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Magic Planeswalkers Duels Spill Over To PC, PS3

Wizards of the Coast are bringing Xbox Live card-battler Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers to the PlayStation Network and PC, with two new Xbox 360 expansions in the works. Possibly the purest Magic: The Gathering experience ever to grace a game console, Wizards of the Coast is keen to bring Duels of…

By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2009

Next Week On Rock Band: How Much Grohl Would You Like?

It doesn’t matter if you prefer your Dave Grohl with or without Kurt Cobain, next week’s Rock Band Music Store update has you covered. Three shots of Nirvana and a four-pack of Foo Fighters grace the Rock Band Music Store next week, with Joan Jett and the Blackheart’s “Fake Friends” this week’s sole non Nirvana-related…

By Mike Fahey Published October 30, 2009

Have Some Modern Warfare 2 Screens

What’s your preferred wartime headgear of choice? Scuba mask, combat helmet, gas mask or Mohawk? I like Mohawk myself, but if I stood that close to a helicopter, I might want a helmet.

By AJ Glasser Published October 23, 2009

LEGO Rock Band Ships With 45 Songs, Music Censorship

LEGO Rock Band will ship with 45 songs including tunes from Queen, Vampire Weekend, Katrina & The Waves and, of course, Bon Jovi. But you will only be able to purchase family friendly music from the Rock Band store. LEGO Rock Band’s support of Rock Band store purchases is limited to only those songs “identified…

By Brian Crecente Published October 12, 2009

An Ironic Japanese Post Office Sticker

One Japanese gamer sent his busted Xbox 360 off to get fixed. When got it back, Japan Post had slapped a red label reading “kowaremono” — “breakable”, “broken item” or better yet “fragile”. As seen on Hatena Entry List.

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 5, 2009

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition Coming to Xbox Live

Zeno Clash is on the way to Xbox Live Arcade, says Atlus, who promises new content, a new cooperative mode and gameplay fine-tuned to gamer feedback. Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition will is scheduled to release in March 2010. The first-person brawler will include a new cooperative mode in the game’s Tower Challenges, Atlus said in…

By Owen Good Published September 30, 2009

Obama Namechecks Xbox Once Again In Speech To Kids

President Barack Obama is once again tossing the old Xbox under the bus, naming Microsoft’s console in a speech to schoolchildren today, implying it might interfere with their education. Or maybe this is just smart product placement… In a peppy speech that focused on promoting education and personal responsibility, Obama made brief mention of Microsoft’s…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 8, 2009

Guy Busted for Stealing WiFi at NYC Library — to Play Halo

In a public library, a dude sitting at a monitor with his hands in his lap, covered by a newspaper, implicitly means bad things. Fear not, he’s only sneaked in an Xbox to steal the free WiFi and play Halo. The tumbelog teendrama picked this up – the writer’s pal spied the multiplayer shenanigans in…

By Owen Good Published August 26, 2009

One-Inch Xbox Is, Yes, Slim

While the world waits impatiently for a PS3 Slim, this modder has gone ahead (well…backwards) and created an Xbox that’s even slimmer. The guy’s name is Bandit5317, and his Xbox is one-inch wide, losing the clunky disc drive and replacing it with a 320GB HDD. It’s like the Xbox of the past and the Xbox…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009

So, What Was The World’s Very First Gamertag?

While there are millions and millions (and millions!) of gamertags out there now, in the beginning, there was but one. The alpha, the creator, Xbox Live’s Adam, before he lost a rib. So, who was it? As part of a little Q&A about the new Xbox dashboard, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb has disclosed that the very…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2009

Xbox Live To Span Mobiles, Web “And Beyond”

Got a long memory? Long enough to remember Xbox’s “Live Anywhere” concept? Then you may be shocked to find Microsoft are still hiring people to go implement it. A Microsoft job posting, noticed by Ars Technica, is looking for a “LIVE Community Director”, who would be asked to… …manage [Microsoft’s] LIVE community strategy and execution…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2009

Assassin’s Creed II More Vicious, Less Predictable Than Predecessor

This fall’s Assassin’s Creed hero isn’t just a better killer than his predecessor. He lives in a world in which he can swim, the sun sets and thieves can become allies, the game’s executive producer, Jade Raymond, showed Kotaku yesterday. During a demo of the game in New York played on the PlayStation 3 E3…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2009

Microsoft Patents Drop-In Co-Op In Shooters

Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office assigned the maker of the Xbox 360 and publisher of Gears of War the feature to offer seamless switching from solo to co-op gaming in squad-based shooters. The patent, #7,559,834 was invented by James York of Austin, Texas and filed back in the original Xbox era…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2009

Ten Years Ago: “Halo is the Name of This Game.”

In 1999, Bungie was probably the best-known studio developing specifically for Macintosh, having delivered titles like Marathon, Myth, and Pathways Into Darkness. At Macworld 1999, Steve Jobs introduced the studio’s next big Mac exclusive: Halo. Within a year, Bungie would be bought out by Microsoft and Halo would become a launch title that, more than…

By Owen Good Published July 19, 2009

Tecmo Koei: Xbox 360 Is Doing “Well” In Japan

Remember when the Xbox 360 launched in Japan? Boy, that was embarrassing! Microsoft has turned things around of late and found a small degree of success in the region. “Xbox 360 as a business is doing better than the old Xbox,” Tecmo Koei boss Kenji Matsubara tells game site Kikizo. “They have a good opportunity…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 4, 2009

Band Of Bugs Thrusts Your Avatar Into Battle

Be a part of an elite insectoid military force next week, when NinjaBee introduces Xbox 360 avatar support for strategy title Band of Bugs, along with an entirely new game released as DLC. Developer NinjaBee delivered one of the earliest avatar-supporting Xbox Live Arcade titles in A Kingdom for Keflings, and now they’re putting your…

By Mike Fahey Published July 1, 2009

In Defense Of The Classic Controller

By Leigh Alexander. At the E3 debut of Project Natal, Microsoft’s Don Mattrick called the controllers we’ve known and loved “a barrier separating video game players from everyone else.” Wait. Isn’t that the point? Should video game controllers really disappear? We’ve heard a million times about how the cultural presence of games is growing exponentially…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 29, 2009

Rock Band Next Week: More Foreigner, More Warped Tour

Issue number 16 of the Official Rock Band Zine has hit fans’ inboxes today, bringing with it news of three more Foreigner songs and another bunch of Warped Tour songs hitting the store next week. Following up on last week’s Warped Tour song pack comes Vans Warped Tour 3-Pack, adding Dear and the Headlights’ “Sweet…

By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2009

This Week In Live Arcade: Garou Marks And Droplitz

Puzzles and punches come to Xbox Live Arcade this week, with the release of SNK’s beloved fighter Garou: Mark of the Wolves, and Atlus’ Xbox Live Arcade debut, Droplitz. One of the best Dreamcast releases comes to the North American Xbox Live Arcade this week in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. The latest title in…

By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2009

RRoD Prevents Condensation Ring of Death

As seen on Flickr, via Xbox Freedom. With thanks to tipster Jamie.

By Owen Good Published June 20, 2009