Nov 22

For those of you lucky PlayStation Underground members, you should have received your Home Beta invitation via email.

PlayStation sent out an invitation to most PlayStation Underground members today informing them of the open PlayStation Home Beta testing.  If you were lucky enough to be chosen, head on over to account management through PSN and redeem your voucher.  You’ll soon see the 77mb install, but PlayStation Home also requires close to 4gb of your hard earned disk space.  So unless you upgraded to a 320gb harddrive you better start clearing out those old demos.

For those wondering, of course I got an invitation.  I’m on the secret board of PS3′ers.  shhhh.

Via PlayStation.Underground

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Nov 21

GET YOUR FANGS INTO A VAMPYRE STORY, NOVEMBER 21st.

If you remember, a while back we reopened the chapter of Bill Tiller’s latest point-and-click adventure game “A Vampyre Story”.  Well time has passed, again, and we’ve now come to the time where you can download the demo and try it for yourself.  Of course if you like the demo and want to purchase the retail game, today is the official release of “A Vampyre Story” for PC.  Expect our review in the near future… we miss using our mouse-n-keyboard!

“A Vampyre Story is a point & click adventure for PC that tells the tale of the beautiful, gifted opera singer Mona De Lafitte, whose life is brought to an abrupt end by the vampire baron, Shrowdy Von Kiefer. Trapped in Draxsylvania Castle and doomed to a miserable existence as a creature of the night, Mona decides to run away to fulfil her dream of singing at the Paris Opera.”

Via Press Release

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Nov 18

With Microsoft’s NXE update coming tomorrow, we’ll remind you what you’ll see, if you’ll see and how to install it.

Previously we spoke about the possible concerns that many XBox 360 owner’s may experience come Wednesday morning, November 19th.  Currently, we have not heard reports of RROD’s but that’s because the update was made available to a select “preview” group.  Which reminds me, those who signed up to the New Xbox Experience program may see an email that will give you access to install the NXE a whole day early!  For those who will wait until tomorrow’s official release, here a video which shows just how easy the update will be… for most of you :)

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Nov 17

Gather round the family and weird cousins, Buzz Quiz TV will have you playing as a mime and throwing pies at your Grandma!

Let’s begin where most reviews don’t.  The packaging of the game.  Buzz Quiz TV is a fierce looking box, for good reason.  Not only is the game included but 4 buzzers (1 big red button, 4 colored rectangles) and a usb ‘buzz collector’ stick.  You should know what you’re getting into when you see 4 buzzers on the box… yup 8 AA batteries.  But I prefer the wireless buzzers over the potential “rats nest” with wired controllers that could very well be.

Menu Please. Buzz Quiz TV is controlled with the aforementioned “Buzz” controllers.  With that in mind many options are not available because the buzzers are not equipped to resort you back to the main menu. Correction, If you hold down all four colored buttons on the wireless buzzer, you can actually pause the game and also quit the game to return to the main menu. Not sure if this is supposed to be a feature, since it may not want you to drop out an already started game.  For instance, if you accidentally picked a category you were not allowed to return and select a new menu.

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Nov 15

Capcom has announced that Street Fighter IV’s release date will be February 17th.

Exactly twelve years after Street Fighter III was released in February of 1997, Street Fighter IV will be making it’s long awaited debut in February of 2009. We’ve all seen the screenshots, and one of our very own, Carlos Macias, went to the only US embargoed Street Fighter IV cabinet based in good ole California. So are we excited, hell yeah. After all the Street Fighter iterations, we deserve a part IV.

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Nov 14

Now that the elections are over, the President Elect Barrack Hussein Obama has his work cut out for him. For his first mission, 1-1, he’ll need to clean up those Alaskan glaciers and take care of those rabid puppies in Zensoft’s “Super Obama World”. Give it a try and see if you can make a “Change”.

Via Superobamaworld through kissmyassmike

Thanks Hec!

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Nov 13

Amazon has Nyko Frontman Wireless guitar controllers for Wii or Playstation 3 for $19.96. Fully compatible with Guitar Hero III.  Free shipping on $25+ orders or with Amazon Prime.

Nintendo Wii
Frontman Wireless Guitar (White)
Frontman Wireless Guitar (Yellow)
PlayStation 3
Frontman Wireless Guitar (White)
Frontman Wireless Guitar (Black)

Via SlickDeals

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Nov 13

Capcom has been hitting us hard this week with all their updates… which we like.. a lot.

When we first saw the trailer for Resident Evil 5, we were as scared and perplexed as everyone else. There was a big debate as to the zombie’s color skin, which I thought was ridiculous. Everyone knows that Zombies are people who watch live tapings at the Oprah Show. You know the type, line up for hours waiting in front of the studio while their husbands are at work supporting their overweight addictions. Sorry, I got a bit off-topic there. But seriously, do all of Oprah’s guests have to be close to 350lbs and sport a bowl cut? Eww, gross…

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Nov 13

Joining the ever popular list of digital downloads, Capcom will have their own section on the PlayStation Network.

For those wondering what new items you’ll see on the PlayStation Network, you’ll be treated to everything that is Capcom. All of Capcom’s digital downloads, demo’s, themes etc. will be located within the “capcom Department”. Not only will this be a huge bonus to PSN fans, but expect future exclusives brought to you courtesy of Capcom.

Within this “Capcom Store”, you’ll be able to browse through all Capcom digital content available from PlayStation Network. Once inside the Capcom category, you will notice that all their content is sorted by title. This allows you easy access to view all content related to a particular game. This includes all full game content, demo and promotional items (themes, wallpapers, etc).

Via Blog.PlayStation

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Nov 13

Capcom has officially released their latest screenshots of the re-release of SSFIITHDR.  Now that’s what I call an acronym.

Coming VERY soon, Capcom’s Super Street Fighter II will be featured in none other than 1080p goodness.  I’ve always been a fan of the Street Fighter series, but never have been a fan of all their naming conventions.  They lost me after Super Street Fighter II.  Why not go up the number ladder like Mega Man did.  Just like “The Matrix” movies, I couldn’t tell you which was part 2 then 3.  Was Revolutions Part 2 or Reloaded?  Ah make it easy on us, like “Friday the 13th”.  Wait, what part is Freddy vs. Jason?  Screens below:

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