Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Alan Wake, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Castle Crashers, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Counter-Strike, Doom, Doom 3, Dragon Age: Origins, Duke Nukem 3D, Fable, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Forza Motorsport, Forza Motorsport 3, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Just Cause 2, Left 4 Dead, Madden NFL, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Mass Effect, Microsoft XNA, Peggle, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Team Fortress 2, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “ 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…” |
| “ 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…” |
| “ 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…” |
| “ 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 …” |
| “ 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…” |
| “ As part of the Xbox LIVE Block / House Party promotion, Scrap Metal will be available this Wednesday on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1200 points. ” |
| “ 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. ” |
| “ 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 ) (…” |
| “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…” |
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“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…” |
| “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…” |
| ““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. …” |
| “Massive Career mode, multiplayer. Codemasters has announced plans to release F1 2010 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this September. The British publisher…” |
| “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…” |
| “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…” |
Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Counter-Strike, Final Fantasy XIII, Half-Life 2, Microsoft XNA, Team Fortress 2, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “# gdc Microsoft wants game developers to make games for its next cell phone platform, Windows Phone 7. And, today, Kotaku got a look at demos of games you might play (or make) on them… to help me…” |
| “# gdc Windows Phone 7 games will include the ability to unlock achievements on a phone as well as pulling in a user’s gamertag, 2D avatar and even let gamer’s know when it’s their turn to play. …” |
| “# crime Want to own a piece of Baltimore history, a bit of gaming that helped unseat a mayor of the east coast city? More »” |
| “(ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in this fast-paced, top-down racing game. Fight your way through explosive, action-packed missions and defeat cunning bosses to add…” |
| “Downloading this gamer picture registers eligible gamers in the Recession Proof Gaming sweepstakes. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States or DC 18+. Sweepstakes closes at 11:59 PM PT on March 22, 2010. By…” |
| “This game was classified by the community with the following category scores – Violence=0/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. You’ve played the game in the pub, now from the makers of the patented pub amusement machine game you can now download and play…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9’s tips forum. This week, we’ve got Lady GaGa in Wonderland, an Xbox 360 Robot Sculpture, Elijah Wood and the Universe, and much more! If you want to post a tip, just click on the #tips …” |
| “By Tim Conneally , Betanews Sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 have lagged behind Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 for most of this generation, and the PSP and PSP Go now face a serious threat from Apple’s iPhone OS-based handhelds. Despite…” |
| “By Tim Conneally , Betanews Valve Corporation’s Steam is the leading digital distribution channel for PC games. With over 1,000 titles available for purchase, an integrated social network and database of open game servers, Steam has attracted…” |
Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: BioShock, Counter-Strike, Doom, Final Fantasy XIII, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Microsoft XNA, Team Fortress 2, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “This is going to be a pretty abbreviated week of GDNet Dailies, as at least 60% of the Daily crew is at GDC. I have not gone (this year) so don’t look for me on the convention floor, especially if you are one of the many businesses I have…” |
| “Valve has stopped with the teasing and has officially announced that its online gaming service Steam is coming to the Mac. As a bonus, the company also plans to make the Mac a “tier-1″ platform, promising simultaneous release of games on Mac…” |
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“Bizarre Creation’s Blur is shaping up to be a great arcade-style racing game for the PC, PS3, and 360. The game’s multiplayer beta is officially launching today on Xbox Live; we got to spend some time with it this weekend, and it’s a ton of fun to…” |
| “MSI has been steamrolling lately, with a whole bunch of new notebooks hitting the market recently to suit those looking for netbooks, business machines and multimedia power houses. The latest machine to prop up MSI’s lineup is the X-Slim X360, which…” |
| “There’s been a fair amount of chatter surrounding Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7, but thus far the software developer has been reluctant to reveal much in the way of details. On Friday, Microsoft’s partner group manager for Windows Mobile,…” |
Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Counter-Strike, Final Fantasy XIII, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Microsoft XNA, System Link, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“We’ve seen “real” guitars made to “work” with existing music-band titles, and we’ve even seen MIDI guitars play nice with Rock Band, but we’ve yet to see a company design a game from the ground-up to work with a legitimate six string. Until now….” |
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“Those lowly Core 2 Duo chips already feel like a long forgotten memory, and frankly, that’s a-okay with us. MSI is helping its seductive X-Slim line get a taste of Intel’s Core 2010 lineup with a Core i5-520UM processor, which sits alongside up…” |
| “One of the Valve games coming to the Mac has been confirmed as Portal 2. The information comes from a preview in Gameinformer magazine, which also cites the Xbox 360 as an intended platform alongside the main target, PCs. The game is due in the…” |
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“Electronic Arts will publish 38 Studios’ first game — which will not be the studio’s interminably tardy MMO Copernicus — the company announced today. The game has been codenamed “Project Mercury” and is being developed by Big Huge Games, …” |
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“It’s not so surprising, really, that Modern Warfare 2 , arguably the world’s most popular video game, would recruit such a staggering amount of bodies for its perpetual online war. But, there it is: 25 million unique players, as revealed in a…” |
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“What do Cerny Games’ Mark Cerny, Gas Powered Games’ Chris Taylor, Microsoft’s Corrinne Yu, and Obsidian’s Feargus Urquhart have in common, besides being game developers? Absolutely nothing. Yet, Square Enix managed to sit them down for an hour long…” |
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“Bodycount says: One! One new gallery of screens from Codies’ new IP Taking aim at the “whack-a-mole mechanics” of your typical cover-based shooter, Codemasters is finally ready to take the wraps off Bodycount , the new first-person shooter IP…” |
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“A Microsoft job listing reveals that the company is looking for staff to design a new Xbox 360 motherboard. From the sound of it, the new “Motherboard Design Engineer” will be helping to design further revisions of the existing Xbox 360…” |
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“Slick Entertainment’s top-down racer Scrap Metal continues Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade Block Party promotion this week, Major Nelson reports. It’ll be available this Wednesday for 1200 and almost begs comparison to classic racer-shooter…” |
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“click to zoom and enhance First of all, no, there isn’t a better title for an FPS than “Sniper: Ghost Warrior.” That’s just a fact. Second of all, the game’s coming from the makers of such gaming classics as Chicken Riot and I Love Beauty:…” |
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“Seven45 Studios unveiled their amazing looking SixString guitar controller for the gaming showpiece known as Power Gig: Rise of the SixString, where it is an actual electric guitar that can be plugged into an amp. Both the game and guitar will be…” |
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“Filed under: Games , Features , Windows , Macintosh Never, in the entirety of history, has there been so much gaming to be done. You can hardly finish a game without the Next Great Game appearing in your mailbox or on your hard disk –…” |
| “Michael Klucher lets a cat out of the bag as part of Microsoft’s GDC 2010 info – http://klucher.com/blog/achievement-unlocked-xna-game-studio-4-0-for-windows-phone/” |
Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BioShock, Counter-Strike, Final Fantasy XIII, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Portal, Street Fighter IV, Supreme Commander, Team Fortress 2, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“Sega has officially announced the first round of downloadable content for Aliens vs. Predator . The pack will contain four maps that were previously only available for special edition purchasers. The multiplayer maps are Docks and Machine, which…” |
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“With the World Cup just around the corner, now is apparently the time to cash in on the hype with a soccer video game. The latest publisher to join the party is Ubisoft, which recently announced their answer to EA’s FIFA and Konami’s Pro Evo …” |
| “Special Edition MP maps for all. SEGA’s first lump of downloadable Aliens vs. Predator content will be released on 18th March. This Swarm Map Pack…” |
| ““DLC details coming this week.” Infinity Ward community man Robert Bowling tweeted overnight that Modern Warfare 2 has racked up a whopping 25 million online players. …” |
| “PS3 and 360 RPG hits elves. Shelves. Square Enix has sent out a reminder that Final Fantasy XIII goes on sale in the US and Europe today on PS3 and Xbox 360. …” |
| “Made by Black creator Black. Due 2011. Stuart Black, co-creator of Criterion’s superb game Black, is making a new first-person shooter for Codemasters called Bodycount. …” |
| “Sinclair Solutions expands multiplayer. 2K Games will release the first batch of BioShock 2 DLC on Thursday. Dubbed The Sinclair Solutions Tester…” |
| “But PC was leading for a while. According to DICE, the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has the most players at the moment. PC…” |
| “Supreme Commander 2 visible. EA’s newcomer Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has topped the UK All-Formats chart. Xbox 360 claimed most sales (53 per…” |
| “GameStop and Game Informer blow lid. Portal 2 features a separate two-player co-operative campaign, playable over the internet, and new gameplay features include physics-changing paint. …” |
| “Rating: 5 Posted By: Butcherboy Views: 577 Replies: 2 Free Street Fighter IV Brawler Costumes Pack (Xbox 360) – Xbox Live Download Download for free! LINK Linky [xbox.com] This pack contains alternate costumes for Zangief, E. Honda, Rufus,…” |
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“MSI has a brand new X-Slim X360 notebook for the masses, where this slim model will be powered by an Intel Core i5 processor, aided by Intel’s Turbo Boost/Hyper-Threading technology alongside a 13″ display at 1,366 x 768 resolution, up to a 500GB…” |
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“Mac owners can finally “enjoy” the wonders of Valve’s Steam gaming service after having PC gamers using Steam for a few years already. From April onwards, Apple-based gamers will be able to enjoy some games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2,…” |
| “Square Enix knows how to do epic video games and big parties. Tonight, the Japanese company threw its launch party for Final Fantasy XIII, a huge release for the U.S. console game market that goes on sale Tuesday. The launch party itself, housed in a…” |
Posted: March 5th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Counter-Strike, Dead Rising, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Forza Motorsport, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Left 4 Dead, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Portal, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“Lucasarts made a special edition of Monkey Island, and it went down real well . Know what that means? Yeah, that Lucasarts will be releasing a special edition of Monkey Island 2. We’ve heard from sources that the game is due to be announced very…” |
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“These days, multiplatform games tend to be dominated by console gamers. Modern Warfare 2, for example, has a relatively tiny PC-playing community. Not so for Battlefield Bad Company 2! DICE associate producer Barrie Tingle has revealed that at the…” |
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“The quartet of military misfits introduced in the original Battlefield: Bad Company are back and taking a backseat to a revamped (and far more exciting) multiplayer mode in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. On the single-player side of things, Marlowe,…” |
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“If you planned on doing any Xbox 360 purchasing this weekend, it might behoove you to cool your jets for at least a few more days. Amazon is listing a new Xbox 360 Elite bundle that’s a solid deal. The 120GB Xbox 360 bundle packs in two 2009…” |
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“[ Game Informer ] Today’s big reveal of Portal 2 as next month’s Game Informer cover did lots of us in the maniacal excitement department, but little for us in the hard facts department. But now, between Eurogamer being told by Valve that…” |
| “Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Left 4 Dea d , Counte r -Strike and Half-Life) and le a ding t echnologies (such as S t ea m and Source), tod a y annou n ced Portal 2 for shipment this comi n g holiday season. Portal 2 is…” |
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Posted: March 3rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Battlefield: Bad Company, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Castle Crashers, Counter-Strike, Doom, Doom 3, Duke Nukem 3D, Fable, Fallout 3, Forza Motorsport, Forza Motorsport 3, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Left 4 Dead, Madden NFL, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Mass Effect, Peggle, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Street Fighter IV, Test Drive Unlimited, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “When consumers rush out to purchase Apple’s new handheld device, the slate-like computer called the iPad , they’ll have several options to choose from. In addition to multiple storage capacities, iPad buyers will have to make an even more critical…” |
| “The Halo: Reach multiplayer Beta madness doesn’t drop into Xbox LIVE until May 3rd, 2010, but you’re gonna need to be up to speed before you get your boots in the mud. Check out the world premiere of Bungie’s multiplayer Alpha in this action…” |
| “ Content: Toy Soldiers Price: 1200 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: (ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles…” |
| “ 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…” |
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“ Today we announced the Xbox 360 Splinter Cell Conviction Special Edition Bundle . This bundle will be available in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand for US $399 in early April. The limited edition…” |
| “ Content: Fallout 3 Price: Check pricing for your region Availability: All Xbox LIVE Regions except India, Japan and New Zealand Text: Download the manual for this game by locating the game on…” |
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“Nominated for awards in Art and Technical Excellence for obvious reasons in the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, Playdead’s stunning black and white puzzle platformer Limbo is heading to Xbox Live Arcade this summer. Limbo is the story of a…” |
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“Atari and Eden Games return to the islands for Test Drive Unlimited 2, the sequel to the hit 2006 online sandbox driving game. How does 2 compare to the original? The difference is night and day – and vehicle damage. Test Drive Unlimited was a…” |
| “Footage from the upcoming multiplayer beta for Halo: Reach.” |
| “Indie studio IllFonic are chiselling pixels away to bring sci-fi first-person shooter ‘Nexuiz’ to Xbox 360 and PS3, <span class="greyItalic">"completely updating"</span> the visuals.<br /><br />It’s a free…” |
| “According to ads in India for Batman: Arkham Asylum’s Game Of The Year edition, it will be getting the full console 3D treatment this March. <br /> <br />It includes Trioviz 3D tech with two sets of 3D glasses, as well as 6 new challenge…” |
Posted: February 24th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Battlefield: Bad Company, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Castle Crashers, Counter-Strike, Doom, Doom 3, Fable, Forza Motorsport, Forza Motorsport 3, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Left 4 Dead, Madden NFL, Mass Effect, Peggle, Serious Sam, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “ Content: Greed Corp Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability: Not available in Asia Dash Text: Why share when you can have it all? Greed Corp is an online multiplayer strategy game in which you battle for dominance over a…” |
| “ 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 Top LIVE Titles…” |
Posted: February 7th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: BioShock, Counter-Strike, Street Fighter II, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“Modern Warfare 2’s “Care Package” patch already has released for PS3 and PC; via Twitter, Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling says it was submitted on Friday to Microsoft for certification on the Xbox 360.The fixes and changes this patch…” |
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“The wait is over for BioShock 2. The viral marketing is over for Dante’s Inferno. 2010 gets its first big head-to-head multiplatform release date. Which one (if any) are you picking up?Star Ocean The Last Hope: International, Sins of a Solar Empire:…” |
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“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.•The 50 Greatest Gaming World Records [Games Radar] When I was nine I decided I…” |
Posted: February 5th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Counter-Strike, Dark Sector, Halo 2, Madden NFL, Sonic the Hedgehog, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “ I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360. Our first step in this process will be to turn off…” |
| “Hands-on at press event next week. Rare has announced that Perfect Dark for Xbox Live Arcade will be shown off at a Microsoft press event next…” |
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“Hori is an old hand at gaming peripherals, and their latest foray has resulted in the Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX series. This is one really huge arcade stick which harks back to the days of yore, and it will hit Japan later next month for the Xbox…” |
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“After discovering that the Xbox 360 120GB hard drive has been discounted in Europe “while supplies last,” Joystiq has now learned that the drive has been discounted in the United States as well. When asked if the European discount would make it…” |
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“Not all Monster Hunter games make it outside of Japan. The Wii port of Monster Hunter G, for example, was passed over, as was Monster Hunter Frontier, the PC MMO upon which the upcoming Xbox 360 game is based. That’s why it’s noteworthy that Capcom’s…” |
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“It’s a well-known fact that anything signed by a founding member of The Who is immediately imbued with supernatural properties. Imagine, if you will, the raw, unbridled power a Rock Band guitar would gain if tenderly handled and Hancocked by frontman…” |
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“Speaking exclusively with IGN, The Conduit developer High Voltage Studios has revealed its upcoming game The Grinder to be heading to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, as well as the Nintendo Wii. Previously announced as another of HVS’ exclusive…” |
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“We got to check out Rotor’scope: The Secret of the Endless Energy at PAX last year, and it nearly broke our minds. Of course, our minds were quite fragile at that point, weakened by long nights of tireless writing and frequent coffee binges — still,…” |
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“At long last, the never-ending mystery of whether Rockstar’s “gritty detective tale,” L.A. Noire, will be a multiplatform release has … well, ended. And in a pretty unspectacular way, to boot — in the comments section of a Game Informer post…” |
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“[Image: Bungie] Microsoft is pulling the plug on the Xbox Live services that still cater to the original Xbox. As of April 15th, all Xbox 1 games — including those playable on Xbox 360 or via the Xbox Originals service — will be severed from the…” |
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“Sega will be milking the announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4 for all its worth, doling out additional announcements and countdown clocks to drum up hedgehog hype. Perhaps the most interesting tease is the game’s fourth platform. Sonic 4 (nee…” |
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