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Monday, Jan 25
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 150 -- Of Centaurs and Male Bayonettas
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Tuesday, Jan 19
Modern Warfare 2 gets PC update; Xbox 360 & PS3 patch 'in test'
Bowling told us a console patch is "currently in test for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions." Unfortunately, he didn't have any word as to when the patch would go live for Xbox 360 and PS3 users. Hang in there soldiers!Modern Warfare 2 gets PC update; Xbox 360 & PS3 patch 'in test' originally ap...
Monday, Jan 18
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 149 -- Yo So Offensive
Welcome to a shiny new episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast. This week, we talk about Bayonetta, the third party troubles of the Wii and how Natal might alleviate them. We also discuss just how the word "Yo" might be considered offensive by the Xbox Live team. Also, as you may have noticed, our podcas...
Monday, Jan 11
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 148 -- Where is the Excitement?
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Friday, Jan 8
Download: Mega Man 10 footage caught on tape
Mega Man 10 will be available on Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 as a download in March.
Thursday, Jan 7
Download: Xbox Game Room pricing, partners detailed
An online fact sheet has detailed the pricing structure for Microsoft's newly announced Avatar-occupied Game Room, and we'd suggest gamers stock up on Microsoft funny money. Players have three options: 400 ($5) grants a dual-platform license (for unlimited play on Xbox 360 and PC), 24...
Monday, Dec 21
Download: Operation Flashpoint 'Overwatch' DLC on Xbox 360 today, PS3 & PC 'soon' - Joystiq
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Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 147 -- Digital Deluxe Edition
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Wednesday, Dec 16
Download: 'Tis the season: Rare holiday theme available
Click image for hi-hi-hi res Rare has seen fit to brighten up your Xbox Dashboard with a new holiday-inspired theme. Everyone will be able to download this new free theme -- wait, it's not free? It costs 240? Wow, we guess Christmas really is all commercial now.
Friday, Dec 11
Borderlands patch restores skill points, Achievements
A new Borderlands title update is available on Xbox 360 (with a PS3 version coming soon). The patch fixes a number of issues, the most serious problems affecting skill points, Achievements and Trophies. Some players have encountered glitches that made them lose skill points, while other...
Monday, Nov 30
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast: Holiday greetings from Dropbear
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Monday, Nov 2
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 141 -- Beware of Dropbears
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Monday, Oct 26
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 140 -- The Huge Mistake
In this week's episode of the (late) Xbox 360 Fancast, our hosts discuss all things Modern Warfare 2, Fable's episodic future and berate one host for making (what some may consider) a huge mistake. Also, Joystiq alum Ludwig Kietzmann jumps into the fray to help us answer fanmail, in an epis...
Wednesday, Sep 23
Netflix CEO wants streaming service on all consoles
While Microsoft and Netflix underlings tiptoe around the issue of the movie-rental company's streaming service for other game consoles -- currently "exclusive" to Xbox 360 -- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tells Reuters he wants the feature on every console. The executive notes that "curr...
Thursday, Aug 27
Download: Rock Band Network Store to offer free song demos
Even if you're not willing to spend 20-40 hours creating an original Rock Band song, the upcoming addition of the Rock Band Network to Rock Band 2 will prove to be a worthwhile experience for all fans of the franchise. A new patch will add the Rock Band Network Store to Rock Band 2 this November...
Monday, Aug 10
Want a bigger friends list? Stop playing Halo 2 online!
The company has made it clear in the past that it would like to implement the feature, even going so far as to explain to us at CES 2009 that "original Xbox games were coded to be limited to 100 friends and that limit was brought into the current generation." According to G4's source, the shutte...
Wednesday, Jul 8
Clover dev: Indie Games channel has a long way to go
Daniel Jones of Binary Tweed, developer of the Xbox 360 Indie Game Clover, has a few choice things to say about Microsoft's independent games service. Speaking to the UK's X360 Magazine, Jones just doesn't see a big enough audience in Indie Games to justify creating a game for it -- Joystiq...
Possible pictures of new NXE features emerge
We find it a bit strange that someone willing to leak images of the new features would fail to edit out their own gamertag though -- you'll notice it's in the upper left corner, clear as crystal. A quick check reveals that there is no Hobbtao gamertag listed on Xbox Live, which could mean a coup...
Tuesday, Jun 30
Pachter: Current console cycle to go on and on, expect lots of SKUs
Pointing to the small adoption rates for HD displays, Pachter says that unless consumers start coming out in droves to pick up HD displays, these consumers aren't going to feel compelled to pick up a HD-compatible console (or upgrade from their Wii). This, he feels, adds longevity to the c...
Wednesday, Jun 17
MGS Rising levels third-party playing field, Microsoft's Kim declares
Short of a blank check from Microsoft or Sony -- like, what was the asking price for Agent exclusivity, you know? -- there's little incentive for a third-party publisher to release a big-budget game for only Xbox 360 or PS3. It's possible that third-party exclusives will flourish as small...
Monday, Jun 8
Just Cause 2 looks amazing in developer walkthrough video
Watch the entire video above (it's long) and you'll see why Spider-Man has nothing on Rico. After all, he didn't carry a gun. The original Just Cause was a slightly buggy mess that was caught up in the changeover from the Xbox to the Xbox 360, although it featured some enjoyable and innovative...
Sony's Lempel: 'You're not going to see trophies on the PSP'
With Sony's Trophy system coming up on its one-year anniversary this month, we were eager to learn how Sony could enhance the service, leveraging the PlayStation brand and distancing itself from the Xbox 360's Achievements system. So, during E3 last week, we asked Eric Lempel - Director...
Friday, Jun 5
Download: Section 8 brings user-created dedicated servers to Xbox 360
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Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 122 -- E3 2009 Special 4
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Wednesday, Jun 3
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 120 -- E3 2009 Special 2
Okay, so this one is only one day late. On this special E3 edition of the Xbox 360 Fancast, we discuss all the fabulous games we've seen so far, including Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and other things we honestly can't remember. Sorry, sleep deprivation. Enjoy!
Thursday, Apr 30
Ubisoft go home! Er, maybe not so fast ...
Last generation, it was like Ubisoft could do no wrong, developing and publishing an extensive catalog of commercial and critical hits. Do we even need to name-drop? (Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell, Beyond Good & Evil, Far Cry, Brothers in Arms, Rainbow Six 3, and so on.) As reported y...
Tuesday, Feb 17
Download: Pure developer Blackrock teases new action racer
The purposefully obscured footage provides a glimpse at what looks to be an action-filled arcade racer, one that's part Ridge Racer, part GRID and part Midnight Club. We get some very stylized cars, a huge crash and ... an exploding gas station. More on the game is promised for March 11. Consider...
Wednesday, Jan 21
Download: F.E.A.R. 2 demo now on Xbox Live, PC
Finally, the long, strange journey of the-game-formerly-not-known-as-F.E.A.R.-2 is nearing its end. As the savvy among you already knew, the demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin has just arrived on the Xbox Live Marketplace as well as on PCs.
Download: New Street Fighter IV trailer looks awesome, sounds not awesome
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Fighting, VideoCapcom, we need to talk -- or rather, you need to talk less. You see, we were watching the new Street Fighter IV trailer and, beautiful though it may be, we had to mute it halfway through. The video, which highlights each of t...
Download: Second Gears of War 2 update squashes bugs, adds Achievements
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
Friday, Jan 2
Download: Sauron spies with his little eye: 'LotR: Conquest' demo on Live
Word comes from Sauron's agent, the one they call Major Nelson of the Red Mound, that the multiplayer demo for Lord of the Rings: Conquest is available now on Xbox Live. The 1.25GB demo is available globally and allows you to play as either the armies of "good" or "evil" -- although, what side t...
Monday, Dec 22
Download: Xbox 360 Fancast 096 -- What They Fancast
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Friday, Nov 28
Gears of War 2 patch tackles matchmaking issues
Epic Games has released the first title update for its action-packed grunt-a-thon, Gears of War 2. The automagically applied patch addresses delays in public matchmaking (particularly for single- and four-player parties), improves the developer's ability to collect match statist...
Monday, Mar 3
Team Fortress 2 for Xbox 360 patched, no class changes
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters An update for Team Fortress 2 has come to the Xbox Live. Unlike the PC patch from over the weekend, there are no balance changes to the classes themselves. Instead, a number of glitches have been fixed, as well as the inclusion of rumble f...
Monday, Dec 3
Download: Xbox 360 video playback FAQ
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Video. playback The Xbox dev team has posted an updated FAQ answering a smorgasbord of video playback questions. Confirming the results of Joystiq's own tests -- yep, DivX and Xvid files now play ...
Download: Xbox 360 video playback FAQ
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, VideoThe Xbox dev team has posted an updated FAQ answering a smorgasbord of video playback questions. Confirming the results of Joystiq's own tests -- yep, DivX and Xvid files now play perfectly -- the guide acknowledges support for MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple...
Tuesday, Mar 6
Patch: Microsoft's sneaky Xbox 360 "update"
Filed under: Culture, Hacks, Microsoft Xbox 360, OnlineIn an underhanded move -- some would say, without honor -- Microsoft has covertly patched a security vulnerability in Xbox 360 that allowed hackers to run their own software. Disguised as an "operating system update," the patch se...
Tuesday, Nov 7
Download: How-To: Transcode & stream videos on Xbox 360
Step Five: At this point, you can transer the newly created WMV file(s) to a thumbdrive or burn them onto a CD/DVD; or better, stream them from your PC (Windows XP required) to your Xbox 360. [For help establishing a connection between your PC and Xbox 360, see here.]
