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News: Banjo Kazooie DLC trailer and screens

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Seven multiplayer modes, seven fan creations, released on 7th April!. Rare has shown off its L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges DLC with a trailer, some screenshots and information. Click here to read ...

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News: Saints Row 2 'Ultor Exposed' DLC details

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Tera Patrick's got your back in the three new downloadable missions. Saints Row 2 DLC, Ultor Exposed, has been confirmed for release on April 16th. Click here to read the full article

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Blogs: Gaming Setups

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Gillen muses on how far we've come with our technology. So I was over at a friend's in Paris at the weekend and was most impressed by his living room setup, and it made me realise a few things. A) I need to get something similar b) how far we've ...

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Features: Gamertags We're Sick Of Seeing

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Time for some originality people... time to move away from these gamertags. Your gamertag is the first window people have on Xbox Live to who you are. Click here to read the full article

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Previews: Fight Night Round 4

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

And this time, it's not pulling any punches!. We didn't know there were this many ways to improve one of our favourite games. But a new development team based out of EA's Vancouver studio is, thankfully, not phoning in a sequel to the 360's best ...

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News: The Maw devs: DLC has 'negative stigma'

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Twisted Pixel CEO says that DLC has such a bad rep, "it's not even worth attempting.". Twisted Pixel CEO Michael Wilford has spoken out followed the anger that followed The Maw's DLC release. Click here to read the full article

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News: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising trailer and screens

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

This is 'open world modern warfare', apparently. Come check it out. Codemasters has released a new trailer and screenshots for its upcoming Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Click here to read the full article

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News: The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai due tomorrow

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

2D slasher will be this Wednesday's Xbox Live Arcade release. The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai is tomorrow's Xbox Live Arcade release. Click here to read the full article

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Previews: Splatterhouse

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Sign up for the zombie blood drive!. We finally got to see an early version of the arcade remake in action, and rest assured, gore lovers, it appears to be staying true to the spirit of its over-the-top predecessor. And by that we mean there's ...

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News: Dead Rising 2: multiplayer info was mistake

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Because she meant to say multiplatform, not multiplayer. Whoops. Laura Scholl, who suggest Dead Rising 2 was multiplayer yesterday, has told IGN she meant to say multiplatform and not multiplayer. Click here to read the full article

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News: Two Battlefield: Bad Company 2 screens

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

EA releases two images of the war sequel in action!. EA has released two new screenshots of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Click here to read the full article

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News: Community games not selling well

 

Published 3/31/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Research uncovers low sales for the achievement free bitesize games. Community games aren't selling well, according to research by GamerBytes. Click here to read the full article

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Previews: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Brotherly love in the Wild West - wasn't there a movie a bit like that recently?. Why aren't there more decent cowboy shooters? That's the question that the OXM team has been scratching its collective head about for the last month, and then two ...

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News: Fight Night Round 4 roster (almost) revealed

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson are in... but who didn't make the cut?. EA has revealed a hefty chunk of the eventual boxing roster for Fight Night Round 4. Click here to read the full article

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News: McRae's former team-mate signs up for DiRT 2

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Ken Block, X-Games team-mate with McRae, will feature in the rallying sequel. Codemasters has signed up Ken Block, former X-Games team-mate with the late Colin McRae. Click here to read the full article

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Blogs: Bits and Blogs

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Apologies for the blog title, it worked better in my head. Hey all, just a quick update blog to keep you guys up to speed with some of the goings-on round these parts. Click here to read the full article

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News: No DLC for Final Fantasy XIII

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Square Enix is concentrating solely on finishing development and releasing the game. No DLC is currently planned for Final Fantasy XIII, according to Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation. Click here to read the full article

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News: Mass Effect 2 will be 'shooter RPG'

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Bioware will fix the combat so it feels like you're playing a shooter RPG. Bioware's Ray Muzyka says the team is shaping Mass Effect 2 so people see it as a 'shooter RPG'. Click here to read the full article

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News: Dead Space influenced by Resident Evil 4

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

The developers were keen to avoid doing "too much new", says EA. Dead Space senior producer Chuck Beaver has told Kotaku that EA Redwood Shores used Resident Evil 4 as the template for their own survival horror. Click here to read the full article

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News: Dead Rising 2 has 6,000 zombies on-screen

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

It'll be the most rendered character on-screen ever, according to Capcom. Capcom has claimed that Dead Rising 2 will feature the most rendered characters on-screen ever seen in a videogame to date. Click here to read the full article

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News: Riddick DLC already confirmed

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Five multiplayer maps will be on the way after Assault On Dark Athena's release. IGN reports that multiplayer DLC for Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena has been confirmed. Click here to read the full article

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News: Rock Band: World Tour?

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Senior designer goes through a list of rejected names for what would become Rock Band. Rock Band was once almost known as Rock Band: World Tour, Harmonix told Joystiq. Click here to read the full article

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News: Alien Hominid gets hefty price cut

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Starting today, the other Live game by the Castle Crashers developers will cost 400 MS. Alien Hominid HD is this weeks deal of the week, going on sale in Marketplace for 400 Microsoft Points. Click here to read the full article

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News: Marvel Universe coming... in 2012

 

Published 3/30/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

The ambitious MMO won't be with us any time soon, says Marvel exec. Marvel Universe is on course for release in 2012, says a Marvel exec. Click here to read the full article

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News: Inside Xbox: Wolverine interview!

 

Published 3/28/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Okay, so it's not an interview with Wolverine but it's pretty damn close... It's Saturday which means a long lie-in, people moaning at you for having a long lie-in and a new Inside Xbox video! Click here to read the full article

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Previews: Dante's Inferno

 

Published 3/28/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Film tie-ins we're used to, but tie-ins of medieval Italian poems? This we have to see... This one blindsided us, we must admit - a third-person action brawler based on a 700-year-old poem. Don't worry though, this isn't based on some simpering ...

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Reviews: Afro Samurai

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Samuel L Jackson gets cut down by dodgy camerawork. Right up to our encounter with a flamethrower-wielding Brother 6, we were enjoying Afro Samurai, a decent slice of non-cerebral hack and slash with the occasional chuckle over a Samuel L Jackson ...

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News: Video of banned Xbox Live 'sex-rated' game

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Microsoft took it down but we have a video of the later levels that proved too much for Microsoft. Break One Out was the first ever 'sex-rated' Xbox Live Community game on Marketplace and could well be the last, judging by the speed with which ...

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News: Virtua Tennis 2009 shows off Maria Sharapova

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

New screenshots and renders with Sega second-guessing who we want to see. Sega has released a bunch of new media for Virtua Tennis 2009. Click here to read the full article

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Reviews: Wheelman

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Is it worth putting Diesel in your car?. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that an action hero with biceps the size of oil drums managed to claw his way from the burning wreckage of Midway's recent bankruptcy.  ...

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Competitions: Win Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack!

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

We have three codes to give away over the weekend... To celebrate the release of the teaser trailer for Modern Warfare 2, we're giving away three free codes to download the Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare! Click here to read ...

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Features: Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Deciphered

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

On the surface it doesn't look like much but there are lots of clues buried away in there... As you should know by now, Infinity Ward has released the first teaser trailer for Modern Warfare 2. Click here to read the full article

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News: Guitar Hero gets Queen and James Bond

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

We Are The Champions the highlight of the new DLC for World Tour. Guitar Hero: World Tour has been bolstered by a Queen Track Pack and the James Bond Theme as DLC. Click here to read the full article

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News: Original Call of Duty heading for XBLA?

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

PEGI and ESRB sighting almost certainly confirms that it's on the way. Call of Duty is likely to be heading to XBLA after it was granted a PEGI/ESRB rating. Click here to read the full article

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News: Modern Warfare 2 drops Call of Duty name

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Activision looks like it will run with the Modern Warfare branding alone. We've had the first ever trailer hinting at what to expect from Modern Warfare 2 including its new title - the Call of Duty name was nowhere to be seen. Click here to read ...

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News: Fable II DLC 'See The Future' revealed

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Peter Molyneux talks up the latest expansion for Lionhead's ever-growing RPG. Peter Molyneux has started talking about the next round of DLC for Fable II, titled 'See The Future'. Click here to read the full article

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News: Left 4 Dead reaches 2.5 million

 

Published 3/27/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Valve confirms the staggering amount sold for its frantic survival FPS. Valve has confirmed that Left 4 Dead has sold 2.5 million copies. Click here to read the full article

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News: OXM Podcast Episode 15

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

All about the OXM Awards 2009. So it's been just a week since the OXM Awards 2009, and we've had time to mull over the outcome of categories including Game of the Year and Readers' most wanted. You might have already seen our video of the winners ...

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News: Left 4 Dead gets melee fatigue

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Dramatic change being implemented alongside the DLC next month. Valve will be adding melee fatigue as part of the DLC update due on April 21st. Click here to read the full article

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News: First screens of Gears 2's Snowblind DLC

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Grindyard, Under Hill, Courtyard and Fuel Depot are shown off. Epic has released screenshots of the new maps including in the forthcoming Snowblind DLC. Click here to read the full article

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News: First 'Sex'-rated community game hits Xbox Live

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Break One Out gets 3/3 sex rating as you reveal pictures of naked girls... Break One Out, the first ever community game to receive the 3/3 Sex Rating from Microsoft, has been released on Xbox Live Marketplace. Click here to read the full ...

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News: Prince of Persia dev: Elika haters can 'go back to Gears'

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Ben Mattes defends Prince of Persia's female lead character. Prince of Persia producer Matt Barnes has offered a defense of lead character Elika by telling haters that they can "go back to Gears". Click here to read the full article

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News: The Pitt back on Marketplace

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Bethesda re-releases the fixed DLC for Fallout 3, so no more red triangles. The Pitt has been re-released on Xbox Live Marketplace. Click here to read the full article

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News: Halo 3 content will last 'two more years'

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Bungie will keep pumping out the content for its FPS, according to Halo producer. Bungie producer Allen Murray has said that Halo 3 content could run for two more years. Click here to read the full article

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News: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 debut trailer!

 

Published 3/26/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Infinity Ward drops the first ever teaser trailer for its FPS sequel. Infinity Ward has released the first trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Click here to read the full article

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Blogs: Too much padding!

 

Published 3/25/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

You know, I don't mind paying 800 Microsoft points for a DLC mission pack, but it had better be damn good. My most recent pet hate is the way some DLC is 'padded' to give it more lifespan. Click here to read the full article

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News: New England strip debuts in PES 2009

 

Published 3/25/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

Pro Evo will be the only place you can get the new England kit from. Konami has announced that the new England strip will be available to download as soon as its debuted against Slovakia. Click here to read the full article

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Features: That'd Be An Audio Clue

 

Published 3/25/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

When is a gaming soundtrack not a gaming soundtrack?. So I've decide to write a feature on a surprise package I got sent through the post the other morning. It is an album entitled "A Twist in the Myth" by German power metal outfit Blind Guardian. ...

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News: Bionic Commando release date set

 

Published 3/25/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

May 22nd is the date that Capcom's swinging adventure will be dropping onto shelves. Capcom has confirmed May 22nd is the European release date for Bionic Commando. Click here to read the full article

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Reviews: Stormrise

 

Published 3/25/2009 at Official Xbox 360 Magazine

An ambitious attempt to whip real-time strategy on console into shape. The giant mutant flesh-crabs help... Releasing a sci-fi strategy game within weeks of Halo Wars is a bit like dressing up as a clown and performing cartwheels in your garage ...

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