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WTF? part 2 [by BoH Ciotog]
Now lets look at the other titles from Actiblivendi namely guitar hero, quantum of solace and WOW.
Guitar Hero world tour has 3 360, 3 ps3, 3 ps2, + 3 wii. Plus all the new peripherals, track packs, etc. they have 12 skus, 12!! When are they going to finalize the kit so all you have to buy is just the disc?
Shouldn’t guitar hero be more of a platform...
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  NXE Rollout Will Take A Few Hours New Xbox Experience (via Kotaku) - Writing on his blog, Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has told Xbox 360 users that, while the New Xbox Experience is now out and out there, it's not out there for everyone. Looks like instead of flipping a single, enormous, magic switch, Microsoft are having to flip a whole ton of switches, one after the other The New Xbox Experience is in the process of being deployed to all Xbox LIVE members, but it will take a few hours for everyone to get the prompt to update to NXE…. | |
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 NXE: Welcome to the New Xbox Experience (via 360 Monster) - The time has come. Months and weeks of waiting for the New Xbox Live Experience and at 10am GMT this morning, the update arrived. For those who have being in a shell for the last few months, the NXE adds a party system, a new avatar creation, a brand new dashboard and game install options amongst other things. | |
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 News: NXE loses Sony Netflix titles (via Game Industry) - Previous movies offered through the streaming service now restricted from the Xbox 360. "In the case of Xbox 360, a few hundred titles are temporarily unavailable to be streamed via the Xbox game console," Netflix's VP of corporate communications Steve Swasey told MTV. "Those titles are still available to be watched on subscribers' computers and on TVs via other partner devices, and we hope they'll be licensed for Xbox 360 shortly. | |
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 Epic offers band-aid fixes for Gears 2 match-making issues (via Arts Technica) -- Epic Senior Producer Rod Fergusson has offered gamers a few suggestions about how to mitigate the Gears of War 2 match-making issues until an official patch is released. | |
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 Grand Theft Auto going subscription based? (via Arts Technica) -- Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has expressed interest in turning some of the company's AAA titles into subscription based products. | |
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 The Six Most Soul-Sucking Video Games (via Digg) -- How many hours did you spend playing Wrath of the Lich King this weekend? 10? 20? More? There have been many tales of chronic video game addiction in the news the past few years, but I thought it was time now for a look back to see what the most soul-sucking video games really are. | |
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 Do Zero Punctuation Reviews Affect Game Sales? (via The Escapist) -- Post-Zero Punctuation sales of Painkiller point to a potential "Yahtzee Effect" for games that get the infamous Croshaw critique. | |
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 Lips microphone won't work with other games (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Talking to MTV Multiplayer, Lips creator and Inis developer Keiichi Yano mentioned that the Lips accelerometer microphone will not work with any other music games at launch, but is optimistic that it'll be compatible with other titles in the future. "It's not something we can do, obviously . | |
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 Huxley Delayed In US Until 2009, No Date For Europe (via Gamer Reports) -- Although Webzen's Sci-Fi FPS MMO was announced in 2005, we still have very little info on the game itself. Now, BD has apparently learned that the game will not see a US 2008 launch. An XBox360 version is planned as well, sometime after the PC release. Why the game is taking so long we are not sure. | |
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 Gears of War 2 DLC revealed? (via CVG) -- 'Leaked' shots show new Gears of War 2 multiplayer arenas. Screenshots have emerged showing supposed Gears of War 2 downloadable content, with multiplayer maps not available in the retail version. | |
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 Lazygamer Investigates: The PS3 comes up short with COD5 (via LazyGamer) -- Earlier this week, Videogamer.com posted up a 720p comparison of Call of Duty 5 on the PS3 and Xbox 360. I saw the video and started noticing differences between the two that I felt couldn't be ignored. So why I ask, does the PS3 version look significantly worse? | |
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 News: Xbox 360 sales to surpass original Xbox this month (via OXM) -- The headline says it all as Microsoft predict this is the month the sales milestone happens. Microsoft's Mindy Mount has predicted that this is the month Xbox 360 sales overtake original Xbox sales. | |
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 Microsoft Launches Online Store, Kind Of Misses Point Microsoft (via Kotaku) - Microsoft have quietly launched their own online store. Believe it or not, it's the first time the world's #1 software company has ever done so, despite it being 2008 already. Crazy, we know. Anyway, aside from the obvious stuff like Windows and Office, the store is also selling quite a number of games. | |
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Microsoft accidentally advertised PlayStation (via N4G.com) -- Recently Microsoft handed out leaflets to advertise Windows Vista but they accidentally advertised PlayStation instead of Vista. Click on read more to see the image. | |
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GTA IV DLC revealed - out on Feb 17, starring Johnny Klebitz (via Xboxer) -- Finally, we have concrete FACT on the Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable update of GTA IV. The New York Times has just told the world that GTA IV star Niko Bellic is being dumped - in favour of a biker called Johnny Klebitz who belongs to Liberty City gang The Lost... | |
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News: New avatar clothes every two weeks (via OXM) -- Bored with your wardrobe already? Microsoft will keep pumping out the clothes... Microsoft has pledged to release new avatar threads every two weeks, according to Xbox 360 Fanboy. | |
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Old Themes not looking so hot on NXE (via LazyGamer) - By now you are all very obviously aware that the NXE dashboard update has been released and is impressing a lot of 360 owners the world over. Lazygamer reported earlier today that there are some issues in the form of an error coming up when you try and view certain pages. | |
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Netflix Speaks Out On Sony Movies Disappearing From Xbox 360 Service - It's Not A Glitch (via N4G.com) - MTV Multiplayer writes: "A week ago, I started watching "An Evening With Kevin Smith 2? through the Netflix streaming service on my Xbox 360 but didn't finish. Now, I can't watch the rest. Joystiq broke word this evening that Netflix stopped Xbox 360 users from streaming movies distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. | |
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NXE Netflix streaming loses Sony's Columbia Pictures movies? (via Xbox Scene) - From joystiq.com (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/18/nxe-netflix-streaming-queues-suddenly-gimped/ ): Our Netflix streaming queues just got considerably shorter on the eve of the NXE launch. Acting on a tip, we popped into our Netflix account and sure enough, our "Instant Queue" had a new "Notes" column with an oft-repeated, red notice: "Not available on Xbox. | |
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Left 4 Dead Available on Steam (via Gamers Hell) -- Left 4 Dead to be available for the PC and Xbox 360 at retail stores this Tuesday | |
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