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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Gets a Release Date

id Software and Activision have announced that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will be blasting its way onto Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on May 27 in the US and May 30 abroad. You can check out a demo of the PC version at www.enemyterritory.com. Learn more about Quake Wars from Activision’s press release after the […]

Call of Duty 4 Map Pack Download Owns DLC

The recently released COD4 variety maps set a new record on Xbox Live for downloadable content: over a million paid downloads within nine days of the maps release. Within that time players played over 30 million sessions and played over 32 million hours of COD4. Damn ya’ll! I wonder how the Halo 3 Legendary map […]

Original Soul Calibur Coming to XBLA

Yes!! The original and my favorite Soul Calibur is coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Originally released in Arcades and for the Dreamcast in 1999, Soul Calibur quickly became the best weapon fighting game in existence. There’s not many details on the XBLA release at this point, however, 1UP.com reports:
While we’re currently light […]

XBLA Wednesday: Rocky & Bullwinkle and Battlezone

Today Xbox Live Arcade sees the addition of Rocky and Bullwinkle and the Atari classic Battlezone. Rocky and Bullwinkle is based on the 1960s cartoon and features up to eight playable characters to play through over 100 mini games. Twenty-five of those mini games are playable using the Xbox Live Camera. Rocky and Bullwinkle will […]

New Soul Calibur IV Character Screens

Team Xbox has posted new screens of an un-named character, but I am totally digging her hat with the little feather! The torn cape and snow gloves are cool too – I do wonder what the markings on her forehead mean though, maybe it’s a weird birthmark?? Yeah… I have absolutely nothing to write about […]

Halo 3 Legendary Maps Release

Unless you’ve been living under rock, you already know the new Halo 3 maps are now available for download on Xbox Live. More information via Microsoft’s press release after the jump! Also be sure to check out this video of the Bungie devs discussing the different maps.

GTA IV Multiplayer Mode Details

With its release date days away, we’re learning more and more information about GTA IV. Kotaku has posted a very informational FAQ as they countdown to GTA IV’s release and they provide details on GTA IV’s different multiplayer modes:
Race
•Players race from one point to another with cars, boats and helicopters
•In Free Race mode, it’s a […]

Forza 2 Drops to $29.99

Gamerscore Blog reports that Forza 2 has dropped to $29.99. Forza isn’t my cup of tea when compared to say, Project Gotham racing - but if you were considering buying Forza 2 this price drop may have you forking over your cash.

Halo 3 Map Pack Interview


Lucky Gamer Playing GTA IV

360Voice.com notes in their blog that there’s 360Voice user playing GTA IV. Lucky bastard! The website tracks what games are being played for each registered user and automatically displays them in a blog and I’m sure it shocked the 360Voice admins to see GTA IV pop-up. The member’s 360Voice.com blog, Powderblue Kes, says “Powderblue Kes […]

Wiimote-like Xbox 360 Controller Rumors Heat Up

1up.com adds fuel to the fire with new details on “Newton”, the supposed code-name for Microsoft’s new motion controller. A snippet from the 1up article:
“Jake,” the author of the post, writes that he “can now confirm the existence” of the project, and that the prototype is codenamed “Newton” (yes, after Sir Isaac). Jake writes that […]

Two Worlds: Barrels and Ladders

Developer Mirek Dymek of Reality Pump, the development team behind Two Worlds, mentions Two Words: The Temptation will have barrels and ladders. What, you didn’t know they were making the second one a Donkey Kong game? Well they’re not obviously, but one of the new features is the ability to pick up and hurl objects […]

Ninja Gaiden Screens

New Ninja Gaiden screens were released today and I picked out a few that I liked. In the first image that dude got totally pwnt – how can you get your leg and your head cutoff? The best part is the decapitated leg in middle of the picture. More gore for your viewing pleasure at […]

Pirate VS Ninjas Dodgeball Delayed

BAM! Like a dodgeball to the face we’re smacked with news that Gamecock is delaying the anxiously awaited Pirate VS Ninjas Dodgeball. Gamecock came up with the excuse the game was “pirated”. “We see the irony in all this,” noted Christopher Stockman, Studio Director at Blazing Lizard. “Rest assured, we have a crack team of […]

COD4 and Mr. DRILLER Tops Xbox Live

Major Nelson released the latest list of games being played on Xbox Live for the week of 3/31. COD4 is number one by no surprise for Top Live Titles and Mr. DRILLER Online rounds out the Top Arcade Titles area.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
1 Call of Duty 4
2 Halo 3
3 Tom Clancy’s […]