Call of Duty Elite Beta for PS3-Not for PC

From Call of Duty Community:

When the original Call of Duty Elite beta started back in July, little did we know this would be yet another Xbox 360 exclusive. Just like the DLC, where Xbox 360 users get access to DLC a month early, Xbox 360 users had access to the Elite beta for over 2 months now.

Shortly after the launch it became clear in the Elite FAQ that the Elite beta would be tested first for Xbox 360 users. Yesterday, September 19th, PS3 users finally received the green light and Activision announced that the first wave of PS3 Elite beta invitations have gone out. Just like the Xbox 360 users, more and more PS3 users will be invited as time goes on.

While it may be bad for PS3 users, PC users got it even worse. According to Dan Amrich PC users won’t get invited to the Elite beta as the service is being customized for PC.

@HiyaDragon No beta for PC, that's been established here bit.ly/codelitebeta Elite is being customized for PC, no ETA, don't count on launch

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Dan Amrich

If you’re not in the Elite beta yet and you want to give it a try, you can sigh up here.

XBox Gamer Dies from Blood Clot in The Brain

Full story here. 

The family of a budding computer programmer have on Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games after their son died following a marathon session on his Xbox.

A post-mortem revealed that 20-year-old Chris Staniforth -- who was offered a place to study Game Design at Leicester University -- was killed by a pulmonary embolism, which can occur if someone sits in the same position for several hours.

What do you think about this? Is it something gamers should be aware of? 

Battleblog #3: With An Army By Your Side

Looks interesting. Here is the latest news on the "social-network" aspect of BF3:

From the Battleblog:

Never go into battle alone again thanks to the powerful new community features of Battlelog, Battlefield 3’s unique no-cost social network. “We want to make Battlefield 3 a more social gaming experience and it all starts with Battlelog,” says Fredrik Loving, Battlelog Producer at DICE. “We are changing how you communicate, play, compete and share content with their friends, extending the in-game experience to be accessible from your home computer, on your handheld devices while commuting, or wherever you may be." And that’s what DICE set out to do.

Included in Battlelog is the Battlefeed, your entry point to this new program. The Battlefeed is your main window into Battlelog, showing current events around your network in real-time, giving you a live snapshot of what those in your network are doing in the world of Battlefield. “The feed will encourage people to play even more,” explains Loving. “They will see their friends ranking up, receiving awards they don’t have yet, or getting the new cool guns they have been missing. It will increase the competitive edge. Everything you do on the battlefield is shared amongst your friends.”

Again, here is the link to the story.

Best Buy is Looking to Put Gamestop Out of Business

My daughter works for Best Buy and she informed me that her store was going big on Gaming, devoting an entire section of their showroom to Gamers. It looks like they take back used games for trade-in or a Best Buy gift card.

From Dualshockers.com:

"In this new area of the store, Best Buy will be placing “specialists” who will know a thing or two about games. They’re going as far as hiring “gaming supervisors” who will be designated to oversee the new section in each of their stores. We’ve already seen somewhat of a gaming push in Best Buy stores as of late with some locations going as far as installing DLC kiosks and others being involved in used game sales for some time now.

The retailer will now be jumping into the used hardware business, as well. They’ll be offering more incentive and higher trade in values than GameStop for your used games and hardware offering either cash back or  the option of an additional 20% kick back if you decide to take a Best Buy gift card instead, which can be spent on anything else in the store. Hopefully something like this can actually help bring some serious competition to the used games market, and in turn bring trade values up in favor of the consumers instead of the other way around.

Will you got to Best Buy instead of Gamestop?