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NCAA 10 Patch Resolves ‘Gay’ Filtering
Probably not the biggest gameplay issue NCAA 10 players are concerned about, but the “gay” filtering foofaraw has been cleared up as part of a massive patch, the second put out for this game in two months. You might remember, earlier this month, we reported the egg-on-face situation where auto-named rosters from NCAA 10’s Teambuilder…
By Owen Good Published August 26, 2009 -
FASA’s Dev Culture Was “Destroyed” By Microsoft
The name “FASA Interactive” will be familiar to anyone who loved them some Mechwarrior back in the day. Sadly, they’re no more, having been shut down by Microsoft, who bought the company in 1999. Bought then, allegedly, ruined. FASA founder Jordan Weisman has said that once Microsoft bought the studio, things changed. When Microsoft bought…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2009 -
Japanese Store No Longer Buying Old Xbox 360 Consoles
This sign was spotted in front of a Japanese game shop and states that the store will no longer be buying back used Xbox 360s that went on sale before August 2007. The poster tells customers how they can check the serial number on their machine’s date. The store will buy Xbox 360s will the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2009 -
Gears Of War 2: Game Of The Year Edition
GameStop have announced today that, starting next month, you’ll be able to buy a “bundled” version of Gears of War 2, called the “Game of the Year” edition. It includes the main game along with all post-release DLC, which comes to 19 maps and the bonus singleplayer level Road to Ruin. Well…”include” is such a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 26, 2009 -
Microsoft Responds to Xbox Failure Rate Claim
Microsoft’s responded to Game Informer’s controversial survey, which found 54.6 percent of Xbox 360s – among their readership anyway – have gone RRoD. Microsoft didn’t dispute numbers or offer their own, but did concede they’re “constantly improving” the 360’s design. In a statement to TG Daily, Microsoft said: Microsoft stands behind the Xbox 360 as…
By Owen Good Published August 23, 2009 -
Analysts Get to Speculating on 360 Slim
This is like U.S. presidential elections. No sooner do we have a conclusion to a two-year orgy of rumor and speculation than another immediately begins. But a sampling of analysts turn up some who believe that, sure, Microsoft will follow suit with an Xbox 360 slimline design. The pros for such a move: If the…
By Owen Good Published August 22, 2009 -
Two Racing Games Added To Games On Demand
Having already updated the Games on Demand lineup once this week, with Saints Row, Microsoft have announced the addition of two more games to the 360’s digital delivery service. Both are racing titles, namely EA’s Need for Speed ProStreet and Criterion’s Burnout Revenge. Both will be available next Tuesday, August 25. In addition to those…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2009 -
Independent Xbox LIVE Game Banned For “Visual Sexual Assault Reminders”
And Yet, I Love You, an indie game developed for Xbox LIVE Indie Games Marketplace, has been pulled for being “too erotic”. The text heavy visual novel was developed by Japanese independent dev Naoki Sagawa and contains no actual sex scenes. It is not an adult game. Sagawa was contacted by Microsoft Europe who stated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2009 -
Fable II Goes Episodic, Pay-To-Play
In addition to announcing Fable III, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has also revealed that Fable II is to be re-released as an episodic, pay-per-episode title. It’ll launch on September 29, with the game broken up into five chapters. The first chapter will be free, and when you get to the end of it, you’ll be…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009 -
Report: Xbox 360 Failure Rate Over 50 Percent
It’s that time again! Time to talk about Xbox 360 failure rates — you know, the Red Ring of Death and all that jazz. In a survey of the print edition of Game Informer, nearly 5,000 readers were surveyed about the consoles. Here’s how console failure broke down: ¥ Xbox 360 has a 54.2 percent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2009 -
Inside GamesCom’s Halls One Day Early
Koelnmesse, home to Gamescom, is a mammoth, sprawling complex of buildings, streets and boulevards, so it’s not surprising that Mike and I got lost on the way to the press room. Our wanderings had us walking through GDC Europe and all four of the show’s halls, where we couldn’t help but notice what we’d be…
By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2009 -
Elite 360 No Longer Ships With HD Cables
One of the things I appreciated most about my Xbox 360 Elite was that it shipped with an HDMI cable in the box, letting me get the most out of my system’s visuals without the need for further expense. Thing is, I got my Elite years ago. If you plan on picking one up in…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 -
Britain Gets A 360 Price Increase
While there are 360 price cuts on the horizon in the US market, in Britain, consumers don’t have things as easy, because instead of price cuts, Microsoft have instead announced an impending price increase. According to a report on Eurogamer – who spoke with ShopTo and another “corroborating independent retail chain source” – Microsoft sent…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 -
Xbox 360 Hits 9 Million In Europe
Much like the US in recent months, in Europe the Xbox 360 has been bucking the 2009 trend of downward sales, registering positive sales growth as it moves past the 9 million sold barrier. That’s according to Xbox Europe’s Chris Lewis, at any rate, who says that so far in 2009 the 360 is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 -
1vs100: 2.5 Million Downloads, 200k+ Playing In A Single Night
No doubt flushed with the unexpected success of it all, Microsoft this morning released some statistics for their Xbox Live party/quiz title 1 vs 100. Most importantly, that it’s been downloaded 2.5 million times. Also disclosed were the records for players in one night (230,000 in North America, 215,000 in Europe), as well as simultaneous…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009 -
Halo 3 Still Being Played, By The Truckload, Every Day
We’ve noticed. Many of you are sick to death of Halo. To a certain extent that’s understandable, but then, sometimes you have to applaud the efforts of a game that, two years on from release, is still so damn popular. How popular? According to Bungie, on average, every single day, there are over 1,000,000 unique…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009