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Splinter Cell Conviction gets bundled

Splinter Cell Conviction gets bundled

Microsoft has announced it’s new Xbox 360 Splinter Cell Conviction Special Edition Bundle. The package includes the standard edition of Splinter Cell Conviction, a 250 GB hard drive, as well as two wireless controllers. So It’s pretty much the same as the Modern Warfare 2 Bundle but not. For $399 all of this gaming nirvana [Continue]

Alan Wake gets cancelled for PC

Alan Wake gets cancelled for PC

Microsoft announced today that Remedy Entertainment will not be releasing a PC version of AlanWake, their upcoming eerie thriller. The announcement comes just months before the game’s release, and with no PC version in the works this would make Alan Wake a Xbox 360 exclusive. A Microsoft spokesperson elaborated on the decision yesterday: [Continue]

28,981,249,043 zombies killed so far in Left 4 Dead 2

28,981,249,043 zombies killed so far in Left 4 Dead 2

That’s right. Over 28 billion (as in a lot) of zombies have been put out of their misery since Left 4 Dead 2 was released in November. They were whacked with frying pans, teed up with baseball bats, doused in gas and set on fire, shot in the face and well you get the idea. [Continue]

RIP Xbox Live service for original Xbox 2003-2010

RIP Xbox Live service for original Xbox 2003-2010

Today will mark the day that Microsoft fully turned the page from their generation one consoles and passed the torch to the Xbox 360 and beyond. On April 15 they will discontinue the Xbox Live service for the original Xbox console and it’s games. A move that will effect hundreds of thousands if not millions [Continue]

UFC 2009 Undisputed gets a price cut

UFC 2009 Undisputed gets a price cut

THQ had a lot riding on UFC 2009 Undisputed. The publisher was a financial mess and really needed their marquis MMA game to do well. Luckily for them it did. According to an announcement by THQ earlier today UFC 2009 Undisputed has sold 3.5 million copies to date. That includes both Xbox 360 and PlayStation [Continue]

Dante’s Inferno to be featured during Super Bowl XLIV

Dante’s Inferno to be featured during Super Bowl XLIV

EA is spending some serious cash to get the word out on their upcoming release Dante’s Inferno. And that trend will continue when they showcase a spot in this weekend’s Super Bowl match up between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints. Estimates have a regular 30 second spot during Sunday’s game costing around [Continue]

Xbox dominates top game rentals of 2009

Xbox dominates top game rentals of 2009

According to Rentrak, a company who tracks video game rentals, Microsoft and the Xbox 360 “dominated” it’s top 20 list of most rented games in 2009 taking 17 out of the top 20 spots. Fallout 3 received top honors for the year. Rentrak compiles their data by measuring “title-level performance via rental transactions from [Continue]

MLB 2K10 can make you rich

MLB 2K10 can make you rich

2K Sports is throwing out a challenge to all of you Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners. If you buy MLB 2K10 on March 2 for either of those consoles and are the first person to pitch a perfect game within the first 60 days from the game’s release, they’ll cut you a check for [Continue]

Xbox Live Marketplace upcoming releases

Xbox Live Marketplace upcoming releases

Major Nelson has posted the upcoming release schedule for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Marketplace. Most notable in the 50% price slash that ‘Splosion Man will be getting. The acclaimed platformer is well worth the 800 Microsoft Points, but it’s a steal at 400 Microsoft Points (or $5.00). Other notable additions are DLCs for [Continue]

Army of Two: The 40th Day gets a price cut on Amazon

Army of Two: The 40th Day gets a price cut on Amazon

Amazon is slashing it’s price on your favorite mercenary dynamic duo’s sequel. Their featured Game Deal of the Day drops the price of Army of Two: The 40th Day by $20 from $59.99 to $39.99 on both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions. But the deal is only good for today and will only [Continue]

Zune Marketplace will be down tonight

Zune Marketplace will be down tonight

According to an email being circulated by Microsoft it looks like Xbox Live’s Zune Marketplace will be down tonight January 25th, and possibly into tomorrow for some scheduled maintenance. The service will go down at 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time (1:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time for you east-coasters) and may be down for as long as [Continue]

Bungie will push the Xbox 360 “as far as we can go” with Halo: Reach

Bungie will push the Xbox 360 “as far as we can go” with Halo: Reach

Halo 3: ODST was a great game. Critics liked it and gamers flocked to it to get their latest Halo fix. But one of the big complaints about the game was that it was built with old technology.  The 2009 release was built on Halo 3′s 2007 technology, and it showed. But worry not Halo [Continue]

Batman: Arkham Asylum gets a Game of the Year Edition

Batman: Arkham Asylum gets a Game of the Year Edition

Although not formally announced by Eidos or Rocksteady, it seems as though a listing on the  British Board of Film Classification’s website has made it clear that Batman: Arkham Asylum will be re-releasing as a Game of the Year Edition. According to the BBFC’s website the game passed with “not cuts made” and will be [Continue]

Forza 3 gets new DLC

Forza 3 gets new DLC

For real life gear heads the ultimate auto experience is happening this week at the Detroit Auto Show. For virtual gear heads you too are in for a treat this week. Microsoft has released a new DLC pack for Forza 3 featuring ten cars in all. For the full list of whips and pricing keep [Continue]

Xbox Live Marketplace January release dates

Xbox Live Marketplace January release dates

It looks like even Major Nelson himself had a New Year’s resolution. Starting this week he will be releasing a bi-monthly (hopefully) schedule of upcoming DLC and other Xbox Live Marketplace release dates, making it easier for us to budget and circle the upcoming dates on our calendars. I’ve already got my eye on that [Continue]

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