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By Randy Nelson EA has opened the garage door and rolled out its Team Racing Pack for Need For Speed: Shift, adding five new cars and a cooperative online racing mode to its superb driving game. Available today for Xbox 360 and PC, the DLC is priced at ... wait, it's free? Five cars and a new mode are free? This is ob...

By Alexander Sliwinski Little-known "steampunk fantasy" game Edge of Twilight (hey, Tim Langdell, that's your cue) has apparently gone over the horizon and into oblivion. Kotaku cites sources at Australia-based Fuzzyeyes Studios (which may have shut down) that claim the game ceased development months ago....

By Ludwig Kietzmann Shrugging off years of mediocrity and partially descriptive subtitles, EA's newly announced Medal of Honor reboot will thrust players into a modern milieu: Afghanistan. Set for release in 2010 on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the new first-person shooter follows the Tier 1 Operator,...

By Richard Mitchell Assuming November's weekly average was similar, Microsoft certainly didn't come close to topping Sony's impressive Black Friday total of 440,000 PS3 consoles. And let's not forget Nintendo's Black Friday success: 550,000 Wii consoles and DS / DSi sales in excess of one million units. R...

By Richard Mitchell After revealing the news that it would be giving Serious Sam: The Second encounter an HD makeover, Devolver Digital has now dropped some bad news: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has been delayed on the Xbox 360. According to the Devolver Digital Twitter account, the XBLA version of th...

By David Hinkle Microsoft just pulled back the curtain on a brand-new bundle exclusively for our brothers and sisters to the north. Aside from a 250GB Xbox 360 Elite console, the bundle also includes a double dose of Bungie goodness: Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.

By Ludwig Kietzmann Ubisoft has announced -- rather cryptically -- that Assassin's Creed 2 will receive two batches of downloadable content over the coming months. The first, entitled "Battle for Forli," will launch in January, 2010, followed by "Bonfire of the Vanities" in February. You're advised to hav...

By Richard Mitchell RSS MP3] Add the Xbox 360 Fanboy Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. MP3] Download the MP3 directly. Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupContinue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 144 -- Color Me Sadd

By Richard Mitchell Yep, you guessed it, this week is about Modern Warfare 2. We throw some news in there, and even squeeze in one fan mail after the break, but the bulk is Modern Warfare 2. In the first half of the show, we break down our impressions of the game. In the second half, we tackle the controversial "No Russ...

By Alexander Sliwinski EA's John Schappert stated that Madden had a rough start in August, with sales down 19 percent from the prior year, but that it rallied up eight percent year-over-year in September, thanks to the PS3 price drop. The company claims that Madden 10 has sold five percent more than last year's it...

By Richard Mitchell RSS MP3] Add the Xbox 360 Fanboy Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Bonus: Behold the continuing evolution of the dropbear!Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 142 -- ODSB

By Richard Mitchell First, it could be that Bayonetta is just a really good game. Second, it's possible the editors of Famitsu really have a thing for hair witches. Given the involvement of Hideki Kamiya -- one of the principal minds behind Devil May Cry -- it's probably the former. At least, we certainly hope it'...

By Richard Mitchell With Richard and Xav both returning from far off lands, this episode spirals into an out-of-control frenzy of giggles and inappropriate behavior. Basically, it's the same thing you've come to love and expect. This week we hear all about the Tokyo Game Show, video game violence and who does...

By Xav de Matos Special Guest: Jake Reardon (Jaken Bear) - Xbox Canada Community Manager Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta.Xbox 360 Fancast 133 -- Bro'in Out, eh? originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Richard Mitchell We've got an interesting show this week. We spend quite a bit of time talking about the Elite price cut as well as the "flexibility" offered by not including HDMI or component cables in the new bundle. We also grill Alexander about GamesCom and his recent trip to Germany. Of course, there's all...

By Andrew Yoon Aspiring artists that want to publish their songs in the Rock Band Network will have to stick with Xbox 360. The tools, which were developed through Microsoft's XNA program, can't be ported over to Sony's machine. However, PS3 owners will still be able to access a large number of user-uploa...

By Richard Mitchell Yeah, case closed. RSS MP3] Add the Xbox 360 Fanboy Podcast feed (in MP3) to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically. originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Playing Dots!" by SToNe P Productions (MySpace Link)Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 129 -- Boing Boing Ratta Tatta originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Donuts, Go Nuts!" by Matt "Chainsaw" Chaney.Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 128 -- Who Moved Christmas? originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Richard Mitchell This week on the Xbox 360 Fancast, we've got lots of Halo news. We also have Gears of War news. We honestly couldn't help it. Beyond that, we've got tons of fanmail, new user-submitted music, and an extended discussion about our experience with the new Xbox Live Update. Listen and love.

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupXbox 360 Fancast 126 -- Get to Da 'Splosions originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupContinue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 123 -- Rebound originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Alexander Sliwinski It appears the "Games on Demand" section has replaced "Xbox Originals" on Xbox.com marketplace. We're not exactly sure if this is a rebranding of Xbox Originals, but the title of the section would imply that all downloadable games -- which will include Xbox 360 titles in August -- will resi...

By Xav de Matos Stick a fork in it, E3 2009 is done. Join us for our final late-night Xbox 360 Fancast. We talk about our last day which included Mass Effect 2, Halo 3: ODST, Blur, Need for Speed: Shift and so much more. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Okay, so this one is only one day late. On this special E3 edition of the Xbox 360 Fancast, we discuss all the fabulous games we've seen so far, including Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed 2 and other things we honestly can't remember. Sorry, sleep deprivation. Enjoy!

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupXbox 360 Fancast 119 -- E3 2009 Special 1 originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupXbox 360 Fancast 118 -- Pre-E3 Extravaganza: Part 2 originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Fri, 29 May 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "superlow" by Benji Cossa. Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 115 -- Fools and the Pitying of Them originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 04 May 2009 19:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Phone Call #27" by Admiral Twin.Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 114 -- Resident Man originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "mines" by Deadlinks.Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 113 - General Podcast Failure originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Call my Name" by Electric Touch.Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 112 -- Bad Decisions originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Fall Out" by Chris Flood.Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 111 -- The 111th one originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

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By Justin McElroy As you'll see there's a huge increase of E74 claims since the launch of the New Xbox Experience. In fact, you can see a spike right around November, and many claiming an E74 in that month say it was just a day or two after installing the firmware. The evidence that we've gathered from emails, our...

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Are You Awake" by The Last People on Earth.Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 106 -- Naughty Words originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

By Richard Mitchell It's only been two weeks since our Halo Wars show, and here we are again talking about Halo. This week, we give our final verdict on Halo Wars. As if that weren't enough, we also talk about our hands-on experience with the Mythic Map Pack for Halo 3. Truly, it's a Halo-tastic show. We also take a loo...

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupContinue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 104 -- Who Watches the Fancasters? originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 102 -- The Lost Episode originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 101: Brave New World [update 2] originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Gallery: Xbox 360 Fancast: Episode 100 Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 099 -- Mmm ... Marmite originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 95 -- The one with Ross (not Bob) originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 094 -- Nein Xander originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ludwig Kietzmann Epic Games has released the first title update for its action-packed grunt-a-thon, Gears of War 2. The automagically applied patch addresses delays in public matchmaking (particularly for single- and four-player parties), improves the developer's ability to collect match statist...

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 093 -- Fanboys 4 Dead originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Produced by Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 092 -- Total Immersion originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 091 -- Ironing is fun! originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 089 -- A Golden Shower of Games originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Given the image above, there's really no beating around the bush with this one: this week's episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast is all about Fable II. We've been playing the game for a couple weeks now, and we're just dying to share. If you think you've got what it takes to listen to us jaw about one of...

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "3 Legged Dog" by Firewater For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 083 -- Totally Boned originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group Continue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 082 -- Expedition originally appeared on Joystiq [Xbox] on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Kyle Orland No matter how many times Rare tries to tamp them down, rumors about a continuation of the Killer Instinct franchise continue to surface periodically. This time the rumors come from fan site MundoRare, which received the above photo of purported Killer Instinct 3 sheet music from an anony...

By James Ransom-Wiley Building on reports of an impending Xbox 360 price cut, which allegedly will drop the Arcade SKU below Wii to $199, comes the reemergence of Microsoft's elusive motion controller, now rumored to be included with the Xbox 360 Arcade this ...

By Jason Dobson Jonathan Blow's masterwork, Braid, has quickly become the water-colored poster child for indie game development. However, while both critics and players alike have been singing the game's praises since it was released a week ago, there are some things that Blow wishes would have turne...

By Ludwig Kietzmann IGN (88/100): "Xbox Live Arcade needs more games like Braid. Heck, gaming on all platforms needs more titles like this. Imaginative, innovative, and engrossing, Braid is a spectacular achievement. If only the experience lasted a little longer and there weren't as many puzzles with singu...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters An update for Team Fortress 2 has come to the Xbox Live. Unlike the PC patch from over the weekend, there are no balance changes to the classes themselves. Instead, a number of glitches have been fixed, as well as the inclusion of rumble f...

By Alexander Sliwinski A teeny-tiny Rock Band patch will be available this week which only affects a few DLC songs. Harmonix is apparently doing some early spring cleaning as it fixes some genre tags for songs and one vocal bug. The songs can simply be redownloaded today for Xbox 360 and Thursday for PS3 to receive t...

By Ludwig Kietzmann The video game industry's war against enemy solders continues unabated, with 16 U.S. states recently becoming legal battlegrounds for federal customs agents working under the Immigration and Customs Enforcement group. According to the New York Times, more than 30 businesses and homes...

By Kyle Orland While E3's Kentia Hall may be long gone, the small Independent Game Summit area of the Barker Hangar made sure the little guy wasn't completely ignored. One of the most interesting games from the summit this year was an unassuming little 2D platform-puzzler featuring a guy in a business su...

By Kevin Kelly The red ring of death is something no 360 gamer ever wants to see. However, every time you turn around you seem to hear about another one being sighted somewhere. In fact, Microsoft ran out of boxes to return them in. It's there a secret cardboard shortage we don't know about that's even more dir...

By Christopher Grant 0:27:20 - Xbox 360 Elite ("my discs are all ripped asunder") 0:40:45 - Halo 3 leak analysis ("just wanna see a little bit of crazy Cortana") 0:55:35 - Nintendo prints money ("Billy Pidgeon already knows where we're going") Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Filed under: Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360. Not content with putting a PlayStation 3 Sixaxis inside an Xbox 360 gamepad and letting the world be jealous, Ben Heckendorn is showing us how to make our own PS360 controller. ...

By Christopher Grant Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Podcasts, Microsoft Xbox 360With the Elite finally making its status known, the PlayStation 3 finally making its European debut, and even more exclusivity brouhaha bubbling up, we decided it was high time for another podcast! So gather around as we're...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: Fan stuff, CrackdownIn the past we've brought you a few of the coolest sound clips from Crackdown and the Xbox 360. Today, our good friend Major Nelson posted the hidden orb sound clip for you to download in three exciting flavors. Yes, it's short, it's simplistic, but it still w...

By John Bardinelli Filed under: Culture, Hacks, Microsoft Xbox 360, OnlineIn an underhanded move -- some would say, without honor -- Microsoft has covertly patched a security vulnerability in Xbox 360 that allowed hackers to run their own software. Disguised as an "operating system update," the patch se...

By James Ransom-Wiley EA's been selling Skate without gameplay footage (pre-rendered or not). With a series of 'confessional shorts' -- featuring lesser-known, and therefore skaters' skaters like PJ Ladd, Chris Cole, Jason Dill, Jerry Hsu, and Dennis Busenitz -- EA is a building a thinly veiled promise. Ska...

By James Ransom-Wiley Filed under: Hacks, PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, OnlineTVersity has released a patch enabling on-the-fly WMV transcoding for efficient-minded users seeking to stream video content from their PCs to Xbox 360. While incomplete, the patch previews the sort of functionality the final versio...