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Arrests made in connection to PSN hack
Sony and law enforcement may have tracked down a few of the people responsible for the PlayStation Network hack that left the service crippled for over a month and millions of customers unsure about the safety of their identities. The New York Times reports that The Nation Police arrested three people in Almeria, Barcelona and Valencia.
EA Sports simulation says Spain will win 2010 World Cup
According to an EA Sports simulation using the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa game engine, Spain is going to hoist its first World Cup trophy July 11, 2010 with a 3-1 win over Brazil. In the sim Brazil actually took a 1-0 lead before Spain stormed back led by Villa, who EA Sports says will win the coveted Golden Boot award with seven goals in the tournament. Brazil’s Kaka ended up winning the Golden Ball.
Spanish developers spark controversy with RTS war game
Video games often deal with historical events like invasions or wars and many times they take some liberties with the story. Some titles including Wolfenstein or Blazing Angels have thrown a little sci-fi or horror into the mix, but these games have been generally well received despite the fact that they haven’t been completely based more »
Spanish modder finds creative way to cool his Xbox 360
A poster at a Spanish modding forum called “El otro lado” has gutted his Xbox 360 console in an effort to prevent the dreaded Three Lights of Death, or The Red Ring of Death (RROD) as others know it.
In case you haven’t heard of this phenomenon, it basically is a harbinger of doom for any Xbox 360 console. Three red lights appear forming a ring around the console’s power button informing you of its demise. Some people say it happens when some components melt inside the Xbox. Others say it’s just that the processor overheats. Many versions have circulated the web but the main point is that these failures have been so common that Xbox owners have developed any number of fixes for the problem. Recently a boy got electrocuted while submerging his console’s power brick in water in an effort to cool it down and keep on playing.
What this modder did was cut one side of the console open and attach two huge PC fans to the motherboard just over…
Gammick: New Spanish game company with an iffy name
Gammick Entertainment S.L. today announced it is entering the gaming business as an international videogame producer.
According to its initial press release, Barcelona, Spain, based Gammick will produce PC and home console games as well as portable games (primarily) for the Nintendo DS. It already has a couple projects underway, including a real-time strategy (RTS) PC game titled Shadows of War developed by Legend Studios and expected to be available Q4 2007. Unfortunately, Shadows of War is set just before the Second World War, making it yet another WWIIesque game.
On a better note, Gammick also has an exclusive deal with …















