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Intel Slashes Chip Prices
2008-04-28 00:00:00
gamerpk learns from CNet that Intel has cut prices on most of their chipsets where the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66 GHz) saw a 50% cut in the prices from $530 to $266. Intel has also announced two new chipsets; The E8300 (6MB cache, 2.83GHz) and the E7200 (3MB cache, ...
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 Details
2008-04-28 00:00:00
Tech ARP publish in full the upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 3's details on their website. This is last of the lot, as claimed by Microsoft. [Via Gaming Today]
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11 Signs you are not the Hard-core Gamer you used to be!
2008-04-28 00:00:00
Yes, when the truth sets in, these are the 11 pinching symptoms of an aging veteran. I found these funny, and none of these have set on me... yet :D [Via Kotaku]
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GTA, GTA, GTA!
2008-04-28 00:00:00
GTA is everywhere. Grand Theft Auto 4 has to be the most anticipated game at the moment. About a week away from release, this game has already doing lots of rounds in the media and stirring up it's own pre-release hype and paranoia. Here is a list of articles that ...

Pixelated NYC through years of Video Games
2008-04-28 00:00:00
Probably the most virtually depicted city ever, New York City represents the quintessential capital of the world. From shady drug peddlers, to corrupt politicians, to loose women and underground mafiosi... Nothing beats the hardcore image of New York City. Tokyo, L.A., Chicago, London, Boston don't even come with-in a mile's ...
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When ?home alone? ask Macaulay and Mila!
2008-04-28 00:00:00
Movies are going down. The film industry is facing a slow down thanks to a surging gaming market and industry, plus the recent writer's strike, etc. Apart from gadgets, web 2.0 web apps, and new media, the next hip thing is gaming. Ask these celebrities who have been interviewed by ...
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Gamerpk now running Wordpress 2.5.1 under the hood
2008-04-28 00:00:00
After a failed attempt, thanks to some buggy plugins, I have finally managed to upgrade the CMS that is running this blog of ours. From Wordpress 2.3.3 we are now running Wordpress 2.5.1. The process is fairly simple but needs some (in fact a lot of) improvisation. The upgrade guide ...
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Back with Bringing Down the Sky
2008-04-28 00:00:00
Like Zero, I was away myself for a while. The main reason was my MS thesis that I had to complete. Now that its done and I am ready to graduate, I thought that I should write a post about downloadable content for Mass Effect called Bringing Down The Sky. ...
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ToD: ?Boycotting the Olympics because of a political issue that has nothing
2008-04-28 00:00:00
Beijing Olympics 2008 have had the most controversial torch runs in recent history. Marred by political activism against China's standing in Tibet, parts of the international community are condemning the county of 1.3 billion people for not doing enough to let democracy and freedom flourish in the tiny country of ...
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Booming Internet Market in China
2008-04-28 00:00:00
It was time that there would be news that China takes over the world as the leading Internet markets when everyday one would hear about the amount of investments, developments and usage of Chinese internet users was rising. China has a population of 1.3 billion and in a recent report by ...
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StarCraft 2: The Crucible of Culture!
2008-04-08 00:00:00
It's hard for Blizzard to come out and deliver a kick ass gaming title. More over make it a cultural icon. An entire nation for a fan base. Countless bucks being given off in the name of their product that they launched 10 years back and still lay back and ...
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A List of Gaming Servers in Pakistan
2008-04-08 00:00:00
For obvious reasons, most Gaming Servers can only be hosted when they are hosting games that allow a number of people to participate. Then it makes sense. Hence most gaming servers in Pakistan are based around first person shooters that create a virtual arena for multiple gamers to play simultaneously. king_huzi ...
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WarCraft 3: Patch 1.22 Entering Public Beta
2008-04-08 00:00:00
Karune, the online community PR manager, has finally made some sound regarding the WarCraft 3 patch 1.22 that has been waited for since 1 year and a few months now. Karune on the Blizzard's WarCraft 3 Battle.net Forums has posted that the Patch 1.22 will enter public beta on their ...
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Sonic Unleashed!
2008-04-08 00:00:00
Sonic the Hedgehog is not dead. Rather, it is coming in a new game from Sega (?), pics of which were leaked a few days ago, and a video has made it's way to the Youtube. Still not enough for Sonic fans to celebrate, since there is no word of ...
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Patapon
2008-04-08 00:00:00
Crisis Core comes out for the PSP on the 25th of March. Thats tomorrow. One of two titles that persuaded me to purchase a PSP. The other title was Patapon. I saw it being praised on a couple of video podcasts, it got lots of great reviews and awards. Its ...

PPL WarCraft 3 Race Wars Begins Today!
2008-04-08 00:00:00
In about a few hours time, PPL, an online streaming company will be broadcasting their WarCraft 3's Race Wars . The concept is simple, there are four races in the game. Each race has four players who have Hero (Captain) player. All players go head to head with each other and ...
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In his own ?Space? he won the AWL 3 Final!
2008-04-08 00:00:00
Professional Gaming is not only considered a great test of mental abilities but also a test of the physical limits one can push with their mind and body. Fnatic.Space is one such Korean WarCraft 3 player who has a disease that has left him crippled, and has only a few ...
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WiMax causes Australian CEO to WhineMax!
2008-04-08 00:00:00
I won't be surprised to find out that wireless technologies haven't really got 'there' when it comes to the ultimate experience. Sure there are one that are working quite fine for a lot of people, but most of them are not working fine for the rest. Such was the case with ...
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Replay Analysis - hoorai.DieSeL vs DeltaBenQapm
2008-04-08 00:00:00
The international WarCraft III scene is arguably at its peak right now. There are so many leagues and tournaments taking place simultaneously that it is now almost impossible to follow each and every one of them. With tournaments like these, the number of quality replays that are produced on a daily basis ...
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GTA4 Achievements Leaked ?!
2008-04-08 00:00:00
Even though this is the console version, however, its still great news about the highy anticipated upcoming title from Rockstars (tm). The full list of Xbox 360 Achievements for Grand Theft Auto IV may have been leaked, with two separate sources posting a list of fifty supposed Gamerscore-building accomplishments. ...
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StarCraft 2 Zerg Intro Video: Hell it?s about time!
2008-03-11 00:00:00
Awesome, simply awesome! Blizzard takes the cake when trying to generate hype around a story! The third and final race in the up coming Sci Fi Epic Real Time Strategy game has been revealed. After a long time in the shadows of development, The Zerg race has come out on the big stage with a ...
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Replay Analysis - MYM]Grubby vs mouz.ToD
2008-03-11 00:00:00
Hello people! Today I bring to you a review of a game played just a few days back between former team mates, and now rivals, Grubby and ToD. This game took place at the Extreme Masters finals in the first round of the upper bracket.  Grubby, also known as the King of Orcs hails from the ...
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StarCraft 2 Screenshots: A Comprehensive Breakdown
2008-03-11 00:00:00
The three screenshots that have been released by Karune (The Blizzard Community Manager) have been discussed and posted here earlier. Now I went in search for a detailed analysis of those screenshots and found that here. SC2Blog is a fast growing community blog that regularly gets featured in the Question and Answer series that Karune is ...
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WC3L PD7: SK 4-1 srs, BeT 3-2 Wicked
2008-03-11 00:00:00
SK-Gaming keep their record good in the WarCraft 3 League by winning over Serious Gaming (srs) 4-1. ReMinD however managed to lose his match 2-1 to srs.SonKiE which is a disappointment for me, again. Beijing E-Sports Team (BeT) won over Wicked 3-2, where WinNers, Who, and and Check were the three winners for them. Mass postpones saw ...

mouzSports and Fnatic win CS1.6 while Lyn and HoT win WC3
2008-03-11 00:00:00
The hot technology extravaganza being held at Hanover, Germany has come to an end and with it a lot of tournaments have also come to an end that were going on at the premises of CeBIT 2008. Samsung European Championship was being hosted by the organization behind World Cyber Games and Samsung, and Extreme Masters Season ...

Halo 3: Bungie Helps Restore Some Emotion for a Gamer
2008-03-11 00:00:00
A very interesting story posted by bs angle on Hawty McBloggy Invites You Play about how a gamer sent in his XBox for repair and when it came back it had all emotions of his wiped off. It so happened that a Halo 3 gamer Nathenial had collected a lot of artwork and signature from around ...
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StarCraft 2: New ScreenShots
2008-03-11 00:00:00
Blizzard sent out an SOS to all the previlleged beta testers in for StarCraft 2 to start posting cool screenshots. Read the message here. And yes, the new StarCraft 2 screenshots are here! The most anticipated title from Blizzards looks really awesome: [Courtesy MYM Gaming] addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gamerpk.com%2F2008%2F0 3%2F09%2Fstarcraft-2-new-screenshots%2F'; addthis_title = ...
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Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
2008-03-11 00:00:00
ROFL! Read at Engadget. OMG! Watch the video below. Cruel, cruel parents! Engadget reaches out to the poor hurt child, Jonathan, you out there? Screw those people, they clearly don’t understand what it is to be a kid and to want an awesome gadget so badly you can taste it. We’ve been there our whole lives. Since, ...
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In-Game Advertisment: SC2 won?t have!
2008-03-11 00:00:00
While advertisements have become a boon for the internet community over the years, the fact they have been realized as a method of self sustaining projects is taking roots fast. Even in the gaming industry producers and developers are trying to harness sponsorship and advertisement money to reduce tariffs and improve on their products. When the ...
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StarCraft 2: Zerg Gameplay Video Surfaces
2008-03-11 00:00:00
After posting about the new intro video that was released yesterday in South Korea, thisisgame has managed to publish a game play video that has actuall in game units fighting and crawling around. This part of the gameplay introduction about 8 months back was missing, so here it is! This video features Zerglings taking on a ...
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