Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Halo 2, Shaun White Snowboarding, and more.

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

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The Saga Continues With LEGO Clone Wars [Game Announce] on Kotaku
LucasArts and TT Games continue to tear apart the Star Wars universe and rebuild it brick-by-brick with LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. I am continually amazed by the success of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a stylized cartoon version of the events…

Digital Decapitations A Primal Release, Creator Says [Aliens Vs Predator] on Kotaku
“I’ve always been a non-violent person,” Tim Jones told me last week as we chatted in a subterranean nightclub in Manhattan. He’s a “peace and love” kind of guy and designer of a new video game featuring spine-dangling decapitations. Jones is the…

StarHub bundles Guitar Hero 5 Mobile and Diner Dash: Flo on the Go with HTC HD2 and Touch2 on VR-Zone Articles
Singapore telecommunication service provider, Starhub, has introduced their new mobile bundle of the popular Guitar Hero 5 Mobile and Diner Dash: Flo on the Go with every purchase of HTC HD2 or Touch2 (from any of the participating StarHub…

Deal of the Week: A week of 3 fighting deals on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  This week Xbox LIVE Gold Members can choose from 3 different Xbox LIVE Arcade fighting games that have special DOTW pricing:     Title Normally*  Sale Price* Save …

Demo: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Playable Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: Join Sonic and his SEGA friends in the race of your life. Dodge weapons, perform tricks and drifts, seek…

Microsoft Discontinues Xbox Live Service For Original Xbox Titles on OhGizmo!
By Chris Scott Barr If you’re still rocking an original Xbox, you might want to take note. Starting April 15th, Microsoft will be discontinuing support for all original Xbox games. Yes, that also means that your old copies of Halo 2 won’t…

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Sonic & SEGA Racing : Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing – Theme on Game Marketplace – New Arrivals
Rev up your Xbox Live background with the Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Premium Theme! This theme includes four unique vehicles from the game: Sonic’s Speed Star, Ai Ai’s Blazing Banana, Amigo’s Sun Buggy and Dr. Eggman’s Egg Monster….

Xbox LIVE Event Registrations : I Heart Xbox Registration on Game Marketplace – New Arrivals
Downloading this gamer picture registers eligible gamers in the I Heart Xbox 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 February 22, 2010. By downloading…


Prey, Far Cry 2, Shaun White Snowboarding, and more.

Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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GoGamer.com – games on sale today (expired: ) on Hot Deals Club – main index of deals
(expired) They’re calling it a Green Friday sale. Shipping costs $3 for the first game and $2 each additional game, so be sure to factor that in when figuring out your cost. For Xbox 360: Raven Squad Hidden Dagger for Xbox 360 for $30 plus…

7 YouTube Holiday Shopper Videos That’ll Make You Glad You Bought Online on Mashable!
You might prefer to focus on ways social media can add something positive to your life, but YouTube users will nevertheless upload peeks at humanity’s darker side. The clips collected here all belong to one genre of viral video: holiday…

Creators Club Communiqué 34 on XNA Team Blog
*PHEW*! What a long, strange trip this summer has been! After we wrapped up PAX we devoted some time to retuning the IDN (Independent Developer Network) Team and planning all sorts of good things for 2010! One of those is 2010’s Dream.Build.Play…


Far Cry 2, Prey, Saints Row, and more.

Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Take-Two’s Zelnick doesn’t believe in annualized GTA on Joystiq
If we took away one important lesson from Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick yesterday, during the company’s investor call, it’s this: it takes a lot of time to make “triple-A” games. That’s why Zelnick isn’t interested in annualizing the Grand Theft…

GoGamer.com – games on sale today on Hot Deals Club – main index of deals
They’re calling it a Green Friday sale. Shipping costs $3 for the first game and $2 each additional game, so be sure to factor that in when figuring out your cost. For Xbox 360: Raven Squad Hidden Dagger for Xbox 360 for $30 plus…

NEWS: Team17 date Alien Breed for December 16th, on Xbox Live Arcade on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
The reimagining of Alien Breed for the 21st Century arrives this month, in over a week’s time, on the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points. <br /> <br />PS3 and PC gamers must wait until next year for their dose. Alien Breed is an…

Gaming with the Zune HD: is it already able to take on the PSP, iPhone and DS? on Crave: The gadget blog
The Zune HD now has games. Could this be the beginning of an Xbox 360 handheld?

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Xbox Live, Left 4 Dead, Shaun White Snowboarding, and more.

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

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SCREENSHOT: Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Coming exclusively to Xbox 360 and PC, L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for co-operative action games and become one of 2009’s marquee titles.

Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store [Windows Mobile] on Gizmodo
Microsoft added a few nice new features to its Windows Mobile Marketplace today, including enhanced security and a nice-looking store that can be accessed from your computer’s browser, much like Xbox Live. The security features are really more like…

Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
Players who were caught modifying their consoles to play pirated games have been booted from the popular service.

Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage – review on GoNintendo
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Ninja Gaiden, Shaun White Snowboarding, Dynasty Warriors, and more.

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

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Netflix Wants To Eventually Be On PS3, Wii on 1UP RSS feed
Netflix has become a popular service on the Xbox 360 — enough so that the rental service wouldn’t mind expanding to the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. For now though, they remain exclusive to Microsoft’s system. “Eventually we want to be on all the…

You’ve Got Ninja Gaiden In My Dynasty Warriors [Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2] on Kotaku
Hey, Tecmo and Koei merged. And now their games are merging. Hooray! Ninja Gaiden character Ryu Hayabusa will be appearing in Koei’s PS3 version of Sangoku Musou Multi-Raid as an unlockable costumed character in armor, while Warrior Orochi’s Nu Wa on…

Xbox 360 System Update rolling out (no new feature) on Bink.nu
Sometime over the next few hours when you sign in to Xbox LIVE you’ll receive a prompt to accept this mandatory update. If you are signed into LIVE already, you may be signed out and asked to accept the update and you’ll be back online in a few…

Shaun White Snowboarding available as Xbox Live Marketplace download on Geek.com
Xbox Live’s Major Nelson revealed today that Shaun White Snowboarding, Ubisoft’s 2008 take on the extreme sport, is now available as a downloadable game via the Xbox 360 Games on Demand program on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Priced at…

Demo: Wolfenstein on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
Content: Wolfenstein DemoPrice: FreeAvailability: Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United StatesDash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,INTENSE…

2300 Xbox Points for $25 on Xbox Live on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 6 Posted By: Usorry Views: 2660 Replies: 9 Cost of 2000 points = $25Not quite as hot as the Dell 4000 points for $40 but still better than standard retail. Dell threadXbox LinkTerms:—————-Visa will give you an additional 300…


Shaun White Snowboarding, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Xbox Live Vision, and more.

Posted: September 21st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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Xbox 360 Games on Demand: Shaun White Snowboarding and C&C 3 on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
The following Xbox 360 games are now ready for direct download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace:   Content: Shaun White SnowboardingPrice: Check pricing for your regionsAvailability: Not available in Canada, Japan or KoreaDash Text: (Online…

Fall ‘09 Releases: Sun Mountain MCB, Aldila En Fuego Shafts, and Nike Outerwear on The Sand Trap
This week at The Bag Drop we shift gears and take a look at some newsworthy releases you may have missed in the past few weeks. We here at The Sand Trap know you all lead busy lives, and we’ve taken time to condense some info on some of the latest…

Summer of Arcade sales spike 200% on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Five-week downloadable game lineup that included Shadow Complex, MVC2, Trials HD pushes Xbox Live to record monthly revenues; 1 vs. 100 vs. 3 million.


Tekken 6, Shaun White Snowboarding, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: May 28th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Will Modern Warfare 2 hit Wii? The debate continues… on GoNintendo
This blurb is from Activision’s E3 lineup press release… On November 10, 2009, Infinity Ward will make its return with the release of Modern Warfare 2, the most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person…

Ubisoft – Euro release schedule on GoNintendo
November/December 2009 – Assassin’s Creed II (PS3, Xbox 360) – Splinter Cell Conviction (Xbox 360) – Red Steel 2 (Wii) – Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage (Wii) – Rabbids Go Home (Wii) 2010 – R.U.S.E (PS3, Xbox 360) – I Am Alive (PS3, Xbox…

Analyst – we aren’t even close to ending this hardware cycle on GoNintendo
“We think it’s highly premature to be thinking of the cycle ending until all of these consoles are well below the USD 199 mark. Furthermore, Microsoft and Sony have invested so much in their current hardware line, as have third party…

Namco Bandai teases plans for E3 on GoNintendo
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (May 28, 2009) – Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced highlights of its plans for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 2-4,…

First Look: NinjaBee’s Kaloki Adventure for iPhone on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, Developer, iPhone, iPod touch I first came across developer NinjaBee by playing their XBLA platfomer Cloning Clyde — it was a game that seemed pretty genre, until you started playing…

Xbox Live members 20 million strong on MyCE News, Articles & Reviews
Xbox Live has over 20 million active members and Xbox 360 sales topped 30 million worldwide, Microsoft boasted in a press release today. Microsoft is calling 2008 the biggest year in Xbox 360…


Halo 3, Fallout 3, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: May 12th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Xbox Live Top 10: Halo 3 and the usual suspects on Joystiq [Xbox]
It’s time to check in with the Xbox Live Top 10 again, and Major Nelson informs us folks were pretty much playing the same stuff they’ve always been playing last week. Snagging the top spot again was none other than Halo 3 (big surprise there),…

Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (Black or White) $29.99 Free Shipping at Newegg on Techbargains.com
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Shaun White Snowboarding Xbox 360 $17 FSSS on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
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WSJ quasi-confirms 3D camera for Xbox 360 on CrunchGear
Rumors about Microsoft’s impending attack on Nintendo have popped up here and there, but the WSJ has gone on record by saying that MS is, in fact, working on a 3D camera system that resembles the Wii’s motion system. But the Xbox 360 version…

The King Of Fighters XII Website Is Go [Snk Playmore] on Kotaku
SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment have crafted one hell of an official website for The King of Fighters XII, complete with a comprehensive timeline of the series and a fan art contest worth $1,000. The King of Fighters series has always had its…