E32008 GH World Tour to work with RB instruments
(via Xboxic) - Earlier this week, Guitar Hero World Tour’s developer Neversoft confirmed on stage that the forthcoming installment in the rock rhythm series will be compatible with non-Guitar Hero instruments. Curious whether that meant Rock Band instruments will work with World Tour, MTV Multiplayer asked two Activision representatives for clarification.

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Square VP Says FFXIII Multi-Platform Is Industry Changer
(via Gamer Reports) - Square Enix senior vice president of sales and marketing Shinji Hashimoto believes that the multi-platformming, for lack of a better term, of Final Fantasy XIII is more than a turning point in the industry -- it represents a change in the industry as a whole. It used to be one console would clearly always dominate, and now, it seems, there are different consoles for different users.

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Konami at E3: Metal Gear Online Gets Expansion
(via Cinema Blend Games) -- The multiplayer portion of Metal Gear Solid 4 has a big update now available for purchase. The “Gene Expansion” pack for Metal Gear Online is priced at $11.99 but if you pay three bucks more, you can also get an extra character slot included with it.

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E3 2008: PlayStation Portable Store: Hope You Own a PS3
(via Gaming Today) - PlayStation Portable owners should be happy to see so much content released on the PlayStation Store for PC, which oftentimes finds itself with only a single background or video each week. Unfortunately, today’s content is only going to make you envious of others unless you own a PS3, because all six videos focus on (almost exclusively) the PlayStation 3.

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E3 2008: PlayStation Store: More E3 Goodies
(via Gaming Today) - As promised, even more content was posted on the PlayStation Store yesterday, including a downloadable game I’ve never heard of (Fantasy Football: Draft Day Application?), all kinda of new trailers and videos — including part one (of three) of Sony’s E3 press conference — and some themes and wallpapers.

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E3 2008: Prince of Persia Direct Feed
(via IGN) -- Prince of Persia (X360)The Prince is back in action at E3.

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E3 2008: Silent Hill: Homecoming Impressions
(via Gaming Today) - I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.. if anyone ever invites you to visit a sleepy little lake town called Silent Hill, run  screaming in the other direction because you’re probably dead or have some serious baggage in your past that will soon come back to bite you.

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E3 2008: Guitar Hero getting Hendrix experience
(via Gamespot) -- Neversoft's World Tour gets experienced with "Purple Haze" and "Wind Cries Mary" on the disc, more to come as downloadable content.

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E3 2008: EA Confirms Knights of the Old Republic MMO
(via Gaming Today) - This has been rumored for quite a long time, but Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has given us the final word: a Knights of the Old Republic MMO is in development by BioWare. “We’ve got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development,” said Riccitiello in an interview with Portfolio.

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Castle Crashers, Galaga Legions, more on XBLA in 4-6 weeks
(via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, E3 During our guided demo of Microsoft's upcoming stable of XBLA games, Microsoft's Scott Austin informed us that all the games on display would be available in the next four to six weeks on Xbox Live Arcade. All of 'em. If you've been reading the impressions on Joystiq, you'll know that this a reason to be excited.

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The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Screens
(via Gamespot) -- 10 new shots posted.

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Microsoft Xbox Division Sees $426m Profit In Fiscal 2008
(via Gamasutra) - Microsoft has announced its fourth quarter and full fiscal year results, showing recovery from the $1.1 billion loss in Xbox 360 warranty charges in 2007, as its Xbox division sees yearly profits of $426 million, up from its nearly $2 billion total loss the year prior. Xbox 360 hardware and software and PC game sales were the primary contributor to the Entertainment & Devices division's fourth quarter sales rising 37 percent year over year to .

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5 months ago 

The E3 Experience: Wednesday edition
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: Fan stuff, E3For the sake of needing to make a scheduled appointment in a few minutes, I'll just let today's The E3 Experience speak for itself. Click the gallery below to get updated on my daily E3 travels, what's new, why ninja poop buttons are so cool and how angry losing a piece of electronics will make you.

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E3 2008: Brave: A Warrior's Tale Hands-On
(via Gamespot) -- We ride on the back of an eagle and transform into a raging bear in this new action-platformer.

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E3 2008: Warhammer: Battle March Hands-on
(via IGN) - Warhammer: Battle March (X360)Namco Bandai's console port of Warhammer: Mark of Chaos was on hand at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo. The game contains all of the content from its PC cousin, plus adds in everything that game's expansion brings. The major difference is the switch from a keyboard and mouse to the Xbox 360 controller.

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E3 2008: Hawx Gameplay Footage
(via Game Spy) -- Tom Clancy's HAWX (X360)Lock on and destroy that target.

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E32008 Sega unveils Sonic’ s beastly form
(via Xboxic) - The fact that Sonic Unleashed will be divided into parts in which the speedy hedgehog will do what he was born to do, zoom along miles upon miles of terrain, and parts in which the focus will be on combat has been known since the game’s official announcement in early April.

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E3 2008: Hawx Gameplay Footage
(via IGN) -- Tom Clancy's HAWX (X360)Lock on and destroy that target.

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Dungeon Hero Screens
(via Gamespot) -- 11 new shots posted.

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NPD: PS3 sales spike on MGS4
(via Gamespot) -- Sony's console sees significant sales uptick, as US gaming industry grows 53 percent to nearly $1.7 billion in June.

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5 months ago 

Microsoft: We Wanted to Save Time
(via Game Stooge) - The news is just full of ripe cowchips today! This morning the LA Times has an article in their tech section explaining just what happened yesterday with Bungie’s disappearing announcement. Don Mattrick, Senior Vice President of Microsoft’s Xbox games, said that Bungie’s and Rockstar’s content were both pulled from their presentation to cut the time it [.

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News: Fable 2 main story only 12 hours long
(via Eurogamer) -- Lionhead staff spill beans.

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Hands on, hopes high: Fable 2
(via Arts Technica) -- Fable 2 has been the subject of many prophetic vision on the part of Peter Molyneux. We go hands on with the combat to see how his visions have arrived in playable form.

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5 months ago 

Winner - Loot-a-Palooza: Day 6 - 40GB PS3
(via Loot Ninja) -- Day 6 of Loot-a-Palooza came and went. A lot of you entered to win a 40GB PS3, but only one of you can win. And that winner is… Jerry with comment 17! Congrats! Thanks to everyone who entered and is here to celebrate our second birthday! Make sure to hit up the Day7 giveaway today an Xbox

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Europe / Others Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending July 12th, 2008
(via N4G.com) - VGChartz estimates that the European / Others hardware and software charts for week ending July 12th, 2008 was as follows: Hardware Totals: DSL: 236,596 (+1%) Wii: 172,807 (+9%) PS3: 84,904 (-5%) PSP: 70,541 (-4%) 360: 62,331 (+2%) PS2: 55,579 (-1%) Top 10 Software: 1 Wii Sports (Wii) 171,674 9,846,934 2 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness (DS) 159,691 298,034 3 Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii) 129,718 626,960 4 Wii Fit (Wii) 124,036 1,948,373 5 Wii Play (Wii) 68,861 4,450,252 6 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 65,904 2,192,743 7 Top Spin 3 (PS3) 56,846 180,286 8 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3) 51,756 884,567 9 Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat? (DS) 46,962 204,107 10 Brain Training (DS) 46,767 6,585,840 New Releases: 38 Sports Party (Wii) 15,500 15,500 Software Totals: (Last Week #) Wii: 949,989 (943,653) Tie Ratio: 4.

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5 months ago 

E3 2008: Microsoft to Take on SingStar with Lips
(via Gaming Today) - Lips E3 2008 Trailer Last month the rumor that Microsoft would try to take on SingStar with a singing game of thier own was not really much of a rumor at all, but until it was confirmed we could not post it as a fact. It saves us from having to wipe egg off our faces. However, with E3 confirming the details of the game, we can now say it is a fact, and we have a video from E3 featuring hipster dorks singing along to the game and screens of the good clean and wholesome version of Amy Whinehouse, Welsh pop singer Duffy (whose first name just happens to be Aimee).

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5 months ago 

Tales of Vesperia Demo Available Now
(via Team Xbox) -- Up to four players can participate in the demos battles on a single Xbox 360, experiencing the unique attributes of each character in the party.

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5 months ago 

Best New Games: Week Of 7/14/08
(via Yahoo Games) -- The hottest new games for the week.

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5 months ago 

Rock Band 2 Gameplay Movie 2
(via Gamespot) -- A new and improved version of the original favorite.

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5 months ago 

E3 '08 - Microsoft Shows new Dashboard with old Themes
(via Planet Xbox) -- At the Microsoft Press Conference on Monday the company unveiled it's new plans for a very updated version of the Xbox 360 dashboard. After the stylish announcement fans everywhere were asking, "what about our 360 themes"?

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