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Xbox 360 Kinect Dashboard 2.0.12416.0 leaked
It has come to our attention that Xbox 360 Kinect Dashboard Update, version 2.0.12416.0 has been leaked online. The dashboard even includes the avatars, something previous leaked dashboard updates have not. Updating to the new dashboard will disable your Xbox Live access until the dashboard is officially released, so upgrade at your own risk. A video of a console being upgraded can be seen in ...read more
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Bungie on new engine: “Real work is underway”
With the supposed Black Ops-killer Halo: Reach knocking on our doors, developer Bungie is moving on to its 10-year franchise and building the new engine for it. Having used the same engine (albeit a heavily upgraded one) since the very first Halo game back in 2002, it’s clearly showing its age despite the wonders it’s done for the franchise. But it’s a new era and a well-deserved ...read more
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Xbox UK boss: Halo Reach will outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops
As the UK-based director of Xbox and Entertainment at Microsoft, it's Stephen McGill's job to boast about upcoming games, even ones that seem to have the whole "hype" thing in the bag. "We have huge expectations," McGill said of Halo: Reach, speaking to Eurogamer at a launch event. Those expectations are so huge, that he expects it to outsell Activision's biggest first-person shooter, Call of ...read more
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Treyarch: Great Multiplayer is better than online passes for battling used games
Treyarch has revealed another 'strategy' for battling the used games market. Instead of issuing 'online passes', the company believes that making sure the online aspect of a game is top notch is a more effective counter. The logic behind this is that if the multiplayer keeps gamers hooked, then they will never let go of the title and always be playing online every so often.
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Medal of Honor must sell 'at least three million copies' for sequel consideratio
EA's upcoming Medal of Honor is a risky proposition for the company. Unlike Activision's Modern Warfare series, Danger Close's game is based upon a real-life conflict. With battles ongoing in the Middle East, MOH has rightfully attracted its fair share of controversy -- some are eager to say that the game is simply going too far. The military advisors EA has hired have the difficult job of ...read more
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Black Ops 'most difficult' CoD to balance
Black Ops is proving "much more difficult" to balance than any other Call of Duty game, Treyarch has said. Thanks to the introduction of CoD Points and rare but devastating super weapons, the developer is finding it even more difficult to keep everything in check. "It has been a much more difficult game to balance but the team really stepped up to the plate," community man, Josh Olin told ...read more
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Microsoft announces 250GB Kinect bundle
Microsoft has yanked the 250GB Xbox 360/Kinect bundle out of rumorville; the $399 Special Edition SKU is now official and will be available as Kinect launches in North America on November 4th, the platform holder’s announced today. A European release hasn’t been confirmed just yet. Like with the previously announced stand-alone $149 Kinect and $299 4GB console bundle, the package also ...read more
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Xbox Live shuts down 'Fort Gay' gamer plus Stepto ripping on thetechgame
Microsoft Corp. and Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by declaring he's from Fort Gay. The town is real and its name has been Fort Gay since 1932. But Seattle-based Microsoft and the Xbox Live enforcement team wouldn't take Josh Moore's word for it. They suspended his gaming ...read more
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Online multiplayer blamed for game sales decline, for once its not piracy
The legions of fans continuing the play the online segments of titles such as Modern Warfare 2, Bad Company 2, Gears of War 2, Halo 3 and FIFA 10 remains the main reason why the global games industry continues to suffer year-on-year sales declines, according to analyst Michael Pachter. Furthermore, he thinks this decline will continue until publishers discover an effective way to source extra ...read more
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New Xbox 360 controller avoids infringing on Nintendo's Patents
I actually like it, but the D-Pad on the Xbox 360 controllers is one of the most often complained about features of the Xbox 360 console (well, after the red ring of death, paying for Xbox Live, and about five other things). Microsoft introduced a new Xbox 360 controller with a new D-Pad this past week that seems to be well received. But the other tech blogs are missing a big point – this new ...read more
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