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Thursday, September 6, 2001 |  |
MS + NTT = online Xbox gaming in Japan
DeAdLy cOoKiE notes on our forum that MSNBC has an article about a joint Microsoft/NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) venture to offer online gaming via an ADSL network in Japan. No word yet whether that's the ONLY way you'll be able to play online... and no word about a US network yet. (Louis Wu 21:16:48 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox ads on Canadian MTv awards tonight
Thanks to Harry Al-Shakarchi, who noted on our forum that the first Xbox ads will air tonight, possibly in Canada only, during the 2001 MTv Video Music Awards on MuchMusic. (They were made by a Canadian ad company, and the announcement was made by Microsoft Canada... so there's no guarantee (and, indeed, no evidence) that they'll air in the US as well. There's a bit more info at X-Boxed.com. Any Canadian readers wanna tape this? (Louis Wu 17:32:10 UTC) (permalink)
Railing about Ratings
There's been quite a bit of discussion recently about the Teen rating that Halo has gotten (spurred by the recent Box Art sightings). Matt explained the Teen rating about a month ago... but apparently, he wasn't clear enough. He jumped onto our forum today to be more concise. Bottom line - Bungie did NOT ask for (or design for) a Teen rating - they built the game they wanted to build, and the ESRB gave them a Teen rating for this product. Nothing (neither blood nor swearing) was cut to get this rating. (Louis Wu 15:42:13 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Terrorism doesn't pay False NextGen alarm Better Box Art at FunXbox.com MasterCon - Priceless 4 page Halo spread in September NextGen Run, girly man Halo Box Art at VE |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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German TV magazine coverage |
