Announcements

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Debuting on October 13^th (via Kotaku)

• Multiplayer demo will be an EB Games/GameStop pre-order bonus which will grant exclusive access from September 9^th to 29^th.
• Multiplayer demo will be available to everyone on September 30^th
• Other outlets will be given different pre-order bonuses.
  • Amazon.com (possibly .ca as well) – Uncharted 2 treasure map
  • Game Crazy (N/A for Canadians) – Multiplayer currency bonus (like bonus XP for leveling up)
  • BestBuy (possibly .ca as well) – Golden AK-57s and Golden Barettas for multiplayer use

Next Xbox 360 Dashboard Coming August 11^th (via Kotaku)

• Includes Xbox Live Games on Demand service (buy old games from Xbox Live Marketplace)
• Includes Netflix party support AKA the service which Canadians can’t use

Intel Announces New 34 nm X-25-M Solid State Drives (via AnandTech)

• Evolution of the current X25-M (2.5 inch) drives
• Available in 80GB ($225 USD) & 160GB ($440 USD) flavors
• X18-M (1.8 inch) models at a later date
• Halogen free; great for Apple and environmentalists
• Will have TRIM support via firmware update just in time for Windows 7

Windows 7 RTM on August 6^th; Family Pack Confirmed (via NeoWin)

• Family pack was confirmed, but no details yet.

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Last week I spoke of some of my tips for saving money as a gamer. I mentioned trading or selling off old games and I even pointed out the fact that EB Games isn’t the best place to trade-in your old titles. “I’m trying not to sell them to the likes of EB Games who don’t believe in offering fair prices at a consistent basis “.

Well it looks like they’re offering some pretty good prices. Check it out:

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