Mass Effect, Counter-Strike, Forza Motorsport 3, and more.

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

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Game Center, iAd, iBooks update premiere at iPhone event on MacNN | The Macintosh News Network
At today’s iPhone 4.0 event in Cupertino, Apple simultaneously announced several related initiatives. Among these is Game Center, a unifying social network for handheld games. The service should in many ways mimic Microsoft’s Xbox Live, supporting…

Mass Effect 2 Game Add-on: Kasumi – Stolen Memory on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Kasumi – Stolen Memory Price: 560 Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: Cerberus has procured the service of Kasumi Goto, the galaxy’s most enigmatic master thief. In return for…

Demo: EA SPORTS 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: EA SPORTS 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: EA SPORTS™ celebrates the single largest sporting event on the planet with the only…

LIVE Activity for week of March 29 on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Here is a look at the titles people are playing on Xbox LIVE.   Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s ) 1    Modern Warfare 2 …

Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Here is a list of upcoming content scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace * Please see the blog post I’ll make for each of these for regional availability.   Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week: April 12: Left 4…

Demo: Blur – Multiplayer Beta Demo on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Blur – Multiplayer Beta Demo Price: Free Availability: Not available in Asia Dash Text: Blur Multiplayer Beta: Powered-Up Racing. Travel the globe to beat the best the streets have to offer….

Games on Demand: Fable II and Fallout 3 and Kung Fu Panda on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
The following games are now available for direct download from Xbox LIVE:    Content: FABLE II Price: Check pricing for your region Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Japan…

Xbox 360 System Update – USB Memory Support on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  We’ve just released a system update for the Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE.   As previously announced , this system update contains support for USB Memory storage devices.   Sometime over the next few hours when…

Deal of the Week: Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
      This week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can purchase Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 for 50% off this week only .   <- 400 points if you are an Xbox LIVE Gold Member       …

This article does a great job of explaining… [From Comments] on Kotaku
This article does a great job of explaining the impact of net neutrality on gaming. I’d like to add a few comments. First, it’s important to note that the court decision is only about the F.C.C.’s current powers and does not reflect a position about…

UFC Undisputed 2010 demo coming soon – four fighters announced on Five Ounces of Pain
According to a post on the UFC Undisputed website, the demo for the highly anticipated sequel will indeed be released a month before it’s May 25 release date. The demo will be released on the Playstation Network and Xbox Live . Four…


Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction, Lumines, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: April 3rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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*$50 Price Drop* Walmart.com Xbox 360 Super Elite 250GB Bundle w/ Splinter Cell: Conviction or Final Fantasy XIII $349.00 + Free Ship to Store on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals

*Price Drop* Walmart.com Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction w/ Bonus Walmart.com $10 eGift Card (Xbox 360) $49.96 on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals

Xbox 360 Arcade $159.00 + FREE Controller (Black or White) @ Amazon.com on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 0 Posted By: Butcherboy Views: 233 Replies: 1 Amazon .com Xbox 360 Arcade $159.00 + FREE Controller (Black or White) LINK Copy and past if link no work…. http://www. Amazon…

Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s Squad Rush Mode Opened to Masses on 1UP RSS feed
Sorry, everyone who pre-ordered Battlefield: Bad Company 2 before its release last month: you’re now just a little bit less special. DICE has opened up Squad Rush mode — previously restricted as a pre-order bonus — to the public at large on the…

All the Best Weekend Deals From Around the Internet (04/02 – 04/05) on 1UP RSS feed
The weekend is here, and you’ve probably got some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket, just waiting to be spent on games. So starting today, 1UP will be rounding up all of the best weekend deals for your convenience. Come back each Friday for a…


Madden NFL, Lumines, Street Fighter II, and more.

Posted: April 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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$20 off Orders $39.95 or more at EA Store on BensBargains.net Latest Headlines
EA Store is is taking $20 off orders of $39.95 or more with coupon code PAXEAST842 . The pictured Madden NFL 11 for Xbox 360 or PS3 is available for pre-order for $60 – $20 off code + $7 shipping = $47 shipped. The Wii version is $50 – code +…

50% OFF during the XBOX Live Aracade Inventory Blowout – Ends April 7 on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 6 Posted By: lzzrdboy Views: 1017 Replies: 8 Both Gold and Silver XBL subscribers will be able to pick up ten classic Arcade games at a 50% discount from April 1st to April 7th. GET SOME! Here’s the full list: – Age of Booty 400…

$25.54 Shipped – MS XBOX 360 Black Wireless Controller @ Amazon on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 2 Posted By: lzzrdboy Views: 327 Replies: 0 Yet another drop for the wireless controller at Amazon . Just another buck but still Hot in my book! LINKY Product Features Color: Black * 30-foot wireless range * Integrated…


Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: April 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd Headline April Guitar Hero DLC on 1UP RSS feed
Activision has outlined a list of upcoming DLC for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero . Among this month’s music downloads are tracks from Blur, Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, plus several others. April gets off to a solid start…

Microsoft Kicks off Inventory Blowout Sale on Xbox Live Arcade on 1UP RSS feed
Microsoft previously hinted that big savings on Xbox Live Arcade games were on the way for the week of April 1, and it looks like they weren’t messing around. Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb has revealed the full list of…

Xbox LIVE Arcade Inventory Blowout Sale on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Starting today, April 1st,  through April 7th, we are discounting 10 Xbox LIVE Arcade titles in the first ever ‘ Inventory Blowout Sale .’ The sale prices are available to both Xbox LIVE Gold and Silver members: …

Deathsmiles Limited Edition Is So Very Pretty [Limited Edition] on Kotaku
# limitededition As if Xbox 360 gothic-lolita shmup Deathsmiles could get any more attractive, publisher Aksys reveals the Deathsmiles Limited Edition, packed in a super-sized box with a Xbox 360 and…


Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: April 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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XBLA weeklong ‘blowout’ sale includes SSFIITHDR, Lumines & Age of Booty on Joystiq
No joke — several solid Xbox Live Arcade titles have been temporarily discounted , most by 50 percent, today through April 7. A few of the notable victims of this price slaughter include: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix ($7) –…


Doom 3, Fable, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, and more.

Posted: March 23rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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250GB Xbox 360 hard drive now available as a standalone on Geek.com
The Xbox 360’s 250 GB hard drive is no longer exclusively available as part of a console bundle, Microsoft confirms. The upgraded hard drive will sell for $129.99, starting today.

LIVE Activity for week of March 15 on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  You probably know what you friends are playing by just looking at your friends lists…but what about everyone else on Xbox LIVE? Let me answer that for you right now:   Xbox 360…

Xbox 360 250 GB Hard Drive now available on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
    It’s official: Starting today, you can now get more storage for your Xbox 360. A stand alone 250 GB HDD is now available for purchase at your favorite retailers.  Here is the official press release and the…

Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule March 23 on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Here is a list of upcoming content scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace * Please see the blog post I’ll make for each of these for regional availability.   Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week: March 29: Cyber…


Battlefield: Bad Company, Fallout 3, Street Fighter II, and more.

Posted: March 1st, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Playable Bass, Special Stages Coming to Mega Man 10 on 1UP RSS feed
Like Mega Man teleporting into a stage, word of downloadable content for Mega Man 10 came almost instantly. No sooner was the game released on WiiWare than the official Nintendo page detailed DLC plans to take place during April. “Bass Mode,”…

Mega Man 10, Fatal Fury Special on Nintendo Downloads on 1UP RSS feed
As previously reported , today is the start of a month-long release for Mega Man 10 . Wii users get first dibs on the anticipated sequel, while PS3 and Xbox 360 users will have to wait a few more weeks. The game is available for 1,000 points ($10)….

Borderlands DLC Compilation Disc Coming to U.K. on 1UP RSS feed
U.K. gamers will soon be able to pick up all three DLC expansions for Borderlands in one convenient package. Publisher 2K Games confirmed to Eurogamer that “The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned,” “Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot,” and “The Secret Armory of…

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News: Borderlands DLC to get disc release on Eurogamer
Update: first two packs only, next month. Update: Since we posted this story, 2K Games has been in touch to let us know that the information we were orginally supplied with was incorrect. The disc…

News: Blur beta starts next week on Eurogamer
Keys given away in website promotions. Official Activision blogger Dan Amrich has confirmed that Blur’s multiplayer beta will start next week, on Monday 8th March. …

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
Here lies today’s dealz. Grab the Archos 9 before the new ones drop, enjoy some free jams from SXSW 2010, and if you’re feeling lucky pick up Fallout 3 for your timebomb of a PS3. Good luck, you bargain hunters. Top Deals: • Archos 9…

Netgear’s Universal Wi-Fi Internet Adapter Connects Consoles and TVs Alike [Wi-Fi] on Gizmodo
The Netgear Universal Wi-Fi Internet Adapter can connect anything with an ethernet port to your 802.11n network, be it an Xbox 360 or a TV. But so can many other devices on the market. What’s better about this one? Much like the Xbox 360…


BioShock, Street Fighter II, Counter-Strike, and more.

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

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How Much Is Persia? [Screengrab] on Kotaku
Expensive, we bet. As seen on Xbox LIVE by Killer_Walrus.

Care Packages On The Way for Xbox 360 Modern Warfare [Patch] on Kotaku
Modern Warfare 2’s “Care Package” patch already has released for PS3 and PC; via Twitter, Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling says it was submitted on Friday to Microsoft for certification on the Xbox 360.The fixes and changes this patch…

Week in Games: Rapture and Hell [New Releases] on Kotaku
The wait is over for BioShock 2. The viral marketing is over for Dante’s Inferno. 2010 gets its first big head-to-head multiplatform release date. Which one (if any) are you picking up?Star Ocean The Last Hope: International, Sins of a Solar Empire:…

Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top Ten Lists [Lists] on Kotaku
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there.•The 50 Greatest Gaming World Records [Games Radar] When I was nine I decided I…


Civilization Revolution, Tekken 6, Left 4 Dead, and more.

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

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Xbox 360 Games On Demand Pricing Gets A Little Saner Today [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
Those downloadable versions of Xbox 360 games, wild and crazy in their Games On Demand pricing, have ventured closer to reasonable as of today, with a handful of titles getting slashed. That includes BioShock, Saints Row, MX vs. ATV Untamed, Prey and…

Recovering From CES… AVN [Note] on Kotaku
To: Ash From: Crecente It’s been a busy month or so for me. And last week was all about the Consumer Electronics Show (and a tiny bit about the AVN). While the show wasn’t heavy on over-the-top gaming news, Mike and I managed to get some pretty…

Play Tekken 6 Online Co-Op Next Week [Update] on Kotaku
Tekken 6 gets even more online play next week, with a free update that will allow two players to play the game’s Scenario Campaign mode cooperatively via the magic of the internet. Tekken 6’s Scenario Campaign mode is pretty much your standard…

Final Fight: Double Impact Puts You Back In the Arcade [Ces10] on Kotaku
The most impressive thing about Capcom’s download ports of arcade classics Final Fight and Magic Sword aren’t the gameplay, it’s the frame that the game plays within. Gamers have the option of turning on a frame for the games that turns the sides of…

Razer Reinvents, Perfects the Xbox 360 Controller [Ces10] on Kotaku
The second to last thing I was expecting to be writing about my visit to Razer’s CES booth was an Xbox 360 controller. The last thing? That I like it more than Microsoft’s version. The Razer Onza includes two programmable bumpers, a 15-foot braided…

Army of Two: The 40th Day Review: Co-Op Shooting At A Crossroads [Review] on Kotaku
Jonah Wade is a madman whose paid soldiers are blowing up Shanghai. Also, he used to make action movies to recruit soldiers. That’s one of the many absurdly excellent ideas in the unfortunately choppy Army of Two: The 40th Day. The mutli-million…

School kids can design video games on PCs with Microsoft’s latest Kodu tool on VentureBeat
Microsoft is launching its Kodu video game design tools to the PC in the hopes of igniting interest in computer programming among children ages nine and up. Developed by Microsoft Research, Kodu launched last spring on the Xbox 360 as a learning tool…

Big Fish Games and PlayFirst team up for online game distribution on VentureBeat
Big Fish Games has launched a multi-year strategic alliance with casual game developer and publisher PlayFirst. It’s a sign that, even on the web, distribution still matters. Under the deal, Big Fish Games, which has more than 2,5oo games, will…

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Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Peggle, and more.

Posted: January 10th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Report: “Large Scale RPG” Being Made For Microsoft [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
While the Xbox 360 isn’t exactly setting Japanese retail on fire, Microsoft Game Studios has made a valiant effort to release Japanese-style role playing games like Blue Dragon. That doesn’t look to be stopping. In a classified listing on Japanese…

Kill Bill Actress Showing How PS3 Movie Rental Works [Japan] on Kotaku
Chiaki Kuriyama, best known for her role as Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill and Takako Chigusa in Battle Royale is appearing in ads for a disc-based download movie rental service for the PS3. This isn’t her first game-related ad. Back in early 2009,…

Xbox Live Officially Heading For Mobile Phones [Xbox Live] on Kotaku
While the news has been coming for some time now, you always need to break out a confirmation to make everything official. And it’s now official: Xbox Live is on its way to mobile phones. The service will be known as “Xbox LIVE Games” (catchy!), and…

2009’s Most Popular Xbox Live Titles [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
You’ve seen the most popular Xbox Live titles of 2009 in Japan. Now see the most popular Xbox Live titles worldwide. Major releases, Arcade titles, Indie games, the works. Microsoft’s Larry Hryb released this list late yesterday, showing the top 20…

“Yes, I Know About the Macbook Air” [Twitterati] on Kotaku
Macbook Air knowledge, a late Christmas party and British Merlin magic. These are just some of the topics gaming’s Twitterati touched on. Oh yes. Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg needs a plumber. May we recommend Mario? The BBC series Merlin has…