Macworld.com – Gillette recently unveiled the Fusion Gamer and Fusion Power Gamer, two new variations of its menâ??s razor. The canny Web site, television ads, and packaging were put together specifically to appeal to young men who like to play video games.
PC World – Did you know you could see Lara Croft in the buff in Eidos’s Tomb Raider games? That renaming Final Fantasy VII’s Aeris “Slut” would make her purr like a fille de joie ? That leaping over the flagpole in Super Mario Bros. doles out infinite lives? That if you collect all the fire flowers in the game, Mario gets a helicopter?
Macworld.com – Electronic Arts (EA) has announced Spore API Contest 09, an effort to help spur developers into creating their own apps which connect to EAâ??s popular simulated life game Spore.
PC Magazine – Amazon.com Inc will allow shoppers to trade in used video games for store credit, a move that may challenge a core driver of profitability for No. 1 U.S. game retailer GameStop Corp.
AP – Rock Band is getting the perhaps greatest rock group of all time: The Beatles.
Reuters – Fans of The Beatles who have always wanted to sing alongside John and Paul, or rock with George and Ringo, will finally get their chance on September 9 when the band’s much-anticipated videogame hits the shelves.
NewsFactor – Video-game enthusiasts will be able to rock with the Fab 4 when The Beatles: Rock Band comes out. Currently the game by publishers Harmonix and MTV Games is scheduled to ship on Sept. 9.
AFP – The Beatles will live anew in videogame glory beginning in September with the release of an exclusive “Rock Band” title that lets people pretend to be the legendary Fab Four.
Reuters – Amazon.com Inc will allow shoppers to trade in used video games for store credit, a move that may challenge a core driver of profitability for No. 1 U.S. game retailer GameStop Corp.
PC World – It’s official: The Beatles will come together digitally this September for their much anticipated Rock Band debut. MTV Games has announced a September 9 launch date for the worldwide release of the Fab Four’s interactive adventure, to be titled The Beatles: Rock Band. Originally announced in October, the game will be offered for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii for about $60.