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Japanese Xbox 360 Drought Looking Dire [Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart] (Kotaku)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:50:53 GMT

No relief in sight for the 5000 or so Japanese gamers who might be on the weekly hunt for an Xbox 360. With a limited supply, those looking for a Microsoft brand console on which to play a copy of...

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Gamerpick: Xbox Live Rock the Vote polled, Obama ahead (Joystiq)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:51:23 GMT

Filed under: Culture , Microsoft Xbox 360 , Politics The get-kids-voting people behind Rock the Vote recently spread out beyond the limitations of MTV's core demographic and decided to enlist the Xbox Live community , long known to be an e-bastion of enlightened political discourse. So, being the politically (and mathematically!) astute bloggers we are, we took a look at the live poll results, as...

Source : Joystiq (subscribe)

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Soulcalibur IV Demo Now Available for Download on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network (AskMen.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:11:38 GMT

Get a taste of combat with four of the game's fighters.

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Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) To Use Dedicated Servers (Evil Avatar Forums - News Items)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:04:43 GMT

According to 1up (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory'cId=3169669), Valve's upcoming team-based zombie thriller will use dedicated servers on Xbox Live. ---Quote--- Without a doubt the biggest news is that Valve will be running dedicated servers on Microsoft's Live online service. And while they...

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Rock Band Gets Locksley Song Pack (TeamXbox)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:53:29 GMT

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of up and coming rock band Locksley to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content.

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Rare says no to Viva Piñata 2 DLC, yes to 'something new' (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:11:25 GMT

Filed under: News , Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise In a recent live chat with Rare devotees, Rare's Justin Cook made it clear that there are no plans for any Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise downloadable content. Furthermore, Cook says that Rare is "taking a break" from the Viva Piñata franchise in order to "make something new." Just what this something new is, Cook failed to elaborate. The "new"...

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2K Sports Announces NHL 2K9 Has Gone Gold (TeamXbox )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:32:26 GMT

2K Sports announced today that the highly anticipated hockey title, NHL 2K9, has gone gold and is now ready for production.

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Hands-on Preview : Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) (VideoGamer.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:42:01 GMT

An updated look at life and death in Bethesda's radioactive wasteland.

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Bungie staffer gets Xbox Live account hacked (Joystiq)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:51:04 GMT

Filed under: Culture , Hacks , Microsoft Xbox 360 Let this be a good reminder to always err on the side of caution when giving out your Xbox Live information ... that is, don't do it. MTV Multiplayer found out that Halo 3 multiplayer producer Joe Tung can list himself among the gamers who have had their XBL accounts compromised. "Representatives from Microsoft aided Joe in swiftly resolving the issue,"...

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Pure Soundtrack Announced, New Trick Video Released (TeamXbox )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:14:12 GMT

Disney Interactive Studios released the full list of artists and songs for Pure. Additionally, a new video vignette is now available featuring some of the heartstopping tricks that players will encounter in the game.

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Soul Calibur (Xbox 360) (Manchester Evening News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:26:05 GMT

BACK in the days of the Sega Dreamcast, Soul Calibur established itself astheone-on-one fighting game across all consoles.

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Microsoft Rallies Voters With Xbox (ABC News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:30:49 GMT

Microsoft and "Rock the Vote" have teamed up to register 2 million young voters.

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PAX 08: Witness a Bungie and The Behemoth booth construction (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:25:00 GMT

Filed under: Halo 3 PAX 2008 has officially begun and we came across two companies that didn't manage there time very well (ahem, Bungie and The Behemoth ). Meaning that they were diligently working on setting up their booths up until the last minute. So, we figured we'd give you a "booth construction" tour so you can get a behind the scenes peek at what it looks like when team Bungie and The Behemoth...

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Watch Left 4 Dead running on 360 (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:21:42 GMT

Filed under: Left 4 Dead It's no secret that we heart Left 4 Dead . What we played of the game at E3 was excellent , and we're hard pressed to think of another game releasing this year with such a heavy emphasis on team play. Quite simply, if you don't protect your teammates, you all die. Until now, there has only been footage of the PC version of the game, which is the version we played at E3. Thanks...

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Gears of War Series 2 Action Figures Revealed (TeamXbox )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:19:35 GMT

Take a look at Dominic Santiago, Damon Baird, the new Marcus Fenix action figure plus the Theron Guard and the Theron Sentinel.

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WRUP: PAXing it up edition (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:17:54 GMT

Filed under: Fan stuff Our boys Dustin Burg and Xav de Matos are at PAX this weekend and, frankly, those of us left behind (read: me) are jealous as all get out. Those two will be playing all kinds of lovely games. Perhaps most jealousy inducing is Left 4 Dead , but there will be plenty of other things to play like Gears of War 2 and Halo Wars . We'd like to blow off some steam with a little Castle...

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Here's the Halo 3 tribute song "Thank You Bungie" (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:17:53 GMT

Filed under: Halo 3 , Fan stuff Hot on the heels of Matthew McCarthy , writer of " Geometry Wars Will Be the Death of Me ," comes Bryan Simon and "Thank You Bungie - An Ode to Halo 3 ." As you may have guessed, the song is pretty much a love letter to Bungie and Halo 3 (not that there's anything wrong with that). It's not a bad little ditty and it's something we're sure Halo fans will appreciate....

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Dead Space scares gamers a week early in Europe (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:17:57 GMT

Filed under: News , Dead Space In one of the most surprising announcements since the original Gears of War ' just sell it whenever ' release date, Electronic Arts has announced that Dead Space will be releasing a week earlier than originally planned in Europe. That puts Dead Space into the hot little hands of 360 gamers by October 24th in Europe. Why, that gives everyone a full week to enjoy the game...

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Far Cry 2 trailer talks player immersion (Xbox 360 Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:11:25 GMT

Filed under: News , Far Cry 2 The for Far Cry 2 has us wondering just how immersive we want our games to be. In the video above, Far Cry 2 creative director Clint Hawking explains that the player avatar in Far Cry 2 does everything. In other words, the player avatar physically performs every action in the game. There is no magic healing when you pass over a med kit. The camera doesn't simply teleport...

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Stoked Trailer and Screens (TeamXbox )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:48:58 GMT

Check out the first screenshots and teaser trailer of Stoked, an openworld, back country snowboarding game coming exclusively to the Xbox 360.s

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