Xbox 360News for - August 28, 2008
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  Details of Army of Two Demo, Downloadable Content and Patch Revealed (via 360 Monster) - Army of Two Assistant Producer, Matt Turner has revealed on his upcoming blog, details about an Army of Two demo and new downloadable content: 'So guess what people. The demo is coming. Oh Yeah. Sha-bam. Looks like it will be going live April 1st. So for those of you that have yet to give our game a whirl you can download it off Xbox live and take it for a test run. | |
 Grand Theft Auto's 10 Best Vices (via Gamedaily) -- With GTA IV a little over a month away, Gamedaily discuss some of their favorite things to do in the franchise. | |
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 Master Chief on (gasp) A PS3 (via Gamerscore Blog) - You've all seen the story in Business Week about an Unreal Tournament modder who made a character for UT3 on the PS3 that looks just a bit like Master Chief. Earlier today, Susan over at Game|Life asked what our lawyers thought, so Gamerscore blog asked one of the dozens--if not hundreds--of Xbox lawyers (jk) what he thought about it. | |
 Power to the people! (via 360Plex) - After getting home from work and booting up the XBox 360 for my morning gaming session, I noticed that I had a few new messages. After sorting through numerous Halo 3 film clips and friend requests, I came across one very interesting message from a friend. The message was from a friendly XBox Live Ambassador. | |
 Demo: UEFA EURO 2008 (via Major Nelson) -- Download the demo for UEFA EURO 2008 and experience the only official game of the UEFA European Championships 2008! Challenge Europe's best and take your team to championship glory. Shipping May 19th, 2008; visit www.euro2008game.ea.com for more info. | |
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 News: Spoiler alert - GTA IV map leaked (via Computer And Video Games) -- Photos of a Liberty City map set to be included with GTA IV have appeared on the internet, revealing exact details of the play area you'll be terrorising during your 'sick week' at the tail-end of next month. | |
 Battlefield: Bad Company Boycott (via Sarcastic gamer) -- The folks over at Sarcastic Gamer have started a boycott of the up-in-coming title Battlefield: Bad Company. The was prompted by the revelation earlier this week that the game would not ship with all of its weapons available to players, opting instead to charge players for extra weapons. | |
 Battlefield Bad Company beta leaked, playable? (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Tipsters are telling us that the Battlefield: Bad Company beta has not only leaked to online download sites but that it may also be playable via a burnt DVD-R, much like the demo for Guitar Hero III. The ability to clone the download of the beta and release it to other consoles also reminds us of the Call of Duty 4 beta glitch which allowed gamers to use the account recovery feature to circumvent the barriers in place of people who hadn't been selected to participate in the closed test. | |
 200 Endings For Fallout 3 (via joystiq) - Fallout fans can look forward to over 200 different endings with the upcoming Fallout 3, according to Executive Producer Todd Howard. Speaking on the OXM podcast (interview starts at 37-minute mark) Howard said, "Being that we are Bethesda, everything gets a bit big. So as of last week, we're over 200 endings. | |
 Herioc map pack is available now! (via Major Nelson) -- Just a reminder for anyone who didn't remember. The Herioc map pack for Halo 3 is now available for free on XBox Live. Next up, the Legendary pack on April 15th. | |
 100 Reasons Fanboys Hate Xbox (via GamesRadar) -- GamesRadar has rounded up the one hundred most common reasons why fanboys hate Xbox, and condensed them down to a blistering two minutes of pure, unfettered videographic rage. | |
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EA confirms Bad Company weapon purchases (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - It's true. Today, EA confirmed that Battlefield: Bad Company will feature micro-transactions surrounding a few of the game's weapons. Crap.Discovered via the Bad Company beta menus, a few of the game's weapons mentioned the fact that they could only be unlocked via an XBLM purchase. | |
 The Internet = The New Chief of Police (via mcfearsome) -- A kid decided to steal someone's Xbox 360 and held it for ransom. The victim posted pictures of the thief in action up on the internet and the thief became so scared that he gave the 360 back. Oh how great the internet is :-) | |
 411: Far Cry 2 Preview (via 411mania) - Easily one of the biggest attractions at the Play.com LIVE event this past weekend at Wembley Stadium in London, England was Ubisoft's booth for Far Cry 2 on the PC, appearing in a curtained-off area, racking up 45 minute queues all day long. Far Cry 2's Narrative Designer, Patrick Redding, and Producer, Louis-Pierre Pharand, were on hand to guide attendees through a 15-minute video demonstration of the game, answering questions along the way. | |
 HD-DVD Outselling Blu-Ray? Dead Format Flies Off Discount Shelves (via MP3newswire) - NPD recently predicted that Blu-Ray unit sales will make gains by the end of this year and that is a very reasonable statement considering that Blu-ray won the high definition DVD wars. Of course, NPD also found that most people are happy enough with their standard DVD and are in no hurry to switch to an HD format. | |
 TiQal and Update to Switchball This Weeks Arcade, Dreamfall to Originals (via Gamasutra) - Microsoft has announced that Slapdash's puzzler TiQal will be added to Xbox Live Arcade as part of its regular Wednesday update, along with a Switchball update, as Funcom's Dreamfall is added to its Xbox Originals series. The game promises 120 levels of play with 14 powerups and multiplayer support for two player play both locally and over Xbox Live. | |
 GTA IV Multiplayer Hands-on- Amazing (via N4G.com) - The new Xbox World 360 magazine will have a 17 page article out on the multiplayer mode in their next issue. They've also done a podcast where they talk about it, the discussion begins around 49 minutes in.. I just listened to it and here's some of the highlights: - They love the multiplayer mode. | |
 David Zucker Leaves Midway (via Gamesindustry) - CEO of Midway, David Zucker is soon to be leave Midway. Is this a sign of someone jumping off a sinking ship. "The board is confident that a new CEO will be selected who can fully utilize the opportunities presented by this next-generation console cycle to renew Midway's position as a major player in the video game industry," said Midway Chairman Shari Redstone in a statement. | |
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 GTA IV Releases Two New In Game Radio Station Clips (via XboxFocus) - Rockstar is trying to make Liberty City as living as New York City itself. From the thousands of people walking the streets to its daily commutes, GTA IV's metropolis might very well be the biggest sandbox location from the series yet. But Rockstar isn't stopping there. Everyone has seen the numerous fake cell-phone advertisements and imaginary commercials Rockstar has been releasing, but Liberty City will also have its own radio system. | |
 Microsoft Makes things right (via HawtyMcBloggy) - You might remember a story from a couple weeks ago about Nathaniel, he sent in his autographed X-box 360 in to get it repaired and they sent back the 360 with all the autographs and pictures wiped clean.... Nathaniel had traveled around with his 360 getting autographs from Dozens of people from the 360 team as well as from Bungie, now all his hard work was erased. | |
 Xbox Live Everywhere Version 2 in an Mini Cooper (via XYHD.tv) -- If you just can not get enough of your Xbox 360 you should check out how Brandon Wirtz setup his 360 in his Mini Cooper. The finished setup uses cellular wifi and VR glasses so he can play on live anywhere. All the equipment needed is available and the parts work out of the box. | |
New GTA IV Pictures! (via G4TV) -- Rockstar has released 20 new Grand Theft Auto IV images this morning, as well as info on two new radio stations and the word on the final GTA 4 trailer! The trailer will come out on Thursday and is entitled: "Good Lord, What Are You Doing" aka "Everyone's a Rat." | |
