Xbox Live, Xbox Live Marketplace, and more.

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Maybe Nier comics will help us understand Nier on Joystiq
Want to understand what Nier’s all about, you know, besides yelling at books ? Square Enix is giving us all a chance to study the backstory of Cavia’s action RPG , with a Nier comic series produced by DC’s Wildstorm Studios. The three-part…

Leap into the first screens of Comic Jumper on Joystiq
Jump into our Comic Jumper gallery After having to endure concept videos and shaky-cam gameplay , we finally have some real, honest-to-goodness screens of Twisted Pixel’s upcoming Comic Jumper for you to rest your weary eyes upon. They’re…

Xbox 360 Arcade Console for C$129 + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
For orders to Canadian addresses only, search for “A2984114″ at Dell Canada to find the Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade Console, model no. XGX-00069, for C$129 (US$127.79). With free shipping , that’s C$70 off and by far the lowest total price we’ve…

Bad Company 2 Ultro-Spoof Win on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Okay, this is absolutely brilliant. My affections are always available for the high price of a really good gag, and EA/DICE just bought mine for Bad Company 2 with their fantastic spoof of Modern Warfare 2’s painfully awkward Fight Against…


The Beatles: Rock Band, Perfect Dark Zero, Xbox Live, and more.

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Xbox 360 Arcade Console + $50 Dell Gift Card $180 or $175, or without Gift Card $150 or $145 on SlickDeals.net

The Beatles: Rock Band (Xbox 360, Game Only) $20, Band Hero (PS3, Game Only) $20, Razer Copperhead Gaming Mouse (Green) $33 + S/H on SlickDeals.net

Microsoft Coupon Code 40% off Select Xbox 360 Games (from 9.99+) at Microsoft on Techbargains.com
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DJ Hero Game w/ Turntable Controller Bundle (Xbox 360) $59.99 at Microsoft on Techbargains.com
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Arcade: Perfect Dark Zero on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Perfect Dark Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Japan and Korea Dash Text: (ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Buy the full version of Perfect…

Skate 3 rolling out May 11 on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
EA Black Box returns with team-oriented skateboarding sim in two months on Xbox 360 and PS3.


Xbox Live Arcade, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Xbox Live, and more.

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Xbox 360 ‘Valhalla’ motherboard leaked on Chinese forum? on Engadget
Been to the gym lately? If not, then let this be your new motivation. What we’re looking at here is a purportedly forthcoming Xbox 360 motherboard redesign that takes aim at slimming down the portly figure of Microsoft ’s console. Sure, there’s…

XBLA Perfect Dark: a golden eye for detail on Ars Technica
There are many video games from our youth that we as gamers may introduce to our children. Few of them will be 3D titles from the Nintendo 64 era. While games like Mario 64 still stand up, trying to suffer through Goldeneye or Perfect Dark on…

Leaked Picture Of Xbox 360 Slim Motherboard? on Ubergizmo
While it’s impossible to confirm the legitimacy of this picture at the moment, apparently this is a leaked picture of an upcoming model of the Xbox 360, possibly the Xbox 360 Slim (or whatever Microsoft plans to call it). This could also be the…

News: Kane & Lynch 2 dated for August on Eurogamer
“Will make people double-take” – IO. Square Enix has sent word that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will be released on 27th August. IO’s sequel – in…

News: Skate 3 given solid May date on Eurogamer
Manual transmission. EA has announced a 14th May release date for Skate 3 in the UK. The game’s in development at Black Box for PS3 and Xbox…

Review: Scrap Metal on Eurogamer
Rust stop. If you were to list the game concepts that should be automatically awesome, going by their base ingredients, then cars with guns would have to come somewhere near the top. People like…

It’s Official: PS3 The Heaviest Console Ever on 1UP RSS feed
Former Sony Computer Entertainment head Ken Kutaragi (above) would undoubtedly be pleased as punch to know that the PlayStation 3 has officially been declared by Weekly Famitsu magazine to be the heaviest piece of game hardware ever released in the…

The Beatles: New Rock Band Special Value Edition for XBOX 360 $64 + ship on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
Didn’t see this posted yet. Shipping may kill the deal. Any free shipping codes out there? Linky This is a content summary only. Please visit Slickdeals.net for the full details.

Core i5-toting Aspire Timeline laptops on the way on The Tech Report: News
Intel’s Core i3 and i5 processors finally look primed to shake up the consumer ultraportable world. We recently wrote about MSI’s attempt to bring forth the shakeup—the 13-inch X-Slim X360—and now, DigiTimes brings word that Acer will…


Banjo-Kazooie, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

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Severn, Gracie, Pulver To Be PS3 Exclusives In UFC Undisputed 2010 on All
THQ has sent along news that for the Playstation 3 release of UFC Undisputed 2010, Legends Dan Severn, Royce Gracie, and Jens Pulver will all be exclusive characters. Sorry Xbox 360 fans but these characters will not be available when the game is…

Review: Perfect Dark (XBLA) on Joystiq
“Remastered” is the appropriate term for 4J Studios’ Perfect Dark port, which takes Rare’s classic console FPS and remodels it with high-resolution assets and tactful tweaks to better suit its new Xbox Live Arcade format. Perfect Dark is the…


Xbox Live and more.

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Perfect Dark : Perfect Dark on Game Marketplace – New Arrivals
(ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Buy the full version of Perfect Dark to unlock the classic package in its entirety. Experience every twist of the story, every stray bullet, every gadget and upgrade, every newly polished texture – and…


Street Fighter IV and more.

Posted: March 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: | No Comments »

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Xbox 360 Laptop Mod Available on eBay For $2k [Gaming] on Gizmodo
# gaming It’s not got the good looks of Ben Heck’s previous Xbox 360 laptops , but modder TheTwoJ’s efforts aren’t bad—and unlike Heck’s creations, you can bid for it on eBay with the…

Rumor: Super Street Fighter IV cast getting new costumes on Joystiq
[Image source: Shoryuken ] Based on some leaked shots of a supposed Super Street Fighter IV theme coming to the Xbox 360 (spotted by Shoryuken ), Capcom’s cast of brawlers are getting some fresh threads. In the case of Dee Jay above, it…


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Rumor: New Xbox 360 Model Slims Down [Update] [Rumor] on Kotaku
# rumor These pictures apparently show the guts of a new model of the Xbox 360. The important bits? The fact that for the first time the console combines the CPU and the GPU in a single chip. Oh, and…

$9.99 – Mirror’s Edge Xbox 360 Game EA on Newegg.com RSS Feed – Daily Deals
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Xbox Live, Gears of War, and more.

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Student-made Xbox 360 laptop channels the Heck out of… well, you know on Engadget
Few can build ‘em like Benjamin Heckendorn . Fewer still bother to try. Two college kids managed to do a bang-up job anyhow building this fully loaded, Jasper -juiced Xbox 360 laptop . With a built-in 17-inch Gateway monitor, keyboard, functioning…

News: Killzone 3 vs. Gears 3 in April 2011? on Eurogamer
Chunky rumours stare each other down. Epic Games is preparing Gears of War 3 for release in April 2011 and that’s also roughly when Killzone 3 will come out, at least according to a pair of rumours…

Leaked Photo of Supposed (New and Slim) Xbox 360 Motherboard [Gaming] on Gizmodo
# gaming Our brothers in the know at Kotaku have got their hands on what is alleged to be the motherboard for a new Xbox 360 . If their gamble plays out, it could be the smallest Xbox yet. …


Microsoft XNA and more.

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Mix 10 Rollup Post on Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen
Piles of interesting stuff going on at Mix 10 this week. Here’s a link rollup with all the details and downloads that you might care about. (As well as a few blatant plugs for my own sessions.) First: Watch Day 1 and Day 2 …


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Pogoplug now streaming to Xbox 360 and PS3, handling offsite backups on Engadget
It’s been a long and painful four months since Pogoplug introduced its second generation NAS-ifier , but those who’ve been holding out for additional functionality can finally buy in. In an effort to cater to these so-called “gamers,” the company…