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Reader Tip: New Assassin's Creed Images |
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By host on
9/21/2006 5:35 AM
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Frequent readers know how much the entire Hardcore Gamer staff is anticpating this game, these 3 images make us want it even more. Assassin's Creed has some of the best art direction we've ever seen in a game. And a note to everyone who sent this in, we know what the spoiler/secret is from the closed-door demo we had at E3 and we think it best not to ruin it for the entire hardcore gamer community, so we only ran 3 of the 4 pictures sent in to us this morning.
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Reader Tip: Prince of Persia 4 |
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By host on
9/21/2006 12:00 AM
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The Prince of Persia series is one of our favorite franchises of all-time here at the Hardcore Gamer and this proves he is officially coming back!
Our anonymous tipster sent us these early this morning and we've got to say: "Holy Shit!" This pre-production artwork gives us a small glimpse into the future of the Prince of Persia franchise, which seems to be going down more of a Castlevania-esque path of character design. And is it just us or does this new direction seem more fantasy based? Are we crazy or does that nymph look like Natalie Portman?
Editor's Note: Welcome everyone via Digg,
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Reader Tip: Is this the Wii Box Art? |
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By host on
9/20/2006 7:50 AM
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The Hardcore Gamer reader, Samboflange sent us this image we haven't seen anywhere else, so enjoy this pic of what seems to be Wii Box Art. Wii like it, do you?
Samboflange, (What the hell is a Samboflange?), also mentioned that the during the same press conference, Reggie stated that the Wii Game cases will be White DVD cases! Wii love that idea!
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Xbox 360's $179 HD-DVD Drive Supports 1080p. Sorry, Sony... |
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The Hardcore Gamer Video Game News
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By host on
9/20/2006 4:05 AM
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News from the Tokyo Game Show 06:
For months, hardcore gamers and home theater aficionados have had to endure Sony's marketing speeches pointing out the fact that there fabled 1080p is the only "True HD" on the market and if you want "True HD", the PLAYSTATION 3 is the only way for you to go. Sadly for Sony, Microsoft proved they not only want to win this generation's console war, but take Sony out of the picture altogether, by announcing that not only will it ship in November, but the HD-DVD add-on will come bundled with a universal remote and it will upscale all content to 1080p; effectively the wind from Sony's already tattered sales. And if this news wasn't enough to leave the Playstation sinking in a sea of hardcore gamer criticism the low price point of only about $170 US or ¥19,800.
$700(-ish) is the price of a:
- PLAYSTATION 3 ($600),
- 1 Game($60-$70),
- A component video cable ($30-$50, so you can actually see the 1080p content coming from your brand new $600 machine.)
Meanwhile $600(ish) will buy you:
- Xbox 360 Premium ($400)
- HD-DVD ($170)
- Xbox 360 Game ($30-$60, Since the Xbox 360 library has a 1 year head-start and there are plenty of titles in available in this range that will hold up against the PS3)
OR, for $700(ish) you could buy:
- Xbox 360 Premium ($400)
- Xbox 360 Game ($30-$60, Since the Xbox 360 library has a 1 ...
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