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BioShock 2, Red Faction Cosplay For Your 360 Avatar

If your 360 avatar is in need of some over-priced, officially-licensed attire to help ring in St. Valentine’s Day, Microsoft, 2K and THQ have you covered with some BioShock 2 and Red Faction: Guerilla clothing purchases. They’re your standard fare, a mix of game-themed t-shirts and replica costumes from the titles themselves. I still don’t…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2010

Forza 3 Sells 2 Million, Celebrates With New Track DLC

To celebrate the fact the game has now sold over two million copies, Microsoft and Turn 10 today announced a new range of downloadable content for Forza 3, focusing again on the world’s most iconic race track, the Nürburgring. What some may know as one of the greatest race courses in the world, others may…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2010

Report: US Army Tried To Buy 360s For Training, Was Turned Down

Back in 2006, the US Army approached Microsoft with a lucrative contract offer: supply a ton of Xbox 360 consoles to the Army for the purposes of training soldiers. Microsoft’s answer? No, thank you. Roger Smith, the man responsible for buying the Army’s training gear, says that four years ago – despite the promise of…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2010

Final Fantasy XIII Gets An Xbox 360 Bundle In North America

Square Enix has been surprisingly mum on plans to bring a limited edition of Final Fantasy XIII to North America. Japan gets one, as does Europe. What do we get? At the very least, an Xbox 360 “special edition” bundle. According to a recent retail listing, Microsoft will be backing the role-playing game’s launch with…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 9, 2010

Ghost Recon: Future Soldiers Coming to the Wii

A version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldiers, confirmed earlier today by Ubisoft, will be coming to Wii, the company announced today. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that the upcoming shooter will be coming to all platforms when it hits, including the Wii. The game will be different though, he pointed out. It will be developed…

By Brian Crecente Published February 9, 2010

Care Packages On The Way for Xbox 360 Modern Warfare

Modern Warfare 2’s “Care Package” patch already has released for PS3 and PC; via Twitter, Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling says it was submitted on Friday to Microsoft for certification on the Xbox 360. The fixes and changes this patch will provide: • Care Package, Emergency Airdrop, and Sentry Gun marker grenades sprint speed…

By Owen Good Published February 7, 2010

DLC Removal Threatens Halo 2 Farewell

Downloadable content for the original Xbox has been taken offline as Microsoft prepares to terminate the console’s online support. One problem: Matchmaking restrictions require all Halo 2 DLC to play it online. That could make for a small going-away party. Here’s the situation: Matchmaking requirements mean those playing Halo 2 on the Xbox 360 need…

By Owen Good Published February 6, 2010

We Shall Mourn The Following Xbox Live Originals

Microsoft’s decision tonight to end online play for all original Xbox consoles and games marks the end of an era in console gaming. Let’s take a minute to remember those titles who tonight gave their lives. Being the first successful platform for online console gaming (sorry, Dreamcast), the Xbox was home to many good games…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2010

Microsoft: No More Original Xbox Games Over Xbox Live

Microsoft announced tonight that online play for original Xbox consoles and titles – including those played on an Xbox 360 – over its Xbox Live service will soon be discontinued. The axe will fall on April 15, and will bring an end to years of online play for games like Halo 2 and…whatever other original…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2010

The Unsexy Prototype Side Of Project Natal’s Camera

The PR-approved product shot of Microsoft’s Project Natal camera for the Xbox 360 looks sleek, sharp and maybe a little bit cute. The prototype version of the peripheral is anything but. Okay, maybe it’s the tiniest bit cute, in a sad, bound for the back of a Jawa sandcrawler scrapheap kind of way, its one…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2010

This Buggy Xbox 360 Shooter Just Can’t Get Patched

DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA, the Xbox 360 port by developer 5pb of Cave’s arcade bullet hell shooter, was originally announced for Christmas Day 2008. Then it was delayed. Then it was released the following February, buggy. 5pb’s port was so buggy that shipments of the game were halted. The company also struggled…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 3, 2010

No Mature Games Allowed In Xbox Game Room

One of the biggest potential stumbling points for the 360’s (and PC’s!) Game Room – having to secure an endless stream of ESRB ratings – has been solved in a fairly unique way by Microsoft. Whereas similar platforms – like Nintendo’s Virtual Console for the Wii – submit each game to the ratings board individually,…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 30, 2010

Xbox 360’s Game Room Wants You to Rebuy Your “Arcade”

When the Xbox 360 gets its Game Room later this year, players will have to repopulate the arcade with titles no matter what they have already purchased through Xbox Live, Game Informer reports. That’s because Microsoft considers the Game Room titles, which are “originals, different from the Xbox Live Arcade titles, which are revamps, GI…

By Brian Crecente Published January 29, 2010

Microsoft Made $19 Billion Last Quarter, Sold 5.2 Million Xboxs

It was a good quarter for Xbox 360 maker Microsoft. No, it was the company’s best ever, pulling in record revenue of $19.02 billion. It highlighted “exceptional demand for Windows 7,” wisely downplaying the decrease in the Xbox 360 division. Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, corporate home to the Xbox business, was responsible for $2.9…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 28, 2010

Battlefield Bad Company 2 Demo Launches Surprise Attack On Xbox 360

Not to be outdone by the impending release of a beta on the PC, the Xbox 360 has secured some Battlefield Bad Company 2 action of its own, with the surprise release of a demo. Originally appearing in Australia overnight, the demo has now been downloaded – and played – by people all over the…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 28, 2010

Master Mario Mashup

Mario/Master Chief tattoo, now on an unknown fan for life. As seen at Hawty McBloggy.

By Owen Good Published January 27, 2010

Is Lost Planet 2 Doing Marcus Fenix Right?

Gears of War’s Marcus Fenix and hetero life companion Dominic Santiago are getting the Lost Planet 2 treatment, but is Capcom’s MT-Framework 2.0 treating them right? Let’s compare! First off, we’re taking an image from a brief trailer shown during the announcement of the Gears guys’ cameo in Lost Planet 2, so until we get…

By Mike Fahey Published January 26, 2010

Report: Nintendo Said “No, Thank You” To Project Natal Tech

Nintendo executives were reportedly given the option to snatch up the technology that powers Microsoft’s controller-free Project Natal but passed, worried that the camera tech was too expensive and not responsive enough for the Wii maker. CVG cites an anonymous source at Nintendo—specifically “a top insider (and we mean top insider)”—as saying that Nintendo bossman…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 26, 2010

New Xbox Japan Ads Are Reminiscent of Old Dreamcast Ads

For those living outside Japan, the country’s Xbox 360 commercials have been interesting. There have been a boy band and a song about kicking the shit out of the recession. The latest series of ads features a trio of salarymen from the “Xbox Mission Department”. The guy with the Xbox 360 logo for a noggin…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2010

Microsoft Facing Lawsuit Over Xbox Live Pricing

Samuel Lassoff, an attorney in Philadelphia, is taking Microsoft to court over claims that the Xbox 360’s currency system – Microsoft Points – exists to “unjustly enrich” the console manufacturer. The basis of Lassoff’s complaint will no doubt also the basis of many of your complaints over the system. Namely, that prices are engineered so…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2010