AFP – Emil Pagliarulo knows that riveting stories beat at the heart of captivating videogames. The Bethesda Softworks designer backs his point with “Fallout 3,” a post-apocalyptic adventure in which each player starts out as a youth searching for a scientist father and makes moral choices shaping his or her destiny.
PC Magazine – On Tuesday, Microsoft released the Mythic Map Pack for the Xbox 360′s “Halo 3″, consisting of three new maps ? although one of them barely qualifies. As you’ll find out, however, that’s the whole idea.
PC World – Sony’s somewhat perplexingly lagged behind Microsoft in its online web-portal/console integration, advancing tentatively rather than roaring forward like a vanguard. Logging into the company’s nascent-seeming PlayStation Network through a web browser’s been like using one of those functionally stark ISP webmail portals you get free with your cable or DSL subscription, but probably don’t even realize exists.
PC World – Sony’s redesigned PSP is rumored to be getting a new look. But all changes to this portable gaming device, expected to be released later this year, are largely cosmetic.
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