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Welcome back to the week in news! Once upon a time I used to do a daily recap of events linking you to various news story around the world. That got out of hand. Then I started to do a weekly recap of events. That got out of hand once again. Now, I am learning to master the web and will now provide you with a link to my saved news items of the week! Oh, and yes. I start my new week on Sunday!

What happened this week?

  • PSP Minis could be playable on PS3
  • The link between Michael Jackson and Sonic
  • Download a 10gb game from PSN
  • Gamers thoughts on micro-transactions
  • Microsoft uses the ban hammer again

Find out more

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Welcome back to the week in review beta! Once upon a time I used to do a daily recap of events linking you to various news story around the world. That got out of hand. Then I started to do a weekly recap of events. That got out of hand once again. Now, I am learning to master the web and will now provide you with a link to my saved news items of the week! It is very possible that next week I will do an audio recap.

What happened this week?

  • PSP Minis, small downloadable games, gets mini pricing!
  • LittleBigPlanet gets a new demo and ModNation Racers Beta!
  • Win $50,000 developing a Xbox 360 game!
  • Scene It! goes multiplatform!

Find out more

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That is a common question asked by Internet Explorer users.  This question is also answered by a simple “Your browser does not support web css standards”. Now, I am not saying that I am a CSS master but I do know when to give up on a browser and I have up on IE6 and IE7 a long time ago. As I continue to read, test, and implement changes and updates behind the scenes, IE has always been the one browser that always rendered a web page badly. So I just didn’t support it. That and I got tired of looking for a fix to work with IE.

With the release of IE8 things look good. I already jumped on the band wagon at home and at work and I wish many would do the same. So click that link, download IE8, or download Safari, Chrome or Firefox and enjoy what the web is really suppose to look like.

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Lately, I have been very curious about the strategy of Microsoft concerning their development studios. Actually, I just answered my own question. The 360 seems to be all they care about and the PC can go to hell. Even so, they have done weird things regarding 360 development.

As you are aware, Microsoft has recently shutdown the successful Ensemble Studios as well as ACES Studio. As we all know, they allowed Bungie to go independent, closed FASA, passed on Bioware and other worthwhile purchases. It seems they are attempting to rid themselves of anything PC related as well as turn strictly into a Halo development studio. It begs you to ask, who is left? Lionhead? Rare ($370+ million purchase says no), Turn10?

Normally console manufacturers would like to have their own lineup of first party developers to provide good exclusive content but it seems Microsoft prefers to shop around for 3rd party titles and either publish the first IP release or lock in DLC. I don’t think relying on 3rd parties to supply all the content for your platform is that great of an idea because each generation can treat you differently and it should be in the best plans for Microsoft to have their own 1st party content lined up instead of waiting on 3rd parties to define their console.

Of course, I am just some random guy on the internet, what do I know?

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Years ago Microsoft had a vision that their online service LIVE was going to be accessible everywhere and that is now starting to show. LIVE as a service launched in 2002 for the original Xbox. This service saw an update for the 360 launch and another update recently for the NXE.

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Missed out Thursday and Friday but I am back. Not too much going on but here are just some highlights:

SONY

MICROSOFT

NINTENDO

PUBLISHERS / DEVELOPERS / OTHER

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Here are just a few things that are going on today:

SONY

MICROSOFT

NINTENDO

PUBLISHERS / DEVELOPERS / OTHER

 

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A different day but still active. The news don’t stop but there are some that I found interesting. No they aren’t unique but I found some to be “kettle and pot”, buried with other news items, or just well:

SONY

MICROSOFT

NINTENDO

PUBLISHERS / DEVELOPERS / OTHER

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With the Spike VGA awards now over,

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So much news that it is hard to keep track of it on a weekly basis…so I will attempt smaller daily updates to make the weekly review much easier to post.

Sony

Microsoft

Nintendo

Publishers / Developers

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