BioShock, Just Cause 2, Final Fantasy XIII, and more.

Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Going to South By Southwest? Come to the Xbox Party! on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
    If you plan on attending South By Southwest or if you live in the Austin, TX area we’ve got a couple of events next week that may interest you. First if you are attending the SXSW Interactive…

Arcade: Scrap Metal on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Scrap Metal Price: 1200 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: (ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary…

LIVE Activity for week of March 1 on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  You probably know what you friends are playing by just looking at your friends lists…but what about everyone else on Xbox LIVE? Let me answer that for you right now:   Xbox 360…

Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Here is the current schedule for upcoming content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace *   Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week: March 15: Fable Originals , 800 Points March 22: Fallout 3 Game Add-ons …

Games on Demand: Condemned on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Condemned Price: Check pricing for your region Availability: All Xbox LIVE Regions except Australia , Germany, India, Japan and New Zealand Text: Download the manual for this game by…

This week on Arcade: Scrap Metal on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  As part of the Xbox LIVE Block / House Party promotion, Scrap Metal will be available this Wednesday on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 points.  

Deal of the Week: CoD:WaW Map Pack Bundle on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  This week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can the Call of Duty World at War Map Pack bundle for 1600 points . Normally 2000 points, it will be on sale until until March 15th.  

Show #352: Xbox LIVE Profile Policy change, SXSW community event and more on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Host: Larry Hryb , Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson ( Xbox LIVE ) ( Twitter )   Co-host : e ( Xbox LIVE ) ( Twitter )   Co-host : lollip0p ( Xbox LIVE ) ( Twitter ) Co-Host: Stepto ( Xbox LIVE ) (…

From the Editor: Tech Help Needed for Gone Cardboard on Boardgame News
One item that’s been on my to-do list forever is to transform Gone Cardboard into a sortable list along the lines of this Xbox 360 release calendar on IGN.com. I’ve tried a couple of things, but have been unable to discover the right…

It’s game-on for Mac users as Valve announces support for OS X on Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
Many people recognize Macs as being great work tools, especially for those in the creative sectors. However, if you like your games, often the PC was your best platform because of the amount of available content. Some Mac users were forced to deploy…

The Daily GameDev.net on GameDev.Net
I’m about the only one around here that isn’t at the GDC this year, so today we get a nice, hearty mid-week GDNet Daily. Hurrah! Unity 3.0: You may have seen the press release on the frontpage a couple of days ago, but I’ll recap it…

News: Modern Warfare 2 DLC named on Eurogamer
“Stimulus Package” due out this month. Activision has said that the Modern Warfare 2 DLC announced this week is called “Stimulus Package”. It’s out on 30th March. …

News: F1 2010 due out in September on Eurogamer
Massive Career mode, multiplayer. Codemasters has announced plans to release F1 2010 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this September. The British publisher…

News: EA to publish 38 Studios’ new RPG on Eurogamer
Project Mercury for PC/PS3/360. EA has announced plans to publish 38 Studios’ single-player RPG Project Mercury on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Developed…

News: R.U.S.E. dated for June on Eurogamer
Open PC beta has begun. Ubisoft’s bluff-based strategy game R.U.S.E. will be released on 4th June on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The date arrives as a…


Microsoft XNA, Xbox Live, Alan Wake, and more.

Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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EA Sports introduces Active 2.0 at GDC, complete with sensors galore on Engadget
By and large, EA Sports’ Season Opener event here at GDC was underwhelming, but one glimmer of newness did manage to shine through. Nearly a year after Active hit stores (video after the break) and encouraged Wii gamers to drop those unwanted…

Microsoft shows off XNA games running on Windows Phone, full 3D is a go on Engadget
Alright, we’re going to be straight with you: you’re not going to like this. See, Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new XNA Game Studio 4.0 , but wouldn’t let us nab a…

brite-View LinkE pipes content to four Ethernet sources over existing powerline network on Engadget
The market is darn near flooded with HomePlug AV -compatible powerline solutions, but Zinnet has seen fit to one-up the networking mainstays by dishing out a product that serves not one, but four Ethernet-packin’ devices simultaneously. Designed…

Microsoft bringing XNA Game Studio 4.0 to GDC this week, does 3D gaming for Windows Phone on Engadget
We’ve all had a feeling that Microsoft is holding back some pretty big surprises (or at least completely reasonable revelations) when it comes to Windows Phone 7 Series and gaming, and here at GDC this week it sounds like we’re going to get a…

NEWS: GDC 2010: Harmonix confirms Rock Band 3 for holiday 2010 on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band 3 is in development and should be ready for a worldwide release this holiday season. <br /><br />Platforms haven’t been confirmed, but we assume that’ll be coming to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation…

MOVIE: Alan Wake (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Watch as Alan gets attacked by a huge Harvester in this new gameplay footage.

MOVIE: Shank (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
A new gameplay video showcasing new levels, new moves and new bosses.

SCREENSHOT: Bodycount (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
In Bodycount players become ensnared in a clandestine global power struggle as a powerful combat asset with a green-light to eliminate enemies known only as Targets on behalf of the Network. Equipped with a mouth-watering selection of contemporary…

EA Sports Active 2.0 officiall, will feature ‘wireless control system’ on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Sequel to popular workout game confirmed for PS3, Wii, and iPhone; will use heart-rate monitor, store data on online hub; Xbox 360 version MIA.


BioShock, Just Cause 2, Resident Evil 5, and more.

Posted: February 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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K Monthly – February 2010 [K Magazine] on Kotaku
Welcome to the February 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, features, weekly columns and more, from Kotaku. Don’t miss our reporting from this year’s DICE summit, where video game…


Alan Wake, Xbox Live Arcade, Duke Nukem 3D, and more.

Posted: February 22nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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NEWS: BioShock 2 DLC detailed, new single player extensions coming soon on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
2K Games has sent over the following press release announcing that DLC for BioShock 2 will soon be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Games for Windows-LIVE and PlayStation Network.

PREVIEW: Alan Wake (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Welcome to Bright Falls… (Xbox 360)

EDITORIALS: Xbox Live shutdown on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Gregory Baron shares his thoughts on the demiss of the original Xbox LIVE.

MOVIE: Prison Break (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
New trailer featuring gameplay clips from Prison Break.

$46.99 – Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Hardened Edition Xbox 360 Game Activision on Newegg.com RSS Feed – Daily Deals
Model #: 047875837614 Item #: N82E16874117091 Price: $46.99 Add To Cart

How to JTAG your Xbox 360 and run homebrew on Instructables: exploring
I will be going over how to install XBR and Xell onto your Xbox 360.  Installing XBR allows you to do many things such run unsigned code(homebrew), install any sized hard drive(even 3.5in desktop hdds!), ftp into your box, and custom…

Don’t bother doing realistic graphics on Wii says Red Steel 2 creative director on GoNintendo
A portion of a CVG interview with creative director Jason Vandenberghe… CVG: Red Steel 2 is a very visually stylised game indeed. Would you say that this is the way forward for Wii developers rather than trying to make realistic games? JV:…

Game Room : Arcade Block Party Compilation Video (HD) on Game Marketplace – New Arrivals
We’re throwing a party and you’re invited! Check out this season’s hottest releases coming to the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party. From retro classics to an amazing new WWI action game, there’s something for every style. Bring your Friends or…

Xbox Live Deal of the Week: Duke Nukem 3D for $5 on Joystiq
With a lengthy campaign, multiplayer mode and a new rewind feature, the XBLA iteration of Duke Nukem 3D is arguably the best installment in the franchise, and easily the most … well, released. Fortunately, the pig-mutant massacring simulator is the…

Microsoft: ‘The Pro’ Xbox Live moderator ‘followed protocol’ on Joystiq
A video, depicting an Xbox Live moderator (Gamertag: The Pro) banning an Xbox Live gamer during an online match of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, has caught the attention of Microsoft since its posting on YouTube yesterday. Entitled “The Pro : XBOX…

Borderlands DLC ‘Secret Armory of General Knoxx’ goes public tomorrow on Xbox 360 on Joystiq
Ready to cross the border into new lands in your … Borderlands? The doors will creak open to Borderlands’ “Secret Armory of General Knoxx” add-on tomorrow. TeamXbox reports that the downloadable expansion, which adds new areas with new missions,…


Alan Wake and more.

Posted: February 20th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Remedy Further Explains Alan Wake PC Cancellation on 1UP RSS feed
Alan Wake is no longer planned for release on the PC, but maybe the reason Microsoft gave doesn’t entirely hold water for you: that “some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger…

Blaster Master: Overdrive – review on GoNintendo
Video Games | Blaster Master: Overdrive | Review Pod XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here


Call of Duty: World at War, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Final Fantasy XIII, and more.

Posted: February 20th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Weekend Coupons: Magically Delicious [Dealtaku] on Kotaku
You know what I haven’t had in forever on Saturday morning? Lucky Charms. Mmmmm, frosted Lucky Charms. But we’ve had 52 straight Weekend Coupons, celebrating its one-year anniversary today.Hardware • Target’s ramped up a big “Tax Season Savings on…

Battlefield: Bad Company Demo – Over 3.5 Million Served [Boasts] on Kotaku
Electronic Arts is bragging that its Battlefield: Bad Company 2 demo on PS3 and Xbox 360 has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times since its release last month. Yes, demo bragging is officially a trend now.Particularly as this is the second…

Kotaku Originals: To a Fair-Thee-Well [Original] on Kotaku
The endings or beginnings of four shows, festivals or fairs – DICE, Toy Fair, the upcoming IFG and the outgoing X10 – churned up a ton of coverage over this past week. We saved room for more, don’t worry.Kotaku’s DICE 2010 Coverage The Road to the…


Xbox Live Arcade, The Beatles: Rock Band, Dragon Age: Origins, and more.

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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XBLA Perfect Dark Multiplayer Features GoldenEye Weapons, Levels [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
In March, an hi-def port of Perfect Dark will be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The port will feature much more than tarted up graphics. Ken Lobb from Microsoft Game Studios has told Kotaku that players can use weapons from Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye…

Uncharted 2 Wins Just About Everything At The 13th AIAS Awards [Dice10] on Kotaku
The last of the backs have been patted and the last of the glasses “chinged” over at the 13th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, otherwise known as the “serious awards” for the video game industry. As you’re about to see, next year will be known…

Alan Wake Used To Be An Open-World Game [Dice 2010] on Kotaku
In another sign that maybe it’s time for developers to stop aggressively chasing the Grand Theft Auto style of game, Matias Myllyrinne, managing director of Remedy Entertainment, revealed today this his team’s game, Alan Wake, used to be, mistakenly,…

These Are The Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII Shots You Were Looking For [Square Enix] on Kotaku
Last week, Square Enix released new screen shots of Final Fantasy XIII in both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 flavors, sparking a bit of console-centered controversy, due to their clearly doctored nature. Now we’re getting a proper comparison. The…

Vicious Cycle’s Vicious Engine 2 to Support Wii, PS2, and PSP Platforms on GameDev.Net
Vicious Cycle Software, a premier developer of interactive entertainment and game development technology, today announced that support for the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation2, and PSP (PlayStationPortable) platforms is coming to Vicious Engine 2 (Ve2) in…


Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Alan Wake, Max Payne, and more.

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Japan Still Gorging On God Eater [Sales Get] on Kotaku
The Monster Hunter-aping formula of God Eater gives the PlayStation Portable its second week atop the Japanese games sales charts, once again proving that hunting big bosses with giant weapons on Sony’s handheld is the path to success. God Eater and…

Wield The Mighty Skullhammer In Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition [Clips] on Kotaku
Zeno Clash: Ultimate edition is coming next month to Xbox Live Arcade, bringing with it four new weapons to help decimate the wondrous inhabitants of Zenozoik. No matter how you felt about Zeno Clash’s original release on Steam, you have to admit…

Alan Wake Preview: The First Full Episode [Preview] on Kotaku
The first two words of Alan Wake are “Stephen King.” The next big Xbox 360 exclusive game is an interactive thriller played in the shadows of America’s Pacific Northwest. I recently played the game’s impressive first full “episode.” Remedy…


Alan Wake, Final Fantasy XIII, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Stephen King meets Xbox 360: a hands-on preview of psychological thriller game Alan Wake on Kid Mercury’s Blog
How’s this for a psychological thriller? You work on a video game for six years. It’s a brand new story, with a plot that is more like something from a movie or a novel. It has a different kind of game play, where it makes all the…

Square Enix Sticking With Consoles for New Final Fantasy Games on 1UP RSS feed
After Final Fantasy XIII’s lengthy (not to mention expensive) development cycle, it makes sense that Square Enix would look into less expensive alternatives for their flagship franchise. Those alternatives don’t extend as far as moving it to…

Square Enix Discusses Middleware Benefits and Challenges on 1UP RSS feed
It’s no secret that Square Enix’s Last Remnant suffered major technical problems. It was the developer’s first Xbox 360 game, and the first time they attempted to use the Unreal Engine. The results weren’t always pretty, as Square Enix chief…

Several Midway Games Pulled from Xbox Live on 1UP RSS feed
Ult. Mortal Kombat 3 ‘Supreme Demo’ If you’ve been holding off on downloading certain Midway games from the Xbox Live Marketplace, you may be out of luck. RunDLC is reporting that a number of title have been pulled from the service due to…

Capcom Wrestles With Xbox 360 Disc Restrictions [Lost Planet 2] on Kotaku
The PS3’s Blu-ray format offers developers plenty of space to fill. But the Xbox 360 doesn’t use Blu-ray, it uses DVD. That makes things tricky if a studio is planning to release a multi-platform title like Lost Planet 2. In a recent interview, Lost…

SouthPeak revenue down 42% year-over-year in second quarter of FY2010 on Joystiq
Wake up! After that headline, we saw you start dozing and we wanted to make sure you were with us for the next hundred-ish words of pure, unbridled excitement. According to SouthPeak Interactive’s fiscal 2010 second quarter financial results released…

Microsoft Will Charge Carriers for Windows Phone 7 on Mashable!
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system looks snazzy and up-to-date, but it will be at a disadvantage in the handset market because Microsoft plans to charge carriers to use it on its devices.CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that…

Windows Phone 7 Could Allow For PlayStation Integration [Microsoft] on Gizmodo
What do you do if you really want a Windows Phone 7 handset but prefer PlayStation to Xbox 360? Microsoft may end up catering for you too, with a senior product manager on the mobile division musing on the possibility. Michael Chang told TechRadar…

Curling 2010 : Curling 2010 on Game Marketplace – New Arrivals
This game was classified by the community with the following category scores – Violence=0/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. Learn to curl! Play a competitive curling match against friends and family. Choose from 3 opponent difficulty levels or play…


Alan Wake and more.

Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Stephen King meets Xbox 360: a hands-on preview of psychological thriller game Alan Wake on VentureBeat
How’s this for a psychological thriller? You work on a video game for six years. It’s a brand new story, with a plot that is more like something from a movie or a novel. It has a different kind of game play, where it makes all the…