New 360 Elite bundle includes Halo 3: ODST and Forza 3 for $300 (via DCEmu) -- Image: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/03/gamxboxelitespringbundle580.jpg
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Are you preparing to buy your first ever Xbox 360, and are looking for the best value for... Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 30684 | 5 months ago
Rumor: Lucasarts Releasing Monkey Island 2: Special Edition (via DCEmu) - Lucasarts made a special edition of Monkey Island, and it went down real well. Know what that means? Yeah, that Lucasarts will be releasing a special edition of Monkey Island 2.
We've heard from sources that the game is due to be announced very soon, perhaps even next week at the Game Developer's. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 22377 | 5 months ago
Microsoft shows off single game running on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox (via DCEmu) -- Image: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/windows-phone-gaming-1.jpg
Guess we don't have to wait until MIX to have all our Windows Phone 7 Series questions answered! Microsoft's Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a... Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 22233 | 5 months ago
New 360 Elite bundle includes Halo 3: ODST and Forza 3 for $300 (via Joystiq) -
Are you preparing to buy your first ever Xbox 360, and are looking for the best value for your money? Alternatively, did your Xbox 360 just commit ritual seppuku, and now you're looking for a SKU that comes bundled with some good games? Both parties are in luck -- Amazon recently added a listing for an Xbox 360 Elite Spring 2010 bundle, which includes Halo 3: ODST, Forza Motorsport 3 and a 120GB hard drive for just $299. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 21030 | 5 months ago
2K Games Releases New Boom Boom Trailer for Mafia II (via Planet Xbox) -- Check out the new action-packed trailer "boom boom" for Mafia II and come along for the ride as lifelong friends Vito and Joe face heart-pounding gunfights and white-knuckle driving to rise through the ranks of the Mafia; after the jump. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 20478 | 5 months ago
MS: Xbox360 has 5yrs of life left in it (via Xboxic) - Microsoft European Vice President Chris Lewis, has stated in a recent media interview that the Xbox 360 console has at least five years life left in it, and that Natal will push the machine to new heights when it’s launched, making 2010 the biggest year in the history of Xbox. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 20379 | 5 months ago
Swag Saturday: Toy Soldiers XBLA (via Joystiq) -
Signal Studios' new game Toy Soldiers might sound like any other tower defense game at first glance, but it has art direction that will knock your socks off. It's one thing to pit the Kaiser's forces against the boys from England, but Toy Soliders turns them into little clockwork toys, full of cogs and springs. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 19614 | 5 months ago
Final Fantasy XIII deals to pounce on at Target and Amazon (via Joystiq) -
After you heard what we had to say about Final Fantasy XIII, you may very well now be itching to finally get your own hands all over the thirteenth entry in the FF series from Square Enix. Lucky for you, dearest reader, we've got news of a couple ways to save some dough on your purchase this week. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 18981 | 5 months ago
Top 10 Characters that Deserve Their Own Game (via Planet Xbox) - Heroes these days seem to have largely disregarded the notion of sidekicks. It might be the endless taunting that Robin received, or the eternal coolness of uttering that classic “I work aloneâ€ï¿½ line before strolling off into the graceful shadow of the night. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 18852 | 5 months ago
Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit Now Sold Separately Accessories (via Kotaku) - Time was, if you bought a used 360 hard drive, you could call a toll-free number and dupe Microsoft into sending a free transfer cable. Then they got wise and charged $12. It's now a fully listed accessory, for $15.The cable went up on the Microsoft Store, sold separately, for $14. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 18846 | 5 months ago
Portal 2 Will Have Co-Op Multiplayer, Full-Price (via 1Up) -
Even though Valve's intention to make a Portal sequel has been known for some time, it was still exciting to see Portal 2 officially revealed earlier this week...even if the reveal came with almost no details to speak of. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 18711 | 5 months ago
Tinker to Chance: Game Makers Rethinking an Orthodoxy? Stick Jockey (via Kotaku) - 2K Sports caught plenty by surprise when it said it was taking a break from its NHL series, not killing it outright as many suspected. I hold out hope that it's a sign the orthodoxy of sports publishing is changing.For roughly 15 years, games of NHL 2K's classification - a league-licensed team sports sim - have built up the expectation that a publisher paying for that league's branding and its players name had damn well better put out a title every year. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 18549 | 5 months ago
ESRB outs 'Lips: I Heart the 80s' (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) -
For those of you looking to put your '80s singing chops to the test, it would appear that iNiS will be offering you just that chance if a recent ESRB listing for a fourth installment in the Lips series is to be believed. "Lips: I (Heart) the 80s" was recently spotted by IGN over on the ratings website, sporting a description that reveals at least two tracks from the 1980s-centric title -- The Police's "Roxanne" and Rick James' "Super Freak. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 18108 | 5 months ago
Xbox Live Now Allows Gender Expression (via Slashdot) - Last year we discussed news that an Xbox Live gamer was banned for identifying herself as a lesbian on her profile. Microsoft said at the time that nothing sexual in nature could appear in Gamertags or profiles. Now, they seem to have reconsidered their stance, and they've updated their Code of Conduct accordingly. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 16011 | 5 months ago
ESRB Rates Lips: I Heart the 80s (via 1Up) -
The Electronic Software Ratings Board has issued a Teen rating for Lips: I (Heart) the 80s, and inadvertently also announced Lips: I (Heart) the 80s in the process.
This will be the fourth installment of iNiS's karaoke party game for the Xbox 360, following the original Lips (pictured), Lips: Number One Hits, and Lips: Party Classics. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 13743 | 5 months ago
Bad Company 2 Players Reporting Lost Stats (via 1Up) -
Enjoying Battlefield: Bad Company 2's multiplayer mode? Would you still be enjoying it if suddenly all the stats you've accrued and weapons and ranks you unlocked disappeared? That seems to be happening to wide swaths of players, as complaints are flooding Electronic Arts' official Bad Company 2 forums (not to mention a number of other popular gaming forums across the Internet). Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 13317 | 5 months ago
Microsoft shows off single game running on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox (via Engadget) -
Guess we don't have to wait until MIX to have all our Windows Phone 7 Series questions answered! Microsoft's Eric Rudder, speaking at TechEd Middle East, showed off a game developed in Visual Studio as a singular project (with 90% shared code) that plays on Windows with a keyboard, a Windows Phone 7 Series prototype device with accelerometer and touch controls, and the Xbox 360 with the Xbox gamepad. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 11412 | 5 months ago
Weekend Coupons: Bundles of Joy Dealtaku (via Kotaku) - Big-ticket items lead the latest roundup of values and savings, but if you're just here for the games, we've got plenty of deals there, too. Onward Weekend Coupons!Hardware
• As McWhertor pointed out yesterday, Amazon's cranking out a value-added Xbox 360 Elite bundle on Tuesday; it gives you the console plus Halo 3: ODST and Forza Motorsport III for $299. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 9624 | 5 months ago
Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 - What we want to see (via CVG) - Here's our list: But what do YOU want it to contain, readers?. We've been pretty lucky. In August 2009 Rocksteady brought us the definitive Batman game (make that the definitive superhero game) and no-one saw it coming. Related StoriesPS3's big error: Time to go offline?The Making Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6489 | 5 months ago
Red Dead Redemption images (via Xboxyde) -- Delayed to May 21, Red Dead Redemption is back with these teeny tiny images. We are sorry we could not find them in a more appropriate resolution but it will have to do just now. Also, you should all know that the Assassin won the big referendum organized by Gamestop a little while ago. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6420 | 5 months ago
First screens for the new Lara Croft (via Xboxyde) -- Previously announced, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light has its first look with these screenshots. The game will come to unspecified platforms somewhere around in 2010. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5244 | 5 months ago
CVG: The week's best comments (via CVG) -- You lot weigh in with your thoughts... Nothing of any note really happened this week, guys.Related StoriesThe Making of Colin McRae Dirt 2The men who helped shape the Xbox 360FFXIII: Why the critics are wrongFFXIII: Why the haters are wrongBatman: Arkham Asylum 2 - What we want to see Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5061 | 5 months ago
PSPMultiFunctionXX 2.0 (via PSP News) - News via http://www.psp-ita.com/?module=news&id=37568&view_reply=1
At a distance of two months from the previous release our user Bianchi.r releases a new version of PSPMultiFunctionXX, utilities homebrew LUA developed with several integrated functions. The update includes an interface pointer to. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4821 | 5 months ago
A VU meter for your PSP (via PSP News) -- Image: http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/psp-vu-meter.jpg
wanted some blinky goodness to go along with the tunes on his PSP. He built a VU meter circuit around a couple of LM324 op-amp chips and fit it into the UMD space on the back of the PSP. Using surface mount... Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4551 | 5 months ago
Three images for Kane Lynch Dog Days (via Xboxyde) - IO Interactive is rather shy when it comes to releasing images of kane Lynch: Dog Days so today, we are only shown three new screenshots. The surveillance camera look does not seem particularly convincing in stills, but word on the street is that it looks great in motion. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4263 | 5 months ago
