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E3: Tomb Raider Underworld BHS (via Xboxyde) -- Eidos released this Behind the Scene video of Tomb Raider: Underworld where the lead developers of the game explain their team's contribution to the game. And we even get to see some much too short footage of the game in-between. | |
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Nintendo Responds To June NPD Sales, Seems Pleased Corporate Gloating (via Kotaku) - You think Nintendo care that none of you lot were terribly interested in their E3 performance? Seeing as they just overhauled the 360 to become this generation's top-seller, they couldn't give a rat's arse. The June hardware charts were topped yet again by Nintendo's two consoles, while on the software side, six of the top ten games were on Nintendo consoles, with three of them first-party titles. | |
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June 2008 NPD Nintendo's Take (via Team Xbox) -- As expected, Nintendo highlighted the fact that Wii has become the bestselling video game console in the United States. | |
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June 2008 NPD Sony's Take (via Team Xbox) -- Led by the launch of Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots PS3 bundle, the PlayStation 3 continued to experience tremendous momentum in June 2008, selling 405,488 hardware units. | |
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E3 08 - Red Faction III Preview (via Squad XP) - An occupying power has taken over a dry and dusty world, and the locals improvise weapons to battle the invaders. And you're the insurgents. That's the idea behind Red Faction: Guerilla, a sort of open-world action game set on a terraformed Mars and conquered by the forces of Earth. | |
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E3 2008: Fable 2 Down and Dirty (via IGN) -- Fable II (X360)We investigate the seedy side of Albion. | |
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Square to squeeze FFXIII onto 360 with little compromise (via DCEmu) -- via Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/17/square-to-squeeze-ffxiii-onto-360-with-little-compromise/) When it comes to porting Final Fantasy XIII to Xbox 360, Square's of the opinion that it's not the size of the disc that matters; it's how you use it. FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase says... | |
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Rumor: Sony 'mandating' some unique Trophies in 2009 (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, E3, Business While not every game may include Trophies for now, at least one major developer tells Joystiq that Sony's answer to Achievements will be "mandated" by Sony for every new PS3 release in 2009.This isn't entirely unexpected given recently-revised comments by PSN director of operations, Eric Lampel. | |
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Double D Dodgeball Launches Early (via Team Xbox) -- The game was originally set to be released on July 30th, but was moved up two weeks. | |
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E3 '08: And the Winner Is… (via N4G.com) - With E3's major press conferences now over, its time to take a look at what new things each company will bring to the masses of gamers for the following year. All three press briefings had their high and low points and it was truly a close call. While each company took a different approach, only one can truly be predicted as the E3 2008 victor. | |
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NPD: Wii Surpasses Xbox 360 As New Console Leader In U.S. Wii (via Kotaku) - Nintendo just broke word that the Wii has overtaken the Xbox 360 as the best selling current-generation console in the United States, with a 10.9 million strong install base, according to the NPD Group. That means Nintendo sold at least 700,000 Wiis in the country in June. | |
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Xbox head: 'I invented avatars ' (via N4G.com) -- Xbox head Don Mattrick claims that Microsoft isn't ripping off Nintendo's avatars. In fact, he claims to have invented avatars in 1991. | |
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1942 Joint Strike Gameplay Clips (via Team Xbox) -- Classic 1942 arcade style gameplay is back with 3D high definition graphics! | |
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Don't expect Shenmue III anytime soon... (via Xboxer) - Hopes for another installment of Shenmue took another hit when Sega of America President Simon Jeffery told Kotaku that "There are no plans for right now." Unsurprising news, but disheartening nonethless, especially given the cliffhanger ending for the second instalment of the planned epic. | |
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Galaga Legions Hands On Impressions: Heavenly Galaga Hell E308 (via Kotaku) - Microsoft and Namco Bandai are hoping that the future-retro success of the critically acclaimed Pac-Man Championship Edition can be repeated in another arcade classic, Galaga. The 27-year old vertical shooter is getting a proper update in Galaga Legions, a spectacular laser light show that blends "bullet hell" style gameplay with classic Galaga design. | |
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Analyst: Xbox 360 Best of Show at E3 (via N4G.com) - This week's E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles gave each major console maker -- Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo -- the chance to showcase the future of their platforms. Microsoft added social functions and new entertainment options to the Xbox 360 Latest News about Xbox 360, Sony trumpeted a video store and an upcoming price cut for the PlayStation 3 Latest News about PlayStation 3, and Nintendo gave gamers a glimpse of a new controller add-on and upcoming games like "Wii Sports Resort. | |
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Purchased themes will work with New Xbox Experience (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has settled it. "It" being the question of whether Xbox 360 Dashboard themes downloaded (and even purchased) before the upcoming New Xbox Experience rolls out later this year will be rendered useless with the switch to a different UI. | |
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FaceBreaker Producers Start Answering Questions on Their Forums (via Xbox Solutions) - FaceBreaker is shaping up great from what I have seen from E3 this year. I like the mix of humor and Arcade style this boxing title will bring when it is released. I got word that the FaceBreaker Forums is now active and the Producers will be posting answers directly so I wanted to pass this information on. | |
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Wrath of the Lich King Gets Achievements (via Game Stooge) - Blizzard is announcing that one of the new features in the soon-to-be-released expansion for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King, will be Achievements! That’s right what Microsoft started as a gimmick to get people signed up for Xbox Live has become a regular bullet-point on every “great” game’s feature list. | |
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Elefunk Releases on PSN Today (via Gaming Today) - Later today, you’ll find a new addition to the PlayStation Network’s growing library of downloadable games with Elefunk (not to be confused with Elebits). This puzzle game has you constructing more heavily reinforced levels — basically, you need to help the elephant get from one side of the screen to the other, but when you start, the level isn’t strong enough to support him or parts are simply missing. | |
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Analyst: Xbox 360 Best of Show at E3 (via Xbox Scene) - From technewsworld.com (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63839.html ): If any of the Big 3 platforms could be said to have "won" E3, it was Microsoft's Xbox 360, according to Yankee Group analyst Mike Goodman. The moves it made to bolster the social aspects of gaming as well as provide new entertainment channels -- not to mention the coup Xbox scored courtesy of Square Enix -- made its announcements the most compelling of the show, he said. | |
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E3 2008: 1UP Sits Down for a Chat with Shigeru Miyamoto (via Gaming Today) - I’ve yet to speak with anyone who didn’t find Nintendo’s press briefing earlier this week to be a disappointment, but there were still several noteworthy things in there, such as the Motion Plus. Over on 1UP, you can check out an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Katsuya Eguchi, who is the director of Animal Crossing: City Folk. | |
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Dust And Echoes (via rampancy.net) - Sheet music for the beautiful music in Dust And Echoes. It's very easy to play and sounds great on the keyboard(strings). (I can't upload any .midi or .mp3 file at the moment but I'll fix it soon.) LVL: 1|(2)-(3)|4|5 Between 2 and 3. Please comment! If you don't see the link below is it maybe because you're not registed! If you are try to refresh the site or go to http://rampancy. | |
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E3 2008: 360 GH World Tour, Rock Band instruments 'totally compatible' (via Gamespot) -- Neversoft's Brian Bright says Harmonix's instruments can be used with Microsoft's version of upcoming rhythm game, which will adjust for play with rival's drum set; World Tour instruments also work with first Rock Band. | |
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Tom Clancy's EndWar Gameplay Movie 2 (via Gamespot) -- This armored company sets out for the next objective. | |
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