Xbox 360News for - August 28, 2008
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  Man Convicted of Killing His Daughter Over an Xbox (via philly.com) - A Philadelphia jury yesterday found Tyrone Spellman guilty of third-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2006 beating death of his 17-month-old daughter, Alayiah. During the weeklong trial, prosecutors presented evidence to show that Spellman, 27, a devotee of Xbox-system video games, became enraged and hit the child repeatedly after she toppled and damaged the game player in a front room at the Brewerytown house he shared with his brother. | |
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 Far Cry 2 previewed by Xbox World 360 (via CVG) - "Although the game's a giant sandbox it's not all open from the start. The second half of the map is unlocked after twelve missions, and will be much darker than the first half. Once open, you'll be able to hop between the two worlds at will. The malaria hallucinations and combat 'freak out' sections both hint towards the protagonists' decent into madness, and having seen some concept artwork we're quietly confident that the latter part of the game is going to be genuinely creepy and full of scares, without resorting to the old 'trapped in a dark cellar with a mad zombie' ruse. | |
 Having Xbox Problems? Email Bill for Fast Results (via Consumerist) - I was one of the first to get an Xbox 360 when they came out, paying way more than I should have. I had problems with the console right out of the box and after weeks of haggling with their normal customer service department, I was contacted by their escalation department. | |
 The enemy's gate is DOWN: Unreal-powered Ender's Game incoming (via Arts Technica) -- Ender's Game is finally coming to the world of video games as Chair Entertainment and Orson Scott Card announce titles for downloadable platforms based on the novel's "Battle Room." | |
 Demo: Turok North America (via Major Nelson) -- The Turok demo released earlier this month is now available in Canada, Mexico and the Unites States. | |
 Kingdom Under Fire Gets an MMO Sequel (via 1Up) - KUF developer Phantagram has released some new details. In partnership with Korean developer Blueside, the next Kingdom Under Fire game -- currently called Kingdom Under Fire II -- will not only take the series back to the action/strategy roots of The Crusades (as opposed to the dungeon-crawling direction of Circle of Doom), but will also bring the series online. | |
 360 attach rate now 7 games per console (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Console warsThe Wii may consistently take the console sales crown, but there is no denying that the Xbox 360 sells the most software. As if to drive this point home, Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell recently told CNBC that the Xbox 360's life-to-date attach rate now rests at seven games sold per Xbox 360 Console. | |
 Mass Effect defended by... Jack Thompson ? (via Xboxer) - Wow, even Jack Thompson thinks that the recent Mass Effect controversy's a bit ridiculous. In an email conversation with Kotaku's Brian Crecente, he stated that 'I don't see any problem with it. The guy who shot his mouth off about it had no idea what the Hell he was talking about. | |
 Call of Duty 4 overtakes Halo 3 as the number 1 played game over Xbox live (via charlieoscardelta) -- Halo 3 takes second chair to the smash hit from Infinity Ward, Call of duty 4. | |
 Call of Duty 4 sold the most number of units in 2007 (via GameZone) -- Call of Duty 4 ranks as number in units sold for for 2007, selling over 7 million units since its launch in November. | |
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 Great Renditoion of 300 with Super Smash Bros Brawl (via Gametrailers) -- Nothing to do with 360 but still great video of what looks to be a great game. Funnier then hell | |
This week on Arcade: Rez HD and Chessmaster LIVE (via Major Nelson) -- Rez HD and Chessmaster LIVE are the two games that will be released this Wednesday. They each will cost 800 points. | |
 EA vs. Fox -- X-Play's Adam Sessler weighs in (via Kotaku) -- Hey Adam, well put. But what's with the purple Star Trek shirt? | |
 Goldeneye to the 360 (via ) -- Sign this petition to have the chance of getting RARE's Goldeneye to the 360. Then we can all get a little 007 | |
 What To Do With Your 360 After The RROD (via Waterjet.org) -- Not Sure what to do with your 360 after the RROD, take some state of the art water jet cutting equipment to it. | |
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 The Best Xbox Advert Ever Made (via Youtube) -- This is a uk advert from 5 years ago, and is probably the best console advert ever made, I thought about this after seeing the article on 360 advertising. Enjoy. | |
 How to determine If your Xbox is the new, colder, more reliable 65nm chip (via Xbox.com) - How to find a 65nm console without opening the box (175W PSU): This is the easiest and best way to see if you have a 65nm (Falcon) console without opening the box. All you need to do is look at the information label (lot #, team label) on the side of the box and look at the power information. | |
 Awesome collection of Xbox 360 advertisements (Episode 1) (via Playfuls) - See here how Microsoft advertised console in the last couple of years, from the US to India and Japan (WARNING: banned commercials included!). Since 2005, when the Xbox 360 was launched, Microsoft tried everything it could possibly (and legally) do to dethrone Sony from its dominant position in the console market and spared no money from its bottomless sack to achieve that goal. | |
 In the Spotlight: 10 Most Recognisable Gaming Icons (via Thunderboltgames) -- Who is the most recognisable game character? Thunderbolt's Nick Akerman asks the public to find out. | |
 Assassins Creed Ending Explained and a Hint Of Whats To Come (spoiler alert) (via ) -- If you have completed the game but don't understand the ending then maybe this will shed some light. This explains the ending and it also tells of how the game will be part of a trilogy, it may make the first game worth the effort. | |
 Rumor: BioShock Movie (via Joystiq) -- A reliable source within a major film production company has told Joystiq that the two have been getting along famously, with a movie adaptation of 2K's successful franchise already being discussed by the Big Daddies internally. | |
 New Bioshock Game (via next-gen) - Ever wanted to know how the utopia that was rapture fell...Rumors indicate that the follow-up to one of last year's top games, BioShock, will be a prequel focusing on the fall of the original game's setting, the atmospheric and beautifully detailed underwater city Rapture. | |
 Mixed fortunes for the stock prices of THQ, Take-Two (via GamesIndustry.biz) -- THQ announced the cancellation of the franchises 'Juiced' and 'Stuntman', and their stock price fell 22 percent. Meanwhile, Take-Two's stock price increased 11 percent with the announcement of a concrete release date for GTAIV. | |
 Rockstar blames PS3 for GTAIV delays (via MTV) -- Rockstar VP of Product Development says the PS3 'was definitely a contributing factor' to the delay of GTAIV (quote is in the sixth paragraph). | |
 Bioshock Lego is a masterpiece of brick placement (via Kotaku) -- Proof that you can do ANYTHING with Legos. | |
 Halo inspires schoolyard bullies to teabag victims (via Shacknews) -- Some people should have their kids spayed or neutered... | |
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