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Thursday, Jan 28
There's More To Record Of Agarest War Than Sex Appeal
Which leads us directly to my final inquiry about Record of Agarest War. With the Xbox 360 getting the full retail release and the PlayStation 3 version being distributed over the PlayStation Network, where's the love for Sony fans? What do they get that could possibly compete with a new mo...
Tuesday, Jan 26
Download: Mass Effect 2 Has DLC And Helmet Issues [Launch Day Woes]
The gaming masses attempting to take their first steps in Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360 and PC today have run into several issues with the game, mainly surrounding the downloadable content offered via the Cerberus Network, BioWare's in-game DLC delivery system. The Cerberus Network is a...
Download: Mass Effect 2 Has DLC And Helmet Issues
The gaming masses attempting to take their first steps in Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360 and PC today have run into several issues with the game, mainly surrounding the downloadable content offered via the Cerberus Network, BioWare's in-game DLC delivery system. The Cerberus Network is a...
Thursday, Jan 21
The Best Role-Playing Games Of 2009
Why are we doing a best Role-Playing Game award and not a Best Shooter, Best Driving Game, etc.? Because this is an Editor's Choice category, ladies and gentlemen, and role-playing is my genre of choice. When my writing is done for the day and I'm in-between reviews, I spend my free time incre...
Monday, Jan 11
Leaked Aliens RPG Footage Offers Early Look At Canceled Game
Footage of the canceled Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC game sneaked out this weekend, offering "an extremely early pre-production build" according to Matthew Rorie, PR/Marketing Producer at Obsidian Entertainment. We got an even earlier look at the Aliens RPG when much of the game's co...
Friday, Jan 8
Download: Wii Continues Hot Hardware Streak In Japan, PSPgo Not So Much
The PSP and PlayStation 3 were behind the Wii, but sales were better than healthy for Sony, with the PlayStation maker moving more than 100,000 units of each during the first week of 2010. The Nintendo DS family—DS Lite, DSi and DSi LL—combined to sell another 224,000 portables in Japan dur...
Download: Wii Continues Hot Hardware Streak In Japan, PSPgo [Console Taisen]
The PSP and PlayStation 3 were behind the Wii, but sales were better than healthy for Sony, with the PlayStation maker moving more than 100,000 units of each during the first week of 2010. The Nintendo DS family—DS Lite, DSi and DSi LL—combined to sell another 224,000 portables in Japan dur...
Thursday, Jan 7
See. Eeeeee! Es? [Note]
Nyko's Wand+ Has Wii Motion Plus Built Right In Ford Lets You Have LAN Tailgate Parties Natal Recognizes 31 Body Parts, Uses Tenth Of Xbox 360 "Computing Resources" U.S. Xbox 360s Get IPTV Through AT&T Uverse This Year Hands-On With Xbox 360's Arcade-Crazy Game Room
Wednesday, Dec 23
Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Patched Up, All Better
A patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has hit Xbox LIVE, fixing exploits like the Akimbo glitch. Hooray. The patch is live on U.S. servers, so if you live there, download. If it's live elsewhere, you can download it as well. So there you go. Thanks to all who sent this in!
Thursday, Dec 17
Banjo-Kazooie, Sonic & Avatars In Hot All-Stars Karting Action [Clips]
The Xbox 360 version looks to have taken advantage of Sega's offer to include bonus mascot characters in the form of Rare's famous bird and bear. And Microsoft has apparently given Sega and developers Sumo Digital the green light to include Xbox 360 Avatars.
Friday, Dec 11
Patch: Javelin Fix For Xbox 360 Is Here [Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2]
Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling tweeted that the 1.06 upgrade for Modern Warfare 2 will be released this morning on the Xbox 360. The patch combats the game's "javelin exploit" (WARNING: BENNY HILL MUSIC) as well as the care package glitch.
Friday, Dec 4
Download: Nintendo DSi LL Has Strong Second Week, Wii Squeaks By PS3 In Japan
Sony's PlayStation 3, on the other hand, continues to move at a good clip, with hardware sales way up from the week prior. It managed to be outsold by the Wii this week, but by a mere 115 units. Media Create's numbers are after this. Nintendo DSi LL - 67,243Wii - 46,673PlayStation 3 - 46,558PSP - 3...
Download: Nintendo DSi LL Has Strong Second Week, Wii Squeaks By PS3 In Japan [Console Taisen]
Sony's PlayStation 3, on the other hand, continues to move at a good clip, with hardware sales way up from the week prior. It managed to be outsold by the Wii this week, but by a mere 115 units. Media Create's numbers are after this. Nintendo DSi LL - 67,243Wii - 46,673PlayStation 3 - 46,558PSP - 3...
Wednesday, Dec 2
More Brink Videos Show Some Gunplay [Clips]
These are from the same demo we saw at E3. Back in June. Was kind of hoping to see something else by December, but hey, this'll have to do. Xbox 360 Games - E3 2010 - Brink PS3 Games - E3 2010 - Brink
Tuesday, Dec 1
Changing Video Game Cases Go For The Green
While the change may satisfy big box retailers like Walmart and improve the bottom line and 'green' scores of video game publishers, it hasn't been met with much enthusiasm on video game forums and web sites. But Nintendo of America says its decision to make the change was largely environm...
Tuesday, Nov 24
Download: Pick Up Your NCAA Basketball 10 Named Rosters
If you're tired of playing PG#11 for Kentucky or C#45 for Kansas in NCAA Basketball 10, Operation Sports has put together a full named roster file for the Xbox 360 version that's free and available for download right now. Again, this file is for the Xbox 360.
Monday, Nov 16
All Out War (Games)
While Magnus-Troedsson calls Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2 direct competitors, he knew better than to launch EA's up-and-coming shooter at the same time as titan Modern Warfare 2. Instead, Bad Company 2 will be hitting the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 about four months later, in ear...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Download: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Staggers Out DLC [Dlc]
For console owners, the 5th of November will see the release of a title update for the Xbox 360 version, with the PlayStation 3 title update following shortly after. The Skirmish DLC will be available for both consoles at a later date, running players either 400 Microsoft points or $3.99.
Thursday, Oct 15
EA More Nice Than Naughty, In Terms Of Floorspace At Least [Cross Section]
On the ground level and first floor of EA's annual Naughty or Nice press event, the company had 18 console and handheld console games, plus six mobile titles. In the basement level, the company had nine. In the Naughty area, EA had a sci-fi game, a World War II game, three fantasy games, two mil...
Wednesday, Oct 14
The Xbox Massage-Makers: Money, Sex Toys & Indie Backlash [Feature]
College senior Justin Le Clair may be the most commercially successful Xbox 360 developer of 2009. For four hours of work he's pocketed $60,000 and counting. His creation? An Xbox massage program,...
Monday, Oct 12
You Wish You Had Lil Weezy's Xbox [Mods]
Calling all XBL cops, be on lookout for one rapper, Lil Wayne aka Lil Weezy, who fessed up in this clip to owning an Xbox 360 containing not just "every game ever created" but also "every porno." Lil' Wayne Has a Modded Xbox? [Destructoid]
Thursday, Sep 10
Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 Range In Pictures
Here we get our first look at the Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 lineup. First announced last month, it consists of custom controllers for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, that lovely Cyborg keyboard and a mouse for the PC, the obligatory decals, and a couple of communicators for the console versi...
Friday, Aug 14
Brink Impressions: It All Makes Sense Now
Splash Damage's 2010 squad-shooter Brink wowed our Luke Plunkett at E3. Here at QuakeCon, a public demo of the game wowed several hundred more people. The game defies easy classification. It's ambitious. Brink is set for release in the spring of 2010 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Monday, Jul 27
Video Games Get Starring Role in Comic-Con
Upcoming Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 game Singularity is also getting a prequel in the form of a graphic novel. And long-lived franchise Prince of Persia is getting a graphic novel prequel for the upcoming movie based on the video games.
Thursday, Jul 16
Download: Xbox Live Update: Games On Demand, Netflix Movie Party & More
Next week, Microsoft will be previewing some of the new Xbox Live changes it announced at E3, updates that include improvements to Netflix streaming, Xbox 360 games on demand, an Avatar Marketplace and a whole lot more. Games On Demand, which lets you purchase full Xbox 360 games and Xbox O...
Friday, Jun 19
Dirt 2 Impressions Sans Porn Star
Ultimately it's the handling of a racing game that matters most. And, unfortunately, it's the aspect of the game I'm least equipped to report about given my brief time with the game. The project appears to be going in a good direction and a brave one.
Tuesday, Jun 16
Download: How Our Game Platforms Will Change In 2009
PSP, DSi, and Xbox 360 owners can expect their consoles to gain some new abilities over the next month — many for no added cost. We've broken down the big changes coming. Spring Summer Fall In the fall, the Xbox 360 will offer Last.FM integration to Xbox Live Gold members.
Download: How Our Consoles Will Change In 2009
PSP, DSi, and Xbox 360 owners can expect their consoles to gain some new abilities over the next month — many for no added cost. We've broken down the big changes coming. Spring Summer Fall In the fall, the Xbox 360 will offer Last.FM integration to Xbox Live Gold members.
Monday, Jun 8
Burnout's Big Surf Island Gets Priced
It's not cheap, but it should be worth it, adding a much-needed infusion of new drivable real estate to Burnout Paradise, with a handful of new cars to boot. How much will it set you back? We're looking at 1,000 Microsoft points on the Xbox 360, which translates to $12.99 on the PlayStation 3. Fo...
Sunday, Jun 7
Big Surf Island Price, Achievements Leaked Early
Tipsters who spotted the price page before it was removed said the game will cost $12.99 (€12.99 in Europe, £9.99 UK) on PlayStation Network and list for 1000 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. Couldn't confirm that this morning, but it sounds reasonable.
Wednesday, Jun 3
E3's Lone Porn Star Is Eyeing a Wii
lt;p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/2009/06/custom_1244072630808_DSC04450.JPG" width="504" height="378" style="display:block;" /> Plenty of video game developers have booth babes on hand at this year's E3 to add a little sizzle to their games, b...
Tuesday, May 12
The King Of Fighters XII Website Is Go
The contest runs through July 31st, with the winning fan art entries eligible to win limited-edition KOF figurines, copies of the game, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, or the grand prize of $1,000 in cash. Simply head over to the website and click on the Fan Art link to get started. Oh, an...
Friday, May 1
Microsoft's Full Body Motion Controller Revealed?
According to Engadget's source, the introduction of the controller will also introduce video conferencing, unique player detection, and will be used in online trivia games, with players clapping to "buzz in." Could they be referring to Microsoft's free online video game version of th...
Monday, Apr 27
WET: Guns, Leather, Swords and Acrobatics [Impressions]
WET, which is due out for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 this fall, features an eight to ten hours singleplayer mode and two or three other modes you can unlock. Those modes include difference race, time and gun challenges that take place in unique settings like her home in an airplane gravey...
Wednesday, Apr 8
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Preview: Claws of War
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a singleplayer action-adventure game starring the Hugh Jackman version of the clawed mutant from the X-Men comics. The plot follows most of what goes on in the upcoming movie, plus about "40%" original content, according to the developer. It's set for release...
Thursday, Apr 2
Patch: Xbox 360 Update Offers "No New Features"
A mandatory update has just hit the Xbox 360. According to Microsoft's Larry Hryb, "This update addresses interruption issues that some Xbox LIVE users may have experienced when playing a limited number of Xbox 360 games." Xbox 360 System update now available (no new features) [Major Nel...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Ex-Circuit City Pre-Owned Consoles Include Credit Card Details, Home Porn
Did you offload an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 at Circuit City while the retailer was imploding? If you did, we hope you wiped your personal details from the machine. Because Circuit City didn't. Friends lists. Photos. Videos. Sexy home videos. Arcade games. Credit card details.
Thursday, Mar 26
Sex-Rated Xbox Community Game Not All That Sexy
As a Breakout clone it actually isn't too bad. I love the ability to speed up the balls using the trigger buttons, and the fact that multiple balls will actually ricochet off each other adds a nice little twist to the normal formula. Not a 200 Microsoft point twist, but neat nonetheless.
Wednesday, Mar 25
Konami Boob Shooter DLC Short On Boobs
The Xbox 360 port of the arcade original features three-player coop, the ability to upload and download replay data via Xbox LIVE, and a versus mode that lets the Otomedius girls take on bosses from previous Konami games. It also features lots of boobs.
Tuesday, Mar 24
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Looks Light On Bloody Violence
The trailer for Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden II was a pure gore porn, complete with bloody slicing and dicing. The trailer of the PS3 reworking Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 seems, well, different.
Tuesday, Mar 3
Porn Star Reviews Xbox 360 "Rumble Massage" [Clips]
Adult video actress Stoya reviews Rumble Massage, an Xbox LIVE Marketplace title created by a member of the Xbox Community. She also name drops Sid Meier and Steve Jobs. Video Exclusive: Adult Film Star Stoya Reviews 'Rumble Massage' [G4TV via Fleshbot NSFW]
Wednesday, Feb 18
Download: Drink Booze With Japanese Hostesses [Only In Japan]
Seventy percent of Dream Club's development has been completed, and the game is slated for a summer 2009 release. This is the second recent recent title to offer the hostess bar experience. The first is PS3 exclusive Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, which features Koakuma Ageha model Rina Sakurai who was in...
Monday, Jan 19
Patch: More Gears Of War 2 Achievements? Sure, Why Not [Xbox 360]
They've recently turned up on Xbox.com, and appear certain to go live once the patch is released to the public. In all, there are 175 points up for grabs, with all seven achievements focused on the recent Flashback and Combustible maps. Gears of War 2 Achievements [Xbox, via X3F]
Friday, Jan 2
Download: Lord Of The Rings: Conquest Demo Hits 360 [Demo]
Xbox 360 owners now get to taste the delicious flavor of large scale battles over the fate of Middle Earth as the demo for EA and Pandemic's Lord of the Rings Conquest hits Live. Demo: Lord of the Rings: Conquest™ Multiplayer Demo [Xbox Live's Major Nelson]
Friday, Dec 12
Download: Midnight Club L.A. Takes You Straight Into South Central In '09
Midnight Club: Los Angeles is currently available for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 and is rated T for Teen. The “South Central Upgrade Map” and “South Central Content Pack” both require players to have the full version of Midnight Club: Los Angeles for Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION 3 and an Xbox...
Midnight Club L.A. Takes You Straight Into South Central In '09 [Downloadable Content]
Midnight Club: Los Angeles is currently available for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 and is rated T for Teen. The “South Central Upgrade Map” and “South Central Content Pack” both require players to have the full version of Midnight Club: Los Angeles for Xbox 360 or PLAYSTATION 3 and an Xbox...
Friday, Dec 5
Download: GTA: Lost and Damned Gets Spike TV Airing [2008 Spike Tv VGAs]
And we'll get to play it on Feb. 17 when it hits the Xbox Live. Since its launch in April, “Grand Theft Auto IV” has garnered unprecedented praise and acclaim worldwide, with a staggering nine nominations for the 2008 Video Game Awards including "Game of the Year".
Sunday, Nov 30
Download: Thanksgiving Sunday Rumor Roundup
• Disaster: Day of Crisis OTW to North America? — GoNintendo got screenshots of email from a reader talking to Nintendo customer support (grain of salt alert), in which the reader was told "I’m pleased to report that Disaster: Day of Crisis has been announced for North America, but no rele...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Download: FIFA Soccer 09 To Get Weekly Player Stat Updates [Fifa Soccer 09]
This year FIFA Soccer 09 delivers unique, platform specific experiences that takes advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform— the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii™, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system a...
Download: FIFA Soccer 09 To Get Weekly Player Stat Updates
This year FIFA Soccer 09 delivers unique, platform specific experiences that takes advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform— the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii™, PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system a...
Sunday, Aug 3
Patch: Burnout Paradise "Cagney" Update Arrives Tomorrow
The "Cagney" update for Burnout Paradise on the Xbox 360 will arrive via Xbox Live tomorrow. Developer Criterion posted confirmation of the release date on Friday, and commenter Sean Beanland mentioned it in yesterday's discussion of Burnout Bikes.
Friday, Jun 20
Download: Tales Of Vesperia Demo Hits Asia [Demo]
Here's some good news, bad news, and then good news again! The first good news is that Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 exclusive Tales of Vesperia now has a demo up on Xbox Live. The bad news? Currently the demo is only available in India and Asia...but do not fret! There is no fretting! Users in other regi...
Thursday, Mar 27
Download: On The Rain-Slick System Specs Of Darkness
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - March 27, 2008 - Hothead Games today announced official pricing for the upcoming first installment in the downloadable, episodic game series Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Although the title is long, the price is just a...
Tuesday, Dec 4
Download: Xbox Originals Arrive, Bring Free Themes
Hey, those Xbox Originals (aka old Xbox games) have arrived on Xbox Live Marketplace as of today, bringing a handful of extras with them. While the more mundane but practical stuff includes PDF instruction manuals and online controller mappings for games like Psychonauts, Halo and Indi...
Friday, May 18
Xbox 360 Case Mod Gets All Jesus-ey
Back when the Xbox 360 first went on sale, folks went crazy with case mods. Seriously, there were new mods popping up every hour. Since then, things have cooled and the mods have become few and far in between. Here's a newish one called "Christ 360: With 3 Ring of Life" and, guess what, fairly ped...
Friday, Nov 24
Download: 360 Video Continues to Suck [Xbox 360]
I just hung up on a conference call on this issue, and I wanted to post an update. As you know, we have been experiencing technical difficulties associated with the extremely high number of downloads from the Video Marketplace service over the past 24 hours. We understand these technical is...
Wednesday, Feb 1
Download: Super Bowl Themes For Xbox 360 Dashboard
Major Nelson reports that Xbox Live Marketplace now has some Super Bowl themes and picture packs available for download. The packs include a Seattle Seahawks theme and picture pack and a Pittsburgh Steelers theme and picture pack. Super Bowl Dashboard Themes [Major Nelson]
Monday, Jan 2
Hacking the 360: From Hexic to Flash
All it takes is one leaked Xbox 360 kiosk disc and the hackers go crazy. So far the crew over at Xbox-Scene have managed to tinker with Hexic to unlock achievements they haven't earned, figured out how to burn their own copy of Hexic and play it on the console, and have started working on gettin...
Tuesday, Jul 12
Xbox 360 Black: Nice Concept
Xbox 365 posted up a spiffy concept photo of a black Xbox 360. Notice I said concept image, as in not real. So far the console s only official color is manilla vanilla, or whatever it is they re calling white these days. I d be heartily surprised if the 360 didn t come in other colors, especially sin...
