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Champions Online PC Game

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:49:38 +0000

Champions Online: Taking Online Multi-Player Games to the Next Level When it comes to passion for their superheroes, Cryptic Studios is placed right at the top. Cryptic has achieved a decent level of success with their renowned MMO ‘City of Heroes’ while ‘City of Villains’ as its expansion ...

sarahfowlan posted 3 hours ago from pcgametrek.com

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Dog Bites Man's Live Account? [Man Bites Dog]

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:39:14 +0000

This is the story of a man, his dog and an Xbox Live bill. You should probably, despite the photographic evidence, take it with a grain of salt. Kotaku reader Greg says that while he slept his year-old Lab/Hound mix, Oscar, attacked his Xbox 360 controller managing to both turn on the ...

www.GamesAreEvil.com found this 8 days ago on kotaku.com

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Xbox LIVE Reward Central

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:15:00 +0000

Welcome to Rewards Central Congratulations! You've been selected to participate in the new Xbox LIVE Rewards pilot program! Now it’s your turn to rack up the goodies! For the next six months, the Rewards Squad will hook you up with Microsoft Points just for doing the stuff Xbox LIVE members do ...

Kotaku found this 31 hours ago on xbox.com

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Revised Sky Player rollout adds tens of thousands daily

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:15:40 +0000

The launch of the Sky Player didn’t go too smoothly for Microsoft last week. Plagued with “unprecedented levels of simultaneous demand,” the company was forced to disable the service and announced that the the roll-out would be implemented in phases instead. A post by ...

wohoo posted 11 hours ago from thatvideogameblog.com

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News: Kameo 2 canned by Microsoft

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:47:00 +0000

Monday 2-Nov-2009 11:45 AM 'Traditional' franchises swept aside for Natal projects, CVG learns Rare's secretly in-the-works Kameo sequel is just one casualty of a Microsoft project cull at the studio, to make way for more Natal development, CVG has learned. Earlier this year the UK developer ...

Gaming Nexus found this 48 hours ago on computerandvideogames.com

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Video gamers face malware deluge

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0000

Players of online games are increasingly becoming the target of virus writers, reveals research. More and more malicious programs are being written to steal the login credentials of popular online games. The Microsoft research revealed a family of malicious programs aimed at titles such as ...

Blue's News found this 21 hours ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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Encleverment Experiment Finally Announced, Out Soon

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

We've been discussing the games existence for years now, but it appears that Encleverment Experiment is finally on its way to the Xbox Live Arcade, now self published by Blitz Arcade themselves. Encleverment Experiment follows Professor Ivor Question as he throws out a variety of fast ...

Destructoid found this 15 hours ago on gamerbytes.com

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Xbox Live Rewards pilot program launches, gives points for purchases

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:14:00 +0000

A number of Xbox Live subscribers recently received invitations to a promising pilot program which grants them bonuses for a number of their usual online activities. Earlier today, Microsoft revealed exactly how the six-month trial program, which is appropriately titled "Xbox Live Rewards," ...

1UP RSS feed found this 16 hours ago on joystiq.com

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You'd Better Get Kraken For EarthBound Screensaver

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:29:56 +0000

Microsoft Windows comes with some particularly boring screensavers. It's all 3D Pipes this and Mystify that. Isn't it time for you to give your PC's screensavers list the gift of EarthBound ? Behold the magic of Kraken , a free Windows screensaver courtesy of ...

MattG-PTB posted 16 hours ago from pressthebuttons.com

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Point Purchasing Pooch Becomes First Officially Recognized Canine Member of Xbox LIVE

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:54:00 +0000

Remember last week, when we brought you the saga of Kotaku reader Greg, whose dog Oscar somehow managed to purchase 5,000 Xbox LIVE points for his owner while chewing on the console's controller? Well, today brought about an official response from Microsoft on the matter. "People spend tens of billions of dollars on their pets every year," they note, "but it's pretty unusual for your pet to return the favor (except in love and tail wagging of course)."

The Escapist : Latest News found this 20 hours ago on 360.kombo.com

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Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000

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Kotaku found this 38 hours ago on live.xbox.com

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Microsoft Launches Xbox Live Rewards Programme

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0000

Microsoft has launched its previously rumoured Xbox Live Rewards programme in the US. Designed to encourage use of Xbox Live services, the pilot scheme rewards active users selected to participate with free Microsoft Points. read more

Blue's News found this 21 hours ago on edge-online.com

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Has Microsoft eased off exclusives?

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:22:42 +0000

I was compiling a list of great (and potentially great) games for a holiday gift guide and was surprised to find that I’d listed 3 games that were PS3 exclusives and only 2 that were Xbox exclusive. That’s not enough of a difference to make a big deal about, but it did get me ...

pasmith posted 2 days ago from dragonchasers.com

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Will lightning strike twice at Apple?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:08:11 +0000

I opened one of the first computer stores, Microdigital in Liverpool, in 1978 . So I was in a good position to see the rise of Apple to dominate the personal computer (PC) market. I even visited Apple in Cupertino in California and was offered the UK distributorship. So this put me in the ...

Bruceongames posted 27 hours ago from bruceongames.com

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Microsoft launches tiered Xbox Live Rewards program [News]

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:38:57 +0000

Are you a lowly member of Project A or one of the elites of Project X?

Evil Avatar - News Items found this 29 hours ago on gamingtarget.com

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Xbox Live Ops Manager Ain't Going for this Facebook/Games Thing [Ruh Roh]

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

In the latest thrilling episode of Major Nelson 's podcast, the gang raps about the DSi XL and its virtues and drawbacks, and regular guest "e" (Eric Neustadter, the Xbox Live operations manager) says this whole gaming/Facebook synergy? Not diggin' it. "I find the in-game uses, OK, may be ...

Destructoid found this 27 hours ago on kotaku.com

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Go!Cast Episode #30 – Will someone scare us please?

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:56:23 +0000

It’s Halloween and Nathan and Shaq discuss where exactly the Survival Horror genre has gone wrong. Infinity Ward offends the gay community with an inappropriate (but funny) viral video. Modern Warfare kill streak perks are revealed, and Shaq believes that Nate is obsessed with topics of a ...

MattJo posted 40 hours ago from gogaminggiant.com

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Lips #1 Hits Co-Op Review

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:34:31 +0000

Last year we applauded Microsoft's entry into the music genre with Lips. Unique LED and motion sensitive microphones, plus a packed song list with plenty of co-op options made for a great party. Lips is back with the first sequel, called Lips #1 Hits . But is it worth your money? Read ...

bapenguin posted 33 hours ago from co-optimus.com

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Alan Wake finale possibly to be excluded from press preview copies

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:10:35 +0000

Developer Remedy have made it clear that they believe they have such an amazing game, with such a fantastic story in it, that they might actually withhold the ending of Alan Wake in the preview copies sent out to the press. Remedy is currently believed to be contemplating talking to ...

wohoo posted 45 hours ago from thatvideogameblog.com

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This week on Arcade: 3 Episodes of Wallace & Gromit

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:49:27 +0000

The problem is pricing across the board. One day I would hope Microsoft realize the prices they are charging for game additions and most importantly little things like clothing for avatars etc are just plain killing them. If they charged far less and churned out more, they would make a killing ...

Evil Avatar - News Items found this 43 hours ago on majornelson.com

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