GAMERS queued in droves outside retail shops across Australia to buy Sony's PlayStation 3 from the stroke of midnight (AEDT).
The much-anticipated release involved more than 500 retailers opening their doors in the early hours.
Many retailers provided free food and entertainment as gaming enthusiasts arrived hours before sales commenced.
Myer at Sydney's Pitt St mall erected a large backdrop and screened the latest James Bond movie, Casino Royale, from 10pm.
Customers were also treated to free popcorn and ice-cream.
More than $20 million worth of stock had been ordered by retailers in anticipation of large initial sales similar to when the PS3 went on sale in the US and Japan five months ago.
CGM Writes: While we were over at PAX East, we were able to sit down with Goichi Suda (Suda51) and talk about the upcoming remaster of Shadows of the Damned
Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."
They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.
Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid
I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.
INDIE Live Expo, Japan’s premiere online digital showcase series , will debut never-before-seen games & content updates across more than 100 titles on May 25th.
yeah I read this exact same news but it was posted as a link under another post I had just read, I realized my mistake just a bit too late, sorry for the confusion.....this is actually the same launch event that kotaku covered, right?.... its funny how different the perspective is.
[Edit] vvvvvv,yeah me too, a free HDTV?....OMG!, with a sweet deal like that Sony has made a 100 new "die-hard" fans. -lol, oh and again sorry for the confusion.....sometimes I guess I need to sloooooooow doooooown.
Yes i thought it was funny the FUD around. But hey what can you do. All fun and games. Wish I was there to get a free hdtv - they arelike £2000!
You know what's stupid though - they didn't tell anybody about it! lol. I would have been on the train two days ago! I guess they just didn't want to give out too many - they gave everybody in the queue one...I bet people who had just come along for the ride bought a ps3 as well though lol. Damn I was going to get a ps3 and hdtv in June...I should've got it last night!
kotaku is trash!