Fable, Guitar Hero World Tour, Operation Darkness, and more.

Posted: February 28th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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[Gamer Talk] Your collection on MangaHelpers
Just a little inspiration from the manga forum. Go ahead and post your collection! Because of my storage for my games, it’s too dark to get a good photo, so here’s a list. It’s in a spoiler ’cause it’s kinda long, haha. Spoiler …


Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Soulcalibur IV, Half-Life 2: Episode One, and more.

Posted: January 5th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Japan’s 2009 Xbox LIVE Download Stats [Xbla] on Kotaku
Never mind that a mere 300,000 or so Xbox 360s were sold in Japan last year. Those who bought the console (hopefully!) enjoyed the console’s online capabilities. Note: data covers the 2009 calendar year, and overall ranking covers from 2005 to 2009….

Rest In Peace, Chromehounds [Sega] on Kotaku
In August 2009, Sega informed the eleven people still playing online mech shooter Chromehounds that one day soon, the game’s servers would be shut down, effectively “killing” the game. That day is today. Yes, sometime today, Sega and Microsoft will…

Fist of the North Star Dated Dated, Already Dead (And Dated) [Tecmo Koei] on Kotaku
In early December Tecmo Koei announced that its Fist of the North Star game, Hokuto Musou, would be released in Japan on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in simply “March 2010″. Today the company announced the exact date. That’s annoying! Post-apocalyptic…

Modders Drag Half-Life 2’s Graphics Kicking & Screaming Into 2010 [Clips] on Kotaku
Do you remember the awe you felt first firing up Half-Life 2 in 2004? Now fire it up in 2010. It’s more like “aawwww”. Flat textures, dull lighting. It’s a shame! What this game needs, then, is a makeover. A makeover like the one provided by Filip…

EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely on Slashdot
Spacezilla writes “EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were…

Nielsen survey says most PSP users are female, Xbox 360 most played on Joystiq
In its 2010 Media Industry Face Sheet, the Nielsen Company tallied some interesting numbers [PDF] related to the increase of social media and how video game console usage trended in 2009. According to its survey statistics, Sony’s PSP market in the…

Half-Life 2 PC updated with Episode 2 tech, longs for Xbox 360 parity on Joystiq
It’s not often that console gamers get to brag to their PC gaming counterparts that their version of any given release is graphically superior; however, 2007’s Xbox 360 release of Valve’s Orange Box compilation included updated releases of both…

NinjaBee shows concepts for new XBLA game, playable with Avatars on Joystiq
NinjaBee (makers of A Kingdom for Keflings, Band of Bugs and the underrated Outpost Kaloki X) has announced that it’s working on a brand new title for Xbox Live Arcade, one that will allow you to play with your Mickey ear-wearing Xbox Live Avatar….

Japanese games market shrank in 2009 on Joystiq
2009 looked fairly dire for the Japanese games industry. Now that we’re on the other side of the year, we can assess the damage. Andriasang reports Enterbrain numbers claiming that, overall, the market shrank ¥543 billion, a reduction of 6.9%…

Robot videogames help children to read, maybe… (Video) on ROBOTS DREAMS
Tired of the battle over whether or not videogames are turning the brains of our children into mush? Ever wonder if there was some way to harness their attraction to robots so that it motivated them to read? MegaMan may just be the answer to all your…


Xbox Live, Tales of Vesperia, Xbox Live Arcade, and more.

Posted: December 7th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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Newegg – Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 $49.99 on Dealcatcher – Today’s Deals
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2009: The Year The Xbox 360 Practically Vanished In Japan [Console Taisen] on Kotaku
Looking back, 2006 and 2007 were awesome years for console sales. 2008 was so-so. 2009? Blergh. This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in…

News: Taito’s Qixx++ on XBLA tomorrow on Eurogamer
Decades-old game returns to life. Taito’s remake of 28 year-old game Qix will be available tomorrow on Xbox Live Arcade. Dubbed Qix++, this will cost 800…


Guitar Hero: Metallica, Xbox Live Arcade, Tales of Vesperia, and more.

Posted: November 27th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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News: Gravity Crash heads PSN Store update on Eurogamer
Plus: Borderlands DLC! Madden Arcade! It’s not like us Europeans to take a day off work just to say thank you and shove large chunks of turkey in our gobs. No that wouldn’t do at all. Instead here we…

Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360) at Amazon for $14.98 free shipping on $25 on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 0 Posted By: flwsoldier Views: 67 Replies: 0 Tales of VesperiaGood Gamespot reviewDecent price on this RPG. I also added The World Ends with You for NDS at 9.99 (lightning deal as of this morning) and a 40 cent filler to get FSSS.Enjoy…

Guitar Hero: Metallica or Smash Hits for Xbox 360/PS3/Wii for $25 each + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Amazon.com offers Guitar Hero: Metallica for Xbox 360 (pictured), PlayStation 3, or Nintendo Wii (game only) for $25 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find for each version by at least $5. Note that this is only the game; no…

Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360 for $15 + $5 s&h on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Amazon.com offers Namco’s Tales of Vesperia for Xbox 360 for $14.98. Shipping costs $4.98, or pad your order over $25 to qualify for free shipping. Even with shipping, that’s $8 under our June mention the lowest total price we could find by $6.


Xbox Live, Tales of Vesperia, Left 4 Dead, and more.

Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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News: Play Modern Warfare 2 for charity on Eurogamer
Activision and IW to donate £250k. Activision and Infinity Ward are launching a new initiative to raise money for charity War Child. Titled Game for…

News: Valve upgrades L4D2 Xbox 360 servers on Eurogamer
Blames lag issues on demand. Valve reckons it has eliminated latency issues with the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead 2 following a series of tech…

Dragon Age Xbox 360 and PS3 $34.99 Lightning deal Amazon on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals

Tales of Vesperia at Amazon $14.98 on SlickDeals.net Forums – Hot Deals
Tales of Vesperia for xbox 360. I’ve been waiting on a good price on this game, but always seem to miss it when it’s on sale.


Tales of Vesperia, Xbox Live, and more.

Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , | No Comments »

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Don’t Expect Tales of Vesperia On The Wii Just Yet… [Wii] on Kotaku
DOH. Just like we thought — popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama has confused Tales of Vesperia with Wii title Tales of Graces. Last week we reported that Koyama wrote on his official blog: “Tales of Vesperia is coming out on one thing…

We Know Hollywood Is This Dumb. Et Tu, Netflix? on TechCrunch
Back in August, we wrote about the Hollywood movie studios conspiring to keep new release DVDs away from services like Netflix and Redbox for as many as 30 days after their release. The idea behind this from Hollywood’s perspective is simple:…

Engrave Modern Warfare On Your Phone on Ubergizmo
We know how much some of you are drooling over Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Gamers who were at Union Square to join in on the New York launch were able to participate in a free engraving service from Coveroo. Logos for GameStop, Xbox 360 and…


Tales of Vesperia and more.

Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: | No Comments »

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Tales of Vesperia voice actor says game is coming to Wii [Update: Oops! He meant Tales of Graces!] on Joystiq
[Update: Abyssal Chronicles has updated their story, reporting that Mr. Koyama has updated his original blog post with the following clarification: "When I mentioned being on sale for the Wii, I meant Tales of Graces, and not Tales of Vesperia! I...


Tales of Vesperia, Bayonetta, and more.

Posted: November 7th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , | No Comments »

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Tales of Vesperia voice actor says game is coming to Wii on Joystiq
Lock the doors and board up the windows, folks. Considering the seismic backlash to the announcement that the (formerly) 360-exclusive Tales of Vesperia would be coming to the PS3, we fear for what might happen when this story gets out. Japanese…

Using Play To in Windows 7 with the Linksys Wireless-N Music Extender on The Windows Blog
After seeing Brad Brooks’ demo of Play To in Windows 7 a couple weeks ago at the New York City Windows 7 Launch Party, I decided immediately that I must use Play To in my home. I went out a picked up a Linksys DMP100 Wireless-N Music Extender by…

Sega Giving Out Early Access to Bayonetta 360 Demo [Offer] on Kotaku
No, it’s not some preorder bonus. But quantities are limited. Sega’s offering 40,000 codes to play the Bayonetta demo early on Xbox 360, but you have to be a registered Sega Pass member to be eligible. Here’s the deal – once you register (free) for a…


Tales of Vesperia, Halo 3, Bejeweled, and more.

Posted: November 6th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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Tales Of Vesperia Is Wii Bound?! [Namco Bandai] on Kotaku
Popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama appears to have leaked the news that Namco Bandai role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia is Wii-bound. Ooops! On his official blog, the actor writes, “Tales of Vesperia is coming out on one thing after another:…

EA’s MMA Gets It On With “Premier League” Strikeforce [Ea] on Kotaku
EA Sports may not have the UFC license, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues. Not only is EA Sports getting the…

NetFlix In Action on the Playstation 3 [Clips] on Kotaku
This week Netflix started mailing out the disc needed for Playstation 3 owners to use the movie and television streaming service on their consoles. Here’s a quick look at how the service works on the console once you get the disc. For now, you’ll…

Halo Waypoint Will Be What You Make Of It [343 Industries] on Kotaku
Yesterday 343 Industries released Halo Waypoint, the Xbox 360 destination for all things Halo. Kotaku spoke to Halo franchise executive producer Josh Holmes about how fans will help determine the direction Waypoint takes. Josh Holmes has been in the…

Gyromancer Takes Over Your Life This Month [Release Date] on Kotaku
Attention PC gamers and Xbox 360 owners – your free time dies in a week and a half. Gyromancer, the unholy union of Square Enix RPG, Pokémon, and Bejeweled Twist, now has a release date. Mark November 18th on your calendar, and then set the rest of…

Walmart – Xbox 360 Arcade Console with Bonus $100 eGift Card $199.00 on Dealcatcher – Today’s Deals
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Tales of Vesperia, Bayonetta, Xbox Live, and more.

Posted: November 6th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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NBA 2K10 Anniversary Edition for Xbox 360 for $84 + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Buy.com offers the NBA 2K10 Anniversary Edition with Kobe Bryant for Xbox 360 for $83.99 with free shipping. That’s $4 under our October mention and the lowest total price we could find by $15. It includes an NBA desktop storage “locker” with…

So you want to play the Bayonetta demo early, do you? on Joystiq
Sega just announced that 40,000 lucky Xbox 360 owners will get extremely early access to a demo for the upcoming action game Bayonetta. To be considered for the prize, gamers must register for a free Sega Pass — essentially the publisher’s…

NBA 2K10 Kobe Bryant Anniversary Edition Game (Xbox 360, PS3) $83.99 Free Shipping at Buy.com on Techbargains.com
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Tales of Vesperia May Be Coming To The Wii on 1UP RSS feed
It’s one thing to send Tales of Vesperia to the PlayStation 3, but how about the Wii? That may be exactly what happens, as popular Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama has reportedly leaked the news that Namco-Bandai is planning on porting the game…