What are your New Years gaming resolutions?

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Filed under: Fan stuff With the last moments of 2008 quickly approaching, we wonder: Is there anything we need to promise to ourselves? You know, gaming-wise. Are there any games we know we should be playing that we never got around to? Are there games we play too much we need to get out of? [...]

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Joystiq regifts the Halo Interactive Strategy Game

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Filed under: Contests and Giveaways xxx Create Post – Time Stamp: Dec. 31 – 9:01pm xxx Our dear old friends at Joystiq (contractually obligated to say that) are filthy, filthy regifters! Someone lovingly put thought into buying something for them and here they are just giving it away! What is it today, let’s check … [...]

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Joystiq regifts the Halo Interactive Strategy Board Game

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Filed under: Contests and Giveaways xxx Create Post – Time Stamp: Dec. 31 – 9:01pm xxx Our dear old friends at Joystiq (contractually obligated to say that) are filthy, filthy re-gifters! Someone lovingly put thought into buying something for them and here they are just giving it away! What is it today, let’s check … [...]

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Way of the Samurai ninja-rolls to the Xbox 360

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Filed under: News Another PlayStation exclusive has made the jump to the Xbox 360! Don’t get too excited it’s Way of the Samurai. After selling just over 80,000 units in Japan on the PlayStation 3 in November, publisher Spike has seen fit to try its hand at an Xbox 360 release. Way of the Samurai [...]

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Ernst & Young, Microsoft to use Home to hold virtual meetings

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Filed under: News PlayStation Home will be host to a few virtual meetings operated by Ernst & Young to reduce carbon emissions. The hope is that a suitable online world will help eliminating the daily need to commute and meet in real-world offices. The project is being led by Dr. Nipan Maniar and Manish Malik [...]

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Major Microsoft layoffs incoming, Xbox staff likely unaffected

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Filed under: News These are tough economic times not just for the little guys like us but for major corporations. Corporations like Microsoft. Fudzilla is reporting that long-standing rumors of Microsoft job cuts have been confirmed. Microsoft, who employs 90,000 workers worldwide, will make substantial cuts to its workforce. Microsoft plans are to cut 15,000 [...]

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Taking aim at multiple glitches in Gears of War 2

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Filed under: Gears of War 2 Here is the scenario: You’re Epic Games and you release a game hailed by most as yet another gem in your impressive portfolio. Gamers are excited, “Gears of War 2!” they shout as they line up to get their hands on it as soon as possible. They buy it [...]

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Hold us! Creepy Japanese BioShock commercial is creepy

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Filed under: Fan stuff A new commercial promoting the release of BioShock in Japan on that other system is sweeping YouTube. The commercial features a little girl holding a fishbowl with a model of, what we assume is, the City of Rapture from the game submerged in water. It wouldn’t be anything special if it [...]

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X3F TV — XBLA in Brief: Merv Griffin’s Crosswords

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Filed under: Xbox Live Arcade, X3F TV, X3F Features The last XBLA game we will receive in 2008 is Merv Griffin’s Crosswords. We’re not exactly sure what to make of that, honestly. Hopefully, you can figure out what to make of it by watching our latest installment of XBLA in Brief. Whatever you think of [...]

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FanSwag: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

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Filed under: Contests and Giveaways Here it is, the final FanSwag of 2008. We’ve given away a ton of quality goods and this week is no different. This week we’re giving away one copy of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for the Xbox Live Arcade. Capcom’s latest HD reboot is on the line [...]

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