Some News For You Papa Chew
Marc Kusnierz | Friday, September 5, 2008 at 9:22AM 
Just a few bits of news for all you big boys and little ladies out there.
Raptr: Essentially trying to be a Myspace/Facebook solely for gamers, Raptr is now in open beta. I have never heard of this site until today, but I think it could actually work out well. I always thought someone needed to make a social networking site for gamers and this one seems to have promise (as well as solid backing).
"Raptr has received $12 million in funding along with some major new hires, including former Electronic Arts employee Ranah Edelin and former eBay senior director Dave Swenson. So some people obviously thinks social networking as it applies to the gaming industry will be very popular and, more importantly, profitable..."
Official Site
1UP Story
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A few items on XBLM will be getting a price cut for a short period of time and you can read more about it on Major Nelson's blog...
"For a limited time only (well, until the end of October) the Marketplace is running an ‘Extended Play Download Days’ promotion which is offering some pretty good savings on some of the more popular DLC." ...and the prices are effective immediately! This is for DLC from the games: Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Forza 2, Shivering Isles ($10 price cut!), Guitar Hero 3, and Beautiful Katamari.
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Reader Comments (1)
Wow. That's definitely badass. I don't think I'd ever use it, but I can see it being super popular. ...which is maybe why I'd never use it. ~V