Xbox Live Arcade, Street Fighter IV, Official Xbox Magazine, and more.

Posted: April 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Silverlight revolutionizes beta of next Windows Home Server on Betanews
By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews Make your connection to Microsoft Windows Home Server “Vail” Public Beta through Fileforum now. One of Silverlight video’s biggest advantages to date has been the server’s ability to tweak the bitrate…

News: Was the GTAIV DLC a 12-month exclusive? on Eurogamer
Stakeholders won’t say, but it looks like it. Rockstar has told Eurogamer it cannot comment on how long the Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content was exclusive to Xbox 360, although in hindsight…

News: Split/Second demo on Xbox Live on Eurogamer
From Pure-maker Black Rock Studio. Disney and Black Rock Studio have put a demo of Split/Second on Xbox Live Marketplace. You can queue the 808MB…

News: UK charts: Ubisoft first with Conviction on Eurogamer
Monster Hunter Tri makes decent start. Wii game Monster Hunter Tri has debuted fifth in the UK all-formats chart. Capcom’s brilliant co-op…

News: UFC Undisputed site offers early demo on Eurogamer
Play “way before” everybody else. THQ is offering early UFC Undisputed 2010 demo access to anybody who signs up to the UFC Undisputed website. More…

News: Jet Set Radio for Xbox Live Arcade? on Eurogamer
We can only Dreamcast. Dreamcast gem Jet Set Radio may reappear on Xbox Live Arcade. The game’s logo and name were spotted on the Xbox dashboard…

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes: Heroic Action Interview on GoNintendo
Video Games | Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes | Captivate 10: Heroic Action Interview XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here

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The Daily GameDev.net on GameDev.Net
People stop me on the street frequently and ask me how it is writing the GDNet Daily. I tell them flat out that I have the best, most attractive and most intelligent set of readers in the history of recorded media. Sometimes those people work…


Left 4 Dead, Supreme Commander, Grand Theft Auto IV, and more.

Posted: April 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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Left 4 Dead 2 $19.99 (USED) Xbox 360 – FREE SHIP on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
GameFly is selling USED copies of Left 4 Dead 2 for $19.99 with FREE SHIPPING. Also, since GameFly doesn’t ship the cases out with their rentals, you get the cases and manuals in like-new… This is a content summary only. Please visit…

Supreme Commander 2 (HD) Review And Gameplay!!! on Videojug: New Films
Supreme Commander 2 (HD) Review and Gameplay!!! Twitter: @ZeitgeistReview Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: Square Enix Platform: PC, Xbox 360 Price: $49.99, $59.99 Review Video: http://www.youtube.com/ZeitgeistReview For a full…

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Review on 1UP RSS feed
The fact that the console-exclusivity deal for these episodes has finally run out doesn’t diminish the fact that these are two quality games bundled together for forty bucks (or less depending on where you’re looking). This collection (in my opinion)…


Dynasty Warriors 6, Left 4 Dead, Overlord II, and more.

Posted: April 13th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Gears of War 3 confirmed for April 2011, trailer released on TechSpot
After an unintentional leak last week, Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski has confirmed that Gears of War 3 is coming. Bleszinski was set to make the announcement on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Friday, but his appearance was cancelled at the last minute….

Xbox 360 made even more expensive on Coolest Gadgets
I was just looking at my Xbox 360 thinking that it didn’t look nearly shiny enough.  Compared to a disco ball, it just doesn’t have enough pizazz.  Thankfully the very wise CrystalRoc have quickly changed that.  They set aside a bit of…

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City now available for PS3, PC. Took them long enough! on CrunchGear
Just a friendly reminder that Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City , the stand-alone pack of Grand Theft Auto IV DLC is now available for PC and PS3 . As DLC goes, it’s not bad. One word of caution for my PC gaming friends: it…

Gears of War 3 all set for April 5, 2011 on CrunchGear
Yup, Gears of War 3 is now official. I mean, Microsoft already accidentally spilled the beans (what a dumb idiom, by the way) last week, but now the fancy press release has been sent out, and all is well in the world. Anyhow,…

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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and more.

Posted: March 14th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: | No Comments »

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Grand Theft Auto: Ep. from Liberty City for Xbox 360 for $25 + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Today only until 6 pm ET, Amazon.com offers Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for Xbox 360 for $25 with free shipping . That’s $5 under our December mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen. Episodes from Liberty City contains two…


BioShock, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Army of Two, and more.

Posted: January 31st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Your Final Shot at 100 Gamerscore Just for Showing Up [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
Friendly reminder that beginning in about 30 minutes, Xbox 360 Achievements.org is staging one last run on NBA Live 07’s “Online with 1,000 People” achievement. This is the last chance to do it before EA shuts down the servers on Tuesday.The boosting…

K Monthly – January 2010 [K Magazine] on Kotaku
TABLE OF CONTENTS January 2010 FEATURES How Cover Shaped Gaming’s Last Decade by Brian Ashcraft Are Game Companies Spoiling Their Own Games? by Luke Plunkett Bayonetta Is Not Too Sexy, But Maybe Too Serious by Lisa Foiles Why A Man Plays Mario by…

GTA IV DLC coming to PS3 and PC in March on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
Rockstar Games announced today that the two downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV – The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony – will have their world-wide debut on the PlayStation 3 and the PC this March 30. This is the first time…


Mass Effect 2, Army of Two, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, and more.

Posted: January 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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MASS EFFECT 2(Xbox360) – $45(FREE $10GC) & ARMY OF TWO: The 40th Day(Xbox360) – $40 @ TOYsRus Starting 1/30/2010 on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
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Gearbox teases biggest Borderlands expansion yet on The Tech Report: News
After The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned and Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, Gearbox Software is now putting the finishing touches on its third downloadable expansion for Borderlands. Entitled The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, this expansion will be…

Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 Unleashed on PDF CHM Books Catalogue
Using XNA Game Studio 3.0, any programmer can master the art of game development and begin selling games to millions of Xbox 360 users worldwide. Now, there’s a practical, comprehensive guide to game development with Microsoft’s powerful…

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Episodes from Liberty City: The Grand Theft Auto IV DLC heads to PS3, PC on March 30 on CrunchGear
Next stop, PlayStation Network, followed by Games for Windows Live and several threads complaining about Games for Windows Live Whoa. Rockstar just announced that the two DLCs for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony,…

Rumor: Star Wars Battlefront: Online in the works on Joystiq
The development of Star Wars Battlefront III has been rocky, to say the least. Work began at Free Radical before Crytek snapped up the company, then the game was rumored to be in Rebellion’s care before it eventually dropped from the face of the…

Dragon Age’s Return to Ostagar back on Xbox Live now; still missing on PS3, PC on Joystiq
As evidenced by the image above and this link, Dragon Age: Origins’ once-released and subsequently pulled DLC offering, Return to Ostagar has, uh, returned to Xbox Live! No, seriously, we’re not lying — we understand your skepticism, but, we assure…

Rentrak lists top game rentals of 2009 on Joystiq
Fallout 3 on Xbox 360 tops Rentrak’s list as the most rented game in 2009. The company’s data reveals that the Xbox 360 “dominated” the US rental charts, holding 17 of the top 20 spots. Rentrak states that its tracking system follows “65,000 DVD,…

HEI$T gets away from Codemasters’ lineup on Joystiq
Remember HEI$T? No? It was a bank robbery game set in 1969, being developed for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 by Codemasters. Remember it now? Okay, now forget about it. “After a much extended development period,” a Codemasters rep told CVG, “Heist has been…

Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero: February DLC on Joystiq
Things took a step towards the alternative in last month’s Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero DLC offerings, but it seems February will see the games’ downloadable music get back on the path of straight-up rock. We’ll be seeing new (old) jams from 30…

GTA: Episodes From Liberty City on PS3, PC March 30 on Joystiq
We were all expecting it and finally Rockstar has come through with the announcement: Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City is coming to the PS3 and PC on March 30. There will be two ways to get your expansion fix: you can either jack each…

Xbox division down 12% but Windows 7 drives record Q2 revenue for Microsoft on Joystiq
While Microsoft posted “record” revenues of $19.02 billion for the second quarter ending December 31, 2009 – driven by “exceptional demand” for the new OS on the block, Windows 7 – the Entertainment and Devices Division, home to the Xbox 360 and PC…


Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Grand Theft Auto IV, and more.

Posted: January 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Xbox 360’s Game Room Wants You to Rebuy Your “Arcade” [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
When the Xbox 360 gets its Game Room later this year, players will have to repopulate the arcade with titles no matter what they have already purchased through Xbox Live, Game Informer reports. That’s because Microsoft considers the Game Room titles,…

Assassin’s Creed II: The Battle of Forli Micro-Review: An Un-Macchiavelian Plan [Review] on Kotaku
Kotaku’s runner-up for 2009 Game of the Year gets its first expansion with the downloadable, playable bonus “memory” of The Battle of Forli. Somehow managing to be essential and unessential, it’s unlikely to be nominated for DLC of the Year. The…

Final Fantasy Creator Working On Wii Game [Wii] on Kotaku
Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series, told us last year that his company was working on two projects: an iPhone game and a proper game. Could that second title be a Wii game? Sure is. Nintendo sent out a press…

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Announced for PS3 and PC [Breaking] on Kotaku
Released on the Xbox 360 in October 2009, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows – LIVE. Episodes from Liberty City is a compilation of the episodic downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto…

Rumor: SOCOM Devs Working On “Star Wars: Battlefront Online” [Rumor] on Kotaku
Star Wars: Battlefront III may have been binned, but we’ve heard from sources that the series lives on, in the form of currently-in-pre-production Battlefront Online. The game, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, is currently being worked on by both…


Castle Crashers, Grand Theft Auto IV, Rez, and more.

Posted: January 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

GTA IV Episodes from Liberty City arrives March on PC, PS3 on Geek.com
Gamers who don’t own an Xbox 360 missed out on the additional content offered for GTA IV last year exclusively on Microsoft’s console. The two additional episodes were called The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. As is…

Rock Band Adding More Country DLC on 1UP RSS feed
This week was all about the metal. Next week’s Rock Band DLC caters more to the other end of the music spectrum with former exclusives from the standalone Country Track Pack disc. All six tracks will be available either individually for $1.99 (160…

Q Entertainment Discusses Possible PS3 Port for Rez HD on 1UP RSS feed
Former Xbox Live Arcade exclusives like Castle Crashers and Braid have started to migrate over to the PS3, but so far Rez HD has remained entrenched on Microsoft’s console. It may be not be long before that changes though. Q Entertainment…

Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes Coming to PlayStation 3, PC on 1UP RSS feed
Shortly over a year after The Lost and Damned debuted on the Xbox 360, Grand Theft Auto IV’s Episodes from Liberty City will no longer be exclusive to Microsoft’s console. Rockstar just announced plans to bring both The Ballad of Gay Tony and The…

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for Xbox 360 or PS3 for $20 + $5 s&h, DS for $15 on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Amazon.com offers IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 for $19.99 plus $4.98 for shipping. (Pad your order over $25 for free shipping.) That’s $2 under our December mention and the lowest total price we could find for either…

Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite System Holiday Bundle for $270 + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Dell Home offers the Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Game Console Holiday Bundle, model no. 52V-00088, for $299.99. Add coupon code “1SC0KPSK$BN10J” to your cart to cut it to $269.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $24….

“Badgifying” an ASP.NET page on Latest Microsoft Blogs
I apologize for the neologism. What I’m going to demonstrate in this post is a technique I prototyped a few months ago to make it very easy to embed an ASP.NET page’s content in another page, even if it’s using another server technology. This…


Tetris, Left 4 Dead, Grand Theft Auto IV, and more.

Posted: December 11th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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PlayStation 3 has almost stopped being a money loser, says iSuppli on Betanews
By Tim Conneally, Betanews After Sony debuted the slimmer, cheaper PlayStation 3 in September, the formerly “too expensive” home video game console enjoyed an explosion in sales. At the $299 price point, it quickly went from the slowest-selling…

Shoot 1UP Brings Manic Shmup Action To Xbox Live Indie Games [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
Xbox 360 owners will get a rare opportunity to play a manic top-down shoot ‘em up next month with the release of Shoot 1UP, a shmup with all the bullet-hell trimmings mixed with a clever mechanic. The self-described “manic-yet-playable shooter” is…

Notebook Dump: 2010 Games, 17 For The IGF, And Where 1943 Leads EA [Extras] on Kotaku
There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? I wasn’t able to do a dump (not that kind) last week, because Brian Crecente was on vacation and I was doing the Day…

Final Fantasy XIII Summons Epic Soundtrack [Square Enix] on Kotaku
Square Enix has revealed its plans to drain even more hard-earned yen from the Final Fantasy fanatic, announcing the official Final Fantasy XIII original soundtrack. It comes in two pricey flavors, one more deluxe and limited than the other. The…

Aliens Vs. Predator Impressions: This Time, As An Alien [Sega] on Kotaku
Violent in a way that would displease the genteel and the members of an Australian ratings board, Aliens Vs. Predator is all about stabbing heads and bursting chests. Not surprisingly, this game’s playable Alien is no diplomat. Kotaku has witnessed…

Borderlands Update Fixes Many A Bothersome Bug [Gearbox Software] on Kotaku
While Gearbox Software has been busy readying at least two batches of downloadable content for shooter-RPG Borderlands, it’s also gotten around to addressing many of the game’s long-standing quirks, bugs and sources of player frustration. Perhaps…

Couple Chucks Cable Box, Settles For PC And Xbox [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
The most popular story on the New York Times website chronicles the tale of a couple doing something I don’t think I could do. This is one brave couple that you can read about on the Times. They have canceled their cable service. They have decided…

New Super Mario Bros. Helps Wii Reclaim Top Spot In Japan [Console Taisen] on Kotaku
After months of so-so weekly sales in Japan, the Wii returns to the top of the country’s hardware sales charts, its best weekly tally since the release of Monster Hunter 3. Thank New Super Mario Bros. Wii for that! Japanese Wii sales more than…

Peek Into Dante’s Inferno Gates Of Hell Demo [Screens] on Kotaku
The Dante’s Inferno Gates of Hell demo is now available for download on the PlayStation Network. Here’s a glimpse of what Xbox 360 owners will be missing until the 24th. Yes, I tend to harp on the fact that Xbox 360 owners have to wait two weeks for…

Who Put Out The Most Good Video Games In 2009? [UPDATE] [Ea] on Kotaku
On Wednesday, EA CEO John Riccitiello provided evidence — in chart form — that his company published the most well-reviewed games of 2009. Wanting to test his assertions, I dug into the data and found some surprises. The EA chart was…


Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Grand Theft Auto IV, TeamXbox, and more.

Posted: December 5th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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Early Buzz: Avatar: The Video Game on /Film
The first press screenings of James Cameron’s Avatar take place on Thursday, December 10th, so we won’t hear any reactions until then. But reviews for the Avatar Video Game have begun to be published, and it’s not good. The game…

Weekend Giveaway: Astro A40 BxR Special Edition Audio System on CrunchGear
The folks over at Astro Gaming wanted to share some holiday cheer and are giving us one of their new Astro A40 BxR SE Audio Systems to hand out to one lucky CrunchGear enthusiast. The new BxR system comes with a headset, in either red, blue or…

Game Review: Grand Theft Auto – Episodes From Liberty City on VR-Zone Articles
 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, is the latest expansion pack for the popular Rockstar game, containing The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Both episodes do not require does not require the original Grand Theft…