Posted: March 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Bejeweled, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Microsoft XNA, Resident Evil 5, Soulcalibur, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“Microsoft is keen on unveiling the meat of its developer story around Windows Phone 7 Series at MIX10 in less than two weeks, but with GDC coming up next week, they’re figuring that now is a good time to start dropping hints — they’ll want to…” |
| “Tonight Charlie Kindel gave us “sneak peak” at what’s different for Windows Phone 7 Series . We have a great platform for both applications and games using Silverlight and the XNA Framework. Why is this so exciting? The XNA Framework…” |
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“Sony’s PlayStation Portable is still the bestselling (and worst selling) piece of hardware in Japan, moving another 37,000 PSPs of standard variety and nearly another 1300 of the “go” variety. The PSP secured the top spot on the hardware chart once…” |
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“Tough guy simulator Kenka Bancho 4: Ichinen Sensou is Japan’s bestselling video game, the latest entry in the series that has made its way stateside under the name Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble. It dethrones Capcom’s Biohazard 5 re-release this week. …” |
| “Uber Entertainment’s gunning for a macho future where class-based FPS death is televised live, with sponsorships. No doubt taking a page from Bud Light’s fake “Grooler” and “Foozie” we have something that keeps your ammo fresh and your bacon crispy. …” |
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“We here at Kotaku have been underwhelmed by forthcoming Cavia-made video game Nier Gestalt. We have played it and been bewildered . We have questioned the game’s reason for being . So, uh, last time I saw it, I liked it. Maybe we got this Nier…” |
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“Original Xbox games will no longer be playable over Xbox Live as of April 15 , but Microsoft is easing the pain of Halo 2 players by offering “avid” players free stuff and a shot at the Halo: Reach beta. Several Kotaku readers have received word…” |
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“Attention readers, read this review of Match Defense: Toy Soldiers in conjunction with our review of Toy Soldiers for Xbox Live Arcade, because the two games connect. And that’s the main selling point for this here free Facebook game. Loved …” |
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“Being a kid is great. Your toys aren’t just toys, they’re real. And your bedroom or table top can serve as the terrain for your imagination. Does Xbox Live Arcade game Toy Soldiers capture the feeling of playing with toy soldiers? Developed by…” |
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“In January, Harmonix launched the tools needed for artists to publish their songs on the Rock Band Network . Today, the Rock Band Network Store opens to the public, with more than 100 new songs for fans to purchase and play. The Rock Band Network…” |
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“Electronic Arts today announced a deal with the developers of Shank and Deathspank to bring the downloadable games to multiple platforms. The publishing deals are part of agreements that Klei and Hothead Games recently signed with EA Partners….” |
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“On March 4, 2000, Sony unleashed the successor to their wildly successful PlayStation on an unsuspecting world. Ten years later I’ve still got PlayStation 2 games on preorder. And to think I didn’t even care until 2002. In 1999, I was still new to…” |
Posted: February 5th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Alpha Protocol, Army of Two, Fable, Fable II, Just Cause 2, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Marketplace | No Comments »
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| “Microsoft has announced that it will soon be removing Xbox Live support for all Xbox 1 services.” |
| “PC stuff fixed, investigating PS3 reports. Rebellion has apologised for problems affecting matchmaking on the PC and PS3 versions of the Aliens vs. Predator demo released…” |
| “More details soon. The Eidos bit of Square Enix has announced on Twitter that there is a “Just Cause 2 demo on its way”. Square Enix London Studios…” |
| “Survivor Missions for a few quid. Capcom has announced that Dark Void will receive an infusion of Horde-style arena mode downloadable content next…” |
| “Even for 360-compatible stuff and Originals. Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue Xbox Live support for original Xbox consoles and games on 15th…” |
| “Pick them up for 20 quid a pop. Microsoft has made two new additions to the Classics collection of Xbox 360 software. First up is Fable II, Lionhead’s…” |
| “Wii and handheld titles dominate top 30. New DS title Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi has gone straight to the top of the Japanese charts, according to Media Create….” |
| “Obsidian’s PC, PS3 and 360 follow-up. Bethesda has confirmed Fallout: New Vegas for an autumn 2010 release. The date coincides with a brand new trailer,…” |
| “Project Needlemouse takes shape. SEGA has announced Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 for release on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this summer as a downloadable…” |
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Posted: February 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Microsoft XNA, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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| “CyberConnect2 is back with a follow-up to the gorgeous but shallow Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, slapping on the Shippuden label and letting Xbox 360 owners in on the fun. The PlayStation 3 exclusive Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm wowed players with…” |
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“The next big Fallout game, Fallout: New Vegas will be out for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall, publisher Bethesda Softworks announced today. A new trailer accompanied the news, which raises questions about Bethesda’s other projects. Fallout…” |
| “To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Cold Turkey So, I live-watch Lost. I like Lost. But I live in Japan. And so that I can watch Lost with Mrs. Bashcraft, I watch the show on DVD with Japanese subtitles. I’m watching Season 5. So……………….if…” |
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“A new spate of screens for the upcoming Hokuto Musou, featuring Juza, Fudoh, and Shin. Have a look. In March 2010, Tecmo Koei is bringing post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 in Japan….” |
| “Greetings, Creators! At last we’ve reached the shortest month of the year! This month will fly by not only because it is shorter than the rest, but there is so much to do! We’ve noticed that many of you have been keeping pretty busy making…” |
| “WCF-enabled multi player XNA game for Windows platform” |
| “We’ve already gotten a few downloadable expansions for Fallout 3, but soon, fans of the series will get to enjoy a whole new Fallout game. As Shacknews reports, Bethesda has announced that Fallout: New Vegas will launch this fall for the PC, Xbox…” |
Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, Gears of War, Jade Empire, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Onimusha: Warlords, Resident Evil 5, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Street Fighter IV, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“We’ve come full circle. Capcom’s zombie horror series Dead Rising is based on George Romero’s zombie films. Now, the series is making the leap to live action. The movie is set in an alternative reality in which areas effected by outbreaks are…” |
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“In a collaboration with Capcom, American game developer Epic is lending Gears of War’s main characters Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago to upcoming action title Lost Planet 2. The appearance of both Gears characters in Lost Planet 2 was revealed in…” |
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“PC title Monster Hunter Frontier is coming to the Xbox 360. It was announced at the Xbox Japan event today in Tokyo. The game first appeared on the PC back in summer 2007. A closed beta test will begin this May in Japan. Initially, there will be a PC…” |
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“What kind of man (or woman) has intergalactic hero Commander Shepard become after saving the universe from the Reapers in Mass Effect? That’s all up to you in BioWare’s Mass Effect 2. Shortly after the events in the original game, Commander Shepard…” |
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“Later today, Xbox Japan is holding a special event in Tokyo with game developer Capcom. The event was teased last week with an image that simply read: Capcom x Microsoft 2010.01.26 CAPCOM TITLE PREMIERE FOR XBOX 360 But what is this new title?…” |
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“While God of War on PSP was a good enough game, the real achievement was in how developers Ready At Dawn managed to translate the console experience onto a handheld. But did you know they almost didn’t bother? In an interview at IndustryGamers, RaD’s…” |
| “Earlier today we were wondering what would be the onomatopoeic spelling of the Xbox Live Achievement Unlocked sound.. At first I suggested “bloo-ick” but Fahey corrected that with “bo-deet.” Now I think it’s more like “buh-plock.”This is the kind of…” |
Posted: January 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: BioShock, Counter-Strike, Fallout 3, Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto IV, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Halo 3, Max Payne, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Street Fighter IV, The Orange Box, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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| “This is a two-minute, 30-second video said to be of a tech demonstration of “Fortress,” the Final Fantasy project GRIN was said to have been working on when the Swedish studio closed. Few details accompany the video, whose visuals and…” |
| “2000: Recently transplanted from the Forth Worth Star-Telegram. I mange to juggle my full-time job as a police reporter with the Palm Beach Post and writing occasional pieces for the feature’s section of the paper about the real value of virtual real…” |
Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Banjo-Kazooie, BioShock, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Resident Evil 5, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“So, the Xbox 360 version of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing gets Banjo (and) Kazooie as playable characters. What’s the Wii version offering? Well, you, of course. And by that Sega means Mii. Sega announced on its official blog today that players’ Miis…” |
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“In a new internally-produced interview, Microsoft division president Robbie Bach described his company’s 2010 ambitions for the Xbox 360, hyping Halo Reach and Project Natal, the latter which he thinks will turn the “gaming” business into the…” |
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“Today’s Microsoft CES keynote is likely to make mention of the arrival of the Xbox Game Room, a retro-themed game space, at least according to a video interview with Microsoft’s Robbie Bach, president of the company’s Entertainment and Devices…” |
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“Hey look, it’s Starcraft Ghost… Academy. The comic. Hitting comics shops this week, along with Mass Effect and Sky Pirates of Neo Terra #4. Click the thumbnails for more information. Mass Effect: Redemption #1 (of 4) Written by Mac Walters and John…” |
| “Electronista is at Microsoft’s keynote for CES 2010 providing live coverage. Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach are expected to make several new announcements, including a rumored HP tablet and possible Xbox 360 updates. Updates as always are in reverse…” |
| “Capcom France head, Antoine Seux, revealed in a recent interview that sales of Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles were “below what we had hoped” and it was noted that 16,000 units of the game had been sold up to Dec. 23. The numbers…” |
| “Video Games | ScrewAttack | Angry Video Game Nerd: Street Fighter 2010 XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “Rating: 1 Posted By: bazicdude Views: 123 Replies: 0 This Halo 3 special Legendary collectors edition is for 39.99 at Dell.It was sold at first for 119.99.Halo 3 was a good game. I liked it.Link below. I’m on my Droid so I can’t really put the link…” |
| “Rating: 4 Posted By: nhenny2005 Views: 321 Replies: 0 great price for this game!RE5 Link for Xbox360RE5 Link for PS3Online Coupons” |
| “Rating: 3 Posted By: eliotness Views: 568 Replies: 0 http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Arcade/dp/B0029MAXS6/ref=sr_1_8?t…Online Coupons” |
| “Rating: 0 Posted By: Logician1313 Views: 454 Replies: 1 Alone in the Dark (Xbox 360) $9.99 w/ Free Shipping at NeweggNormally $15, now $9.99 with free shipping for this action adventure game set in New York. 3/5 eggs with only 3 reviews and a…” |
| “Rating: 6 Posted By: Logician1313 Views: 606 Replies: 0 Gears of War 2 (Game of the Year Edition) (Xbox 360) $29.96 w/ Free Shipping at Amazon $29.96 with free super saver shipping for the GOTY Edition. Comes with Gears of War 2, All Fronts…” |
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| “Rating: 5 Posted By: slippyn64 Views: 1140 Replies: 2 Hey guys,Saw this and I had to post the link for BioShock 2 on Amazon.com for Pre-order:LinkyGet $6 off the release date price of $60 and get a $10 video game credit for a net price of $43 with…” |
| “Rating: 0 Posted By: skrappiedew Views: 1635 Replies: 3 Nebraska Furniture Mart has this posted in one of their online fliers for a red or black wireless controller with play and charge kit for 39.99.Bonus, they also have a 12 month subscription…” |
Posted: December 2nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | No Comments »
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“Amazon is celebrating the holiday season by giving away one free festive tune a day for the whole month of December. That should leave you with a little extra coin to spend on Deals for your loved ones. Top Deals: • 17.3″ HP G71t Laptop for…” |
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“Excited for the release of Mass Effect 2 next year? Here’s something to whet your appetite even more: An exclusive peek at the variant cover for tie-in comic Mass Effect: Redemption. Click through for a preview of the comic itself. Co-written by lead…” |
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“One of the more time consuming aspects of getting all our digital media in one place is ensuring quality and compatibility across different devices, which sounds like exactly the problem faced by our friend Kris: “To save my precious DVD’s and BD’s…” |
Posted: November 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Call of Duty: World at War, Dragon Age: Origins, Halo 3, Left 4 Dead, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you!…” |
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“The Nintendo DSi LL, having officially launched in Japan this past week, has outsold everything else to the tune of 100,000-plus units, adding a “wine red” slice to the weekly Japanese hardware chart. Welcome, wine red. After giving up pie chart real…” |
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“The Xbox 360’s hands-free motion controller, due to hit sometime next year, could be more than just a new way to gyrate frantically or befriend boys in front of your television screen. It could also replace your TV remote. Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten…” |
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“With a new game coming out that supports 3D glasses gaming, publisher Ubisoft is claiming that 3D glasses gaming will someday be essential. The action-shooter Avatar: The Game hits on December 1, tying in to the upcoming movie of the same name from…” |
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“Black Friday is upon us, and that means there are some pretty good video game deals lurking out there. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best. Feel free to add your own! Amazon.com: The Black Friday video game deals are in full swing, with more…” |
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“It’s Black Friday and many of you are probably already in the shopping trenches, elbow-deep in hysterical deal-hunters and holiday shoppers. Over the week we’ve compiled a number of platform specific reference guides for you to use to help decide…” |
Posted: October 21st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Call of Duty: World at War, Fable, Fable II, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Halo 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Resident Evil 5, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“In Richmond, Va., a 43-year-old father of three lines up a camera at his TV to film himself playing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. In British Columbia, a college student flips open his laptop and fires up his PS3. In San Antonio, a guy picks up another…” |
Posted: October 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “This week we see a dedicated group of fans making Knight of the Old Republic 2 the game it should have been, Sony gets handed a class-action lawsuit, we test out gaming glasses that make some nebulous claims, and Dead Space: Extraction gets a review….” |
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