This is the Counter Agent Podcast for the week of February 25th, 2008

Here’s what’s happening on today’s show,

Headshots (Game + Tech Headlines)

• It’s Officially Official. HD DVD IS DEAD!
• Wal-Mart Dropping HD-DVD by June
• Microsoft Going Blu-Ray?
• Metal Gear gets a Solid release date?
• Sony s Phil Harrison, President of SCE WWS Quits. Kazuo Hirai Takes His Place
• PhyreEngine, Sony’s new (free!) cross-platform engine
• Plenty of changes coming with Call of Duty 4 feature patch
• XNA Games coming to Zune
• Community Games coming to Xbox LIVE
• XNA Creators Club Game Launcher (free)
• Gears of War 2! I Had No Idea!? The Meat Cube Demo is Better
• Guitar Hero- Aerosmith to use drum and mic peripherals
• Nintendo- Wii Fit steps into US May 19, WiiWare launches May 12
• Whyy Wii? Another Big Nintendo Game Supports Standard Controls
• Aliens- Colonial Marines in late 2008, 4-player co-op (speaking of co-op…)
• Co-Optimus is our friend

Fresh Meat (New Stuff This Week)

• Releases this week provided by: theWeeklyRelease.com
• Game - Lost Planet PS3 Has a 5GB Install, Too
• Video - Fracture Gameplay
• Video - Too Human
• Video - Unreal Engine 3 Tech Demo
• Video - Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Single Player Video
• Patch - Halo 3 AutoUpdate Changes Melee Situations

Cheap Crap (Deals + Free Stuff)

• iPod Shuffle Price Drop
• Quake Live Beta Signups Open
• Trailers and Theme- Gears of War 2 (free)

Featured Artist

• This week’s band, Everyday Sunday, the song, Let’s Go Back. The album Wake Up! Wake Up! PureVolume

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