All of you Xbox gamers will be happy to hear that Microsoft is getting ready to release their Fall Dashboard Updates on December 4th. All of the update will be free and you will be glad to know that there will be brand new features and enhancements to make playing on your Xbox even more enjoyable.

Some of the features include Xbox Originals – which allows you to download some of the classic Xbox games that you can’t find anymore. It also offers all of you parents the Family Timer – which will allow you to control how much game play that can have every day.
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Nintendo has been dominating the gaming industry all year thanks to the Wii – but they were beginning to get worried when Microsoft’s Xbox 360 began to take the lead after they released the much anticipated Halo 3. But during the week of Thanksgiving Nintendo had a big grin on its face after they raked in more money than they have ever made.
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Zapak has recently launched Zapak Games card for the Indian people. The Zapak Game Cards that use to be the initial ever collectible game card series for youth will now allow gamers to purchase full versions of downloadable games from Zapak.com on to their PCs. The first time Gamer may purchase Zapak Game Cards worth 99 rupees and can scratch the card to get the URL for getting registered. You can come across four types of Zapak Game Cards - Pirates, Sci-Fi, Warrior and Magic. If the gamer collects one card, he would receive a game. On collecting three cards of a series he would receive three game cards along with gifts worth Rs. 300/-. If one collects ten card the gamer gets exclusive branded merchandise in addition to the ten games he could purchase with those. Hence, Zapak Game Cards would certainly have an aspiring value for the kids and the trend to have that will put them in the ‘cool’ bracket.

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Sony has lowered the price of their PS3 hardware kit and making it easier for independent gaming developers to purchase. The price will decrease to almost half. But that isn’t the only thing that Sony is cutting back on. Sony did the same thing to the PS2 hardware kit a year after it had been released back in 2000.

The price cut will be available to those in Japan, Europe, United States, and Australia. Greg Bondar – who is part of the Game Development Association of Australia – was excited to hear the news knowing that it would give otherwise unknown developers the chance to show their stuff and to compete with some of the larger companies.

“A lot of the larger, established studios can get into it, even they find it cost prohibitive, but in general it now gives us and our members a broader base of access to such technology and opportunity to develop. I think it has been a prohibitive factor,” Bondar said.

“If we have access to such development kits, it allows us to produce a better product, so we welcome it; [we] highly welcome it and congratulations to Sony.”

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Japan has decided to use their resources to make this Christmas extra special for everyone by giving the PS2 a makeover. They have heard the cry of many gamers who wish that they could get their hands on a PS3 and if it weren’t for the $500 price tag they would. So they are spicing up the PS2 making it just as good (maybe not better, but good will do) and of course more affordable.

Japan is ready to release the new SCPH-90000 series November 2nd (just in time for Christmas). The new hardware features a power-brick that is inside the console’s shell instead of in the middle of the power cord. It will still have some similarities to the original PS2 – including the same form factor. The best thing about the upgraded PS2 is that the AC adapter will be built right into the console and it will be much lighter – weighing only 720 grams.
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