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LIVE Activity for week of March 23rd (Halo 3)
These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Community Games, full versions purchased during the week.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU's):
1 Call of Duty: WaW
2 Halo 3
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Halo
Halo 3
Xbox
Xbox 360
Call of Duty
Call of Duty 4
PlayStation Home Xi update - 30 and 31 March (Home)
PS3-Sense writes: "Due to circumstances we could not inform you yesterday on the PlayStation Home Xi update, still here is it to. There is some fun came last in this adventure. If we mention the last time that you have an email from Thom where ...
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PS3
Fatal Frame IV coming to Europe (Fatal Frame IV)
Seems Fatal Frame IV is finally being released outside of Japan. Now we will be clear Tecmo has not made any announcements about release dates or even it being released in Europe but it's hard to argue with the above print of the game in a magazine.
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Fatal Frame IV
Tecmo
Wii
Rumour: Halo 3 PC in 2009, Gears of War to Stay Xbox-Exclusive? (Halo 3)
Split-screen.com: "Their showing at this year's Game Developers' Conference 2009 may not exactly reaffirm hopes but Microsoft has been very active as of late, albeit in secret. Besides rumours of new IPs from Rare doing the rounds, Microsoft ...
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Halo 3
Gears of War
Xbox
Microsoft Game Studios
Microsoft
The9 To Develop New MMO (World of Warcraft)
The company that operates World of Warcraft and many other games in China, The9, is to develop its own MMO.
The9, which has obtained licences to operate games such as FIFA Online 2, Hellgate: London, Ragnarok Online, Huxley, Guild Wars and of ...
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World of Warcraft
Hellgate: London
Huxley
Guild Wars
Pokemon invade Twitter, currently tweeting with each other (Pokemon Fushigi No Dungeon Toki/Yami No Tankentai [import])
DarkZero: "It seems the world of Pokemon has invaded Twitter, with multiple characters and Pokemon from the games and TV show now having Twitter accounts. Some are a bit pointless, some are really bloody pointless, but some are very funny.
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Gaming
'Fable 2' Developers Tested Microphone-Control For Game's Dog (Fable II)
Gamers who played last fall's Xbox 360 hit "Fable II" were supposed to feel an emotional connection to the virtual canine that faithfully followed their hero throughout the game.
The dog was mostly self-sufficient - following, ...
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Gaming
Fable 2
Xbox 360
Amazon sells Punch-Out!! Wii Contender Kit (Punch-Out!!)
Retailer Amazon.com this week began offering pre-orders for Nintendo Co.'s Punch-Out!! Heavyweight Contender Kit.
The Amazon exclusive product, which does not include the Punch-Out!! game title, includes a King Hippo Crown Replica, King Hippo ...
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Punch-Out!!
Contender
Nintendo
Wii
"Father killed partner who became hooked on Sony PlayStation" (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Malcolm Palmer, 62, turned on the mother of his three children after she became hooked on the violent Grand Theft Auto IV driving game.
He was forced to sleep on a sofa in their conservatory as Carol Cannom, 46, stayed up all night with the ...
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Grand Theft Auto IV
Sony
Ruffian Games' Last Call for New Recruits (Crackdown)
Ruffian Games have put out a final call for developers to join their merry band on a journey to make awesome games. Having established their studio in 2009 Ruffian's recruitment drive is near an end and the places remaining are few.
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Ruffian Games
Crackdown
Crystal Bearers website holds a secret (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers)
Square Enix yesterday announced the grand opening of the currently rather empty Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers website. However, it seems the website holds some secrets past what can currently be seen.
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Gaming
Square Enix
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
Wii
Scoring Gaming Deals: Wii games on sale today (3/31/09) (Wii Music)
Wii games will be on sale throughout the day today (3/31/09), as Amazon.com's featured Gold Box and Lightning Deals. The Gold Box Wii game is Wii Music, which is $29.99. A pretty good savings of $20 for a Nintendo game. It's available while supplies ...
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Wii Music
Nintendo
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges Details (Release Date & Price Included) (Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts)
Polish up that toolkit and prepare to dive back into the vivid world of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, where invigorating new challenges await with the Lord of Games' (L.O.G) Lost Challenges Game Add-On pack! Worried that Banjo and Kazooie may be ...
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Gaming
Banjo Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
StarCraft II 'Certainly' Not Close To Final (StarCraft II)
StarCraft II lead game designer, Dustin Browder, claims the game is nowhere near as complete as it looks.
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StarCraft II
Gardening Mama Dated for Europe (Gardening Mama)
In Gardening Mama, players must dig soil, plant seeds and harvest crops to turn their simple plots into a garden paradise. Strong performance unlocks rare plants, fruits and vegetables, as well as ornamental objects such as swings, benches, flower ...
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Conduit bonuses unlocked through ASE (The Conduit)
The All Seeing Eye is not just an object which unlocks doors but it will help with unlockables as well.
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The Conduit
Wii
Okami on sale for $20 (Okami)
Capcom's visually stunning title Okami has been placed on sale for the price of $20 for both Wii and PS2 versions of the game.
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Okami
Capcom
Wii
PS2
WoW: No Aerial Combat For Now (World of Warcraft)
World of Warcraft's Game Director Tom Chilton has spoken about the lack of aerial combat in WoW, but says it's something Blizzard would like to add to the game.
The PvP zone in Northrend, Wintergrasp, which was added in Wrath of the Lich ...
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World of Warcraft
Blizzard
Gamefly Charts: Wanted Weapons of Fate is Most Wanted (Wanted: Weapons of Fate)
GamerDeals.net writes:
"Some would argue that the Gamefly 'most queued' should be taken with a grain of salt. Generally, it is apparent that the Xbox 360 is the most common rental platform that absolutely skews the results. In ...
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Gaming
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Xbox 360
PS3
Resident Evil 5
MadWorld
The Behemoth certified for all three console platforms (Alien Hominid HD - Xbox Live Arcade)
Gamasutra writes:
"Indie studio The Behemoth has carved out an incredibly well-defined niche for itself, thanks largely to its games' retro 2D gameplay and striking artwork by Dan Paladin -- and so despite the somewhat unclear nature of ...
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Behemoth
Alien Hominid HD - Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade
SingStar Crystal Mics is officially open! (SingStar)
SingStar Crystal Mics kicks off on March 25th 2009. SingStars across Europe will be invited to upload their most dazzling performances to My SingStar Online via PlayStation Network on your PLAYSTATION 3...
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Gaming
SingStar
Ubisoft theme park game built on Havok Behavior (Six Flags Fun Park)
Ubisoft's Six Flags Fun Park game was created using Havok Behaviour.
Havok's technology, which combines a game development composition tool for artists with a run-time SDK for programmers, is designed to accelerate and streamline the ...
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Six Flags Fun Park
Ubisoft
Theme Park
7 Studios
Wii
Killzone 2 1.21 patch live (Killzone 2)
Several tipsters have reported that the latest Killzone 2 patch is now live for most (if not all) regions.
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Killzone 2
Raven: Wolfenstein will show "what happens to a Nazi when he's had too much to drink" (Wolfenstein)
VG247: Raven's confirmed that this summer's Wolfenstein is to feature drinking Nazis.
The inclusion may now be seen as a "trend": Return to Castle Wolfenstein allowed you to sneak up on a drunk Nazi in a cellar.
Drinking and ...
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Gaming
Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Gears of War 2 Snowblind map pack available today (Gears of War 2)
According to the Major, the Gears of War 2 map pack, Snowblind, is available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 MS Points. What do you get for your space bucks, though?
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Gaming
Gears of War 2
Xbox
SingStar® Trophies revealed (SingStar)
35 new PSN Trophies for the game SingStar®. That's 21 Bronze, 8 Silver and 5 Gold Trophies including a Platinum. Click the article to view & comment on them.
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Gaming
SingStar
Buy Larry get Carmen (Playboy) for free.. (Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust)
When you buy the game Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust you will receive a copy of a Playboy magazine. This edition reveals the American beauty Carmen Electra. The 36-year-old model has also a roll in the videogame.
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Gaming
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers Website Opens (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers)
Square Enix have launched the official site for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, the latest entry in the spin-off series for Nintendo Wii.
Crystal Bearers is the newest of an ever growing number of FF:CC titles, but this ...
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Final Fantasy
Wii
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
Square Enix
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Nintendo
FF13 Dengeki Interview Summary (Final Fantasy XIII)
No literal translation, no legally dubious scans, no rubbish - simply an easy to read, formatted, bullet-pointed summary of the latest information from Dengeki's interview with FF13's Director and Producer, divided into sections: The Demo, The Game ...
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Gaming
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII to Utilize 100% of PS3's Power (Final Fantasy XIII)
Dengeki PS3 (Japan) interviewed FFXIII's producers in the latest issue of the magazine. Near the end of the interview, Producer Kitase stated "The demo of FFXIII will utilize around 50% of PS3's capability, whereas the full version will utilize ...
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Gaming
PS3
Final Fantasy XIII
Part of Xi opened by eager home users (Home)
Sony has launched Xi the first console based Alternate Reality Game. The game is basically a puzzle quest that is being updated daily. Sony opened up another part of Xi today to it's fans with 6 new mini games; and 2 locked doors.
Within a ...
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Sony
Ghosbuster Harold Ramis Overwhelmed By 'Ghostbusters' Video Game Script (Ghostbusters The Video Game)
MTV Multiplayer writes: "Harold Ramis told us he didn't know what he was getting into when he started working on the new "Ghostbusters" video game.
Our colleagues at MTV Movies were kind enough - as always - to ask a few video ...
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Ghostbusters The Video Game
The Movies
Oh, So Dead Rising 2 Might NOT Have Multiplayer (Dead Rising 2)
Kotaku writes: "Wasn't that news about Dead Rising 2 featuring multiplayer just great? Well, sorry, it turns out it may well have been wrong, with the lady responsible for the statement now issuing a correction.
It was Laura Scholl (from ...
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Gaming
Dead Rising
Rumor: Pepsi Giving Away 1 Million Rock Band Tracks This Summer (Rock Band)
Kotaku writes: "MTV Games and Pepsi appear to be teaming up for a Rock Band-themed, Pepsi-soaked promotion this Summer, giving away up to 1 million free Rock Band tracks to lucky sugared soft drink swillers."
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Gaming
Rock Band
Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed (Saints Row 2)
Saints Row 2 is about to get its first downloadable add-on. Due out April 16, the Ultor Exposed expansion will add three new missions, a mission metagame, six vehicles, more hairstyles and outfits, and new multiplayer maps. Oh, Tera Patrick will ...
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Gaming
Saints Row 2
Microsoft
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars debuts to 140,000 copies week one (Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars)
America accounts for the majority of sales with roughly 80,000 units being sold on week one, while Europe (including Australia, Asia and other niche markets) follows at a close second with 60,000 copies according to estimates from videogame tracking ...
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Gaming
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Missed Opportunities: Lionhead Could Have Made LittleBigPlanet (LittleBigPlanet)
Kotaku: "Peter Molyneux still wouldn't give up the goods on his new game at the "Lionhead Experiment Revealed" panel, but he did give us a glimpse into how Lionhead let LittleBigPlanet slip through their fingers.
The studio ...
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LittleBigPlanet
Peter Molyneux
Fable 2
The Mark
Neocrisis: Class of Heroes Delayed (Class of Heroes)
Neocrisis: Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that Class of Heroes, the upcoming first-person dungeon crawler for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, will be delayed until June 9th. The anticipated RPG, an homage to the genre classics, ...
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Gaming
Atlus
PSP
The Game Advance Wars Ripped Off Coming To PSN/XBLA/WiiWare (Military Madness - Virtual Console)
Ryan Rigney reports for Cinemablend on the exciting revelation that the game that Advance Wars ripped off will be providing strategy fans with dozens of hours of gameplay when Military Madness is released on a download service near you.
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Advance Wars
Military Madness - Virtual Console
Wii
Naughty Dog Looking at Possibillty of a CE for Uncharted 2 (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)
GOONL!NE: "Well, there is no need to convince PS3 owners to go out and buy Uncharted 2: Among Thieves when it comes out this Autumn, the first one was reason enough to get #2. But what if developers Naughty Dog enticed you with a possible ...
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Naughty Dog
PS3
Capcom Still Mum On PC Resident Evil 5 (Resident Evil 5)
A week after Street Fighter IV was released for the PS3 and Xbox 360, Capcom revealed that PC owners could expect the game in the summer. However, they're keeping their cards closer to their chest with Resident Evil 5. They still won't confirm ...
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Resident Evil 5
PC
Capcom
Street Fighter IV
PS3
Xbox 360
Rumor: Sony to unveil Killzone 2 Map Pack 1 (Killzone 2)
Could Sony's announcement, and Killzone 2 patch 1.21 be linked to a forthcoming Killzone 2 map pack?
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Gaming
Killzone 2
Sony
Empire: Total War gets minor update (Empire: Total War)
A small update has been released for the turn-based strategy title Empire: Total War.
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Gaming
Empire: Total War
THQ's Kaos Studios is Expanding (Frontlines: Fuel of War)
Kaos Studios, makers of Frontlines: Fuel of War, and part of the THQ family is looking to grow. Boasting sales of over one million units in their debut game and the record for most players on an Xbox 360 FPS game, Kaos looks to capitalize on the ...
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Gaming
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Xbox 360
"Atlantica Online" To Add 4 New Dungeons and 3 Major Features (Atlantica Online)
At this year's GDC, Ndoors Interactive revealed several new content updates for "Atlantica Online" this year, including 4 new dungeons, and 3 major gameplay additions.
The dungeons will increase the game's dungeon level cap, and ...
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Gaming
GDC
Atlantica Online
Company of Heroes, Opposing Fronts get massive updates (Company of Heroes)
A giant update has been released for Relic's RTS titles Company of Hereoes and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. Many changes to gameplay, online play and even specific factions have been implemented, along with a ton of fixes for the games.
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Gaming
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes
Play Street Fighter IV with shoebox fight sticks (Street Fighter IV)
Kotaku writes:
A $300 tournament edition fightstick on the gray market? Screw that. Reader Rotundo made one for himself and another for his friends out of $40 in spare parts and two shoeboxes. Oh, and one's wireless.
He picked up a ...
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Gaming
Street Fighter IV
Xbox
Batman: Arkham Asylum PS3, Xbox 360 orders now $52.99 (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
A retailer this week began offering Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc.'s Batman: Arkham Asylum for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 to under $53 in a new pre-order sale.
This week, Batman: Arkham Asylum for ...
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Gaming
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Xbox 360
Warner Bros. Interactive
Sony
Microsoft
PS3
DICE "feels good" Under Riccitiello's EA (Battlefield: Bad Company 2)
Eurogamer: "Working for Electronic Arts since John Riccitiello returned "feels good", according to DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson, and the chief executive's focus on quality over quantity is "definitely the right ...
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Gaming
John Riccitiello
Battlefield: Bad Company
Electronic Arts
Dead Space
Katamari Was Comment on Consumerism (Beautiful Katamari)
Eurogamer: "At his talk at last week's Game Developers Conference, Namco Bandai's Keita Takahashi revealed that he intended his first game, cult hit Katamari Damacy, to be a comment on consumer culture.
In Katamari, players can roll up ...
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