Mass Effect, BioShock, Unreal Championship, and more.

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

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What Are You Playing This Weekend? [Lazy Sundays] on Kotaku
BioShock 2! BioShock 2! On Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, that’s what I’ll be playing this weekend, drilling my way toward the end of the game and hopefully unlocking a World’s Greatest Big Daddy coffee mug reward for my Avatar. Oh, they don’t actually…

Microsoft discontinue Xbox Live for Xbox games April 15th on Geek.com
Microsoft has announced that on April 15th it is closing down Xbox Live for original Xbox games. That includes any bought through the Xbox Live service on your 360 (Xbox Originals). Mark Whitton, general manager of Xbox Live, explained that: I want…

Xbox Live Top Selling Indie Game Made 6 Figures on GameProducer.Net
Kotaku and Gamer Bytes reported that game called I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 was the best selling Xbox Live indie game for the year 2009. Pretty darn cool. Interesting that the game was priced $1. Would have been pretty sweet to know how much the…

Because of leaks, we need to immediately implement DRM on console games on CrunchGear
It’s time we start implementing DRM on console games. I mean, look at this nonsense. The Xbox 360 version of BioShock 2 leaked yesterday, a full five days before its official release. The same thing happened with Mass Effect 2, which leaked…

Microsoft to kill Xbox Live support for original Xbox games on April 15 on CrunchGear
Microsoft will kill Xbox Live support for original Xbox games. Rumor has is that this is being done to increase the numbers of friends you can have on Xbox (360) Live. Right now it’s at 100 people—a limit imposed by old Xbox…

Hori Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX has a name to match its size, price on Engadget
Shoulder buttons? Never heard of ‘em. Give us all our buttons in a nice rainbow-shaped array and a big stick for our southpaw and leave us well enough alone. Hori, the company behind the most righteous Tekken 6 arcade controller, is back with a…

Xbox v1 games, systems no longer Live; Microsoft’s pulling the plug April 15 on Engadget
It’s been no secret that original Xbox games and systems have been the vestigial limb holding back much wanted XBL features including raising the limit on our friends list to over 100 or mobile tie-ins, and on April 15 Live access for all of them…


Sonic the Hedgehog, BioShock, Mass Effect, and more.

Posted: February 4th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Denver TV Station Warns of Xbox Predators, Angers Gamers on 1UP RSS feed
  Gamers are used to sensational news coverage about our favorite past time, but once in a while a report lowers the dialogue to a point at which it’s hard to tell if we should be shaking our fists in anger, or laughing hysterically. For a…

This arcade stick is quite large on CrunchGear
The thing about arcade games is that, although you can easily play them on your Xbox or PC with a controller or keyboard, it never feels the same as the real thing. That’s possibly because arcade games are freaking huge and have buttons the…

Where were you when the Xbox 360 version of BioShock 2 leaked? (Because it just did, you see.) on CrunchGear
Five days. We’re a whopping five days away from the game’s official release date, but BioShock 2, the second truly big game of the year (the other being Mass Effect 2) has now leaked. Well, the Xbox 360 version, that is. It’s found…

In Just Cause 2, You Can Ride A Flying Propane Tank [Clips] on Kotaku
Can’t say that Just Cause 2’s brand of open world gun and explosions gameplay is the sort of thing that immediately appeals to me, but hook-shotting your way onto a helicopter or flying propane tank is undeniably appealing. Credit to Avalanche…

PSP Still The Platform To Beat In Japan (Or Is It?!) [Console Taisen] on Kotaku
Sony’s PlayStation Portable sits atop this week’s Japanese Hardware Chart once again, thanks to… well, actually that’s a good question. Kingdom Hearts, maybe? Valkyria Chronicles? You’d think the Nintendo DS would be the system performing…

High Voltage’s The Grinder Is No Longer Wii Exclusive [High Voltage Software] on Kotaku
The developers behind The Conduit and the recently re-announced Tournament of Legends will break their Wii exclusivity streak with The Grinder, High Voltage Software’s zombie, vampire and werewolf shooter. The Grinder is also coming to PlayStation 3,…

Death of A Wii [Wii] on Kotaku
At the ripe old age of 3, my Nintendo Wii has officially gone to join the celestial Wii Music choir. Let’s hope it doesn’t take drums. I first received my Wii nine days before Nintendo rolled out its new motion-controlled console to masses of gamers…

Keep An Eye On MLB 2K10 [2K Sports] on Kotaku
Fifteen more images for MLB 2K0 showcase the game’s new two-player animations, adjusted batting eye, and progression screens for the My Player career mode, all of which we previewed a couple weeks ago. The batting view (above) gives a clearer example…

The Unsexy Prototype Side Of Project Natal’s Camera [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
The PR-approved product shot of Microsoft’s Project Natal camera for the Xbox 360 looks sleek, sharp and maybe a little bit cute. The prototype version of the peripheral is anything but. Okay, maybe it’s the tiniest bit cute, in a sad, bound for the…

Dark Void Survivor Missions Drop Next Week [Dlc] on Kotaku
Dive deeper into the Dark Void next week with the Survivor Missions downloadable content, which pits players against increasing waves of hostile enemy forces, because increasing waves of docile enemy forces aren’t that threatening. It’s like Horde…

Megadeth’s “Rust In Peace” Hits Rock Band Store Next Week [Dlc] on Kotaku
All the tracks from Megadeth’s iconic 1990 album “Rust In Peace” will be added to the Rock Band Music Store on Tuesday, Harmonix has announced. The tracks will be available for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii versions of Rock Band.The album is available for…

Dragon Quest VI Remakes Massive DS Success In Japan [Sales Get] on Kotaku
It was a big, big week for the role-playing game in Japan, with the release—and immediate success—of Dragon Quest VI for the Nintendo DS and, to a lesser degree, Sega’s latest effort End of Eternity. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi…

Play The Who’s Super Bowl Jam Right After They Do [Super Bowl XLIV] on Kotaku
Classic rockers The Who have put together a very special performance for the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIV, and Harmonix has put together a very special download of that performance, available for download as soon as the game ends. MTV Games and…

Sega Offers Reasons Iron Man 2 Won’t Be Dreadful [Preview] on Kotaku
Sega’s Iron Man: The Movie video game was not a well-reviewed piece of interactive entertainment. When someone from Sega show you the sequel, they admit this. In theory it should be easy to explain how Iron Man 2 is better. I saw Iron Man 2: The…

The Games You Won’t Sell, The Games You Can’t Sell [News Analysis] on Kotaku
Buy a game. Play it. Decide whether to keep it or sell it back. That’s the current cycle of a gamer’s gaming life. In the near future, that third choice may evaporate. You may soon never sell a game again. Two events this week, one of them involving…


BioShock, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, and more.

Posted: January 22nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Indie studio reveals cancelled, finger-powered Natal game on Ars Technica
Many developers have been hard at work cooking up ideas for Microsoft’s ambitious Project Natal ever since the peripheral was announced at last year’s E3. But aside from Lionhead Studios’ Milo & Kate, we’ve seen very little of what we can expect…

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Windows Mobile 7 rumors coalesce around Q4 launch, MWC announcement on Engadget
While DigiTimes isn’t our go-to source for all things Microsoft, the Taiwanese tattler does have its finger on the pulse of the Taiwanese / Chinese manufacturing juggernaut. As such, we expect it to be privy to information related to HTC, Acer, and…

Scene it? Bright Lights! Big Screen! for Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 | Game review on Film | guardian.co.uk
Xbox 360/Wii/PS3; £29.99; cert 12+; Warner Bros InteractiveIf the third instalment of the Scene It? series were actually a film, it would be a straight-to-DVD, B-movie affair. Bright Lights! Big Screen! lacks some of the glitz and glamour that its…

News: PlayStation 3 tops 3 million UK sales on Eurogamer
Most of them sold in the last six months. The PlayStation 3 has now sold over 3 million units here in the UK. That means there’s been a significant…

News: Splinter Cell Conviction coming in April on Eurogamer
Not delayed for too long, then. Delayed sneak-’em-up Splinter Cell Conviction has reappeared on the radar with an April 2010 date. The PC and Xbox 360…

News: Batman not so popular in Japan charts on Eurogamer
PSPgo also struggles to make an impact. Batman: Arkham Asylum got off to a bad start in Japan this week, managing to enter the chart at 23rd on PS3 and 42nd on Xbox…

News: Samurai Showdown Sen here in spring on Eurogamer
SNK’s weapon-based fighter for 360. Rising Star Games has plucked the European rights to Samurai Shodown Sen and plans to release the Xbox 360 fighting game over here in…

News: Tiger Woods 11/Online this summer on Eurogamer
EA stands by its man. EA has decided to stick with Tiger Woods, announcing a new PGA Tour 11 game for release this summer. The game is in development…

News: Rockstar denies San Diego accusations on Eurogamer
Blames them on anonymous ex-employees. Rockstar has finally responded to accusations about working conditions at its San Diego studio, which is producing Red Dead…

Review: Xbox Indie Games Roundup on Eurogamer
Homebrewing up. The Xbox Live Indie Games channel is now over a year old, and more than 700 games have made their nests amongst its nurturing branches. While it would be nice to say that the service has…

Four short links: 22 January 2010 on Latest Adobe News
notmuch — commandline tagging and fast search for a mailbox, regardless of which mail client you use. Processing for Android — pre-release versions of a Processing for Android devices. Mobile visual programming makes for interesting possibilities….


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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Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, Left 4 Dead, and more.

Posted: January 9th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Can Sports Video Games Win One for the Little Guys? [Stick Jockey] on Kotaku
Of the independent games available on Xbox Live, a sports title is currently the No. 1 downloaded title and another is the No. 2-rated game, across all offerings. But sports is far from the service’s dominant genre. The action and adventure, puzzle…

Weekend Coupons: Winter Games [Dealtaku] on Kotaku
Retail’s harvest season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any more discounts and values to be had. There just aren’t as many, that’s all. Hardware: • Want a Wii? Don’t pay full price. Dell Small Business has got it for $184….

Kotaku Originals: On Topic [Original] on Kotaku
This week saw the debut of Kotaku’s overnight off-topic discussion, aka Our Excuse to Talk About S—t Like the A-Team. Crecente and McWhertor in Vegas still helped keep the rest of the site on-topic for original coverage this past week. Kotaku…


Tekken 6, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Banjo-Kazooie, and more.

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

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Xbox LIVE 4000 Points $42, Xbox Live 12 Month Gold Subscription Card $35 on SlickDeals.net

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Added to Games on Demand on 1UP RSS feed
Microsoft has announced that Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts — one of the most underrated games in years, if you ask us — is now available for convenient download through the Xbox Live Games on Demand service for $19.99. If you never got around to it…

Dark Void Demo Coming This Week on 1UP RSS feed
One of 2009’s delay casualties, Dark Void is nearing release, and a demo is planned for potential players to try it out for themselves. The demo is due out tomorrow for Xbox Live, and Thursday for the PlayStation Network. The taste of the game will…

Tekken 6 Limited Edition Bundle for Xbox 360 @ Amazon–Was 149.99/ Now 67.00 w/ FS–PS3 Bundle 77.04 w/ FS on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 5 Posted By: mamamoss Views: 899 Replies: 0 Tekken 6 Bundle*PS3 limited edition bundle- 77.04 w/ FS*Key Game Features: Select from among the largest character roster in the Tekken series, including familiar faces as well as brand-new…

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Strap On Your Jet Pack For The Dark Void Demo [Demo] on Kotaku
Capcom is releasing a demo for Dark Void on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live this week, giving players an early taste of what awaits them on the other side come January 19th. The demo, available tomorrow on Xbox Live and Thursday on PSN,…


Tekken 6 and more.

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

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Shigeru Miyamoto thinks of leaving NintendoTehSkeen – Nintendo Wii GameCube NDS Playstation 3 XBOX 360 Scene News Site on “cool” via Recommendations in Google Reader
Some unconfirmed news via www.wiisos.com that Shigeru Miyamoto, game designer and developer of Nintendo, one of the most prestigious developers known today, famous for being the creator of Super Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and other famous Nintendo…

Will good come from the huge piracy of Modern Warfare 2? on VentureBeat
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has broken records for game sales. So it’s only natural that it’s also the most-pirated game of 2009, according to downloads measured by TorrentFreak. Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated…


Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, The Sims, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Mass Effect 2 for Xbox 360 with $10 credit preorders for $57 + free shipping on dealnews – 20 most recent deals.
Amazon.com offers preorders of Mass Effect 2 for Xbox 360 for $56.99. When it ships, a $10 credit will be added to your account for use on a future video game purchase from Amazon.com. With free shipping, that’s $1 less than the best total price we…

British man jailed for 7 years escapes prison, updates Facebook status while on the run on Download Squad
Filed under: Internet, Social SoftwareOnly in England, I tell you! An escaped prisoner — jailed for seven years for aggravated burglary — escaped the confines of his jail back in September. He’s been updating his Facebook page on a regular…

NBA 2K10 for PS3 & Xbox 360 for $39.99 at Target on Fatwallet.com Hot Deals
Rating: 3 Posted By: Saimailo Views: 889 Replies: 2 It was on targets ad starting sunday that NBA 2k10 for xbox360 and ps3 is on sale for $39.99 in store and online. I don’t have any code for free shipping so it would be wiser to pick up in store…

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
Today’s Dealz is beefier than beef stew, with tons of fresh post-Christmas savings on laptops, TVs, and games galore. Check out Hobomodo for a free pass to 24 Hour Fitness, so you too can get beefier than beef stew. Top Deals: • 14.1″ HP Pavilion…


Tekken 6 and more.

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

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Halo 3, Left 4 Dead, Madden NFL, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

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