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1/28/2010	Five Thousand New Skin Designs Now Available SANTA BARBARA, CA vpgames.com is pleased to announce the introduction of over Four Thousand New Skins for all major consoles and smartphones! These new skins come from some of the world's most creative graphic artists, everything from patterns to carbon fiber and metal stitch, and even national flags of over 30 countries. Back in August, we introduced Exo-Flex skins to the world. The response from the gaming community has been fantastic, with praise from many reviewers and bloggers. With this huge addition, we are now shipping over 5,000 designs of skins for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, Xbox, GBA, Gamecube, Netbook, iPhone, Blackberry, and Guitar Hero/Rock Band Accessories. Exo-Flex products are custom designed to provide style and protection to your electronics and peripherals. Each skin is easy to apply, with no squeegee required to push off annoying air bubbles, and they are guaranteed never to fade, peel or bubble up. You can use them, abuse them, and re-use them as much as you like! Exo-flex products are manufactured to take any punishment that you can dish out. The top film is water resistant, while the middle and bottom prevent any kind of residue from being left behind on the surface of your device. They are removable, repositionable, and can always be re-applied! Learn more about Exo-Flex Snakeskins!
12/14/2009	Over 2,000 Retro Games now Available "I love all the old-school systems you have, but you should have more games for sale!" This is something we have heard many times over the years. Many of you have said you want to see more retro games available at vpgames.com. And we agreed - it would be great to have. The only problem was finding them all -99% of retro titles are no longer made, and finding a reliable source for old video games often means going to flea markets, swap meets, and people's attics! Well, we are proud to say that sourcing retro games is a problem no more. We now carry over 2,000 games for Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo (SNES), Sega Genesis, and Nintendo 64 (N64). These include some hard-to-find titles, along with classic games such as: NES: Tetris, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, and Zelda Genesis: Toe Jam & Earl, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Prince of Persia Super Nintendo: Street Fighter II, Mario Paint, and NBA Jam N64: Donkey Kong 64, Mario Kart 64, and Goldeneye Supplies are extremely limited on all of these items, so order today!
11/22/2009	Gift Wrapping & Extended Warranties Available for the Holidays With the Holidays upon us, we at vpgames are offering two new services that are sure to add value to your shopping experience: Giftwrapping Services and an Extended Warranty option at checkout. Gift Wrap: Giftwrapping Services Include: The order will be sent directly to recipient you choose, professionally giftwrapped. A personal note to recipient will included on packing if you wish (Just enter your message in the "Special Instructions" section when checking out) The order slip will not show any prices or shipping amounts paid A few candy canes will be included with package. Giftwrapping services are available for all orders shipped to the Continental United States. Extended Warranty: Extended Warranty: We offer a 90-Day Extended Warranty on all products we sell. Most products we sell come with a standard 30-day warranty. Our 90-Day Extended Warranty option allows you to return any item purchased up to 90 days from the delivery date. No hassle, no problem, no questions asked. If you choose not to elect this option, the standard 30-day warranty will still apply. For more information see our Returns information page.
10/20/2009	Next Xbox LIVE update to ban unauthorized Xbox 360 memory units Microsoft, under the current Xbox LIVE update preview program, has just announced that all unauthorized memory units and devices will be banned in the upcoming update. The upcoming update will also integrate with Twitter, Facebook and Zune. This is a huge blow to manufacturers like Datel, who sell a 2GB expandable memory card for only $15 more than Microsoft's official 512MB memory unit. This huge difference in price and value is sure to upset many consumers who use third party memory units to save their Xbox 360 downloads, gamesaves, and more. Datel also manufacturer's the XPORT, XSATA, Transfer Kit, as well as Max Memory, although the XPort might not be affected Microsoft cannot detect it as even being a memory storage device. A Microsoft spokesman says they are only going after memory units that are plugged in front of the console, not unauthorized hard drives. A representative from Datel says the company is "disappointed" with the issue, noting that "Microsoft (is) taking these steps to prevent customers from exercising their freedom of choice" Larry Hryb (also known as "Major Nelson"), director of programming, Xbox LIVE, stated on his blog that all unauthorized storage units would stop working with Xbox 360 after this update. Nelson suggested that users should save their profile and saved games on an 'authorized (ie, much more expensive) Xbox 360 Storage device' before taking the update. Users with unauthorized units will no longer be be able to access their user profile as well, and saved games will be barred. He neglected to mention that users are not required to download the update if they choose not to.