BioShock, The Sims, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

PogoPlug Hard Drive Sharing Gadget Now Streams to Xbox and PS3 Across the Cloud [Cloud] on Gizmodo
# cloud Pogoplug, the gadget that puts a hard drive’s content’s online just got a new feature: sharing of media with Xbox 360 and PS3 across the local network or cloud. More »

ChartSpot: February 2010 on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Aliens vs. Predator 360, BioShock 2 PS3 barely miss NPD’s top 10 non-PC game chart; Star Trek Online edged out by Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff atop PC rankings.


Final Fantasy XIII, Doom, The Sims, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Final Fantasy Fans Are Far Too Sensitive About The Xbox 360 [Clips] on Kotaku
# clips At the big Final Fantasy XIII launch at the HMV store in London, fans show their disapproval of the prospect of winning a free Xbox 360 bundle. Really guys? More »

Sims Creator Explains Why Doom Creator "Rocks" [Gdc] on Kotaku
# gdc Will Wright, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind The Sims, took to the stage at last night’s Game Developers Choice Awards to present John Carmack, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man…


Mass Effect, Saints Row, The Sims, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
Some great deals coming down the bargain channel today. Dell’s offered up a full desktop plus an external HDD, Mass Effect 2 and a gift card sweeten the Xbox bundle, and there’s Match.com’s trial for anyone tired of being lonesome. Top Deals: …

News: EA to publish Shank and DeathSpank on Eurogamer
Indie downloadables due this year. EA Partners has signed up DeathSpank and Shank for release on multiple download platforms this year. DeathSpank…


Unreal Tournament 3, Ninja Gaiden, The Sims, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Project Natal makes a Smallville cameo, does not guarantee ability to fly* on Engadget
We didn’t get any more details about Microsoft’s Project Natal add-on for Xbox 360 from the X10 event, but tonight Smallville viewers got to watch someone else whipping their arms and legs around trying to catch imaginary balls flying out of their TV…

Newegg Xbox 360 & Wii Games for $15 or less: Unreal Tournament 3 (Xbox 360) $9, My Sims Party (Wii) $9, Silent Hill: Homecoming (Xbox 360) $10, Dragon Quest Swords (Wii) $10, Ninja Gaiden 2 (Xbox 360) $13 & More on SlickDeals.net

Obsidian Entertainment to Develop Wheel of Time RPG on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
The company that owns the video game and movie rights to Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series Wheel of Time, Red Eagle Games, has just announced a partnership with Obsidian Entertainment with the intent of producing a series of RPGs for the PC, Xbox…

Glitch: Flickr’s Stewart Butterfield Explains His Ambitious Online Game on Mashable!
Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield and five other former Flickr employees are joined by one Digg alum, one games expert and several freelancers in Tiny Speck, a company that’s working on an online game that has a shot at rebooting the…

Resonance of Fate dated on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Sega bringing Tri-Ace’s Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 RPG to North America on March 16.

Obsidian riding Wheel of Time on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Red Eagle Entertainment signs on Fallout: New Vegas studio to lend development aid on Xbox 360, PS3, PC edition of fantasy RPG based on Robert Jordan novels.

Mass Effect 2 takes silver as Jan. sales slip 13% – NPD on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii retains top slot in monthly software chart, Xbox 360 regains edge on PS3 in hardware sales.

$400 FFXIII 250GB Xbox 360 bundle officially official on Gamespot Recent Updates [News]
Microsoft confirms rumors of “special edition” bundle including white console, two controllers, and exclusive avatar items; limited-edition faceplate sold separately.


Gears of War, Battlefield: Bad Company, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Game analysts: hardcore players, gesture controls critical to console market on VentureBeat
At the retailer-focused Game Supply conference today, a panel of game analysts made some interesting forecasts for the year ahead in the game market. Here are some of the key data points they delivered: Nick Williams, (pictured, center) analyst at…

Samurai Shodown Sen Makes It To North America [Game Announce] on Kotaku
Originally slated for release last November as Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny, the 11th game in SNK’s weapons fighting franchise will be released this spring in North America as Samurai Shodown Sen for the Xbox 360. We’ve been wondering about the…

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Impressions: The Tougher Battle [Preview] on Kotaku
If EA wants its upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to begin wresting military first-person shooter dominance away from Modern Warfare, excellence in multiplayer is only one mission objective. How important is the campaign and can it be as…

Alpha Protocol Impressions: Looks Deceive [Preview] on Kotaku
Like the spy agent depicts, the espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol is stealthily approaching its release, now slated for early summer. And it’s still a tricky game to size up. A few observations from a recent demonstration of the game: It…

Frankenreview: Dante’s Inferno [Round-up] on Kotaku
After going through a huge stack of reviews for our Dante’s Inferno Frankenreview, I have determined that this game might have a few things in common with God of War. That, and Dante has no idea how to play Limbo. Is it strange that a game revolving…

10 Years Of Bejeweled, 1,000 Years Of Lost Productivity [Happy Birthday] on Kotaku
PopCap kicks off a ten month long tenth birthday celebration today for Bejeweled, the causal gaming sensation that’s sold more than 50 million units and stifled the productivity of an entire generation. Bejeweled, for those of you who haven’t…

First Library Card [Note] on Kotaku
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Toy Fair That’s Micro-Bash. He’s 1 and a couple months old. And today he got his first library card. His older brother, Mini-Bash, has had a library card for a couple years now and really enjoys going to the library…


Fable II, Far Cry 2, Fable, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Point, click: a review of gesture control technologies on VentureBeat
The first big hit in gesture control technology was the mouse. If you’re too young to have any pre-digital memories, this might seem like an odd claim. My three-year-old is no more mystified by mice and touchpads than she is by building blocks….

Ubisoft hits reduced expectations, announces new Tom Clancy game on VentureBeat
Ubisoft, the big French game company, reported third fiscal quarter results that met reduced expectations for its sales of video games in the busy holiday quarter. Sales for the quarter were 495 million euros, down 2.7 percent from 508 million euros…

Newegg.com – deals today on Hot Deals Club – main index of deals
Seagate 1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive for $90 with coupon EMCYNYX57 Hitachi 1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive for $80, and a $5 Visa Prepaid Card is available by rebate (HD31000). TrendNet Wifi Camera for $90 and a $30 mail-in rebate is available ($60 after…

Dante’s Inferno Review: Big Ideas, Small Problems [Review] on Kotaku
Dante Alighieri, real world 14th-century poet and cavalryman, is re-imagined as a love-struck crusader in this retelling of the poet’s greatest work. Dante’s Inferno, one third of Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, serves as the backdrop for this video…

Frankenreview: BioShock 2 [Round Up] on Kotaku
The only challenge large and powerful enough to take on BioShock 2’s Big Daddy is our large and lumbering BioShock 2 Frankenreview. Return with us to the drowned art deco city of Rapture, a sunken “Utopia” that still soldiers on ten years after the…

Ghost Recon: Future Soldiers Coming to the Wii [Ghost Recon] on Kotaku
A version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldiers, confirmed earlier today by Ubisoft, will be coming to Wii, the company announced today. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that the upcoming shooter will be coming to all platforms when it hits, including…

New BlazBlue Character Coming To Consoles [BlazBlue] on Kotaku
That’s Kanako Kondou, not the character per se, but the actress is lending her voice to the game. Once again. Kondou already voices fighter Noel Vermillion as well as cyborg ν-13 and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift’s cyborg Λ-11. In the console…

The Sims 3 Simming To A Console Near You [The Sims] on Kotaku
The Sims 3 is headed to consoles. And handhelds. What’s surprising here isn’t the fact the game is making the move, but why it’s taken so long. The game is listed as part of EA’s financial results report from earlier today, with the placeholder title…

Ubisoft Unveils New Ghost Recon Title [Ghost Recon] on Kotaku
Ubisoft Paris announced this morning that it’s working on a new entry in the Ghost Recon series, titled Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. And yes, you’ve heard that name before. It’ll feature both singleplayer and multiplayer modes, while the publisher…

Netflix Streaming Goes 1080p, 5.1 [Movies] on Kotaku
AV aficionados looking for a little more shine from their Netflix titles streamed over 360 or PS3 are in luck, as the film rental company announced today plans to beam its movies to your TV in “full” HD. That means a 1080p video signal and 5.1…

Gohastings Used Game Sale: Halo Wars (Xbox 360) $12, Fable II (Xbox 360) $12, Condemned 2 (Xbox 360) $4, Far Cry 2 (Xbox & PS3) $10, Wario Land Shake It (Nintendo Wii) $9, Infamous (PS3) $17 & More on SlickDeals.net


The Sims, Xbox Live Arcade, BioShock, and more.

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

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Netflix to roll out 1080p streaming later this year on TechSpot
Netflix will reportedly add 1080p streaming and 5.1 surround sound to its portfolio later this year — though the initial audience may be slim. The service currently offers 720p streaming when paired with an HD-friendly system, such as the Xbox 360,…

Netflix Streaming Update on 1080p HD, Closed Captions and 5.1 Audio on Hacking NetFlix
CNet reported earlier that Netflix was going to roll out 1080p streaming this year, but Netflix later corrected the report stating that "1080p watch instantly is not on the books for this year." Netflix's Steve Swasey did confirm that…

Sims 3 slowly making its way to consoles later this year on CrunchGear
What’s the big holdup here? Apparently the latest version of real-life simulator, The Sims 3, which came out on PC in June of last year will make its way to consoles, but not until the third quarter of this year. While specific consoles weren’t…

GameTrailers updates on GoNintendo
Blaster Master: Overdrive – Blasting Mastery Gameplay ScrewAttack – Video Game Vault: Spelunker Video Games | ScrewAttack | Video Game Vault: Spelunker XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

NBA Jam – next round of voting, title to see PSN/XBLA release as well? on GoNintendo
First up, you can get in on the next round of player voting. Click here to check out who’s up for the game. Second, could NBA Jam be heading to other platforms after its initial Wii release? 1up seems to think so… Details about…

BioShock 2 : Official BioShock 2 Theme on Game Marketplace – New Arrivals
Submerge your Xbox 360 in Rapture with the Official BioShock 2 Theme. You and your friends will be surrounded by new spaces from the city and vivid artwork from BioShock 2. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see…


The Sims, Unreal Tournament 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and more.

Posted: January 29th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo] on Gizmodo
The Dell Adamo is back at a nice price, Panasonic’s VIERA is a superb choice for an HDTV, and if you’re hankerin’ for some sublime bear and unicorn action then today’s Hobomodo is a must for any iPhone owner. Top Deals: • 13.4″ Dell Adamo Laptop…


Sonic the Hedgehog, Banjo-Kazooie, Halo 3: ODST, and more.

Posted: January 20th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

Sony delays rival to Nintendo’s Wii on The Guardian World News
Japanese electronics firm puts back launch of motion-sensitive games controller for PlayStation 3 by six monthsSony has delayed the launch of its motion-sensitive rival to Nintendo’s highly successful Wii games console by six months and it will not…

MOVIE: Front Mission Evolved (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Square Enix confirmed a Spring 2010 release for Front Mission Evolved today. Check out this new trailer that came along with the announcement.

SCREENSHOT: Front Mission Evolved (Xbox360) on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
The first of its kind in the series, FRONT MISSION EVOLVED is an action-packed Third-Person Shooter and the next instalment in the classic FRONT MISSION franchise. Players will take full control of the Wanzer, a massive humanoid, fully customizable…

NEWS: Square Enix confirms Front Mission Evolved for Spring 2010 on Strategy Informer RSS News Feed
Square Enix confirmed today that Front Mission Evolved, developed by Double Helix Games, will be available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in Spring 2010.<br /><br />The first of its kind in the series, Front Mission Evolved is an…

Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing – character roster thus far on GoNintendo
From Sonic the Hedgehog: * Sonic the Hedgehog * Miles “Tails” Prower * Knuckles the Echidna * Doctor Eggman * Amy Rose * Shadow the Hedgehog * Big the Cat From other Sega properties: * AiAi from Super Monkey Ball * Amigo from Samba de…

Australia in 2009 – top 20 games, Wii and DS sales, software sales on GoNintendo
Top 20 games of 2009 1. Wii Fit (Wii) 2. Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 3. Wii Play (Wii) 4. Mario Kart (Wii) 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Wii) 6. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) 7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (360) 8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (PS3) 9. Wii Cricket…


Halo 3, Assassin’s Creed, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.

Posted: January 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Xbox 360 news from around the web:

ESPN on Xbox 360: A tipping point for cable workarounds? on digg.com: Stories / Gaming / Popular
If the deal comes together, it seems like the type of arrangement that could cause a lot more people to consider dropping their cable service — contributing to a groundswell that should force cable companies to rethink their approach.

Leaked Halo: Reach Beta Boot-Up Clip Introduces “Murder Mode” [Halo: Reach] on Kotaku
Halo: Reach is forthcoming. It will be out later this year. One individual is already leaking beta footage onto the internet. The footage is of the game booting up. There is no game play footage. The screen carries a message which reads: Welcome to…

The Best-Selling Games In Australia For 2009 Were… [Australia] on Kotaku
While we’re still up to our armpits in 2009 flashbacks, we may as well take a look down under, and see what the twenty best-selling games in Australia were last year. These figures were released today by chart trackers GfK, who sadly do not provide…

Some Halo: Reach Screen Shots [Top] on Kotaku
Game retailer EB Games has uploaded the first direct feed Halo: Reach screens onto the game’s product page. Anyone with the most recent issue of Game Informer magazine has seen these screens — not everyone has the latest GI, though! That, and…