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Linkfest

Xbox Live Activity, week of 5/5 - Major Nelson
Shenmue 1 & 2 on Wii? - Joystiq
Banjo Kazooie 3 Screens - TrueGameHeadz
NYC vs Liberty City - The Gaming Globe
19 Year-old Gamer Elected Mayor - GamePolitics
Upcoming Sony Produced PS3/PSN/PSP Games - Evil Avatar

Xbox 360: 10 Million Units Sold

The Xbox 360 has become the first current generation console to break the 10 million mark in the US.
“This year will be the largest in the history of the videogame industry, with Xbox 360 leading the charge in the U.S. and abroad,” said Don Mattrick, senior Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the […]

“Gay” Gamertag banned by Xbox Live

According to The Consumerist, an gamer with the gamertag “the GAYERgamer” recently turned on his Xbox 360, only to find that his gamertag was banned. After calling customer support, he is told that the “greater Xbox Live community” found it offensive and therefore banned. Well if Xbox Live wants to ban anything offensive, why not […]

I’ll Just Watch the Movie

So I tried out the Iron Man demo that I downloaded from Xbox Live… like I said in a previous post, usually within the first 10 minutes of playing I can tell whether or not I’ll have any continued interest in the game. Iron Man only lasted 5 minutes. Call me impatient but the wacky […]

Ninja Gaiden II Releasing in June

Coming exclusively to the Xbox 360, Ninja Gaiden II is set to release on June 3rd this summer. With a level of gore that’s off the charts, players will once again be able to control everyone’s favorite ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, as he jets from Tokyo to New York and more to save the world. Sounds […]

Linkfest

Iron Man Demo on XBL (Major Nelson)
XBL Down for Maintenance April 21st (Major Nelson)
New GTA IV Screens (Gamespy)
EA Extends Take Two Purchase Offer (GamePolitics.com)
Microsoft Claims Victory of Core Users Over Sony (Joystiq)
GTA IV Goes Gold (QJ.net)

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 […]

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.

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 […]

The Orange Box Experience

So I got The Orange Box a couple weeks ago but it wasn’t until last week that I decided to embark into the world of all thing Gordon Freeman. It’s been a few years since I played Half-Life 2 so I decided to re-acclimate myself with the storyline. I figured I would give it a […]