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Microsoft Offers Discounted Hard Drives, Memory Units in Preparation for New Xbox Experience
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• 10 hours ago
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The Xbox 360 Memory Upgrade Program offers Xbox 360 Core owners free 512MB memory cards, or the option of buying a $20 20GB hard drive. Xbox 360 Arcade owners can purchase a package including three months of Xbox Live Gold membership and a 20GB hard drive for $30.
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Quantum of Solace Trailer Sells Out, Still Awesome
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• 15 hours ago
The new James Bond shooter, based on the upcoming flick Quantum of Solace, has gained a launch trailer. Filled with lots of claims of critical praise and a shameless plug for pre-ordering at a certain retailer, it would be easy to accuse James Bond of selling out.
Analyst: Games Industry 'Highly Recession-Resistant'
Original at Shacknews
• 17 hours ago
From the offices of firm Wedbush Morgan, Pachter wrote "Notwithstanding this month's anticipated decline, we believe that the videogame software sector remains highly recession-resistant," in an investors' note. "This month's anticipated decline" is the almost certain year-ove...
MS Confirms Feature Cut from New Xbox 360 Dashboard
Original at Shacknews
• 17 hours ago
The official Microsoft announcement of the new dashboard, commonly referred to as the New Xbox Experience, promised that a group of up to eight online friends could "watch a Netflix movie together, or share a slideshow of your personal photos."
New Xbox 360 Dashboard Loses Features?
Original at Shacknews
• 21 hours ago
The new Xbox 360 dashboard, due November 19, may have lost its promised video and photo sharing features, going by a recent MTV Multiplayer report. Right now, movie sharing isn't part of Microsoft's plan," reads the site, with Xbox marketing director Albert Penello adding that "those ty...
Rumor: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Getting Downloadable Re-release
Original at Shacknews
• Sun, Oct 12
• 9 related articles
To add to that evidence, industry veteran "john tv" posted a picture taken with a mobile phone showing Marvel vs. Capcom 2 appearing in the Xbox Live Marketplace on a development console, suggesting that the re-releases will be in online marketplaces like several versions of Street Figh...
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The Video Game Release List of 10/12 - 10/18
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Oct 10
This week's release list reminds you that, contrary to the bulk of the current Shacknews front page, there's more to the gaming industry than Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2. </p><p>Go ahead and hit up the <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1023">fu...
Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Oct 10
Storage Solutions The perennial PC gamer's problem of "more disk space needed" hits home consoles hard as Microsoft tackles fitting the New Xbox Experience onto Xbox 360 systems without hard drives. Plus, at the end of last week Ninten...
Sony Boss Likes Xbox 360, DLC Exclusivity
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• Fri, Oct 10
• 3 related articles
Yoshida was generous in his praise toward rival Microsoft and the Xbox 360, saying that he would "really like to see both PS3 and 360 succeed [in Japan]" in an interview with Eurogamer. He added a compliment for the upcoming New Xbox Experience: "I think it's quite nice. I like the Avatar desi...
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Rock Band DLC: Motley Crue's Dr. Feelgood
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• Fri, Oct 10
Rock Band developer Harmonix has bestowed more DLC upon us from on high. This week's DLC is the full album from metal outfit Motley Crue, "Dr. Feelgood." The ten-song album can be purchased collectively for 1280 Microsoft Points ($16) or with individual tracks for 160 Points ($2) each.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Trailer Is Forlorn, Wonders What Happened
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• Fri, Oct 10
Providing a break from today's continuous BlizzCon 08 coverage, publisher Activision has provided a new trailer for Shaba Games's Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, which arrives on October 21 for PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP. [video]13088[/video] Shackvideo users can us...
Xbox 360 Gets Holiday Bundles, Free Games
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Oct 10
Pricing and model details are as follows: Xbox 360 Arcade ($199 - No Hard Drive) Sega Superstars Tennis (Sumo Digital) Xbox Live Arcade Game Disc: Boom Boom Rocket (Bizarre Creations) Feeding Frenzy (Sprout Games) Luxor 2 (MumboJumbo) Pac-Man...
Microsoft Talks Xbox 360 Blu-ray Rumors
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Oct 10
As we've said before, Microsoft has no plans to introduce an Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on," Microsoft told Edge. "Games are what drive consumers to purchase game consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available."
Epic and Crytek Expect Xbox 720, PS4 in 2012; WildTangent CEO Declares Consoles Dead
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• Mon, Aug 18
While technology developers such as Epic Games and Crytek believe the next generation of consoles will appear in 2012, WildTangent CEO Alex St. John believes that the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii represent "the last generation of consoles."
Patch: Xbox 360 Update Released, Does Nothing
Original at Shacknews
• Wed, Aug 6
• 15 related articles
Microsoft today released a new system update for the Xbox 360, which users will be prompted to download when they attempt to connect to Xbox Live. There are no other changes or enhancements in this update...in other words no new features," Xbox Live director Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb explain...
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Street Fighter 2 HD Beta Extended to September 5, Patch Coming Soon
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Jul 25
The beta for Backbone Entertainment's Super Street Fighter II HD Remix (PS3, 360) has been extended to September 5th, publisher Capcom revealed on its official blog. Originally slated to operate until mid-August, the Xbox 360-exclusive beta formally kicked off on June 25 and was made a...
Sony Responds to GTA 4 Freezing Complaints
Original at Shacknews
• Thu, May 1
Sony Computer Entertainment has issued a response to numerous reports of technical maladies in Grand Theft Auto IV which describe system freezes across both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. Yes, we are aware of what the message boards and a few of the industry blogs are saying abou...
Bully Xbox 360 Patch Now Available
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• Thu, Mar 20
• 5 related articles
A patch meant to address freezing glitches and other technical issues in the Xbox 360 version of Rockstar's Bully: Scholarship Edition (X360, Wii) is now available. The patch is delivered via automatic update which occurs when the game is booted up. The revision updates the game to versio...
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Rock Band Patch Adds Music Store, Fixes Issues
Original at Shacknews
• Thu, Mar 20
An upcoming downloadable patch for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of Rock Band will resolve a number of complaints as well as add a new in-game music store, developer Harmonix announced today. When the patch arrives later this week, players will be automatically prompted to down...
Podcast: Episode 17: Bungie, Xbox 360 in Japan, Marky Mark, Rock Band, Idiocy, Remo Song
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Nov 9
Internally, this was our second take at ShackCast 17, our initial effort being something we would rather not foist upon our trusting public. We ended up discussing Bungie and it's purported original game in development, the Xbox 360's slight victory over PS3 for one week in Japan, Silent...