Posted: March 2nd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Bejeweled, BioShock, Tetris, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“TiVo may have invented time-shifting, but the past few years haven’t been kind to this company unsure how to cut a profit. Then, someone inside TiVo HQ must have realized, oh right, INNOVATION! That’s the ticket! What You Need to Know • The …” |
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“Namco Bandai announced today that it will release Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom in North America this summer, allaying fears that you’d never see the game formerly known as Majin: The Fallen Realm on these shores. Whew! Announced last summer at…” |
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“You play a game on Facebook. I’ll play one on Xbox 360. Our winnings will contribute to the same side of a virtual reenactment of World War I. Behold, the first Facebook-360 gaming link, launching this week. More are coming. So far only about…” |
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“While video game sales dropped 8 percent in 2009, the time spent playing online video games has gone up by 10 percent. Market researcher NPD Group said that the average number of hours spent on online gaming has risen for the third consecutive…” |
| “The upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction is exclusive to Xbox 360 and PC, thanks to a deal reached with Microsoft says Ubisoft’s Max Beland. <br /> <br />The Ubi Montreal dev has seen no work on a PS3 version, but future titles aren’t…” |
| “The game chronicles the villainous P.B. Winterbottoms quest as he swipes pies using his extraordinary time-bending abilities to cooperate with, compete against, and disrupt his past, present, and future selves. Set in a macabre and comical silent…” |
| “Teaser Trailer with gameplay snippets for Blacklight: Tango Down.” |
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| “In retrospect, I think the biggest issue I had with MLB 2K9 wasn’t that it was a broken product, but 2K Sports as a company felt it was strong enough to ask people to spend money on it. In turn they lost the faith of their fans and their product…” |
| “Blur is not the same game it was nine months ago. When I saw the game at E3 last June, it was easy to understand the potential of the action-racer, and nod approvingly to the various planned (but not completely demonstrated) features in the game –…” |
| “Lately, folks have been talking a bit about HDMI. HDMI is a special type of connection designed to deliver digital content from one device to another audio or video device through a single connection. That content can be standard definition (SD) or…” |
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““Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho It’s home from work we go . . . ” A familiar song from your youth? That’s right, "Heigh Ho" is a song sung by the seven dwarfs in the 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as they come home…” |
Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Army of Two, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Burnout, Burnout 3: Takedown, Cyberball, Final Fantasy XIII, Gauntlet, Joust, Lumines, Madden NFL, Madden NFL 09, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, Need for Speed: Carbon, Need for Speed: ProStreet, Paperboy, Smash TV, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tapper, Tetris, The Simpsons Game, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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| “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,…” |
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“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….” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
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“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…” |
Posted: January 20th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Hexic, Tetris, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“Though it was created more than 25 years ago, Tetris just keeps breaking records in the game industry. Today, the owners of the game announced that Tetris has sold more than 100 million units on mobile phones since 2005. The games have sold for…” |
| “Microsoft’s own branded smartphone may soon be upon us, at least according to one analyst. “We expect Microsoft to debut its long-rumored ‘Pink’ phone within the next two months,” Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert wrote in a Jan. 19 research…” |
| “ Content: DEATH BY CUBE Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: DEATH BY CUBE is an exhilarating action game in which you must take out endless hordes of enemies, while avoiding…” |
Posted: December 18th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Army of Two, Diner Dash, Guitar Hero World Tour, NBA Live series, Tetris, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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| “Guitar Hero World Tour XBOX 360 $15.01 Amazon ” |
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“Apparently pleased with the success being enjoyed by Final Fantasy VII since its release on the PlayStation Store in June, Square Enix has released Final Fantasy VIII on the PlayStation Network for $9.99. As a PSone Classic, you can download and play…” |
| “Buy.com has the Tritton AX 180 Universal Gaming Headset for $50 with free shipping. Works for botht he XBox 360, Playstation 3, PC, and the iPhone. The mic is detachable so you don’t always have it in your way when you’re not using it. [Compare]” |
Posted: December 11th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Burnout Paradise, Dragon Age: Origins, Final Fantasy XIII, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Halo 3, Left 4 Dead, Madden NFL, NBA Live series, Resident Evil 5, Skate 2, Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, Tetris, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Bigs, The Sims, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“By Tim Conneally, Betanews After Sony debuted the slimmer, cheaper PlayStation 3 in September, the formerly “too expensive” home video game console enjoyed an explosion in sales. At the $299 price point, it quickly went from the slowest-selling…” |
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“Xbox 360 owners will get a rare opportunity to play a manic top-down shoot ‘em up next month with the release of Shoot 1UP, a shmup with all the bullet-hell trimmings mixed with a clever mechanic. The self-described “manic-yet-playable shooter” is…” |
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“There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? I wasn’t able to do a dump (not that kind) last week, because Brian Crecente was on vacation and I was doing the Day…” |
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“Square Enix has revealed its plans to drain even more hard-earned yen from the Final Fantasy fanatic, announcing the official Final Fantasy XIII original soundtrack. It comes in two pricey flavors, one more deluxe and limited than the other. The…” |
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“Violent in a way that would displease the genteel and the members of an Australian ratings board, Aliens Vs. Predator is all about stabbing heads and bursting chests. Not surprisingly, this game’s playable Alien is no diplomat. Kotaku has witnessed…” |
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“While Gearbox Software has been busy readying at least two batches of downloadable content for shooter-RPG Borderlands, it’s also gotten around to addressing many of the game’s long-standing quirks, bugs and sources of player frustration. Perhaps…” |
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“The most popular story on the New York Times website chronicles the tale of a couple doing something I don’t think I could do. This is one brave couple that you can read about on the Times. They have canceled their cable service. They have decided…” |
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“After months of so-so weekly sales in Japan, the Wii returns to the top of the country’s hardware sales charts, its best weekly tally since the release of Monster Hunter 3. Thank New Super Mario Bros. Wii for that! Japanese Wii sales more than…” |
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“The Dante’s Inferno Gates of Hell demo is now available for download on the PlayStation Network. Here’s a glimpse of what Xbox 360 owners will be missing until the 24th. Yes, I tend to harp on the fact that Xbox 360 owners have to wait two weeks for…” |
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“On Wednesday, EA CEO John Riccitiello provided evidence — in chart form — that his company published the most well-reviewed games of 2009. Wanting to test his assertions, I dug into the data and found some surprises. The EA chart was…” |
Posted: November 9th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: NBA Live series, Tetris, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“In recent years, as EA Sports’ FIFA series has gone from strength to strength, the once-mighty Pro Evolution Soccer has slipped, unable to keep pace in the current generation. Is now the time for Konami to stage a comeback? I’m pleased to say that,…” |
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“Looks like we spoke too soon. Right after we posted this week’s Xbox Live Arcade offering, Tecmo slips out a press release announcing a Wednesday release for arcade baller NBA Unrivaled. Announced back in June of this year, NBA Unrivaled is Tecmo’s…” |
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“Update: Major Nelson has just confirmed that 0D Beat Drop will be joined by both NBA Unrivaled and Encleverment Experiement. Word has come down from on high, and this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release is none other than 0D Beat Drop. What’s that,…” |
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“Alas, the troubled tale of the Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter has reached a conclusion, albeit not the exact conclusion many (including Microsoft, no doubt) would have hoped. Nearly two months after first being caught in the public spotlight…” |
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“Wizards of the Coast has announced that PC and PS3 gamers have more to look forward to than just Magic: The Gathering Tactics. In spring 2010, Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers will hit PCs, followed by a PS3 version in the fall….” |
Posted: October 14th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Madden NFL, Tetris, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“Today EA announces Madden NFL Arcade, a downloadable, pick-up-and-play, 5-on-5 football game for those of us who get dizzy looking at all of those X’s and O’s. I’m one of those Madden players who picks up the game every year, beats the pants off of…” |
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“LucasArts’ out-of-left-field Lucidity forgoes the publisher’s usual reliance on the Force and fedoras in favor of a little girl who loves her Nana. As Sofi, players are unleashed into a storybook-like, side-scrolling dream-scape evocative of the…” |
Posted: September 23rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, BioShock, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Pac-Man, Team Fortress 2, Tetris, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“Late summer blockbuster Batman: Arkham Asylum receives another dose of free DLC with the “Prey in the Darkness” map pack tomorrow on Xbox 360 and PS3. The “Heart of Darkness” map will have Bats battling baddies at the Arkham Pumping Station, while…” |
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“Wednesdays are always tough, hopefully today’s deals make it more bearable. The Dell Poweredge would be great for a home server. Be sure to check out the Coldstone hobomodo— while it’s no Bi-Rite Creamery, it benefits an amazing cause. Top…” |
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“Topping our list of anticipated Xbox Live Arcade games but still off too many radars elsewhere, Offworld returns from a day at Scotland-based Denki with a behind the scenes look at the making of their upcoming word-battler Quarrel (above), from its…” |
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“Late summer blockbuster Batman: Arkham Asylum receives another dose of free DLC with the “Prey in the Darkness” map pack tomorrow on Xbox 360 and PS3. The “Heart of Darkness” map will have Bats battling baddies at the Arkham Pumping Station, while…” |
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“Guilty Gear creators Arc System Works achieved some enjoyable level of success with a new fighting game property, BlazBlue. One of the loudest complaints was the comparatively slim roster. Good news about that, courtesy of the newest issue of…” |
Posted: September 22nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Left 4 Dead, Tetris, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace | No Comments »
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| “SAN MATEO, CA – September 22, 2009 – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Spyborgs™ has shipped to retail exclusively for Wii™. Spyborgs, Capcom’s hottest new thrill ride, combines an…” |
| “At the end of August, Microsoft confirmed what we’ve known for months: the 120GB XBox 360 Elite would be seeing a price drop to $300. Sure, the new system won’t include high-definition cables of any kind, but what’s the price of an HDMI cable between…” |
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“With the launch of Retro Remakes on Offworld, we started a straw poll to ask: what’s the one remake you’d most like to see appear on consoles or handhelds, with the results to be tabulated and published at the end of the week. We also read the latest…” |
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“A patch went out today for Left 4 Dead that adds improvements to the HUD when you play as a zombie in versus mode. Speculation also is that it lays the foundation for the upcoming Crash Course campaign. The most notable content addition is a timer in…” |
Posted: September 11th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Ninja Gaiden, Tales of Vesperia, Tekken 6, Tetris | No Comments »
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| “LucasArts has revealed the existence of a new original game for both PCs and the Xbox 360, titled Lucidity. According to an episode of GameTrailers TV, during which the title’s existence was officially announced, Lucidity is a puzzle platform game,…” |
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“PlayStation fans in Japan lined up to get their hands on the newer, slimmer, cheaper PS3. Over 150,000 of them invested in the revised PlayStation 3, leading to a giant red slice of Sony dominance at home. That’s a considerable change from the…” |
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