Sony exec disses 360 UI and XBLA game removal
(via Xboxer) -- Cheeky Sony exec Eric Lempel has used an interview with Next-Gen.biz to fire off a mocking broadside at Microsoft's Xbox Live service.

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Best Buy Ad Shows Xbox 360 Price Drop Microsoft
(via Kotaku) - Another retailer has shown that Microsoft is planning to drop the price of the Xbox 360 20GB model — formerly known as the "Pro" — to $299, as a Best Buy employee has forwarded us (obligatorily blurry) cell phone pics of an upcoming weekly ad. The model currently retails for a suggested price of $349 in the United States.

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5 months ago 

PSN boss disses Xbox Live's interface, game de-listing
(via N4G.com) - Joystiq.com writes "No sooner does Sony (briefly) improve the PS3 user interface with the much-talked-about version 2.4 firmware update, than some at the company feel cocky enough to start badmouthing the competition's interface. Speaking to Next-Gen, PlayStation Network Director of Operations Eric Lempel took the bait in taking a few moments to compare Sony's redesigned PlayStation Store to Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace.

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5 months ago 

MGS4 helps PS3 catch up with Wii in Japan - Xbox 360 still dead
(via N4G.com) - Japan is a very important territory for the video games industry. Although it is smaller than either the USA or Europe, what happens in Asia can affect the rest of the world's markets substantially. Which is why the fact that the Playstation 3 has caught up substantially with the Wii during June is big news.

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5 months ago 

New Alpha Protocol Details Emerge Alpha Protocol
(via Game Radar) - When Game Informer announced Alpha Protocol to the world in their April issue, the world was abuzz because the developer was highly respected Obsidian Entertainment. Taking on a totally new project and a brand new IP, Obsidian went against its own grain by making an action-shooter style RPG set in a world of spy and secret agents instead of something in a fantasy world.

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5 months ago 

More N on the way to XBLA N - Xbox Live Arcade
(via Game Radar) - Joystiq writes: "A little ninja scampered across our screen to bring news that Metanet, developer of N+, has three level packs for the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game ready and waiting. According to a post on Metanet's blog, the downloadable content has already been submitted to Microsoft for certification, although it has yet to receive a release date.

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5 months ago 

New Armor for Ninja Gaiden 2 on XBL Marketplace
(via 1Up) -- Five new outfits, same deadly ninja magic.

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5 months ago 

On the Spot - 07/03/08
(via Gamespot) -- This week we take a look at Final Fantasy IV for the DS, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G for the PSP, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for the Xbox 360. Also, Homer tries to give you the scoop on some of our E3 plans. Find out if he succeeds!

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5 months ago 

Sony's PS3 2.40 Firmware Update Fails, Fancy That
(via 360 HQ) - We only just reported on the lack of features that Sony included in its latest update for PS3 owners and now we hear reports that the firmware update is failing on many many PS3 consoles and has now been pulled offline. As has been reported on many gaming blogs and websites, we have temporarily taken Firmware v2.

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5 months ago 

Rock Band Weekly: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush
(via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 With tomorrow being the day the US became independent from France ... what, England, really? Anyway, Harmonix announced its tracks for next week's Rock Band DLC a day early. We've got a couple songs from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rush.

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5 months ago 

DC Universe Online Wants You for a MySpace Pal
(via Gaming Today) - DC Universe Online wants you to be their MySpace buddy and so far as of this post they have 693 friends already. Not that I visit MySpace much, only when I need comic relief, but it is probably one of the coolest pages I have seen on there. Plus, if you have your own MySpace and become pals, you may get invited to the game’s reveal at Comic Con in San Diego later this month.

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5 months ago 

Game Sales Surpass DVDs in 2007
(via 1Up) -- The game industry is still not surpassing the entire movie industry.

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5 months ago 

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Out Now
(via TalkXbox) -- Gamers and music fans alike are now free to unleash their inner-rockstar as the groundbreaking video game partnership uniting one of 2007's best selling videogames and ?America's Greatest Rock ?n? Rol...

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5 months ago 

No create-a-track mode in Rock Band 2
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News With player created music tracks playing a pivotal role in Guitar Hero: World Tour, many may be wondering whether or not Rock Band 2 will also be incorporating such a feature. The answer, sadly, is no. In an interview with the Associated Press (the same interview that confirmed RB2 would have more than 80 tracks), Harmonix head Alex Rigopulos made it known that Rock Band 2 will not have any sort of player controlled track creation.

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5 months ago 

Ninja Gaiden II Mission Mode Coming This Month July Is Ninja Month
(via Kotaku) - July is Ninja Month! So says Xbox Live, which now randomly sports a Ninja Live ad which takes you to ninja paradise. Well, not exactly ninja paradise. In ninja paradise, you'd all be dead. Instead, you get links to ninja movies and television shows, ninja games, ninja style, and this particular Ninja Gaiden II page, which displays the dates for new Ninja Gaiden II content.

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5 months ago 

Viva Piñata 2 dated for September
(via CVG) -- Trouble in Paradise gets a date, new details revealed. Microsoft has dated Rare's family follow-up Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, which will be in the shops on September 5.

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5 months ago 

Rumour - Source: Halo 4 is already in development
(via N4G.com) - Sarcastic Gamer reports: "At some point you'll just have to trust us on some of this stuff. We have to protect our sources to keep them from being fragged by their employers or associates. A very good and anonymous source tells us that Halo 4 is already in full development over at Bungie.

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5 months ago 

Infinity Ward says: No Trophies for CoD4
(via 360 HQ) - If you head over to Infinity Ward’s forums and poke around you might find this topic and read that Infinity Ward has no plans to add any new options at all, not just trophies to COD4. In the forum post Rob Bowling has confirmed that Trophies aren’t going to be added to the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 and went on to say: “At this time, we have no plans to patch in Trophy support for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PS3,” he said.

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5 months ago 

Halo board game coming September
(via Xboxer) - If you thought that you'd seen the last of non-gaming Halo merchandise for a while, think again. The Halo juggernaut continues with the release of the Halo board game, due to arrive this September. You'll control armies of characters and will apparently be able to follow the Halo storyline, or head-to-head in Slayer and Capture the flag modes.

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5 months ago 

Megaman 9 dated for Japan
(via Arts Technica) -- The upcoming, retro-themed Megaman 9 will be coming to Japan in September.

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5 months ago 

Rock Band 2 Won't Feature Music Creation Harmonix Taking 'Radically Different Approach'
(via Game Daily) -- Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos has been talking about his upcoming Rock Band 2, which he says "feels like a second-generation band game." It won't offer music creation, though.

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5 months ago 

EA apologises over FIFA anthem blunder
(via N4G.com) - Electronic Arts has today apologised for a culturally sensitive blunder in FIFA 08 – in which the Northern Ireland football team stand to The Soldier's Song, traditionally sung at United Ireland sporting events. A regional newspaper in Northern Ireland reports that fans reacted with 'surprise' to hear the anthem represent their national team in the game.

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5 months ago 

Soul Calibur Comes To XBLA
(via Cinema Blend Games) -- The Sega Dreamcast fighting game Soul Calibur is back. It's available for download from Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft points ($10), so you don't have to scour garage sales for a Dreamcast console anymore.

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5 months ago 

Day of Defeat gets TF2 treatment with new map, achievements
(via Arts Technica) -- Following the Team Fortress 2 mode, Valve has released a new map, achievements, and some community integration for Day of Defeat in the hopes of breathing some life into the less popular but still fun shooter.

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5 months ago 

Raven Squad Operation Hidden Dagger First Screens
(via Team Xbox) -- SouthPeak Games has released the first screenshots of Raven Squad, a unique blending of realtime strategy and firstperson shooter genres.

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5 months ago 

Rock Band 2's 80 tracks set to be announced at E3 Rock Band
(via Game Radar) -- 58 has been done before. 60 is too small of a jump. 70 is getting closer, but still isn't awe inspiring. Now 80, 80 is a number that can be celebrated and a number that accurately describes the number of master tracks that will be included with Rock Band 2.

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5 months ago 

Is it time to move over to the PS3?
(via N4G.com) -- An Xbot's take on why the time may now be right for Xbox 360 gamers to seriously consider getting rid of their 360's and purchasing a PS3.

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5 months ago 

Auto-Installer Deluxe v4.30 is Released
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5 months ago 

Enterbrain: MGS4 Helps PS3 Close Wii Sales Lead In Japan
(via Gamasutra) - Though the Wii outsold the Playstation 3 6-to-1 in Japan in May, Sony's console managed to narrow Nintendo's lead in June, bringing that hardware sales ratio down to 1.7-to-1, according to a report from magazine publisher Enterbrain, made available to Reuters. Nintendo sold a total of 235,990 Wii consoles in June, with Sony selling 139,494 PlayStation 3 units and Microsoft trailing at only 10,964 Xbox 360 units sold.

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5 months ago 

2K readies Borderlands for E3
(via CVG) -- Gearbox shooter to head up publisher's Los Angeles line-up, while sports games fill the gap. Publisher 2K Games has revealed its line-up for this month's E3, with Gearbox '500'000 guns' FPS Borderlands dancing at centre stage.

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