Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Final Fantasy XIII, Sonic the Hedgehog, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: Hey Facebook, What’s With All The Spam? Were you asking me if I like egg nog? You weren’t, but yeah, I do. The store-bought kind. My mother-in-law made me some once and it had vodka (I think) in it. Vodka? Something…” |
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“New Super Mario Bros. Wii continues its strong sales performance in Japan, moving the Wii game well past the million mark with another 431,000 copies sold. You know, maybe Nintendo should make *more* Mario games! Sure, New Super Mario Bros. Wii’s…” |
| “Wii 135,898 PS3 75,086 PSP 71,885 DSi 68,184 DSi LL 58,006 DS Lite 11,376 Xbox 360 10,646 PSP go 3,077 PS2 2,463 Link” |
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“Combining its gamer news site with a social network, Crispy Gamer Media said it has acquired GamerDNA for an undisclosed sum. Cambridge, Mass.-based GamerDNA was founded in 2008, and it raised $3 million in venture capital from Flybridge Capital…” |
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“ Guitar Hero Store Coupon Codes” |
Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Devil May Cry 4, Gears of War, Smash TV, Sonic the Hedgehog, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace | No Comments »
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“Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live Marketplace content schedule for December and it’s a real doozy. The Deals of the Week — usually a haven for long-forgotten or unwanted DLC — are actually real deals this month. In particular, Shadow Complex…” |
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“Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan last week, giving the console its biggest first-week software sales in the country to date, more than 950,000 copies sold, according to Media Create. That puts it ahead of Super Smash Bros. Brawl,…” |
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“Gearbox Software pumps out Borderlands’ second batch of downloadable content later this month (for the Xbox 360 at least), announcing Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot. What do you get for your ten bucks? According to official word, Mad Moxxi’s Underdome…” |
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“Microsoft details the next few weeks’ worth of Xbox Live Arcade, Deals of the Week, Avatar items, and Games on Demand, with twelve days of special holiday deals kicking off on December 18th. Microsoft generally isn’t the habit of laying out several…” |
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“Early access to the demo was just the beginning, as Visceral Games announces the Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition, a PlayStation 3 exclusive version of the game packed with extra content at no additional cost. The Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition is the…” |
Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Dark Sector, Final Fantasy XI, Street Fighter IV, Viva Piñata, Winning Eleven | No Comments »
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“[GAME Watch] Japan’s infatuation with quaint, puzzle-filled villages has yet to wane. The second Professor Layton trilogy has started off on a positive note, with Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute topping the Media Create sales charts. The…” |
| “Japanese publisher Marvelous just uploaded a quite lengthy and quite new trailer for the Xbox 360 and PS3 port of No More Heroes. It’s all in Japanese, but it speaks the universal languages of crazy bosses and near-naked-babe quite well. Aside from…” |
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“[Comic-Con mockup; see retail box on Flickr] Tatsunoko vs. Capcom proves that the Wii is a perfectly capable platform for fighting games — except that it doesn’t have a high-quality arcade stick. If these box images found on MadCatz staffer Mark…” |
| “Rating: 4 Posted By: dokedoke Views: 113 Replies: 2 Starting Sunday Dec. 6th, Best Buy will have a combo package of a 42″ Panasonic 600hz Plasma TV, Xbox 360 Elite (120gb hd), 2 games, and the new game Avatar all for only 699. The total savings…” |
| “Rating: 5 Posted By: choe Views: 889 Replies: 6 PS3WiiXbox 360DS – $19.49Online Coupons” |
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Bayonetta, BioShock, Fight Night Round 4, Left 4 Dead, Mafia II, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Max Payne, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Revolver, Tekken 6, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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“In the fifth and final episode of Tales of Monkey Island, developer Telltale Games raises some uncomfortable questions about pirates, zombies, religion and life after death. Also potentially necrophilia. The story starts off with Guybrush klepto-ing…” |
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“The sheer number of foxy blue alien women in Mass Effect 2 has pushed the limits of the DVD format’s storage capabilities. As a result, BioWare is spreading the Xbox 360 and PC game across two discs. While that won’t mean that much to owners of the…” |
| “PlayStation 3 owners can see what the Bayonetta buzz is about with the North American release of the game’s demo, which joins Call of Duty: Classic in this week’s PlayStation Store update. If they have an Xbox 360, they can also download the Xbox 360…” |
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“Level 5’s latest Professor Layton puzzle-adventure, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue, debuts at the top of Japan’s video game software sales charts, another 300,000 Nintendo DS games added to the series’ impressive sales. Professor Layton and his…” |
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“Originally planned to hit this “winter” then moved to the first half of next year, Rockstar Games’ third Max Payne title won’t hit until August 2010 at the earliest, publisher Take-Two Interactive announced today. The rest of Take-Two’s slate,…” |
Posted: November 26th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Bayonetta, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tekken 6, The Sims, Winning Eleven | No Comments »
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| “To: Luke From: Crecente I know the concept of roasting a mostly-flightless, absurdly fat bird and eating it to celebrate the survival of a winter in a strange land, is a foreign concept to just about anyone who isn’t from North America. But that’s…” |
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“After being kicked around by Bayonetta and a pair of soccer sims from Sega and Konami, Nintendo’s Pokemon double team of Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver return to the top of Japan’s video game charts. This week’s tally from sales tracker Media…” |
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“This chart of TiVo’s slipping subscriber numbers may be surprising, seeing as TiVo is the television recording device (and it’s so good), but it’s something we’ve seen coming for a while. We love you TiVo, but you’re fast becoming obsolete. The…” |
Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Dynasty Warriors, Dynasty Warriors 6, Fallout 3, Forza Motorsport, Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto IV, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour, Halo 3, Left 4 Dead, Madden NFL, Tekken 6, The Sims, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live | No Comments »
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| “GCHQ to run ad campaign within Xbox Live online games to attract 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranksGovernment intelligence organisation GCHQ is to run an ad campaign within Xbox Live online games, including Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, to attract…” |
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“How do we feel about the fact that Miley Cyrus dressed as Julia Roberts’ Pretty Woman hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold character for an ’80s party to celebrate her 17th birthday Wednesday night? [Page Six] ANTM winner Nicole Fox had a “secret” meeting…” |
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“GameStop will be opening at 6AM on Black Friday, a good 10 hours before most hardcore gamers normally wake up. The good news is that you can basically just stay up an extra couple hours, make your purchases, and then go home and go to bed. Here’s…” |
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“Since Dragon Ball Kai started to be broadcasted in Japan, it seems like Dragon Ball s becoming superpopular again like in the 90s. This weekend the most advertised video game in Akihabara was Dragon Ball Raging Blast for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360….” |
Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Far Cry 2, Microsoft XNA, Tekken 6, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Winning Eleven | No Comments »
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“Monster Hunter is all about the multiplayer, which is why I think it never really took off on PSP in the US the way that it did in Japan – American PSP owners are just too selfish for the buddy system. Monster Hunter Tri, however, is going for a…” |
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“No More Heroes finds higher resolution with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 port of the original, now known as No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise. What does it look like? Like the Wii version, just a little prettier. Better textures, improved lighting,…” |
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“Last week, Japan’s video gaming populace snatched up enough copies of Konami soccer sim World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 to put it in first place. This week, Sega’s J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J scores. The PSP game kicked its…” |
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“With the three best Indiana Jones movies already tapped in the first LEGO Indiana Jones game and rage over the fourth Indy film still not fully dissipated, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues may be on shaky LEGO bricks. LEGO Indiana Jones…” |
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“Everyone loves Microsoft interactive table, Surface–just check out our list of killer Surface apps to see why. So it’s good news that this week Redmond announced it would be opening up the Surface software developer kit, or SDK, to the public. It…” |
Posted: November 12th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Bayonetta, Guitar Hero World Tour, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Madden NFL, Tekken 6, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“Nintendo’s late September price cut on the Wii in the U.S. had a big impact on October’s sales, making the Wii the bestselling console in the country last month, after being outsold by the PlayStation 3 the previous month. The Wii moved more than a…” |
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“Three ideas popped out to me while attending a series of presentations from top executives in the gaming industry today: Ideas about price, women, mid-cycle relaunches and which games matter most to the bottom line. The following all came from…” |
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“The LEGO video game craftsmen at Traveller’s Tale set their sights on an entirely new genre with LEGO Rock Band, the ultimate block party for the whole family. Like Activision’s recently-released Band Hero, LEGO Rock Band seeks to be the E for…” |
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“Last week’s queen of Japan’s video game sales charts Bayonetta didn’t have the legs to stay on top for very long. Konami’s latest soccer game, World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010, is this week’s new software champ. Sega’s Bayonetta was reduced to an…” |
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“The attention of video game fans has fallen upon Modern Warfare 2, a modern combat game which is on its way to selling more than 10 million units during the holiday season. But those who are fans of awesome hardcore adventure games shouldn’t…” |
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“Microsoft today announced that it has sold in excess of 10 million Xbox 360 consoles throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The company then touts Aaron Greenberg’s favorite chestnut, noting that the Xbox 360 is the only console that has…” |
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“Did you know that there’s a murderer in your house … right now? It’s sitting there on your coffee table, in your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or PC. It’s name is Modern Warfare 2, and it lets your eight-year-old child become a terrorist and kill…” |
| “EA has pushed up the release of its upcoming Madden NFL Arcade downloadable game, just in time for when you’re lounging around in a tryptophan-included daze. Like NHL Arcade 3 on 3 before it, PS3 owners will get early access to the game: it’ll be…” |
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“Xbox owners: You have five days to start thinking of your lives and the lives of others in trivial, 140-character chunks. Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten has told Fast Company that the Dashboard update containing Twitter and Facebook…” |
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“Let’s face it, that Modern Warfare 2 robe and slippers set we offered up yesterday was downright impractical. It’s like, where are you even supposed to hang that stuff when you’re not wearing it, you know? Sheesh.Today, we hope to make amends for our…” |
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“[Update 11/12/09: Well, that didn't take long. Though Microsoft may not have known yesterday, Hard Drive Transfer Kits are back in stock today! As in, right now. So, if you need one, or had been told to "use your own hard drive" you may want to give...” |
| “SAN FRANCISCO: Internet classified ad and auction websites were rife Thursday with Xbox 360 consoles modified to play pirated videogames in the wake of the devices being banned from Microsoft’s online game community.” |
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| “Amazon has Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 (also PS3 and PC) for $60 with free shipping. Includes $20 Amazon video game credit for future purchase. The latest installment brings with it new weapons, action and options, coupled with a…” |
| “Rating: 1 Posted By: forzaINTER Views: 328 Replies: 0 $78.99 shippedlinkOnline Coupons” |
Posted: September 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: Bejeweled, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | No Comments »
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“Rocktober has come a little early to Xbox 360, as EA and Double Fine have made the Brütal Legend demo available for Xbox Live Gold members today. Weighing in at 1.57GB, the playable sneak peek is the same demo made available exclusively for…” |
| “Milthon’s rewards each year the French video games industry. The jury chaired by Philippe ULRICH (creator of the games Dune and Captain Blood) awarded ColorZ as game of the year. It was competing against games like Blood Bowl, Fuel and Cities…” |
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“In its newest incarnation, Konami’s best-selling soccer game Winning Eleven (known as Pro Evolution soccer outside Japan) is as great as ever. I played the Xbox360 version with a friend in two-player mode (but PS3 owners will get to play…” |
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“What do you get when the puzzle game masters at PopCap team up with RPG kings Square Enix for a Puzzle-RPG for Xbox Live Arcade and Steam? Sounds like countless productive hours lost to me. Puzzle Quest showed us that the puzzle game and the RPG…” |
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: F.E.A.R., F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Puzzle Bobble, Soulcalibur, Winning Eleven, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace | No Comments »
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“We knew that an Xbox Live Arcade Bust-a-Move/Puzzle Bobble game was coming — both from an ESRB rating and the fact that the WiiWare version is already out — but today, Taito officially revealed Puzzle Bobble Live for XBLA. It looks identical to the…” |
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“Even if you can’t make it out to Seattle for the Penny Arcade Expo this weekend, you can show some solidarity with the new selection of Penny Arcade gear that’s now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for a buck per shirt. In addition to the…” |
| “Social networking has completely tangled itself into the fabric of our daily lives, and though Facebook is still de rigueur, people with specific interests and advertisers who want to reach those people are becoming more the norm. For an advertiser,…” |
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“No new Japanese video game release can topple the Nintendo DS powerhouse that is Tomodachi Collection, the Mii collecting game that sits, once again, atop the weekly Media Create sales chart. It’s certainly not for a lack of new releases… Games…” |
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