bad since they have the potential to facilitate positive social interaction. But when Ho Hos and gumdrops become substitutes for spaghetti and meatballs and people start having seizur... More »
Ready for a bunch of new PlayStation 3 games to be unleashed upon the world? This week sees the release of Need For Speed: Undercover, Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe and Tomb Raider Underworld. Plus a bunch of other titles.. the full PS3 release list is below:
US Games
• Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe ("Kollector's" edition)
• Shaun White Snowboarding
• NPPL Championship Paintball 2009
• Tomb Raider Underworld
• Disney's Bolt
• Karaoke Revolution: American Idol
• Alone In The Dark: Inferno
European Games
• Tomb Raider Underworld
• Need For Speed: Undercover
• Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe (Collector's Edition)
• The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
• Rise of the Argonauts
• Rapala Fishing Frenzy 2009
• World Championship Off Road Racing
Asian Games
• Aquanaut's Holiday (English/Chinese version)
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Hey everybody. Today's European PSN Store Update brings a lot of stuff for purchase. New DLC for PAIN, LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band and more!
Check this list below:
Add-on Content
* PAIN David Hasselhoff add-on pack (£1.19/€1.49)
* PAIN Movie Studio add-on pack (£3.99/€4.99)
* 5x Soul Calibur IV equipment customization packs (£0.79 - £1.59/€0.99 - €1.99)
* Star Wars The Force Unleashed character pack 1 (£6.29/€7.99)
* Everybody's Golf 5 character pack (£3.19/€3.99)
* Civilization Revolution "The Terrestrial" map pack (£0.79/€0.99)
* Civilization Revolution "Elemental" map pack (free)
Videos
* 6x Shoot videos
* Bioshock 2 teaser trailer
* Shaun White's Snowboarding trailer
* 2x Soul Calibur IV trailers
* Tomb Raider Underworld trailer
* Tom Clancy's EndWar video
* MotorStorm Pacific Rift "Air Zone" trailer
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The infamous Xbox 360 "red ring of death" (indicating a failed unit) has caused Microsoft - and its customers - untold pain in the three years since the console's launch in 2005, and cost it $1.15bn (£738m) last year.
Microsoft has never said publicly why the console was plagued with faults: it seems that poor production quality was at the heart of the failures - an all-round problem with no single cause except impatience on the company's part as it tried to become the leader in videogame consoles.
It was an ambitious attack. Microsoft's engineers started working on the Xbox 360 at least a year after Sony's engineers began work on the PlayStation 3, yet wound up shipping a year earlier. With the first Xbox, the company lost $3.7bn (£2.3bn) over four years, mostly because costs of the box - particularly its hard drive - were too high.
Bill Gates didn't really care about the losses; that was simply the ante for getting into an exciting ne... More »
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Nintendo has released figures for 2008 hardware sales in Europe, which reveal the PS3 is outselling the Xbox 360 - though the Wii is still laughing in both of their faces.
As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, more than 10.4 million Wii consoles have been shifted in Europe this year. The high point for Nintendo was April, when nearly 180,000 units were sold. The figure for Xbox 360 during the same month was around 90,000, as it was for PS3.
Overall, PS3 sales are said to exceed those for Xbox 360. However, Microsoft's console proved more popular than its rival during October, when a price cut boosted sales to more than 60,000 units.
The DS has beaten the PSP over the course of the year. In July Nintendo shifted 225,000 handhelds, while the PSP reached a peak of 50,000 units during the same period.
Not the biggest PlayStation 3 release week ever (unless you're in Japan), but at least that means Mirror's Edge will get the attention it deserves.
While you're not running and jumping across buildings, Americans will have a chance to go back to World War II, while Europeans will have plenty to sing about with two SingStar titles. Here's the full release list:
US Games
• Mirror's Edge
• Call of Duty World of War
• WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2009 (Collector's Edition)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
European Games
• SingStar ABBA
• SingStar Vol 3
• Shaun White Snowboarding
• Mirror's Edge
Asian Games
• Mirror's Edge
• Derby Time Online
• FIFA Soccer 09
• Major League Baseball 2K8
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift
• Resistance 2
• Samurai Dou 3
• SOCOM: Confrontation
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On November 13, 2008 you will be able to download six free films for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 consoles via PlayStation Store.
Here is a rough translation of the news from the link above:
SCEE is currently busy with a small project called "Shoot". Through this project, there will be 6 short films appear in the PlayStation Store that you can download for free.
Five films are of European descent and one film comes from Canada.
Also you will be able to download the films if you are in possession of a PSP as on November 13 they will be added to the PS Store.
SEGA's glorious past is gathered in one colossal collection that is heading to both the PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 in early 2009.
Press Release: LONDON&SAN FRANCISCO – SEGA® of Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc today announced the development of SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
This compilation will feature the best first-party games from SEGA’s respected 16-bit Mega Drive years, as well as bonus content from its 8-bit Master System and 1980’s arcade era games library.
“SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection is a must-have for any SEGA enthusiast,” commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director for SEGA Europe.“Fans will get a chance to relive fond memories from these classic games in HD format.”
Developed by Backbone Entertainment, SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection contains over 40 ce... More »
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