Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy XIII, Winning Eleven, and more.

Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

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How About That 2011? [Note] on Kotaku
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…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Holds Onto #1 In Japan [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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…

Japanese hardware sales – Dec. 7th to 13th on GoNintendo
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

Crispy Gamer Media buys gamer social network GamerDNA on VentureBeat
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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Xbox Live Arcade, Winning Eleven, Gears of War, and more.

Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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XBLM December deals: Cheap Shadow Complex, Maw on Joystiq
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…

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Leads The New Of The New [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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,…

Borderlands Expands Again With Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot [Update] [Gearbox Software] on Kotaku
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…

Xbox Live’s Holiday Plans [Happy Holidays] on Kotaku
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…

PS3 Scores Exclusive Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition [PS3 Exclusive] on Kotaku
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…


Dark Sector, Viva Piñata, Final Fantasy XI, and more.

Posted: December 4th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute plays successfully in Japan on Joystiq
[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…

No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise footage is light on gameplay, heavy on badassery on Joystiq
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…

Rumor: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom FightStick, game bundle on the way on Joystiq
[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…

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Tekken 6, Mafia II, Red Dead Revolver, and more.

Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Tales of Monkey Island: Rise of the Pirate God Raises Questions [Impressions] on Kotaku
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…

Mass Effect 2 Expands To 2 Discs, Sometimes 3 [Bioware] on Kotaku
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 Store Update: Finite Climax Action [North America] on Kotaku
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…

Professor Layton Schools Competitors On Sales, Nintendo Conquers Chart [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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…

Take-Two Delays Max Payne 3 Again, Blames Baseball For Bad Quarter [Delay Of Game] on Kotaku
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,…


Bayonetta, The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more.

Posted: November 26th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Turkey Day [Note] on Kotaku
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…

Pokemon Sales Super Effective Against Zombies In Japan [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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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You Don’t Need a TiVo Anymore [Rant] on Gizmodo
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…


Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Dynasty Warriors, Winning Eleven, and more.

Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Spy agency targets Xbox Live recruits on The Guardian World News
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…

Miley Dresses Like A Hooker; Madonna Fears Getting Shot In Brazil [Dirt Bag] on Jezebel
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…

GameStop Black Friday ad on CrunchGear
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…

Dragon Ball Raging Blast on Kirainet.com – A geek in Japan
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….


Far Cry 2, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, and more.

Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

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Monster Hunter Tri Preview: Army of Four [Preview] on Kotaku
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…

First No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise Screens Score A Touchdown [No More Heroes] on Kotaku
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,…

Japan Still Loves Soccer, Favors PlayStation Games [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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…

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review: Nuke The Mini-fig [Review] on Kotaku
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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Microsoft Opens Surface “Interactive Table” SDK for Free on Fast Company
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…


Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Guitar Hero World Tour, and more.

Posted: November 12th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Wii Price Drop Puts Nintendo Back On Top In U.S. [Npd Group] on Kotaku
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…

What The Captains Of The Industry Said Today [Talk] on Kotaku
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…

LEGO Rock Band Review: Redefining The Rock Block [Review] on Kotaku
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…

Konami Kicks Bayonetta Off Top Of Japan’s Game Charts [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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…

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is one of the best video games ever on VentureBeat
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…

Xbox 360 passes 10 million consoles in Europe on Joystiq
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…

Fox & Friends gets ‘fair and balanced’ with Modern Warfare 2 discussion on Joystiq
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…

Madden NFL Arcade rushes towards early Thanksgiving release on Joystiq
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…

Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Nov. 17 on Joystiq
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…

Joyswag: Call of Booty: Prestige Edition on Joystiq
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…

Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit out of stock [Update: back in stock!] on Joystiq
[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...

Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players on nst online
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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Xbox Live Arcade, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, Bejeweled, and more.

Posted: September 24th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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PSA: Brutal Legend demo now on Xbox Live; PSN must wait on Joystiq [Xbox]
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…

ColorZ wins Milthon game of the year award on GoNintendo
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…

Tokyo Game Show: Winning Eleven (Pro Evolution Soccer) 2010 trailer on CrunchGear
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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Square Enix Creates Puzzle RPG With A Bejeweled Twist [Tgs09] on Kotaku
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…


F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Puzzle Bobble, Winning Eleven, and more.

Posted: September 3rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Xbox 360 | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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Puzzle Bobble Live busts a move onto XBLA in Japan on Joystiq
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…

Penny Arcade gear available for your 360 Avatar on Joystiq [Xbox]
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…

Five Incredibly Entertaining Niche Social Networks on Fast Company
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,…

Nintendo Still Sitting Pretty Atop Japanese Game Charts [Sales Get] on Kotaku
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…