Xbox 360News for - September 8, 2008
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  Follow-up: NY Governor / GTA critic Spitzer resigns in shame (via CNN) -- Yet another self-righteous politician bites the dust... | |
 Velvet Assasin + morphine = Sexy stealth action (via Sarcastic Gamer) - What truly separated Velvet Assassin from any of the other stealth/action games out there, from what I saw, was that it has the shooting aspect of Hitman with the sneaking aspect of Splinter Cell. You could choose to go through a mission shooting everyone, or attempt to play completely silent and unseen. | |
 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix beta brawling to XBLA (via Gamespot) -- Capcom announced today that it will be offering free access to the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix beta to Xbox Live Gold members who purchase Commando 3. A continuation of the high-octane action series with roots dating back to 1985, Commando 3 will run gamers 800 Microsoft points ($10). | |
 Microsoft Confirms Going with Bluray (via Techtree) - Just two days back, we reported that Sony is busy wooing Microsoft to add Blu-ray support to its Xbox 360 gaming console. The effort's paid off (or so it seems) -- with Microsoft now confirming that it's trying to figure out the best way to connect with Blu-ray. The company also seems to be working on ways to include device driver support for Blu-ray drives in its Windows operating system. | |
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 New York politician (and video game critic) linked to prostitution scandal (via Kotaku) -- He must've been playing too much Grand Theft Auto... | |
 Rockband: Various Tracks (via Major Nelson) - Content: "Beethoven's C***"Price: 80 Microsoft PointsAvailability: Canada and United StatesDash Text: Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Beethoven's C***"--Serj Tankian. PLEASE NOTE: Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. | |
 Video Response from Man that Allegedly Exposed Himself on Xbox Live (via 360plex) - Last week a story of a mother in Lansing reported that her two children had been exposed to nude pictures while playing a game on "Xbox" Live. She had immediately turned off the system and phoned Microsoft to file a complaint, but was told that there was nothing that Microsoft could do about it. | |
 Alan Wake To Be Released On The 21st Of March ? (via Amazon) - Three of the major game buying sites in the uk - Amazon, Play and Shopto all list Alan Wake as being released on the 21st Of March. If the above is true, then its the best kept secret in gaming history, Shopto even has an 11 days to go countdown. Well I have mine on pre-order so I'll update | |
 Brains And Bliss On XBLA Wednesday Live Arcade (via Kotaku) - Brain training comes to the Xbox Live Arcade this week in the form of Gameloft's creatively named Brain Challenge, 800 Microsoft points worth of brain exercises for children and adults, complete with multiplayer support for up to four players both online and off, and a special Creative Mode that allows you to relax and explore your imagination, a practice men generally relegate to the bathroom. | |
 Microsoft: We own 42% of all next-gen revenues (via MCV) - In an interview with MCV Chris Lewis, VP of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Europe, said: "We've taken 42 per cent revenue share of next gen-games market - including hardware, peripherals and software, as well as the stunning performance of Live." "We're consistently attaching games at high level - we're now at north of seven games to every console. | |
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 First pic of Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne released (via DarkZero) -- Will this be a video game movie that doesn't suck? Only time will tell. | |
 Rockstar boss says GTA IV MMO is 'very, very doable' (via Kotaku) -- World of Warcraft with carjacking and hookers? Rockstar head Sam Houser says it's 'very, very doable.' | |
 Jack Thompson makes 'figurative' threat to the Florida Bar (via GamePolitics) -- Proving that his 15 minutes are almost up, Jack Thompson made a 'figurative' threat to GamePolitics.com that the Florida Bar will look like a bombed-out building if they act affirmatively on its 'show cause' order. | |
 Colorado 'Mortal Kombat Murder' may be lacking the 'Mortal Kombat' (via GamePolitics) -- If all else fails, blame your actions on video games! | |
 Note to teachers: "Bully is just a game!" (via Globe and Mail) -- An international coalition of teachers is trying to get the newest release of Bully banned, but an editorial from Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail says what they think in an editorial. | |
 Mass Effect: Bring Down the Sky (via Major Nelson) - The following in game content is now available for purchase from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Mass Effect. This download includes an additional achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points.Content: Bring Down the Sky Price: 400 Microsoft PointsAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: (Select this for the English-language version of this module. | |
 Wiimote on a 360 Hack (via OBsIV) -- What if we could get the best of the Xbox 360 and the best of the Wii, together, in a single game? I was curious, and the end result is my creation that I call Xbox 360 Input Machine (or, "XIM" for short). | |
 British Army Jobs ad (UAV) with Xbox contoller (via Youtube) -- The british army have an advert running in the UK at the moment which features an Xbox controller, controlling an unmanned UAV. I guess all the younger Xbox users are training already. | |
 Will the Nintendo Wii outlive both the PS3 and Xbox 360? (via Blorge) -- Despite being light years behind the PS3 and Xbox 360 in terms of technical and graphical capabilities, the Wii is outselling both of them at a preposterous rate each month. Which begs the question: Will the Wii actually outlive its superior rivals? | |
 Rumor - 60GB Xbox WILL Replace 20GB Model (via TrustedReviews) -- The site TrustedReviews is reporting that Microsoft WILL be replacing the 20GB hard drive on the standard Xbox 360 with a larger 60GB version. Dates are not nailed down, but my source says Microsoft wants it done and dusted before the end of its financial year which translates as our Q2. | |
 Condemned 2 Delayed Until April 4th (via GamerCenterOnline) -- Bad news survival horror fans, according to PlayFrance SEGA has indeed postpone the game, pushing back the release to April 4th. | |
 Five Reasons We Make Fun of Girl Gamers on XboxLive (via NotLow) -- "Most gamers on XboxLive are male. I won't go into age, cause it ranges from 6 year olds to 40 year old men, which is fine. However, there exists one certain gamer that always seems to draw attention to a chatroom full of men --- the female gamer. | |
 COD4 patch ruins the experience (via Geekpulp) -- Geekpulp writes about the issues newly caused by the recent patch for people in NZ and Australia: "The call of duty 4 patch has been out for a week now on the Xbox 360 and after the brief excitement of some relatively small changes, I am left wondering what ever happened to that once great game" | |
 Bungie comes through for a fan. (via Hawty McBloggy) -- A few days ago we featured a story, about a guy who had his precious console wiped clean by some idiot over at MS. I haven't seen any word from MS on the issue at hand, however Bungie came through for it's fan in a special way. Find out more in the full story. | |
 Dark Sector Has Gone Gold (via GamerCenterOnline) -- We have just recieved news that Dark Sector has just gone gold and will be ready to arrive in stores on March 25! | |
 Infogrames offering to buy out Atari (via QJ) -- Atari has said that they've been handed an opportunity to become fully part of Infogrames family, after the subsidiary received a letter from parent company Infogrames. The letter proposed to purchase the remaining stock of Atari - those shares that Infogrames still doesn't own. | |
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