Hexic, Tetris, Xbox Live, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Tetris reaches 100M units sold on mobile phones on VentureBeat
Though it was created more than 25 years ago, Tetris just keeps breaking records in the game industry. Today, the owners of the game announced that Tetris has sold more than 100 million units on mobile phones since 2005. The games have sold for…

Microsoft’s ‘Project Pink’ Could Debut at Mobile World Congress, Says Analyst on Microsoft Watch
Microsoft’s own branded smartphone may soon be upon us, at least according to one analyst. “We expect Microsoft to debut its long-rumored ‘Pink’ phone within the next two months,” Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert wrote in a Jan. 19 research…

Arcade: DEATH BY CUBE and Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
    Content: DEATH BY CUBE Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: DEATH BY CUBE is an exhilarating action game in which you must take out endless hordes of enemies, while avoiding…


Hexic, Battlefield 1943, Bejeweled, and more.

Posted: July 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Snap Judgment: Battlefield 1943 on Joystiq [Xbox]
It’s not for lack of time that this Battlefield 1943 review has instead become a … Snap Judgment!Actually, Snapped Judgment would be more applicable to my personal experience with this game over the past week. My first day was spent Googling…

Dishwasher dev defends Xbox Community Games on Joystiq [Xbox]
After Clover developer Binary Tweed made its disappointment in the game’s sales clear, it laid a portion of the blame at the feet of Microsoft and its Community Games platform (soon to be renamed Indie Games). James Silva — head of Dishwasher…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 $59.99+$10 GC on Amazon (PS3, X360, PC) on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
Amazon has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for PS3, X360, and PC for $59.99 with a $10 gift card.

Droplitz Micro-Review: Dripping With Strategy [Review] on Kotaku
From the creators of the Burger King promotional Xbox 360 titles comes Droplitz, a pipe-connecting puzzle game for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Best known for filling GameStop locations around North America with countless used copies…

Refurbished Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Game Console for $200 + $14 s&h on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Geeks.com offers the refurbished Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Game Console for $229.99. Coupon code “XDEALS” drops the price to $199.99. With around $14 for shipping, that’s $31 below our April mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen for a…


Tetris, Xbox Live, Hexic, and more.

Posted: June 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

After 25 years, Tetris has sold 125 million copies on VentureBeat
Twenty five years ago, a 29-year-old Russian mathematician loosed Tetris upon the world. Now the game has sold more than 125 million copies — an astounding average of 5 million per year. Now the two men who are responsible for turning it into a…

Microsoft unveils new controller on BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
Microsoft lifts the lid on its new control system for the Xbox 360 at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.

E3 2009: Lionhead’s Project Milo on CrunchGear
Raise your hand if you thought Microsoft’s press conference was a bit of a bore this morning? Aside from Natal, I wasn’t all that impressed by any of the upcoming titles (except for Conviction and maybe The Beatles Rock Band) or the updates to…

Zune 4GB + Car Kit + Premium Headphones $88 Shipped at Buy on Dealhack
Get the Zune 4GB Portable MP3 Player with Car Kit & Premium Headphones for $210 – $122 instant savings = $88 shipped at Buy.com. This Zune media player features 4GB of internal flash memory with the capability of storing up to about 975 songs,…

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 enters the ring on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
THQ confirms update to hit franchise; coming to 360, PS3, PSP, Wii, and DS later this year.