Xbox Live Arcade, Resident Evil 5, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, and more.

Posted: December 29th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
It’s almost 2010 and time to get some “home office” equipment to write off next tax season: Students can score the new MacBook on the cheap, and if you still don’t have an HDTV, check out the 37″ LG. Top Deals: • 23″ Dell ST2310 LCD for $158.00…

Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2010 on 1UP RSS feed
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More screenshots of Perfect Dark for Xbox Live. on CrunchGear
The Xbox Live Arcade port of Perfect Dark still carries that frustratingly (well…) vague “winter 2010″ release date, but we’re beginning to see more and more screenshots trickle out from wherever these things trickle out from….


Guitar Hero World Tour, Far Cry 2, Blue Dragon, and more.

Posted: December 23rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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GameFly Annual Used Game Sale: Xbox 360 Fear 2 $10, Street Fighter IV $13, Gears of War 2 $17, Fable 2 $18, PS3 NBA 2K9 $10, Godfather 2 $13 & More on SlickDeals.net

Gamefly End-of-the-Year Used Game Sale! on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 25 Posted By: Yuyak Views: 6276 Replies: 18 Credit goes to CheapyD on CAG. I’m just copy+pasting (and edited for FW format) for the benefit of gamers on FW. All these games are used, but in my experience they’re generally in fairly good…


Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Madden NFL, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and more.

Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Newegg complete official Black Friday sale listing (most deals start 3pm PST Wednesday 11/25) on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 20 Posted By: johnny98 Views: 3617 Replies: 12 Posted on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Newegg?v=app_10339498918Black Friday Starts 3:00PM PST Wednesday 11/25 – Exclusive Sneak PeekWhy wait in line?10% Bing.com CashBack on…

Microsoft Store Black Friday Ad Rumor on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: -3 Posted By: Logician1313 Views: 870 Replies: 5 Here is a list of reported offers from Microsoft Store, as found publicly on-line.ComputersFree Lenovo S10 Netbook With Purchase Of A Lenovo T400 or X301 (While Supplies Last, 11/27 And 11/30…

GoGamer Black Friday Sale – Starts Thursday 11/26 – 360, PS3, DS, & PC Games on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 4 Posted By: sandman8288 Views: 628 Replies: 1 Starts Thursday 11/26 at www.gogamer.comAmazing Madness DealsXbox 360 Elite 120gb HD Console (Refurbished W/120 Day Warranty) $209.90Xbox 360 Pro 60gb HD Console (Refurbished) $169.90360 – Call…

Band Hero for Wii, PS3, and XBox 360 $144.99 ($124.99 for PS2) on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 0 Posted By: ajackson75 Views: 229 Replies: 0 This is my first post. I did the best I could to look to see if this has aleady been posted. Best Buy’s Deal of the Day is the Band Hero for all systems $144.99 for a total of $55.00 off. This…

Microsoft Launches New Mobile Search Advertising Campaigns on mocoNews
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has launched a new mobile ad product that combines mobile search and display. Called “Microsoft Mobile Marketplaces,” it should not be confused with Microsoft’s “Windows Marketplace for Mobile,”…


WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Bayonetta, and more.

Posted: November 18th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
If our gift guides didn’t give you enough ideas for the upcoming holiday season, check out today’s Deals. You can get 10% off a Zune HD stocking stuffer or even bigger savings on a TV that everyone can enjoy. Top Deals: • 15.6″ Dell Vostro A860…

Walmart Black Friday Ad Leaks With $78 Blu-ray Player [Black Friday] on Gizmodo
Unlike many other Black Friday retailers, Walmart has some legitimately sweet gadget deals going on—like a Magnavox NB500 Blu-ray player for $78 and a whole mess of HDTVs. * Indicates a doorbuster item Computers Acer 17.3″ Blue Laptop w/4GB…

Chaotic: Shadow Warriors available now from Activision and 4Kids on GoNintendo
SANTA MONICA, CA – November 18, 2009 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) with 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) and Chaotic USA Entertainment Group, Inc. announced today that Chaotic®: Shadow Warriors is available now on Wii™,…

Toys R Us announces pre-Black Friday game deals on Joystiq
In a refreshing move, Toys R Us revealed some November video game deals for Sunday, November 22 through Thursday, November 26, available both in-store and online. Therefore, they won’t require you to stand outside in the middle of the night or battle…

Sega considering Bayonetta PS3 patch to address long load times on Joystiq
We’ve all seen reports about the PS3 version of Bayonetta’s visual inferiority to the 360 iteration of the game, but according to a few forum posters on Platinum Games’ site, the title is plagued by a bigger problem on Sony’s home console: Lengthy…

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days officially announced for 2010 on Joystiq
Square Enix Europe has officially announced Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days, confirming that the trademark application from July and the recent viral video portended the return of the notorious duo — well, “notorious” for all the wrong reasons. The…


Call of Duty 3, Mega Man 9, The Sims, and more.

Posted: November 15th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Unity Game Development Essentials [Book Review] on fullasagoog.com full roast blend
I’ve just finished reading Unity Game Development Essentials by Will Goldstone (Packt Publishing). First a quick lowdown on what Unity itself is for those not familiar: Unity (website) is an integrated development environment for Windows…

Call of Duty 3 for the Wii $19.99 @ Amazon + FSSS on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 1 Posted By: nhenny2005 Views: 252 Replies: 1 Call of Duty 3 for the Wii $19.99 @ Amazon + FSSSIf you only have a Wii then this is your best option…of course PS3 and Xbox 360 owner are going to have a graphical advatage.Still, should be a…

Wal-Mart partial BF ad leak on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 40 Posted By: gauze Views: 8366 Replies: 37 Here’s a rapidshare link: http://rs736.rapidshare.com/files/307448772/WMBFB_M.rarEDIT: I can’t attach cuz all the files are too big, but here is a copy you can view without downloading:…

Activision Exec: ‘Expect’ Additional, Paid Online Modes [Gimme] on Kotaku
Whoops. Kinda sorta missed this, another pearl of wisdom from this week’s BMO Capital Markets forum. Activision’s CFO told conferees that extracting more dough out of players, via charging for certain online play or features, is something we should…

Week in Games: Out With a Blast [New Releases] on Kotaku
The final full week before Thanksgiving in the U.S. marks the final big week of releases in the fall sales window. This one sees Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Tony Hawk Ride and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. And the God of War Collection. And Lego…

Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists [Lists] on Kotaku
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 7 Tasteful Game Heroines [GamesRadar] Faith (Mirror’s Edge) and Zoey…

Japanese hardware sales, Nov. 2 – Nov. 8: Flipped the Script edition on Joystiq
Man, it’s going to be awfully difficult to read that script, now that it’s been utterly and irreversibly flipped. Now it’s words-side-down, so the only thing that’s going to be reading it is going to be the table. Which is impossible, because tables…


Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Lego Batman: The Video Game, Resident Evil 5, and more.

Posted: October 30th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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Resident Evil 5 US sales nearly 2 million on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Citing NPD figures, Reuters reports Capcom’s latest survival horror shooter nears new milestone on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC.

Official Settlers of Catan out now on App Store on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touchJust in case you missed it, I got my wish from a while back: there is an official version of the classic board game Settlers of Catan, called just Catan, on the App Store…

XBOX 360 ELITE with 5 bonus games at Fry’s for $299 (B&M) on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 1 Posted By: dnguy22 Views: 626 Replies: 0 Hi everyone, I saw this deal on today ad this morning, 5 games included are LEGO Batman, Pure, Red Alert 3, Unreal Tournament and Condemmed 2: Bloodshot.Those games cost around $100 if buy…

Japanese Mobile Giant DeNA Takes 20 Percent Stake In iPhone Games Platform OpenFeint on mocoNews
Mobile game technology firm Aurora Feint has received a “multi-million dollar” investment from DeNA Co., one of the largest mobile-social networking and virtual goods companies in Japan. DeNA is taking a 20 percent stake Aurora Feint, and…


Lego Batman: The Video Game, The Sims, F.E.A.R., and more.

Posted: October 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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GoGamer.com Madness Sale: PC & console games from $5 + $3 s&h on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
As part of its latest Madness Sale, GoGamer.com offers deals on several video games, PC games, and more, with prices starting as low as $4.90. With shipping starting at $2.99, many are at the lowest total prices we could find. Deal ends October 26 at…

Xbox Live 12-Month Subscription and 1,600 Xbox Live Points from $55 + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Costco offers it members an Xbox Live 12-Month Gold Subscription and 1,600 Microsoft Xbox Live Points bundled together for $54.95 with free shipping. (Non-members pay $2.75 more.) That’s the lowest total price we could find for the pair by $5. Sales…

Week in gaming: Xbox Live, Machinarium, Steam controversy on Ars Technica – News
This week in gaming we reviewed three games, each of which are unique, fun, and extremely high quality. Whether you’re into adventure games, online or single-console co-op, or even a entertaining sort of frustration, we have something for you. Here…

Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Console Holiday Bundle w/ Pure & Lego Batman Games $269.99 Free Shipping at Dell Home on Techbargains.com
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Bayonetta, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and more.

Posted: September 26th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Hands-On With Bayonetta – The PS3 Version [Tgs09] on Kotaku
The PlayStation 3 version of PlatinumGames’ Bayonetta has become somewhat of a point of contention, given that the developer of the game has handed off development duties to Sega for that platform and that it reportedly… doesn’t look so good. Well,…

Hearts of Iron 3 $24.90, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising $29.90, Arma II $29.90 @ gogamer on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 2 Posted By: savvydog Views: 485 Replies: 1 Link to DealsPC GamesOperation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising $29.90RPG Game Pack $5.90Gothic 3 Forsaken $5.90Velvet Assassins $14.90Tropico 3 $29.90Cities XL $37.90Risen $39.90Red Alert 3 Premier…

Batman: Arkham Asylum Game for Xbox 360 $46.99 Free Shipping at Newegg on Techbargains.com
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Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, and more.

Posted: September 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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XBLA games won’t get bigger than 2GB on Joystiq
Those that downloaded Red Alert 3: Commander’s Challenge may have noticed that the game is huge for an Xbox Live Arcade title, weighing in at 2.1GB. Over the years, XBLA games have gotten bigger and bigger, with Microsoft slowly making exceptions to…

Wii Price Drop Timed to Wii Fit Plus Release [Nintendo] on Kotaku
Nintendo’s decision to drop the price of their Wii console was driven by the launch of upcoming fitness game Wii Fit Plus, not as reaction to a slump in sales, Denise Kaigler, Nintendo of America’s Corporate Affairs VP, tells Kotaku. Nintendo’s…

Toy Soldiers — It’s Ain’t Exactly Army Men, But It’ll Do [Tgs09] on Kotaku
I have fond high school memories is of secretly installing Army Men on school computers. I’m not in high school anymore, thank God, but my love of toy soldiers can continue in… Toy Soldiers. The upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game is a strategy game…


Xbox Live Arcade, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and more.

Posted: September 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Tokyo Game Show: Sega’s action game Bayonetta (video) on CrunchGear
Sega’s third-person action game Bayonetta was playable today at the first day of the Tokyo Game Show, both on Xbox360 and PS3. The game looked fine on both consoles and features a bespectacled female (”Bayonetta”) as the main…

Square Enix and PopCap Announce Gyromancer on 1UP RSS feed
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords from D3 Publisher was often lauded for being an unexpectedly brilliant mix between Bejeweled and Final Fantasy — a reputation that the respective creators of those series have apparently taken notice of….

Microsoft Ditches XBLA Size Cap on 1UP RSS feed
Though it’s been a non-issue for the last several months, Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade has still ostensibly had a file size cap, until now. IGN reports that the company has finally done away with arbitrary file size rules. This is no surprise, since…

Wii Gets Price Cut To $199 on Slashdot: Games
After watching Microsoft and Sony drop the prices on the Xbox 360 and the PS3, Nintendo has decided to jump in with a price cut as well. Starting September 27th, the Wii will cost $199 in North America, a $50 drop from the previous price. Japan will…

Exploring The Shard Of Love In EQ2 [Clips] on Kotaku
The Shards of Destiny, The latest content update for EverQuest 2, is now live, opening up Erollisi Marr’s Shard of Love to players and adding achievements to the game. The goddess Erollisi Marr has gone missing, and only your stalwart band of…

Wolfenstein headlines Amazon day of game deals on Joystiq
The latest Wolfenstein is Amazon’s “deal of the day” special, accompanied by more games offered during today’s “lightning deals.” A one-way trip to the spooky-Nazi locale of Wolfenstein will cost $40 for Xbox 360 and PS3, $30 on PC (while supplies…

Which console now provides the most value? on Crave: The gadget blog
With the announcement late Wednesday that Nintendo has dropped the price of its Wii console to $199.99, effective Sunday, all three companies in the video game space have reduced the price of their consoles. Now, the Xbox 360 Elite is available for…

One-handed Xbox 360 controller on Ubergizmo
Ben Heck has come up with a one-handed Xbox 360 controller for that added difficulty level after you have mastered a particular game using both hands. He has introduced a semi-intrusive joystick that does away with the need for the left side of the…

Microsoft, Square Enix tout XBLA lineup on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Gyromancer, Toy Soldiers, Snoopy Flying Ace all slated to arrive for the Xbox 360’s online platform.