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Red Dead Redemption debut’s at number 2 on the Xbox Live Activity Chart

By Gavin Mannion
June 2, 2010
in :  Gaming
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Red Dead Redemption is an awesome title, it’s the first open world game that has really drawn me in entirely and I cannot wait to see how the story pans out. It’s also the first game I have played where I may actually prefer the single player experience even though it has a really enjoyable multiplayer experience to offer. Last …

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Xbox Live Activity – Halo Reach Beta Fails To Overtake Modern Warfare 2

By Nick De Bruyne
May 13, 2010
in :  Gaming
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Major Nelson has posted the Xbox Live activity for the week of May 3rd and interestingly enough, the Halo Reach beta isn’t exactly where Bungie had hoped. Thanks to the beta though, Halo ODST is sitting high up for the week’s results. What I don’t know is if Halo ODST registered as a game being played on top of the …

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Games Room Back on Track

By Geoffrey Tim
May 4, 2010
in :  Gaming
1

All you retro-monkies can finally breathe a sigh of relief. After a brief delay and a worrying update stating that new games for the Game room virtual arcade service were “delayed until further notice,” it seems like everything’s back on track. Microsoft’s Major Nelson has brought us the good news via the magic of twitter. Last Updated: May 4, 2010

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Puzzle Chronicles And Afterburner Climax Hit Xbox Live This Week

By Nick De Bruyne
April 20, 2010
in :  Gaming
2

Major Nelson has let us know that we have two more XBLA games headed to the Xbox Live Marketplace this week. Puzzle Chronicles is an RPG/Puzzle hybrid that promises “an active puzzle combat mechanic, deep story, and robust character development” and for most of you, After Burner needs no introduction. After Burner Climax will also be available this week and …

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Xbox Live Inventory Blowout Sale – Get Tons of Stuff For Cheap

By Nick De Bruyne
April 1, 2010
in :  Gaming
2

Major Nelson has just informed us via his Twitter feed that Xbox Live is now having an inventory blowout sale (list in image above). What his basically is, is a whole heap of marketplace content selling mostly at half price. The best part is that it is available to both Gold and Silver members, so if anything on the list …

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Xbox’s Major Nelson’s Live Account Hacked

By Geoffrey Tim
March 29, 2010
in :  Gaming
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Microsoft have regularly insisted that Xbox Live account hacks were the result of social engineering and not any sort of exploits in the service’s security. Looks like one of Microsoft’s own empolyees should be a little more careful,then.  a high profile account has been hacked – and it’s one belonging to none other than Xbox Live Director Larry Hyrb, better …

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Xbox 360 Getting USB Memory Support In April

By Nick De Bruyne
March 29, 2010
in :  Gaming
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Just the other day, we reported that the Xbox 360 will be getting USB memory support, meaning that you will be able to use USB devices on your console in place of memory sticks and hard drives. Major Nelson has now notified us that the update is coming soon, and will be added to the console on April 6th. While …

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XBL Deal Of The Week: 3 Fighting Games To Choose From

By Nick De Bruyne
February 9, 2010
in :  Gaming
1

This week’s Xbox Live deal of the week has a little more deal in its deal than usual. This week, you get to pick from a selection of 3 different fighting games and to be honest, I couldn’t care less about two of them. The first two are Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao and TMNT: Turtles In Time …

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