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Gears of War TrueSkill ranking: A wrong move for Microsoft?  (via QJ) - If you've visited Microsoft's Gears of War forums, you probably have spotted this: "Yes, it s a cert requirement. You may not choose who you get to play with in a ranked match and you may not keep the session together. The theory is this prevents collaborative cheating (I kill you ten times, now you me, etc. | |
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Datel Xport vs. XSATA? (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Reader Hot Zizzy spotted the Datel Xport 360 at Best Buy for $39:99. Here's the feature list: Transfer data between your Xbox 360 hard drive, memory cards and PC quickly and easily Bonus Xbox memory card adapter lets you transfer original Xbox game saves to your Xbox 360 High-speed USB 2. | |
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Chillifix for Xbox 360 - Restore Bricked Hitachi-LG Drives (via Xbox Scene) - A new 'chip' to fix bricked Xbox360 Hitachi-LG drives has been announced by the Chilliflash team:Chillifix for Xbox 360:* Recovers Hitachi drives from recovery state (bricked).* Recovers drive from a bad flash, caused by wrongly flashing. Xtreme, OPA firmwares which leaves drive in a dead state (master checksum fix). | |
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Epoxy Removal Video HowTo for Xbox 360 DVD drives (via Xbox Scene) - Team MODFREAKz posted a great video-howto on youtube explaining how to remove the epoxy resin ('glue') Microsoft puts on chips inside Xbox360 DVD drives to prevent you from accessing ic-legs and solderpoints. The video will explain you how to remove it using a simple scalpel and an hotair-gun (that's not the same as a hairdryer, you'll need a temperature around 80-90C/176-194F). | |
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Bikini-clad cowgirl zombie-killing: the Oneechanbara vorteX website (via QJ) - Don't let the zombies distract you from what's really important here. You have to kill them, remember? Just be lucky that you're controlling a bikini-clad cowgirl with a katana who's good at what she does.Oneechanbara vorteX is the latest version of Tamsoft and D3's Simple 2000 series of video games, all of which feature scantily clad women with swords killing things or beating the stuffing out of each other. | |
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New data transfer solution: Datel Xport 360 (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: PeripheralsThe Datel Xport 360 showed up at Best Buy un-announced and caused some confusion with Datel's other data transfer solutions. Xbox-Scene has a forum post with details on the new device, which should let you back up your 360 hard drive with ease. Datel does come up with some decent stuff and I'd like to thank them for not bombarding us with a stream of press releases and viral ads. | |
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Kreon Alternative FW for Samsung SH-D163A/TS-H353A v0.80 (via Xbox Scene) - Kreon released a port of his popular firmware for the Samsung SH-D162C PC DVD-drive to the Toshiba-Samsung SH-D163A/TS-H353A PC DVD-drive. This modified firmware allows you to dump original Xbox and Xbox 360 discs (including extracting the Security Sectors (SS)) with this cheap PC DVD-drive (so no Xbox(360)-drive or disc hot-swap required):XBOX 360 enabled alternative FW for the Samsung SH-D163A/TS-H353A drive - V0. | |
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Gears of War still buggy, complain 'Chainsaw' event attendees (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, ActionMicrosoft and New Line Cinema teamed up last night to show off their upcoming projects, which both feature chainsaws forced upon the human (or humanoid) figure. A "Match Made in Hell" provided the first opportunity for the public to get hands-on time with Gears of War multiplayer, but attendees had to sit through a screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning first. | |
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Buy a Pair of Shoes & Unlock Jay-Z in NBA Live 07 (via Planet Xbox) -- If you purchase a pair of the new S. Carter Basketball IV shoes at Champs Sports then you will also receive a special code allowing you to unlock Jay-Z in NBA Live 07. | |
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Gears of War trailer remixes (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Fan stuff, Gears of War Many people, myself included, thought that the music selection in the latest Gears of War trailer was inspired. It served both to highlight the action and to contrast the rawk music that we usually get in game commercials. Still, not everyone liked it, and Aeropause decided to take it one step further. | |
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i Gears of War /i Mad World Trailer (via Game Spy) -- Gears of War (X360)See the new promo video in HD. | |
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Gears of War is 'goldish,' CliffyB done (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, Online"My job as designer of Gears of War is, well, more or less done," writes CliffyB in his latest blog, titled "fin." The Gears lead designer is now off to fulfill his duties for the hype machine, leaving us to assume that Epic's game is gold and ready to lead Microsoft's holiday charge. | |
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Gears of War To Be Displayed At Six Flags New England Event (via Gamers Hell) -- Pre-launch Xbox 360 preview party at Six Flags New England will feature 'Gears of War' demo lounge and Megadeth mini-concert | |
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Meet CliffyB, Play Gears of War (via Kotaku) - Microsoft is holding a drawing to giveaway two trips for two to sunny downtown Raleigh, North Carolina where they will be whisked away to Epic Studios to meet Cliffy B and get their grubby paws on some real, live Gears of War gameplay time. | |
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Germany says NEIN to Gears of War (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, ActionEntschuldigung Cliffy B, aber dein Spiel ist verboten! VERBOTEN! Germany's Unterhaltungssoftware Selbskontrolle (USK), the German version of the ESRB, has refused to give the upcoming Gears of War a rating due to the games violence. | |
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Gears of War to Ship with 10 Versus Multiplayer Maps (via Team Xbox) -- Cliff Bleszinski, Gears of Wars lead designer, has announced that the game will ship with 10 versus multiplayer maps instead of the 8 originally announced. | |
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Mad World cinematic trailer for Gears of War (via QJ) - "Mad World" is one of our favorite songs (Gary Jules, originally by Tears for Fears). Back when "Smallville" was a big thing among us, we liked this song then. Now, in this Gears of War cinematic, it's just beautiful.Exclusive award-winner. This exclusive title for the Xbox 360 is one of those games (in my honest opinion) that we will look back on and say, "Yes, this game made the Xbox 360 great. | |
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Buy an Xbox 360, Get Gears of War or Viva Piata for Free (via Team Xbox) -- During the month of October, if you buy an Xbox 360 at Amazon, you'll get a copy of Gears of War or Viva Piata for free. More info inside. | |
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News: Gears of War Goes Gold for Xbox 360 (via GamePro) -- Microsoft today announced that work on Gears of War has completed, and the game has shipped to the disc manufacturing plant. | |
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Trailer: Gears of War Ad (via Major Nelson) - The following content is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox Live Gold members only:Name: Gears of War promotioinal ad (720p and 480p)Price: FreeNOT Available in: Germany.Dash Details: Exclusive “Gears of War” commercial that will run in Cinema and on TV. | |
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Gears of War Chainsaw Video (via Planet Xbox) -- A Gears of War gameplay trailer, fresh out of X06, has made it public and we have it available for those of you 18+ to watch. | |
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News: Gears of War Cost Microsoft $1 Billion (via GamePro) -- Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, says Gears of War set the standard for 512MB of RAM in the Xbox 360, costing Microsoft $1 billion. | |
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Gears of War to ship with 10 multiplayer maps (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, OnlineUp from a proposed eight, ten multiplayer maps will ship with Gears of War, confirmed CliffyB. Coupled with two-player co-op over Xbox Live, does this number hit your sweet spot?In other Gears news, time is winding down on the 48-hour window Epic is using to grant visitors access to this promo site (pictured). | |
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Be the first in New England to play 'Gears of War' (via Major Nelson) - You read that right, I am going to give you one of the first chances to play ‘Gears of War’ before anyone else. Read on for the background: ‘Gears of War’ is a sponsor of Megadeth’s ‘Gigantour.’ It turns out that Dave Mustaine was inspired by the theme of the game so he wrote a song called “Gears of War” for their upcoming album. | |
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Gears of War multiplayer breakdown (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, OnlineIGN scored the scoop on Gears of War multiplayer, and we cut the fluff, breaking it down like this:Modes: War Zone - 4-on-4 team deathmatch; no respawns Resurrection - 4-on-4 team deathmatch; downed players will revive after 30 | |
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X06: Gears of War 'Chainsaw' trailer (via QJ) - >The past week has been pretty good for Gears of War publicity-wise. Among them good newsies are the possibility of Fonix VoiceIn voice recognition technology, the confirmation of a co-op game mode and the coalition with blockbuster film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning in the first ever video game and motion picture dual preview. | |
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Gears of War after hours event freebies (via QJ) - With the release of the Xbox 360 game Gears of War getting closer and closer, this game's marketing team has been burning the midnight oil to make sure that its title gets all the exposure that it deserves. One of team's latest gimmicks was the Gears of War after hours event which was held at EB Games stores in the U. | |
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Gears of War suffers at the hands of Microsoft (via Xboxic) - Well, it had to happen didn’t it? After all the great and exciting news on GoW lately, there was always going to be a setback. Sadly, it’s in the multiplayer department, and sadly, you won’t be playing tactically with any of your Xbox Live friends. Unfortunately for the guys at Epic and us gamers, Microsoft have [. | |
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