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2,000 fans queue up for Oxford Street launch

The latest expansion for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King, attracted a staggering 2,000 people to its Oxford Street launch – more than turned out for launches like the PlayStation 3 or Apple's iPhone 3G.

World of Warcraft is one of the most played games on the planet, with in excess of 10 million active accounts – paying a monthly fee for access to the virtual world of Azeroth.

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Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty is an interesting summer diversion. Besides being a big surprise when it was revealed last month at E3, it also serves as a story bridge between two high-profile projects. Specifically, Quest for Booty picks up sometime after Clank's disappearance in Tools of Destruction and leads directly into the next game (currently scheduled for autumn 2009) that is conveniently announced at the end of the credits when you conquer the final boss.

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/899/899120p1.html 

I dont knkow if this was ever covered here but we can all use our PC's to cure cancer and more through an application known as Folding@Home. PS3 are capable of running as well. A simple home computer running this solo would take 30 years to complete what is being done in miliseconds through thousands of processors around the world.

So when out to work, lunch or more contribute by using your pc to cure diseases through creating cell's that scientists will use.

NOTE: It allows you to create a team number on configuration... I was thinking we could create a team number for TheVistaForums.com. Just an idea if any admin or mod are interested post a number that we will use if you want to contribute as well. They post the results by team and I figured we could all band together to help.

I just recently purchased a new 37 inch (small by todays standards but much larger than the conventional crt i used to have) HDTV and a PS3. I was wowed by the incredible picture and sound fom the games but then yesturday I bought my first Bluray disk. Casino Rayale! I was completely blown away by how unfreak'n real the picture is. And the sound... I've never heard sound that good outside of an Imax theatre. Anyone else here have either Bluray or HD dvd? What is your experience like?

Adam Reuters informed me that today there will be two Second Life interviews with Raph Koster and Jerry Paffendorf. Raph is right now working on a eventually-to-be Second Life Killer called Areae. He will be interviewed today at 2 pm CST (3 pm EST, noon Pacific) at the Reuters Auditorium.Jerry, well known to Second [...]

About 30 new images for upcoming Half-Life 2 Orange. The bundle will include Half Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, & Portal. The games will be available on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC and is set to release sometime Q3 2007.

The good news is that the PC-only so called The Black Box will have Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 while the so called The Orange Box on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 will have all that, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1. The bad news is that all of these products have been pushed back to late 2007.

EA quietly pushes Valve's big bundle into the fall.Electronic Arts issued a press release today to officially name the Half-Life 2 bundles for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 but also to announce the delays...

Electronic Arts issued a press release today, one designed to officially name the Half-Life 2 bundle for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, and one with a new upsetting fact seamlessly woven into the text. Yes, there is the Half-Life 2 Orange Box and the Half-Life 2 Black Box, but there is also a delay. Yes, Half Life 2 Orange and Half-Life 2 Black are delayed