Ninja Gaiden II, Alan Wake, Fable, and more.

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
On today’s dealz—romance. A notebook that will undoubtedly get you noticed, an alarm clock to buzz you awake in all the wrong ways, and some hair cream to go in your neckbeard. Have a happy Valentine’s Day. Top Deals: • 11.6″ Acer Ferrari…

Windows Mobile 7 is Microsoft’s last chance to challenge iPhone on VentureBeat
Apple has gained incredible market share in phones in the past couple of years. It is so stunning to think that the iPhone might be unstoppable. Google is giving it a good try with Android. But Microsoft has been sitting this one out. By comparison…

Darksiders’ hidden code reveals free copy of Red Faction Guerrilla on Joystiq
Early copies of Darksiders contained an insert (see above) that quite explicitly asked buyers to not to throw it away — that’s what “do not discard” means. Today it was revealed that the code will net the bearer a free copy of Red Faction Guerrilla…

The Daily GameDev.net on GameDev.Net
Welcome to the end of a week of GDNet Dailies. I’m taking over from Trent today, who will be thus taking over from me on Monday. Don’t forget to wash your hands after handling this Daily. Bungie’s latest, Halo: Reach, is getting some major…


Unreal Tournament 3, Ninja Gaiden, The Sims, and more.

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Project Natal makes a Smallville cameo, does not guarantee ability to fly* on Engadget
We didn’t get any more details about Microsoft’s Project Natal add-on for Xbox 360 from the X10 event, but tonight Smallville viewers got to watch someone else whipping their arms and legs around trying to catch imaginary balls flying out of their TV…

Newegg Xbox 360 & Wii Games for $15 or less: Unreal Tournament 3 (Xbox 360) $9, My Sims Party (Wii) $9, Silent Hill: Homecoming (Xbox 360) $10, Dragon Quest Swords (Wii) $10, Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360) $13 & More on SlickDeals.net

Obsidian Entertainment to Develop Wheel of Time RPG on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
The company that owns the video game and movie rights to Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series Wheel of Time, Red Eagle Games, has just announced a partnership with Obsidian Entertainment with the intent of producing a series of RPGs for the PC, Xbox…

Glitch: Flickr’s Stewart Butterfield Explains His Ambitious Online Game on Mashable!
Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield and five other former Flickr employees are joined by one Digg alum, one games expert and several freelancers in Tiny Speck, a company that’s working on an online game that has a shot at rebooting the…

Resonance of Fate dated on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Sega bringing Tri-Ace’s Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 RPG to North America on March 16.

Obsidian riding Wheel of Time on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Red Eagle Entertainment signs on Fallout: New Vegas studio to lend development aid on Xbox 360, PS3, PC edition of fantasy RPG based on Robert Jordan novels.

Mass Effect 2 takes silver as Jan. sales slip 13% – NPD on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii retains top slot in monthly software chart, Xbox 360 regains edge on PS3 in hardware sales.

$400 FFXIII 250GB Xbox 360 bundle officially official on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Microsoft confirms rumors of “special edition” bundle including white console, two controllers, and exclusive avatar items; limited-edition faceplate sold separately.


Ninja Gaiden II, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy XIII, and more.

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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Macworld 2010: Kanex shows HDMI to Mini DisplayPort for iMac input on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Filed under: Macworld I stopped by the Kanex (pronounced “connects,” I soon learned) booth to check out their latest product offering: an adapter that lets you plug external HD video (and audio) sources into your 27-inch iMac, which was honored with…

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Sony says PS3 supply will be ‘tight’ over the coming months on Engadget
We’re guessing things won’t quite rise to the level of shortages since during the Wii’s heyday, but it looks like Sony is now sending a small word of caution to any potential PlayStation 3 buyers. As Joystiq reports, Sony’s senior director of…

Kanex shows off HDMI to Mini DisplayPort adapter, your iMac celebrates on Engadget
It ain’t the first HDMI-to-Mini DisplayPort adapter that we’ve heard of, but there’s nothing like a little competition in a market that Apple’s own closed mindset helped create. Bitterness aside, we’re pretty stoked to hear that Kanex — the same…

Xbox 360 retailing in a Final Fantasy XIII bundle for the rest of us on Engadget
Japan’s been Final Fantasy-ing for a while now, but it looks like an import FFXIII PS3 isn’t your only shot at pointy-haired excellence. Outside of Japan, Microsoft has the exclusive “official” Final Fantasy XIII bundles, in the form of a $399 Xbox…


Lego Batman: The Video Game, Ninja Gaiden II, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 Game + $20 Gift Card Preorder (Xbox 360, PS3) $56.96 at Amazon on Techbargains.com
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle w/ Pure & Lego Batman Games $269.99 Free Shipping at Dell Home on Techbargains.com
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Kanex shows off HDMI to Mini DisplayPort adapter, your iMac celebrates on Engadget HD
It ain’t the first HDMI-to-Mini DisplayPort adapter that we’ve heard of, but there’s nothing like a little competition in a market that Apple’s own closed mindset helped create. Bitterness aside, we’re pretty stoked to hear that Kanex — the same…

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Otis Redding Tracks Headline Rock Band DLC on 1UP RSS feed
Fans of 1960s soul rejoice: Five tracks from Otis Redding are coming to Rock Band next week, with additional DLC from The Chemical Brothers, Brian Setzer, and more. The Otis Redding five-pack will go for $8.49 (680 Microsoft points), with…

Mega Man 10 Getting Staggered March Release on 1UP RSS feed
Capcom outlined release dates for Mega Man 10 on its blog. And yes, we mean release dates, as the company has decided to stagger the game’s release throughout the month of March. First will be WiiWare on March 1, followed by the PlayStation Network…

Red Eagle and Obsidian collaborating on Wheel of Time on Joystiq
As if Obsidian didn’t already have enough on its plate, with Alpha Protocol somewhere doing something and Fallout: New Vegas nuking this fall, the company is now in a “services agreement” to assist Red Eagle Games with The Wheel of Time titles. Red…


Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction, Dead Rising 2, Ninja Gaiden II, and more.

Posted: February 12th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Halo: Reach ViDoc heads Once More Unto the Breach on Joystiq
Coinciding with the info avalanche at X10, Bungie has released a new Halo: Reach video documentary (aka “ViDoc”). There’s something for every Halo fan here: Spartan customization, new weapons, huge maps, new music, and plenty of human-on-alien…

X10: Splinter Cell: Conviction hands-on on Joystiq
Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action There you are, old Sam Fisher, minding your own business at some unknown cafe when the waiter brings you a cell phone and Bluetooth earpiece, compliments of the caller. It’s Grim, it’s Third Echelon,…

XBLA Prices: Perfect Dark, Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal on Joystiq
A press release from Microsoft has revealed the pricing of all games offered in the upcoming March XBLA Block Party promotion. Think of the Block Party as Microsoft’s first-quarter crack at the Summer of Arcade, combining a month of releases under…

Dead Rising 2 single player hands-on: two chainsaws, one paddle, no mercy on Joystiq
Filed under: Features, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action “I came, I chainsaw, I conquered” — killer weapons in Dead Rising 2 Friends, I have seen the future and it is not so bleak after all. It is a world that Max Brooks and Sam Raimi have prepared me…

Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox 360 $13 at Newegg on BensBargains.net Latest Headlines
Newegg has the Ninja Gaiden II for Xbox 360 for $13 with free shipping. “In Ninja Gaiden 2, gamers must guide Ryu Hayabusa as he travels from New York, Tokyo and even the Netherworld on a mission to avenge his clan and prevent the destruction of the…

Official PR – Rock Band Announces Otis Redding DLC, Tracks for Next Week Revealed on GoNintendo
Cambridge, Mass. – Feb. 12, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of songs from Otis Redding, known as the “King of Soul,” as well as singles from All Time Low, Alphabeat, Brian Setzer and The Chemical Brothers, will…

H.A.W.P. – Rock Band on GoNintendo
Video Games | HAWP | Rock Band XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here

Future Publishing – circulation rates on GoNintendo
* Edge: 29,007 * Games Master: 34,313 * Official Xbox 360 Magazine: 60,834 * Xbox World 360: 25,874 * PlayStation Official: 47,033 * PSM 3: 21,224 * PC Zone: 11,357 * PC Gamer: 26,487 * Official Nintendo Magazine:…


Ninja Gaiden II, Ninja Gaiden, and more.

Posted: January 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , | No Comments »

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Article: The Anti-Aliasing Effect on Eurogamer
How developers are battling the jaggies. One of the most important elements in overall image consistency within console games has to the implementation of anti-aliasing – the process of smoothing edges…

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Madden NFL, Left 4 Dead, Banjo-Kazooie, and more.

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

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Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom – preview on GoNintendo
Video Games | Tatsunoko vs. Capcom | Preview XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here

Guitar Hero DLC – Vampire Weekend Track Pack on GoNintendo
Today, a new Vampire Weekend three-song track pack is available for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. The popular band returns to the Guitar Hero franchise with the Vampire Weekend Track Pack featuring two songs – “Cousins” and “Holiday” – …

NPD’s Anita Frazier comments on Dec. sales, full year tallies – Wii tops accessories, DS up from 2008, Wii/DS see biggest sales ever on GoNintendo
Overall “The video game industry experienced its biggest sales month ever, besting last December by 4%. It wasn’t enough, though, to compensate for the sales decline throughout the year, and so full-year sales came in 8% below last…

December NPD hardware/software – Nintendo takes the cake on GoNintendo
PlayStation 2 333.2K PlayStation 3 1.36M PSP 654.7K Xbox 360 1.31M Wii 3.81M Nintendo DS 3.31M NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 2.82M WII FIT PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 2.41M WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS* WII…

Reggie: Wii users don’t care about HD Netflix streaming on Joystiq
As spotted by Siliconera, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé recently told CNBC that users streaming Netflix through the Wii aren’t going to miss the HD content they won’t be able to access — free content that’s available through other…

December NPD: Nintendo ends 2009 on a high note on Joystiq
It’s time to find out how the US games industry ended the last decade, and the answer is “Nintendo.” Wait, that’s not a proper answer — or is it? Consumers continued The Big N’s fortunes in December, even in spite of some disparaging comments from…

Xbox 360 Platinum Hits lineup adds Halo Wars, Orange Box and others on Joystiq
Xbox.com has listed several new games as Platinum Hits, including Fable II (aka Game of the Year Edition), Halo Wars, Left 4 Dead, The Orange Box, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Ninja Gaiden II, Kung-Fu Panda, Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection,…

Dark Void demo takes flight on PC on Joystiq
PC gamers anxious to strap on a jetpack and hit the great blue yonder can finally do just that, as Capcom’s released a demo for Dark Void. The PC demo is available exclusively at File Planet and weighs in at one whole gigglebyte. Just make sure you…

Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY edition outed by BBFC listing on Joystiq
A BBFC classification for a “Game of the Year” edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum has popped up online, causing quite a stir here at Joystiq HQ. While we all agree that Batman was “a game of the year,” the listing offers no clues as to what would be…


Sega Superstars Tennis, Ninja Gaiden II, Street Fighter IV, and more.

Posted: January 8th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Xbox 360: Sega Superstars Tennis & XBOX Live Arcade Compilation (2 discs) for $4.19 + S&H @ Gamestop.com on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
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Xbox Live 12-month Gold Subscription Card & 1600 Xbox Live Points $50 @ Costco.com (shipped) on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
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Used Batman: Arkham Asylum for Xbox 360 for $30 + $2 s&h on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Family Video offers the used Batman: Arkham Asylum for Xbox 360 for $29.99. With $1.99 for shipping, that’s $3 under last month’s mention of a new unit and the lowest total price we could find by $8, although we saw it for $2 less back in November…

[CES 2009] SplitFish Dual SFX Evolution Brings Console Gaming To A New Level on OhGizmo!
By Chris Scott Barr I’ve been a PC gamer for a long time. Sure, I have my consoles for certain games, but you just can’t beat the keyboard/mouse combination on the computer. Not long ago I finally picked up a copy of Modern Warfare 2 for…

Lego Universe Impressions: The Next Step In Lego Building [Hands On] on Gizmodo
Lego Universe has been in development for a couple years now, but we finally got the first hands on and impressions of the MMO for both kid and adult LEGO fans. It makes building and designing Lego sets incredibly accessible. Basically, this is the…

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
CES has us full-blown-crazy and today’s deals reflects our madness. Marvel at the HP Blu-ray packin’ laptops and check out the 1.5TB Western Digital External HDD because for $79 you can finally up the cap on your porn storage. Top Deals: • 15.6″…


Tomb Raider: Underworld, NBA Live series, Dark Sector, and more.

Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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GameFly Under $10 Used Game (Xbox 360, Wii) Blowout Sale + Free Shipping on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 4 Posted By: Butcherboy Views: 301 Replies: 5 LinkUnder $10GameFly Under $10 Used Game (Xbox 360, Wii) Blowout Sale + Free ShippingGameFly is having an under $10 Xbox 360 & Wii used game sale with free shipping. GameFly’s games come…

Kmart/Sears Xbox Live Subscription Sale: 3mo ($15), 12mo ($35) on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 10 Posted By: Yuyak Views: 2749 Replies: 10 http://xbox.joystiq.com/2009/11/16/cheap-xbox-live-gold-at-sears-and-kmart-this-week/Not really “hot”, more like “warm”, considering Amazon and Newegg almost always has the 12 months card for $40,…


Ninja Gaiden II, Left 4 Dead, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and more.

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

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Inside Gaming: 10/24/09 (News/Machinima Call of Duty gets gimped, a new Mario, epic failness.) on youtube :: most viewed videos – today
Inside Gaming 10/24/09 (News/Machinima) Call of Duty gets gimped, a new Mario, and some epic failness. Welcome to Inside Gaming where we watch what we play. FOR MORE MACHINIMA…

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2’s changes in excruciating technical detail on Joystiq
There are a few extremely obvious differences between Ninja Gaiden 2 and Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. They work in different consoles, and one’s got the word “Sigma” in the title. Oh, and there’s the boob thing. Beyond that, however, we must turn to the…

Netflix is coming to the PS3 [update] on Joystiq
So this is why Netflix’s stock went soaring. After countless rumors, Netflix’s streaming service is finally coming to the PlayStation 3. Even better: it’ll be free for PlayStation Network members that have a Netflix account. According to the press…

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