The Beatles: Rock Band, Perfect Dark Zero, Xbox Live, and more.

Posted: March 17th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , | No Comments »

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Arcade: Perfect Dark Zero on Xbox Live’s Major Nelson
  Content: Perfect Dark Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Japan and Korea Dash Text: (ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Buy the full version of Perfect…

Skate 3 rolling out May 11 on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
EA Black Box returns with team-oriented skateboarding sim in two months on Xbox 360 and PS3.


Xbox Live Arcade, The Beatles: Rock Band, Dragon Age: Origins, and more.

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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XBLA Perfect Dark Multiplayer Features GoldenEye Weapons, Levels [Xbox 360] on Kotaku
In March, an hi-def port of Perfect Dark will be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The port will feature much more than tarted up graphics. Ken Lobb from Microsoft Game Studios has told Kotaku that players can use weapons from Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye…

Uncharted 2 Wins Just About Everything At The 13th AIAS Awards [Dice10] on Kotaku
The last of the backs have been patted and the last of the glasses “chinged” over at the 13th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, otherwise known as the “serious awards” for the video game industry. As you’re about to see, next year will be known…

Alan Wake Used To Be An Open-World Game [Dice 2010] on Kotaku
In another sign that maybe it’s time for developers to stop aggressively chasing the Grand Theft Auto style of game, Matias Myllyrinne, managing director of Remedy Entertainment, revealed today this his team’s game, Alan Wake, used to be, mistakenly,…

These Are The Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII Shots You Were Looking For [Square Enix] on Kotaku
Last week, Square Enix released new screen shots of Final Fantasy XIII in both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 flavors, sparking a bit of console-centered controversy, due to their clearly doctored nature. Now we’re getting a proper comparison. The…

Vicious Cycle’s Vicious Engine 2 to Support Wii, PS2, and PSP Platforms on GameDev.Net
Vicious Cycle Software, a premier developer of interactive entertainment and game development technology, today announced that support for the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation2, and PSP (PlayStationPortable) platforms is coming to Vicious Engine 2 (Ve2) in…


Left 4 Dead, Battlefield: Bad Company, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.

Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Final Fantasy XIII director comments on linearity, early reviews on Joystiq
If you’re an avid follower of pre-release review scores for super anticipated titles, you’ve probably noticed the scattershot scores garnered by Final Fantasy XIII. Most critics’ biggest complaint with the game is its linearity — a qualm which the…

BAFTA video game award nominees announced on Joystiq
The BAFTA awards represent a rare opportunity to get the thrill of watching your favorite high-profile games rack up more plaudits long after the end of the year. They also represent the opinions of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts,…

Amazon US/UK/Japan – top 10 best-sellers of the week on GoNintendo
Top 10 Bestsellers in Video Games amazon.com U.S. Current Rank / [Previous] / Title / (System) / Company 1. [na] Walk It Out (Wii) – Konami 2. [2] Just Dance (Wii) – Ubisoft 3. [9] Heavy Rain (PS3) – Sony 4. [na] The Beatles: Rock Band software…

Disney*Pixar’s Toy Story 3 hitting Wii, DS on GoNintendo
BURBANK, Calif., Feb 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Disney Interactive Studios today officially announced development of Toy Story 3: The Video Game, supporting all major platforms and featuring a fun, new way to enjoy the Toy Story universe….


Rock Band 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, Street Fighter IV, and more.

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

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MTV Games, hmv and Seatwave Team Up For Exclusive UK The Beatles: Rock Band Promotion on GoNintendo
Guildford, UK, 12 February, 2010 – MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), announced today it has partnered with hmv, one of Europe’s leading specialist retailers of music, DVDs and computer games, and Seatwave,…

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom – review on GoNintendo
A portion of a Kombo review… There’s a lot to like about Tatsunoko vs Capcom, but it could have been improved with some extra polish and a better explanation of the Tatsunoko character’s backstories. The more you like the various…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii vs. Modern Warfare 2: the winner? on Ars Technica
Back in November, Nintendo of America’s President Reggie Fils-Aime was feeling his oats, and bragged that Nintendo could outsell Modern Warfare 2 with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The one caveat? It had to be sales on a single system. How confident…

Infineon DRM/encryption chip succumbs to physical attack on Ars Technica
Security researcher Christopher Tarnovsky has successfully subverted an Infineon SLE 66 microcontroller—a hardware component that implements the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) specification. His method of attack, which requires physical access…


Final Fantasy XIII, Max Payne, The Beatles: Rock Band, and more.

Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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First Screens Of Left 4 Dead 2’s "The Passing," New Infected, New Weapons [Screens] on Kotaku
Valve released new details on the first downloadable add-on for Left 4 Dead 2 today at Microsoft’s X10 event, explaining how “The Passing” will handle the meet up with the original Left 4 Dead survivors. Now, let’s have some media. These ten new…

Left 4 Dead 2’s "The Passing" Coming March, Followed By Comic, More L4D DLC [X10] on Kotaku
Valve is showing the first downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead 2, “The Passing,” at today’s X10 event. The new campaign is now aiming for a March release, the start of new content for the zombie apocalypse shooter. In “The Passing,” players…

360 Scores The Only Final Fantasy XIII Bundle Outside Of Japan [X10] on Kotaku
Microsoft confirms the March 9th release of a Final Fantasy XIII 250GB Xbox 360 bundle, noting that it’s the only console outside of Japan to come bundled with the game. At the X10 event in San Francisco today, the company revealed that the rumored…

Exclusive Dead Rising 2 Prologue Coming To Xbox Live [X10] on Kotaku
Xbox 360 owners’ wait for Dead Rising 2 just got a bit more tolerable, with the announcement of an exclusive playable prologue, Dead Rising: Case Zero, launching on Xbox Live prior to the game’s release on August 31st. Crecente is embedded at…

Alan Wake Slated For May 18, Looks Good [It's A Date] on Kotaku
The long-in-development Alan Wake, one of the most enigmatic titles in development for the Xbox 360, will finally be released on May 18, Microsoft announced today. Earlier this week, the game’s developers gave Kotaku a live demonstration. It was…

Prototype Developer Radical Cut In Half [Disturbance In The Workforce] on Kotaku
Radical Entertainment, developer of Prototype and The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, has been hit with substantial layoffs today, according to development sources close to the Vancouver-based studio. Approximately 90-plus employees have been…

We’re At X10, In The Shadow Of Apple? [X10] on Kotaku
Fable III is at X10. Alan Wake is at X10. Bungie is at X10, presumably with you-know-what. And so too is Kotaku. Brian Crecente has just hustled himself into Microsoft’s big 2010 gaming showcase out in San Francisco. He shot me over some photos and…

Scenes From Samurai Shodown Sen [Screens] on Kotaku
So Samurai Shodown Sen is coming to the North American Xbox 360 this spring, courtesy of XSEED. What’s that going to look like? Pretty lifeless, if you ask me. It’s a problem that crops up whenever classic 2D characters are rendered in 3D, though…

Married By Master Chief, One Year Later [Halo] on Kotaku
A year ago, I attended a Halo wedding. It was in Orlando. The bride entered to a live rendition of the Halo 3 menu music. A man dressed as Master Chief married bride and groom. Here’s what happened next. A year past their wedding, Desirai Labrada and…

If All You Need Is Love, Then You’re In Luck [Harmonix] on Kotaku
The Beatles’ classic “All You Need is Love,” once exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of The Beatles: Rock Band, is finally making its way to the PlayStation 3 and Wii, with its charitable intentions intact. Released for the Xbox 360 in September of…

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The Beatles: Rock Band, Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and more.

Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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“All You Need is Love” Coming to Beatles: Rock Band on Wii, PS3 on 1UP RSS feed
Xbox 360 owners have had plenty of alone time with the Microsoft-exclusive, charity-benefitting “All You Need is Love” DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, but it’s about time PlayStation 3 and Wii users had a crack at it. Harmonix announced this morning…

Koolance Unleashes CPU-360 Water Block on VR-Zone Articles
Koolance CPU-360Koolance, worldwide leader in complete PC liquid cooling solutions, has unveiled the CPU-360 water block, targeting hardcore enthusiasts. Read more…

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Facebook’s Happy Aquarium Might Be Moving to Microsoft [RUMOR] on Mashable!
Microsoft is in talks to buy CrowdStar, a company that makes games for Facebook. CrowdStar’s biggest game is Happy Aquarium, which boasts more than 26 million active monthly users. Bloomberg’s sources say that Happy Aquarium is valued at…


Batman: Arkham Asylum, Full Spectrum Warrior, The Beatles: Rock Band, and more.

Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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Report: Microsoft turned down US Army’s order of Xbox 360 systems on Joystiq
The US Army once considered purchasing a large number of Xbox 360 systems from Microsoft. Computers of equal caliber can cost around $1000 each, but an Xbox 360 starts at only $200 — quite a considerable cost saving. The consoles could be used as…

The Beatles: Rock Band DLC ‘All You Need is Love’ coming to PS3, Wii on Joystiq
The Beatles: Rock Band single “All You Need is Love” will bounce on trampolines over to Wii and PS3 on February 16 and March 4, respectively. The song was initially released exclusively on Xbox 360, with proceeds from purchases going to Doctors…


Xbox Live Arcade, The Beatles: Rock Band, Madden NFL, and more.

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

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Sega reveals 2D Sonic the Hedgehog 4, coming this summer on Ars Technica
Sega has finally taken the wraps off of the not-so-mysterious Project Needlemouse, and it turns out it’s just what everyone was hoping for: a return to classic 2D Sonic the Hedgehog gameplay. The game will officially be known as Sonic the Hedgehog 4:…

Sonic 4 confirmed, 2D game arrives this summer on WiiWare, PSN, Xbox Live Arcade on Infendo – Nintendo blog
Sega must read Infendo. That’s all there is to it. A 2D Sonic, downloadable via WiiWare, Xbox Live and PSN, will arrive this summer. Called Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, it looks to be an episodic take on the classic, if not slightly…

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Spawn HD-720 allows console games to be played from a network-connected computer on Coolest Gadgets
Spawn Labs has put out a new device called the HD-720, a device that can give a gamer the ability to play their Xbox 360, Xbox, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, and Gamecube console video games (no support for Wii, apparently) from a network-connected…


The Beatles: Rock Band and more.

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

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Nier will be here April 27 on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Square Enix and Cavia’s M-rated, blood-soaked action RPG arrives for the Xbox 360, PS3 in North America this spring.


Army of Two, The Beatles: Rock Band, Madden NFL, and more.

Posted: January 30th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Bungie Definitively Shuts Down Halo: Reach/Natal Speculation [Rumor Smash] on Kotaku
Rumors that Halo: Reach might be Natal-enabled were close to flatlining of late, but the subject never got a flat-out “no.” Well, now it has. The studio says emphatically that it is not a Natal title.That’s the newsy news out of a fun-filled…

Weekend Coupons: Spread the Savings [Dealtaku] on Kotaku
No real theme to this week’s deals, but that means there’s a wide array of cheap stuff being offered out there – some of it meh, most of it good.Hardware • 360 console update: Best Buy has the Elite with free Madden NFL and an extra controller ($76…