Capcom Announce Four New Live Games
(via Planet Xbox) -- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Super Puzzle Fighter II HD Remix, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil and Talisman will make up Capcom's new downloadable line-up.
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Lite-On IT experiences delay in securing Xbox 360 HD DVD orders
(via QJ) - Last December, we reported that electronic company, Lite-ON IT, will start making HD-DVD players for Microsoft's Xbox 360. The company is a well known Taiwanese maker of DVDs and CDs commonly used by OEM PC manufacturers. If you have already forgotten, current HD-DVD players are supplied by Toshiba.
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Fan made Halo assault rifle up for sale
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuffA while back we told you about one bad mother of a fan made Halo assault rifle replica. Today, we're telling you that you can bring her home for only a few hundred dollars. Over on eBay that same assault rifle is up for auction and is currently sitting at $227 with roughly eight days left and the reserve still not met.
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Lite-On Delayed in Securing OEM Xbox 360 HD DVD Orders
(via Xbox Scene) - From digitimes.com:Microsoft originally planned to select Taiwan-based Lite-On IT as a new OEM maker for its Xbox 360 external HD DVD accessory with shipments to begin in April. However, Lite-On IT has had to delay its volume production schedule as it has not yet received product certification from Microsoft, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
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Guitar Hero II Update Fixes Whammy Bar Issues
(via Kotaku) - Good news for xbox 360 Guitar Hero II owners. The folks at Red Octane have posted a thread on their forums addressing the whammy bar response issue that cropped up soon after the game's launch. A title update for Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 will be available on Xbox Live at 4:00 am PDT on Saturday, April 14 that should resolve the situation where input from the whammy bar was not always recognized.
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Red Octane looses Guitar Hero II patch for Xbox 360
(via Engadget) - Filed under: Gaming We're not quite ready to consider this a coincidence, but the hard-working souls over at Red Octane have officially unleashed a patch for the malfunctioning Guitar Hero II axes just in time for the weekend. Recently, it was claimed that axes sporting 95065 and 95055 model numbers could lose responsiveness in the whammy bar, but thanks to Xbox Live, users can download the patch and get back to unadulterated rockin' right away.
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Top 10 Downloads on Video Marketplace for week of Apr 9 -13
(via Major Nelson) - Here is the Video Market place activity for the past week.Movies1 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (Unrated) 2 Rest Stop (HD) 3 The Departed (HD) 4 Beerfest (HD) 5 Employee of the Month (HD) 6 Jackass Number Two 7 Crank (HD) 8 Poison Ivy 2 9 Babel (HD) 10 Saw III (HD)TV1 South Park (HD) 2 Enterprise (HD) 3 Comedy Central Stand Up4 Robot Chicken 5 Jericho (HD) 6 Fights (HD) 7 RENO 911! 8 Bullrun 9 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (HD) 10 Chappelle's Show: Uncensored Share: Digg it | del.
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Guitar Hero II Frankenstein gameplay
(via QJ) - Recently, a new set of songs was unveiled for the game Guitar Hero II, and with the power of the Microsoft Point, you too could get yourself some additional mileage off of your guitar playing rhythm game. One of the songs in those theme packs is Frankenstein, as made famous by the Edgar Winter Group.
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Red Octane looses Guitar Hero II patch for Xbox 360
(via Engadget) - Filed under: Gaming We're not quite ready to consider this a coincidence, but the hard-working souls over at Red Octane have officially unleashed a patch for the malfunctioning Guitar Hero II axes just in time for the weekend. Recently, it was claimed that axes sporting 95065 and 95055 model numbers could lose responsiveness in the whammy bar, but thanks to Xbox Live, users can download the patch and get back to unadulterated rockin' right away.
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Worms Downloadable Content It' s FREE
(via XBLArcade) - Great news as the first batch of Worms DLC looks to be free (registration required), but don't expect this to come anytime really soon.  Spadge of Team 17 has stated that the Worms patch is first on their plate.PREMIUM DLC Gamerpics 150 pts (standard MS pricing) Worms Dashboard Theme 150 pts (standard MS pricing) DLC Speech Pack 1 (FREE) - A dozen or so speech banks.
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Guitar Hero II Patched X360
(via MyGen) -- If you can connect to the internet, you can fix all your whammy bar issues.
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for XBLA and PSN announced
(via DCEmu) - via joystiq With 13 years of competitive play under its belt and counting, Super Street Fighter II Turbo is widely considered to be 2-D fighting perfected. A high octane, extremely offense-minded fighter, how is it that Capcom plans to improve upon perfection? By bringing in the comic masterminds at UDON to redraw the entire game, pixel-for-pixel.
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Mortal Kombat II vs. Ultimate Mortal Kombat III 360
(via Loot Ninja) - I have both of these downloadable games and did a big head-to-head comparison last night on which holds up as the better fighter. First off, I have a bias towards MK2. I spent countless hours in arcades playing this game. I remember waiting while the machine was installed and setup the first day, then throwing in quarter after quarter.
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More Halo 3 beta talk and Halo 2 news
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Halo 3The latest Bungie Weekly Update brings us a few more details about the Halo 3 beta and talks about the changes going on over in Halo 2 land. First, let's jump into the beta news. Frankie further clarifies his clarification about the new X button "Equipment" function.
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Capcom's four new XBLA titles
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Xbox Live ArcadeYesterday, Capcom announced four new games that will be coming the XBLA later this year. Street Fighter fans will be happy (and turbo excited) to know that both Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo and Super Street Fighter II Turbo will grace us with their downloadable presence and get an HD makeover.
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Xbox Live Activity for week of 4/9
(via Major Nelson) - These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. If the Xbox 360 list and the original Xbox list were combined, then Gears of War continues to be the top Xbox Live title. The arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
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I Wanna Be A Guitar Hero
(via The Xbox Domain) - The top Xbox Live title list for the week of 4/9 Major Nelson gave out today and not surprisingly Guitar Hero II was the #3 title for this week, it continues to rise up on the list since its release. While looking on the list I realized something though, 6 of the titles you shoot.
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Rumor: Halo 3 or Halo Wars OST To Include Scissor Sisters ?
(via 360 Monster) -- Please lord don't let this be so, It's blasphemy I tells ya...
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Top XBLA Games of 4/9
(via XBLArcade) - As always the previous ranks are also shown.Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)1 Boom Boom Rocket ( - ) 2 TMNT 1989 Arcade ( 2 ) 3 Luxor 2 ( 5 ) 4 Castlevania: SOTN ( 1 ) 5 Worms ( 4 ) 6 UNO ( 6 ) 7 Alien Hominid HD ( 7 ) 8 Jetpac Refuelled ( 3 ) 9 Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting ( - ) 10 Texas Hold 'em ( 9 )No games made the top activity list this week.
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News: Capcom hooked on Live Arcade, PS Network
(via CVG) -- Four new games hail the start of Capcom's digital initiative. Capcom has revealed four new downloadable titles for both Xbox Live Arcade and PS3's PS Network.
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Bungie's auto-update now up, so expect temporary problems
(via QJ) -  For all those folks who were wondering about Bungie's previous news tidbit about exploding barrels and automated updates, fret not. The barrels aren't here yet, but the auto-update has finally made its way to Xbox Live, promising some rather problematic multiplayer games upon its release, as well as new maps for Halo 2's future.
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Carcassonne Screenshots
(via The Xbox Domain) - Sierra-Online has notified me that they have released some brand spanking new screenshots for their Xbox Live Arcade title “Carcassonne”. Want some more details on Carcassonne? Read the details from the press release below. “Sierra Online has released the first screenshots from its upcoming Xbox LIVE® Arcade game Carcassonne , based on the award-winning board game.
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Bungie confirms X-button functionality
(via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, First Person Shooters In yesterday's post by Bungie.net staffer Frankie, what we already knew about Halo 3's mysterious X-button functionality was confirmed: It will be used to deploy equipment like the trip mines and bubble shields we saw in the recent Vidoc, and as of now is, appropriately enough, called Equipment.
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EA to use new GamerNet system on Tiger Woods 08 for PS3/360
(via QJ) - Electronic Arts' (EA) franchise title Tiger Woods PGA Tour is going to have a 2008 edition, at least that much is already a given. However, what fans don't know is that that the publisher/developer will be employing EA Sports' GamerNet.So what is GamerNet, you ask? It's actually a working title for a system driven by user-generated content and a points system that will "set a trend" for other EA products.
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GH II updated, no more whammy problems
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Guitar Hero IIRed Octane, being very stealth like, released an auto update for Guitar Hero II early this morning fixing everyone's whammy bar woes. The other day, we learned that people's broken whammy bars weren't a result of malfunctioning hardware, but were software based.
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Microsoft to finally launch Xbox 360 in the Middle East
(via QJ) - In and effort to further widen its Xbox 360 user base, Microsoft just announced that it will be finally launching the console in the Middle East. The first country in that area to get it will be the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and this will be on April 26. Next will be Saudi Arabia, to be followed by other countries in the region.
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PS360 Controller: PS3 Sixaxis in Xbox360 Controller Case
(via Xbox Scene) - From Benjamin J Heckendorn (known from the Watercooled Xbox360 Laptop Mod and other cool mods):Done on consignment, it's quite obviously PS3 Sixaxis controller guts in the Xbox 360 controller shell. Check out a video of this thing in action, and read full article for more photos and details of how it was constructed.
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Spider-Man 3: Games get the film's voice cast
(via QJ) - With the much awaited Spider-Man 3 movie swinging into theaters this May 4, fans will also be looking forward to the parallel release of the movie's game versions. In line with the movie's imminent release, Activision has stepped to state that the games will offer more than just an interactive adaptation of the film.
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The Ships of Wing Commander Arena
(via XBLArcade) - The fly boys over at the Wing Commander CIC have pieced together all known information about the ships of Wing Commander Arena.  The page goes into brief detail about what each ships role is and also shows the historical accuracy of the models for Arena vs old school Wing Commander.
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Whammy away with new patch
(via Xboxic) -- Not a lot tends to happen over the weekend as far as gaming goes, but when there are major bugs to fix, someone will always be working somewhere. So it is with great delight that a patch is now available for Guitar Hero II, which fixes the major issue of the whammy bar not working
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