by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Treasure Co.'s Ikaruga is a quick-paced Xbox LIVE Arcade shooter with strong strategy elements featuring a slow-motion training mode and co-op play for two, combining of beautiful, manga-style storytelling and refined, ultra-challenging arcade heroics.
by Rainier on April 4, 2008 @ 7:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Activision and Infinity Ward are planning a new offensive with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition and the downloadable Variety Map Pack, offering four new multiplayer maps featuring a variety of locations, coming in at 444mb and setting you back 800 Microsoft points.
by Chris Lawton on April 3, 2008 @ 3:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Become a gold-thirsty ninja battling homicidal robots in the enhanced version of the original game “N,” players take on the persona of a ninja who must use deft acrobatic actions to battle robots in the futuristic world of “N+.” Play as a lone ninja or destroy the robots with a friend in Coop, Survival or Race modes.
by Rainier on April 1, 2008 @ 11:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Army of Two will throw gamers into hot spots ripped from current-day headlines where they will utilize unique TWO man strategies and tactics while seamlessly transitioning between playing with AI and a live player. EA released a 1.3Gb playable demo for Army of Two, available everywhere except Germany, allowing you to try a 2 player co-op training sessions and a mission set in Somalia.
by Rainier on March 31, 2008 @ 2:38 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Updated with all transfers from the last transfer window, FM 2008 for Xbox 360 utilizes Xbox Live to have different online modes to the PC game, permitting you to challenge friends to 1-on-1 matches and even host tournaments, and is a multi-region game, so European copies will work around the world. Sports Interactive has released a 260mb demo (not available in Austria, Asia, Germany and North America) on Xbox Live allowing you to play half a season with 14 teams.
by Rainier on March 31, 2008 @ 10:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Namco's popular Mr. Driller character comes to Xbox LIVEĀ® Arcade in Mr. DRILLER Online. Featuring the same addictive single player drilling action from the classic arcade game, Mr. DRILLER Online now includes online play. Drill down through the colored blocks to meet your goal, but make sure you have enough air!
by Rainier on March 26, 2008 @ 12:02 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rainbow Six Vegas 2 adds new gameplay features, stunning visuals, and a solo campaign that uses new tactical possibilities in various locations around Sin City, co-op and adversarial modes. Beginning March 28, fans 18 years and older will be able to participate in a number of online events including a 72-hour Play & Win Sweepstakes where every hour winning operatives are awarded with special prize packages.
by Rainier on March 25, 2008 @ 2:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Combining fast paced action with strategic battle planning, Darwinia features a novel and intuitive control mechanism, an '80s retro classics graphical style, and a story concerning a tribe of video game sprites trapped in a modern 3D game world. According an updated
ESRB listing, UK developer Introversion is bringing its strategy game to Xbox Live Arcade (
thanks Shack).
by Rainier on March 24, 2008 @ 1:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Lost Cities, players draw from a pool of cards with the goal of amassing the most points and making prosperous expeditions through the various lost cities: the Himalayas, the Brazilian rain forest, the ever-shifting desert sands, ancient volcanoes and the mystifying depth's of the Oceans.
by Rainier on March 22, 2008 @ 4:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Originally released late 2007, Halo 3 players will be able to continue the fight with Bungie's first map pack as Microsoft will released the
Heroic Map Pack, three all new multiplayer maps for its recent sci-fi FPS, for free on Xbox Live coming Tuesday. As
revealed earlier this week, the new Legendary map pack will launch April 15, 2008.
by Rainier on March 21, 2008 @ 1:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dreamfall GotYE includes both the original The Longest Journey adventure and its sequel Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, allowing you to explore exotic worlds, experience powerful stories featuring gripping characters, intriguing puzzles, beautiful art direction, diverse gameplay and soaring music. On March 24 it will become an Xbox Original game and downloadable through Xbox Live.
by Rainier on March 20, 2008 @ 2:56 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Bully: Scholarship Edition tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Eight new missions, four new classes, new unlockable items & clothing, new two-player offline minigames, new awards and Achievements.
As promised, Rockstar has released a patch to fix the freezing and framerate drop issues with the X360 edition of Bully.
by Rainier on March 20, 2008 @ 5:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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At GDC 08 Lionhead's Peter Molyneux revealed Carbonated Games' crabs & roulette game Keystone would allow gamers to gain a head start on earning currency for use in Fable 2. During
Major Nelson's latest podcast Molyneux revealed Wizard's Tower and Mage Dice are another two titles from the same developer that will allow gamers to make extra coin. He also revealed that everything in the game can be bought, houses, dungeons, castles, unlocking quests along the way, and as you own more property you will gain ranks from mayor to king of Albion.
by Rainier on March 17, 2008 @ 1:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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there will be no new Xbox Live Arcade titles this week, instead Microsoft announced that Assault Heroes and Doom have become Xbox Live Arcade Hits, and will be available at a permanently reduced price. Some of the upcoming XBLA titles are Rocky and Bullwinkle, Shotest Shogi, TiQal, Wits & Wagers, and a remake of Capcom's classic Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3.
by Rainier on March 17, 2008 @ 9:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords gets an expansion pack on Xbox Live Arcade which includes four new Hero professions, scores of new spells to cast and items to collect, challenging new quests, monsters and bosses and much more including the introduction of a new archenemy, Antharg, the Lord of Plague.
by Rainier on March 10, 2008 @ 1:38 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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BioWare's Mass Effect is a sci-fi action-RPG that will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity. The Bring Down the Sky DLC adds a new uncharted world that introduces the alien race of the Batarians, and a new Achievement (50 points).
by Rainier on March 5, 2008 @ 4:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Revolutionizing your control of the five tools in baseball are brand new pitching, fielding and base-running controls and completely overhauled batting interface. Featuring a totally unique trading card mode, robust Minor League system, all-new Signature Style animations for 2008 and more, MLB 2K8 brings a new level of fun to the virtual baseball world.
by Rainier on March 4, 2008 @ 2:20 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft released the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Co-op Collection 2, a new downloadable premium content package with an all-new co-op campaign and a total of nine maps, seven of which are inspired by classic maps from Ghost Recon’s illustrious history and two that are totally brand new.
by Rainier on Feb. 29, 2008 @ 7:55 a.m. PST | Filed under
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CoD 4: Modern Warfare is an action-thriller that will arm gamers with the most advanced and powerful arsenal of modern day firepower to fight a new war in the world’s most treacherous hotspots. The new feature patch for the X360 edition of Call of Duty 4 is now available on Xbox Live.
by Rainier on Feb. 28, 2008 @ 7:21 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Not only will U.S. Xbox Live members have access to great HD content in March, but they will also be able to download content exclusive to Xbox Live, including a free episode of Comedy Central's Lewis Black: Root of All Evil, which will available to all Xbox Live members from March 13- March 20.
by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2008 @ 12:24 p.m. PST | Filed under
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A unique spin on a classic shooter, players can capture enemies with anchors and fling them away with Triggerheart Exelica, WARASHI Inc's upgraded vertical scrolling shooter deploys on Xbox LIVE Arcade on Wednesday 27th February at 09.00.
by Rainier on Feb. 22, 2008 @ 10:26 a.m. PST | Filed under
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At a private developer reception at GDC 08 Microsoft celebrated the success of its Xbox Live Arcade platform with the inaugural Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards. More than 26,000 people voted for their favorite Xbox Live Arcade games...
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2008 @ 7:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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During the keynote address at this year's GDC, Microsoft promised to soon allow Xbox LIVE members to play, rate and share community-created games, introducing a new, open distribution service quickly doubling the size of the X360 game library.
by Rainier on Feb. 18, 2008 @ 3:58 p.m. PST | Filed under
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During its briefing at GDC Wizards of the Coast revealed that it plans to bring new iterations of its Magic: The Gathering collectible card franchise to Xbox Live and PC. While no specific details were provided one of the titles is currently under development at Stainless Games, the UK studio known for Carmageddon, while a second title is being prepped over at Mind Control Software, known for SOE's PSP strategy title Field Commander.
by Rainier on Feb. 18, 2008 @ 11:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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A job offering for a program manager on
Microsoft's US careers website is fueling speculations that a new Xbox Live might be in the works, "We're building the games, the console interface and logic, and the server support for a totally new Live experience. Both the games and the dashboard experience will be deeply paired with dynamic server support to create a compelling, fresh scenario each time. We are looking for a passionate games producer to help implement our first generation games that will run in this new environment."