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Written by Bryan Banfield
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 Gamer on the go? Now you can take many of your favorite Xbox 360 experiences with you, wherever you are. Xbox LIVE – the leading online game and entertainment service in your living room – will be available in your pocket for the first time this holiday on Windows Phone 7 Series.
Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today at Mobile World Congress 2010, the Windows Phone 7 Series games hub featuring Xbox LIVE unlocks a world of games, fun and a community of more than 23 million active members to Windows Phone 7 Series users around the world.
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Written by Bryan Banfield
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Our good Major Nelson has done a great job to keep us up to date again!
10 Things you need to know from X10
I am in San Francisco today where we are hosting our X10 media event. This invite only event gives our media friends the chance to hear some news, get updates on some of the upcoming games and (more importantly) get hands on time with some of the titles.
Here, in no specific order, are 10 things you need to know coming out of X10 today:
- The Halo Reach multiplayer beta will kick off on May 3. You will be able to access the beta via the Halo 3: ODST game disc.
- Dead Rising 2 will release in North America on Aug. 31, Japan on Sept. 2 and Europe on Sept. 3.
- Dead Rising: CASE ZERO an exclusive download only on Xbox LIVE, will launch prior to the full game and provide a playable prologue that bridges the story between the two titles.
- Alan Wake will launch May 18 in North America and May 21 in Europe. Players can pre-order the title to receive the Bright Falls Bonus Pack, which includes exclusive content like Avatar gear, an Xbox LIVE theme, and a “making of” video.
- The Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII Special Edition Bundle will release starting March 9 for $399, and include a 250GB Hard Drive, two Wireless Controllers, exclusive downloadable avatar items and a Standard Edition copy of the game.
- Toy Soldiers will kick off the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party on March 3
- Perfect Dark, Scrap Metal and Game Room will launch this March as a part of the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party.
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction will release at retailers starting April 13 in North America, April 16 in the United Kingdom, and April 28 in Japan.
- Lost Planet 2 will launch in North America and Europe on May 18.
- Fable III will be available this holiday.
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Microsoft announce discontinuation of Live service for Old Xbox Games |
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Written by Luke McDowell
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 Microsoft have announced that play for original Xbox games over Xbox live will soon be discontinued.
It is not too much of a surprise since we are in 2010, online play wont be available for the older games as of April 15. Microsoft’s first step in this process will be to turn off auto-renewals for those members who only use Xbox LIVE on a v1 Xbox.
Xbox Live's Larry Hryb writes: “this change will allow us to continue evolving the LIVE service with new features and experiences that fully harness the power of Xbox 360 and the Xbox LIVE community. We did not make this decision lightly, but after careful consideration and review we realize that this decision will allow us unprecedented flexibility for future features.”
Seems like the original Live service has been getting in the way of the new one. This takes alot away from the backwards compatibility of the Xbox 360 if you ask me.
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Activision Cutting down on Hero Games in 2010 |
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Written by Luke McDowell
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According to Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith we’ll be seeing a lot less Music game releases in 2010.
You’ll find quite a few households nowadays with a guitar hero guitar hidden somewhere, so you can predict that a lot more consumers will tend to go for the stand alone discs, with Activision expecting the music game business to decline as consumers “prove less robust".
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Fable 3 Announced For Christmas 2010 Release |
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Written by Luke McDowell
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 Fans of Lionhead's Fable series have until this year's Christmas season to wait for the newest installment in the popular series. Fable 3 will include a powerful new story, new innovations in gameplay and Xbox Live functionality.
Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux has also made it clear fans should expect some upsetting changes: "There's some very, very big things happening in Fable," says Molyneux.
"Bigger than you think, and it's going to really upset people... they're going to get super pissed off, they really are."
Fable 3 will be one of the first titles to showcase Microsoft's Project Natal when it launches later this year. Does this have anything to do with the changes?
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