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Filed under: News, Halo 3 In its weekly update, Bungie has revealed Halo 3′s matchmaking changes for November, which will add a four-day Double XP special playlist inspired by Thanksgiving among other changes. Fans of specific weapons will want to note that Bungie has removed Team Sniper and Team Shotgun variants from Ranked Team Slayer [...]
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Filed under: X3F Features This is just getting silly now. For the second week in a row, Xav is off in some undisclosed location playing an undisclosed game. We are positively irked. Once again, we’ve taken the liberty of filling in his entry, as he’s not around to stop us. Dustin Burg (SuperDunners): I’ll make [...]
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Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade (click to embiggen) Load Inc.’s upcoming Xbox Live Arcade racer of radio controlled proportions, Things on Wheels will be releasing to the Arcade in the not too distant future and, in preparation, every week they’re revealing information about each lil’ racer. They’re actually using a series of collectible digital [...]
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Filed under: News A total of 25 songs are headed to Rock Band this week; not only are you getting the 20 free DLC pack, you are getting a Presidents of the United States of American track pack and one individual song each from Hinder and Fallout Boy.POTUS Three Pack “Dune Buggy” “Feather Pluckn” “Ladybug” [...]
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Filed under: Fan stuff If the latest trailer for the upcoming zombie-slayer Onechanbara proves anything it’s that sometimes shopping can go terribly wrong. Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad lands on the Xbox 360 in mid-December from publisher D3 and developer Tamsoft, the team behind … uh, well we can’t think of anything you’d really know or [...]
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Filed under: Fan stuff Now, this is what friends are for. Creative tipster SodaPopinski shot us an image of this Castle Crashers themed arcadestick which he custom built for a friend. Made from spare parts from his other creations, SodaPopinski has quickly shot his way to our annual “friend of the year” award — if [...]
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Filed under: e-Distribution Games Sorry Gamestop, but publishers are increasingly turning towards digital distribution. EA experimented with Burnout Paradise, by releasing the full retail game on the PlayStation Network. Its budget price ($30) certainly attracted quite a number of fans, as it was able to earn 20,000 downloads since its release, only three weeks ago. [...]
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Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace, Mirror’s Edge Do you have any of “those” friends? You know the ones. The ones that still think that video games are exclusively the domain of kindergartners, and anyone who plays them beyond grade school is a mentally stunted weirdo? If so, we suggest heartily that you show them [...]
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Filed under: News, Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge According to EA boss John Riccitiello the Mercenaries series will see another installment. During an earnings call, Riccitiello confirmed that Mercenaries will join Dead Space and the upcoming Mirror’s Edge as continuing franchises for the mega-publisher along with Will Wright’s latest, Spore. Released in late August, Mercenaries 2: [...]
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Filed under: News The Criterion Games guys are still working hard on Burnout Paradise. In fact, they’ll be working on their critically acclaimed racer well into 2009. Their constant updates in BP have added a slew of new features, like new races, challenges and even vehicles. The amount of content they’ve released for free post-release [...]