This will be the last post we make before the site redesign goes into effect. Are you excited?

Our site isn’t the only thing getting patched. No, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift will also be getting some post-release bug fixin’ fun. According to the PlayStation.Blog, the patch will arrive soon and will include the following features:

• Restrictions to the copying of Saved Data have been removed. This will make it possible for Saved Data to be backed up and then restored to the User Account it was created under (whether that’s on the same PLAYSTATION 3 or not).*
• Changes to the way the game handles data. These changes will help to prevent Saved Data corruption.
• Visual notification of critical save progress has been added. A ‘MotorStorm Helmet’ icon will be displayed on-screen to warn users that critical data is being saved. This is in addition to the HDD Access light which currently flashes while the game makes a critical save.
• The glitch which enables a player to exploit the Boost system has been removed. The development team are working to identify which times have been achieved using this glitch; Action will be taken to ensure that the Leaderboards become genuinely competitive again.
• Time Attack times and Rank information will update correctly for all players. Any pending Time Attack times will begin to filter through systematically and the online Ranks should display correctly once the update is released.
• Additional fixes and improvements to gameplay. Many thanks for your feedback on these and other issues so far; we are still investigating the other issues that have been brought to our attention.

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift getting patch originally appeared on PS3 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On March 3, the final game from famed developer Ensemble Studios will make its way to retail. Halo Wars takes players from the first-person perspective to the real-time strategy realm and has quickly become one of the Xbox 360’s most exciting releases of the early 2009 calendar. On February 5, a demo for Halo Wars will drop on the Xbox Live Marketplace but, why wait that long? Planet Xbox 360 and MLGPRO are giving away 10 codes each to get the demo on January 29. Each site has different methods of registering to win, so make sure to check them both out. Good luck to all the impatient gamers salivating at a chance to pick up the demo early.

[Contest: Planet Xbox 360]
[Contest: MLGPRO]

Win early access to the Halo Wars demo originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re anything like us, your enjoyment of anything Afro Samurai instantly begins with the mention of Samuel L. Jackson. Let’s face it people, SLJ is all kinds of awesome and his voice work in Afro Samurai is top notch. Watch this slow motion in game footage which stars the vocal work of Jackson as Afro screaming to hit a solid hand, as it were, in body part poker. Afro Samurai lands on the Xbox 360 this week with music from The RZA and Ron Perlman reprising his role as Justice. Jump in for another video of in game footage.

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Video: Play body part poker with Afro Samurai originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you are one of the unfortunate many who have yet to check out Burnout Paradise, Criterion Games hopes to capture your attention when they re-package the game with all of its current downloadable content in one neat package. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is set to hit stores next month across the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and includes hundreds of hours of on and offline content. Still on the fence about picking up our user voted Best Driving Game of 2008? Check out this new trailer that showcases some of the beautiful insanity you’ll witness if you decide to hop into the drivers seat.

Ed Note: We should clarify that Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will only be available in Europe. Burnout Paradise can be purchased for dirt cheap on the Xbox 360 in North America and all of the extra content is available for free now over Xbox Live.

Prepare for CARnage: Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box trailer originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bryan Simon. You know him and love his Halo 3 themed songs. His latest track “Gold Bars Make You Rich” attempts to start a revolution within the Halo 3 pre-game lobby. Simon asks anytime you spot someone with gold bars, all the way from Master Sergeant to Brigadier General, you should yell out, “Gold bars make you rich!” We’ll bite and make sure we do it. Actually, we’ll take it a step further and just blast this song in our headset every time we play Halo 3 online. That’s what the kids do nowadays, isn’t it?

[Thanks, Vanna P.]

Sing-A-Long: Gold Bars, they’ll make you rich originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GameSpot reports that the NPD Group has released the overall sales data for both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour for 2008 and World Tour has come out on top. Breaking it down, across all SKUs and every platform, Guitar Hero: World Tour managed to sell 3.7 million copies in North America, while Rock Band 2 sold 1.7 million copies. It’s important to remember that Rock Band 2 had a staggered release schedule, hitting each platform at different times, while Guitar Hero: World Tour landed on each platform simultaneously.

Furthermore, the numbers don’t take into acount the sales of the original Rock Band, which can be had at a lower price than the sequel (an important consideration in today’s economy).

[Via Joystiq]

Guitar Hero: World Tour tops Rock Band 2 in by 2:1 in 2008 originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sorry to break it to you, fanboys, but the Xbox 360 Fancast is going to be a little late this week. You may have heard that the Joystiq network is undergoing some pretty significant changes this week, so we decided to delay the Fancast so we could talk about those changes in more detail. Keep an eye out for the Fancast post tomorrow, as the changes might affect the podcast subscriptions of some listeners. We’re going to do our best to make sure that the current RSS feed will transfer automatically for as many listeners as possible, but you may need to subscribe to a new feed. We’ll be sure to give the info you need in the Fancast post tomorrow.

And just because we love you so much, you can check out our new Fancast logo above, created by one Terrence Stasse. Enjoy.

Heads up: Xbox 360 Fancast 101 lands tomorrow originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Make space on your gaming shrine because this limited edition Ken statue is big; 19.5″ inches on its base, big. Getting this Ken statue to hover over your gaming library comes at quite a price, though. Sporting a $250 price-tag, this statue is limited to a run of 300 figures. In preparation of Street Fighter IV’s release, this figure will be made available in the USA through SideshowCollectibles.com beginning January 29th and in specialty retail stores. Figures begin shipping in June. Collectors may want to hold out because Sideshow Collectibles will release its own variant of the figure limited to 150 units. No price has been revealed but we expect it to be similar if not even more. Start saving those pennies, SF fans.

Street Fighter: Ken statue is limited to 300 units originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: As has been pointed out, the ODST box art appears on the Xbox.com XBLM as seen here. But we demand an even higher resolution shot. Microsoft has been contacted and we await a response.

Using our almost inhuman investigative skills, we’ve turned up the very first picture of the official Halo 3: ODST box art which should receive thunderous applause and praise from Halo fanboys the world over. But the news won’t receive said applause and we won’t receive said praise, because the box art picture is a wee-bit tiny. So miniature that the picture you see above is the actual size.

We’re still trying to track down an embiggened version, but for now, take comfort in knowing that ODST’s cover isn’t going to feature rainbows or unicorns. Instead, it’ll be 100% Halo l33tness.

Spotted: Miniature Halo 3: ODST box art [update] originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hot on the heels of the announcement of Crystal Defenders for Xbox Live Arcade, 1UP reveals that Square Enix has still more planned for the download service. The next announced title will be Yosumin Live, a port of a Japanese puzzle game originally designed for the DS, which was first rumored — and more or less confirmed — early this month. The game requires players to connect blocks of the same color diagonally, thus eliminating all the blocks in between. The further apart the two original block, the bigger the score. If it sounds confusing, you can check out a video of the original after the break.

It looks like Square Enix isn’t stopping there, as 1UP reports that the press release announces that the company plans to release “a steady stream of its popular titles — as well as original content” on XBLA in the future. Exactly what these titles will be remains to be seen. It’s possible Square Enix will draw from its catalog of mobile games or, dare we dream, even its catalog of RPGs.

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Square Enix prepares “steady stream” of titles for XBLA originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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