New 'Xbox Experience' Too Much For Some 360s (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - There's a lot to look forward to in the upcoming New Xbox Experience -- set to launch on November 19 -- but for those who own Xbox 360s without a hard drive or a 256MB memory card, you may have to go through a few headaches before you can download it.
US video game guru heads for space as tourist (AFP)
AFP - American millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott followed in his astronaut father's footsteps Sunday, blasting off aboard a Russian rocket to become the world's sixth space tourist.
A virtual battle of the bands (Reuters)
Reuters - Wannabe rock stars will have a greater choice of instruments and songs to choose from as videogames like "Guitar Hero World Tour" and "Rock Band 2" introduce new features.
Ray Kurzweil Launches MMO Forecasting Game (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Crystal ball-peering transhumanist Ray Kurzweil has recently unveiled the world's first massively multiplayer online forecasting game, Superstruct.
'Lord of the Rings Online' Expansion Drops Nov. 19 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - On November 18, Codemasters and Turbine will release Mines of Moria, the first expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online. But only a dedicated fan is going to have time, given that its chief competitor, World of Warcraft, releases its own expansion a few days earlier.
Hands On with the New Xbox Live Experience (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - We recently got a chance to grab a controller and play around with the latest in-development version of the Microsoft Xbox Live Experience at a demo here in San Francisco. The highlights? Revamped avatars and a "party system".
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