Ninety-Nine Nights II, Ninety-Nine Nights, Tapper, and more.

Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Square Enix explains The Last Remnant’s technical shortcomings on Joystiq
The Last Remnant represented a major experiment for Square Enix. Not only was it one of the company’s first Xbox 360 games, it utilized the Unreal Engine, a first for the Japanese publisher. Unfortunately, the experiment wasn’t quite successful, with…

Rumor: The Forgotten Sands may include Prince of Persia Classic on Joystiq
According to a BBFC listing, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands may include a special bonus — Prince of Persia Classic. Unfortunately, the listing isn’t enough to discern whether the classic version would be the same game now available on Xbox…

Sony’s Dyer emphasizes first-party PS3 strength over third-party exclusives on Joystiq
In a new interview with Industry Gamers, SCEA’s senior vice president of publisher relations, Rob Dyer, shared a candid view on platform-exclusive titles — particularly when they’re on that other platform. “Look, we’re not going to get the exclusive…

Next wave of EA game server shutdowns detailed on Joystiq
The list of game server shutdowns back in January was pretty extensive in its own right, but EA’s not done retiring more of its legacy titles from online play. Over at EA.com, the full list of server shutdowns details the next wave of house cleaning,…

Konami publishing Ninety-Nine Nights II this spring in North America on Joystiq
Konami, which picked up the publishing rights for the Xbox 360-exclusive N3II: Ninety-Nine Nights in Japan, has announced that it’ll also publish the feelplus-developed sequel in North America. In fact, the North American release is slated for the…

Midway’s XBLA classics removed from Marketplace on Joystiq
Several classic Midway games have been removed from Xbox Live Arcade, including Cyberball 2072, Defender, Gauntlet, Joust, Paperboy, Robotron 2084, Rootbeer Tapper, Smash TV and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. The titles have been pulled due to “publisher…

Joyswag: Limited edition Resident Evil 5 ‘Chibi Majini’ shirt and Lost in Nightmares DLC on Joystiq
Not only is Capcom setting up Resident Evil 5 fans with the “Lost In Nightmares” DLC this week, it’s also marking the occasion with 100 of these adorable “Chibi Majini” tees (pictured). Better yet, through some sort of bizarre clerical error, your…

PSA: RE5 ‘Lost in Nightmares’ DLC out now for $5, Costume Pack for $2 on Joystiq
As expected, the first of two Resident Evil 5 expansion episodes, “Lost in Nightmares,” has been released today on Xbox Live (tomorrow on PSN) for the unterrifying price of 400 ($5). An additional Costume Pack, also the first of two, has hit the…

Joy Ride slides into 2010, BigPark still tinkering under the hood on Joystiq
At E3 2009, Microsoft confessed to the secret Xbox 360 exclusive that (then newly acquired) BigPark would create: Joy Ride, a free-to-play, Avatar-based racing game. As you might have concluded after it missed its holiday 2009 launch window, Joy Ride…

Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed 2 and L4D2 all $40 on Amazon on Joystiq
Are you looking for an addictive multiplayer shooter with a rabid, unimaginably skilled player base that will simply eviscerate you, a first-time player, during your first hundred matches? Good news, masochist: Amazon has discounted Modern Warfare 2…

12 more EA games losing online support in March/April on Geek.com
EA has posted an online status update on its website informing gamers that another twelve titles are losing online functionality. The full list of games includes: March 16, 2010 Online Service Shutdown Def Jam for PlayStation 3 and Xbox…

[Review] Acer Gemstone AS8940G-BR101 on Akihabara News
Its been a while since I did not test a Powerful and Gaming oriented PC like Acer latest Gemstone AS8940G-BR101, but that was really a pleasant surprise and despite minor small stuff this new i7 monster desktop replacement definitively win my…


Ninety-Nine Nights, Paperboy, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.

Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Xbox Live Arcade Block Party games, Game Room dated on Newsvine – technology
March is going to be a pretty intense month for XBLA releases. So intense, in fact, that it’s all being bundled under one promotional moniker: Block Party.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier to be revealed next month on GoNintendo
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is coming to both the Wii and DS, albeit from different development teams than the ones working on 360 and PS3. Regardless, we should be getting an experience that is somewhat similar to what pops up on the HD consoles. …

Steve Wiebe Regains Donkey Kong Junior World Record on GoNintendo
Feb 17, 2010 – The man who rose to a household name after the semi-documentary film The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters has regained a World Record score. Washington’s Steve Wiebe is now back on top of the Donkey Kong Junior scoreboard,…

SouthPeak Reports Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter Financial Results, Details Future Strategy on GoNintendo
MIDLOTHIAN, Va., Feb 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — –SouthPeak to Host Conference Call Today at 8:00 AM Eastern Time SouthPeak Interactive Corporation /quotes/comstock/11k!sopk (SOPK 0.37, 0.00, 0.00%) , one of the world’s leading video…

News: Ninety-Nine Nights II to get Euro release on Eurogamer
Konami signs crowd brawler, targets spring. Konami has announced that it will publish Xbox 360 action game Ninety-Nine Nights II in Europe this…

News: Sony disses 360’s first-party support on Eurogamer
Bigwig says PS3 is now ahead. The Xbox 360 may have strong third-party support with Mass Effect and Alan Wake and Left 4 Dead, but Sony America bigwig Rob Dyer reckons the rival console’s first-party…

News: Midway titles disappear from XBLA on Eurogamer
Are they being moved to the Game Room? Midway Games’ Xbox Live Arcade portfolio has, as if by magic, mysteriously disappeared. Gone are Mortal Kombat 3,…

News: New Assassin’s DLC to arrive tomorrow on Eurogamer
Bonfire of the Vanities about to burn. Ubisoft has announced that the next batch of downloadable content for Assassin’s Creed II will arrive tomorrow….

News: Sonic Team not making Sonic 4 on Eurogamer
Sonic Rush studio Dimps at the wheel. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is not being made Sonic Team or any internal SEGA studio, it’s been revealed. The downloadable return to the series’ 2D roots is instead being…

Metro 2033 Struts Its Direct X 11 Stuff [Thq] on Kotaku
4A Games and THQ would like everyone to know that their upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033 will feature “the most advanced DX11 techniques yet seen” on your PC. If advanced depth of field effects and full tessellation on character models…

Nier Takes Down a Giant Shade [Clips] on Kotaku
When last we joined Nier, the protagonist of Square Enix’ upcoming role-playing game was fighting off the Giant Shade invading his village. In this latest trailer, we get an eye-full of Nier combat and an ear-full of salty language as he takes down…

Come Chat with Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg on Kotaku Talk Radio Today [Podcast] on Kotaku
Join us live today on CBS Radio for our latest episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with the Xbox 360’s director of product management. Hot off his appearance at last week’s big Xbox 360 showcase event in San Francisco, Aaron Greenberg joins us live to chat…


Gauntlet, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Madden NFL, and more.

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

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Poof! And Like That Midway Games Disappear From Xbox LIVE [Update] [Midway] on Kotaku
A whole bunch of Xbox LIVE Arcade games from now bankrupt Midway Games have vanished. The games, oddly, remain on Sony’s PlayStation Network. The Midway games that have disappeared include Cyberball 2072, Defender, Gauntlet, Joust, Root Beer Tapper,…

Pop Diva Checks Out Final Fantasy XIII On Xbox 360 and PS3 [Leona Lewis] on Kotaku
UK pop star Leona Lewis is singing the theme song for the Western version of Final Fantasy XIII. And because she’s doing that, she gets to check out the Xbox 360 version. This is apparently the Xbox 360 version running on an HD television screen….

Xbox Live & PSN On Moble Phones: No, No, No [Mobile] on Kotaku
This week, both Sony and Microsoft have moved forward with plans to integrate their console’s online networks with handheld devices. Thing is, they’re doing it wrong. While Microsoft’s WM7 interface looks amazing, the way it’s making use of Xbox Live…

Xbox 360’s Aaron Greenberg Joins Us For The Biggest Kotaku Podcast Of 2010 [Kotaku Talk Radio] on Kotaku
This Wednesday, the director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, Aaron Greenberg joins us for our weekly podcast. Just how big can this podcast get? You’ll have to ask Aaron. The man who claims that Halo: Reach will be the biggest game…

The Past, Platforms And Future Of Final Fantasy XIII, Agito And Versus [Square Enix] on Kotaku
Final Fantasy XIII is just a few weeks away for gamers in North America, Europe and Australia, the debut game in Square Enix’s grand Fabula Nova Crystallis project. What does the future hold for the trio of Final Fantasy XIII games? Let’s first talk…

EA Takes Nine More Games Offline [Electronic Arts] on Kotaku
Achievement hunters, beware! Electronic Arts is pulling the plug on nine more games with online components, titles like The Godfather, Def Jam: Icon and The Simpsons Game, which will go offline forever starting in March. Some of those titles are…

Final Fantasy XIII Creators On The Influence of Call of Duty, Card Games & The Toyota Prius [Interview] on Kotaku
Square Enix’s long in the making Final Fantasy XIII finally comes to North America in March, a game that is less like a traditional Japanese role-playing game, its creators say, and more like a first-person shooter like Call of Duty. That is how…

First Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Screens, Gameplay Videos Leak [Sega] on Kotaku
The announcement of Sonic the Hedgehog 4—Sega’s episodic, downloadable return to 2D hedgehog platforming for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare—was exciting, but lacking in both screen shots and video. That’s why we have…

Chime Review: Tune In, Drop Out [Review] on Kotaku
There are plenty of games around that are built to be played any time. There are few, sadly, that specialise in being played under select conditions. Like if you’re stressed. Or have stumbled home from the pub at 3am. A puzzle game we’ve featured…


NFL Blitz, Smash TV, and more.

Posted: January 7th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , | No Comments »

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EA confirms hiring of NBA Jam creator on GoNintendo
You and I have known for some time now that Mark Turmell, creator of NBA Jam, has been working for EA. The funny thing is, EA hasn’t acknowledged it until now. They’ve posted up a blog that details the man himself. From creating simple…

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond – gag real on GoNintendo
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond may not be out on a Nintendo platform, but their promo trailers involve all sorts of characters that have appeared on Nintendo platforms. I definitely think this is worth a post! Video Games | Matt Hazard:…

Video: Out-of-hand drifting in Forza 3 on Autoblog
Filed under: Videos Click above to watch the video after the jump We never cease to be amazed at just how good some folks are at video games. While we’re as good at the button-mashing shuffle as the next guy, sometimes our brains and hands just…


Xbox Live Arcade, Smash TV, Xbox Live, and more.

Posted: December 29th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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Borderlands’ Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot Now Open For Business [Downloadables] on Kotaku
The second expansion for Gearbox Software’s Borderlands is now accepting contestants and Microsoft Points. Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is now available for the Xbox 360 version of the game, giving Borderlands loot hounds new areas in which to grind….

War Never Looked So Shiny [Clips] on Kotaku
We’ve established that the upcoming Toy Soldiers for Xbox Live Arcade has things in common with the old PC game, Army Men. Mostly the part where you’re playing with plastic soldiers. But were Army Men ever this shiny? These gameplay trailers give you…


Xbox Live Arcade, Winning Eleven, Gears of War, and more.

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

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XBLM December deals: Cheap Shadow Complex, Maw on Joystiq
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live Marketplace content schedule for December and it’s a real doozy. The Deals of the Week — usually a haven for long-forgotten or unwanted DLC — are actually real deals this month. In particular, Shadow Complex…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Leads The New Of The New [Sales Get] on Kotaku
Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan last week, giving the console its biggest first-week software sales in the country to date, more than 950,000 copies sold, according to Media Create. That puts it ahead of Super Smash Bros. Brawl,…

Borderlands Expands Again With Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot [Update] [Gearbox Software] on Kotaku
Gearbox Software pumps out Borderlands’ second batch of downloadable content later this month (for the Xbox 360 at least), announcing Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot. What do you get for your ten bucks? According to official word, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome…

Xbox Live’s Holiday Plans [Happy Holidays] on Kotaku
Microsoft details the next few weeks’ worth of Xbox Live Arcade, Deals of the Week, Avatar items, and Games on Demand, with twelve days of special holiday deals kicking off on December 18th. Microsoft generally isn’t the habit of laying out several…

PS3 Scores Exclusive Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition [PS3 Exclusive] on Kotaku
Early access to the demo was just the beginning, as Visceral Games announces the Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition, a PlayStation 3 exclusive version of the game packed with extra content at no additional cost. The Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition is the…


Smash TV, Gears of War 2, Gears of War, and more.

Posted: September 20th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Zombie Apocalypse Infesting XBLA, PSN Next Week on 1UP RSS feed
Sick of mutilating the living dead yet? You better not be, because you can consider next week the official start of a very packed zombie hunting season. Developer Nihilistic has announced on their website that Zombie Apocalypse will release on Xbox…


Geometry Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Madden NFL, and more.

Posted: May 14th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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LucasArts details The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes on Joystiq
It’s true, last week’s peek at Krome Studios’ upcoming take on Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars left our midichlorian count at an all-time low. Now publisher LucasArts has made things official, laying out what we can expect from The Clone…

EA Sports’ NHL 10 adds first-person fighting, 200+ other ‘refinements’ on CrunchGear
Along with the promise of “over 200 gameplay refinements,” EA Sports will be adding first person fighting to NHL 10, due later this year. Other enhancements include players being able to “one-time loose pucks, score from their…

Crash Bandicoot creators start new shop on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Naughty Dog founders Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin start Monkey Gods, a new casual game development company specializing in 360, PS3, Wii, iPhone, and Facebook games.

New XBLCG release : Karnn Age on Ziggyware.com
Karnn Age is an intense top down shooter in the style of smash tv, total carnage and geometry wars.The full version aswell as a demo is currently available on xbox live community games.