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Xbox 360 July '09 Game Releases!
Things are starting to look up this month after a few slow months for the Xbox 360.
Highlights for the month of July 2009 include BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition , NCAA Football 10, The King of Fighters XII , Rock Band: Country Track Pack , and Watchmen: The End is Nigh - Part 1 & 2 .
What titles are you looking forward to?
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of July 2009 on Xbox 360! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable.
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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition |
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HIGH-RESOLUTION 2D FIGHTING BRILLIANCE In the 13th hierarchical city, Kagutsuchi, the Librarium regulates the amazing power of "Armagus", a fusion of magic and technology. Currently they are aft er a wanted criminal named Ragna The Bloodedge, also known as "Death", who wants to destroy the Librarium. Due to Ragna possessing a powerful form of Armagus known as the Azure Grimoire, people far and wide are aft er not only his bounty, but his grimoire as well. This is where our story begins... |
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Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince |
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Based on the 2009 summer movie blockbuster of the same name, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince transports fans both old and new to the beloved and action-filled video game universe of Harry Potter. In this most recent adventure players return to the famous Hogwarts school for wizards, as well as other surrounding parts of the wizarding world, to help Harry survive a difficult and danger filled sixth year. |
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The Bigs 2 |
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The Big Leagues just got bigger. The Bigs 2 allows fans to experience heroic gameplay, legendary game modes and incredible player models like they've never seen before. Elevating The Bigs 2 to new heights are bigger power-ups, amazing visual effects, and an all new career mode. Featuring exciting player animations and pick-up-and-play controls, The Bigs 2 delivers an action-packed, heroic MLB video game experience. |
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NCAA Football 10 |
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Settle who’s number one in the college game once and for all with EA Sports NCAA Football 10. With the eyes of college football upon you, players begin their road to glory in a fully customizable career mode featuring player progression, and authentic college football atmospheres. Against your biggest rivals and during the biggest games, seize the day and bust out big-time performances week in and week out to make your case for winning the Heisman Trophy. |
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The King of Fighters XII |
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Gaming's most revered 3-on-3 fighting franchise celebrates its 15th anniversary with its most ambitious entry to date: The King of Fighter XII. Gathering over 22 beautifully hand-drawn 2D characters from SNK storied arcade history, the King of Fighters XII promises to live up to the expectations of next-gen console owners with compelling gameplay, high resolution graphics and best of all...intense combat! |
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Black College Football Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition |
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Black College Football Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition is a first-of-its-kind game that immerses players in the rich culture, history and pageantry of football game day on Historically Black College and University (HBCU) campuses. The game fuses realistic, bone-jarring football action created using the Unreal 3.0 engine with two unique new rhythm games, the interactive Halftime Show and Drum Line Challenge. In addition, a wealth of historical data has been integrated in the Legacy Museum and dozens of licensed tracks performed by college football's most entertaining marching bands are included in the game's Jukebox. |
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Rock Band: Country Track Pack |
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The Rock Band Country Track Pack is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band and Rock Band 2, as well as those new to the Rock Band universe to start and keep the party going with an additional 21 seminal hits from the heyday of country rock and beyond that have been hand-picked for players with care by game developer, Harmonix. This track pack is also compatible with most Guitar Hero and other instrument controllers. |
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G-Force |
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Based on the summer 2009 Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster movie of the same name, G-Force the video game is an exciting action-platformer that draws you into the adventures of an elite team of trained guinea pigs on a mission to thwart a sinister plot to destroy the world. Take control of both G-Force commander Darwin and his housefly surveillance sidekick, Mooch, as they apply their talents to defeat an evil army of altered household appliances. |
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Watchmen: The End is Nigh - Part 1 & 2 |
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Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 1 follows Rorschach and Nite Owl as they track down the evil Underboss, who recently broke out of prison and has sent his violent thugs loose in New York City. The city needs saviors and only masked vigilantes will answer the call. Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 delves further into the partnership of Rorschach and Nite Owl before the hero-banning Keene Act. In Part 2, Rorschach contacts Nite Owl to get his help in solving the case of a missing girl, Violet Greene. Along the way Rorschach uncovers that a woman from his past is involved with the disappearance, leading to a conflict of interest between the partners. New Installment of Watchmen Mythology: Set more than a decade before the events of the feature film, the two long-form, episodic videogames help to develop the backstory between Nite Owl and Rorschach and leads fans right into the film. |
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PATIENCE PAYS OFF!
Whether you passed on paying full retail, or have arrived to the party late, welcome to 'The Price Drop'.
This week we have one noteworthy video game price drop to report.
Gears of War 2 has officially dropped in price to $39.99 from the previous $59.99 MSRP.
Gears of War 2 is a tactical third-person shooter video game, developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.
It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia on November 7, 2008. The game expands technically on the previous game by using a heavily-modified Unreal Engine 3 that includes improved lighting and physics effects on the game. The development team also brought in comic book writer Joshua Ortega to help write the plot for the game.
Check it out: Amazon - Gears of War 2
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Xbox 360 June '09 Game Releases!
Things are starting to look up this month after a few slow months for the Xbox 360.
Highlights for the month of May 2009 include Red Faction Guerilla, Prototype, Tiger Woods 2010, Ghostbusters, Fight Night Round 4, and Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood.
What titles are you looking forward to?
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of June 2009 on Xbox 360! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable.
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Red Faction Guerilla |
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Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction. |
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FUEL |
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In FUEL players race across and explore the world’s largest racing environment – over 5,000 square miles of spectacular wilderness. Set to revolutionize multi-terrain, multi-vehicle racing, FUEL is a fiercely competitive, open-world game without boundaries. On and off-road, two and four-wheeled vehicles race a massively diverse environment, from scaling the highest snowcapped mountain to racing the deepest arid canyon. |
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 |
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Feel the drama of playing professional tournament golf like never before with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. For the first time in the history of Electronic Arts' much lauded golf simulation franchise, players can take aim at capturing the US Open Championship on the ever-challenging Bethpage Black. |
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Prototype |
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Prototype is a single player, open-world action game where players take control of shape-shifter Alex Mercer. In this gameworld you literally are a genetic prototype hiding in human form. You step out onto the streets of New York with no memory, but limitless potential power. As a terrifying viral epidemic sweeps across Manhattan, top-secret Blackwatch Special Forces move in, transforming it into a war zone. Delve into the mysteries of your origin, the true nature of your power and your part in a conspiracy 40 years in the making. |
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Virtua Tennis 2009 |
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Building on its strong consumer following and consistently high review scores, the Virtua Tennis series delivers another ace this May. Virtua Tennis 2009 maintains the unprecedented realism and pin-point gameplay mechanics the series is known for and also now features improved shot accuracy, more control on serves and the chance to compete for the esteemed Davis Cup. Players will sharpen their court skills in 12 fan-favorite mini-games in preparation for fierce competition in an all-new World Tour mode where they will smash the competition as one of 20 elite tennis stars. |
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Guitar Hero Smash Hits |
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In Guitar Hero: Smash Hits players get the best of previous Guitar Hero games, now in a full band gameplay scenario. Turn down the lights, crank up the amps and prepare to command center stage as you rock out to the most fun tracks from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. And for the first time you can join together as a band and jam to master tracks from the greatest Guitar Hero music on your controllers for guitar, drums and vocals. |
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game |
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game, based on the smash hit motion picture franchise and featuring a completely new story, is coming to six game systems in 2009. Coinciding with the 25th anniversary celebration of the film’s original theatrical release, the game reunites original cast members to recapture the unique blend of humour and fright that established Ghostbusters as a pop culture sensation. Remember, don't cross the streams. It could end all life as we know it! |
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Overlord 2 |
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Overlord II is the sequel to the hit warped fantasy action adventure that had players being delightfully despotic. In Overlord II, a new Overlord and a more powerful army of Minions take on an entire empire in a truly epic adventure, inspired by the rise of the Roman Empire. As the Glorious Empire conquers kingdoms and destroys any sign of magic it finds, it's time to go Minion Maximus and send in the horde. The Minions return smarter, deadlier (and funnier) and are ready to fight in large scale battles that will see their wild pack mentality squaring up to the organized legions of the Glorious Empire. |
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
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Become the ultimate Autobot or Decepticon in TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, the official game of one of 2009's biggest blockbuster films. Unleash your power to determine the fate of Earth as the ultimate war rages across the globe. Every second counts as you experience TRANSFORMERS like never before! |
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Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires |
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This is an action game based in ancient China in which players roam through a battlefield, hack-and-slash enemies, and attempt to conquer China in the process. Players use a variety of weapons (maces, staffs, swords, bladed fans) to dispatch hordes of enemy officers, tigers, and wolves. |
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Fight Night: Round 4 |
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EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 is truly the return of the champ. Building off Fight Night Round 3, one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed games to come out at the onset of the Xbox 360 hardware launch, Fight Night Round 4 promises to be equally as groundbreaking and revolutionary. With an all new physics based fighting engine, new physics driven animations, truly unique and differentiated boxer styles, and the most impressive boxer roster ever, including the return of the legendary Iron Mike Tyson, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 takes video game boxing and fighting to an entirely new level. |
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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood |
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The prequel to the Wild West action shooter Call of Juarez. As the McCall brothers, players enter a doomed quest for the legendary Gold of Juarez leading them from a ravaged Georgia during the Civil War to the Aztec ruins of Mexico. They make their lawless trail into the wildest West ever depicted, using their gunslinging skills and killing all of those that stand before them. But when the brothers face lust, their bond of blood feels thinner than ever… Harness a variety of weapons from various pistols to heavy-caliber cannons and machine guns. Every accurate shot increases your concentration, which allows you to unleash deadly shooting modes when outnumbered and even deadlier ones when the brothers work together. |
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs |
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Join Ice Age's unlikely herd of prehistoric pals for their wildest, wackiest, most exciting adventure yet! For the first time, play as six beloved Ice Age characters as they embark on a rescue mission across melting snow to the mysterious Dinosaur World an all-new, fur-raising jungle of carnivorous plants, lush foliage and fierce dinosaurs. Based on the highly anticipated Fox film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, it's a rollicking ride of mammoth proportions! |
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With E3, comes news on just about every angle. One of Microsoft's big guns will certainly be Halo 3 ODST.
The cover art was recently released, and the game is now available for pre-order at Amazon. The official release date has not been announce yet, but it is confirmed for holiday 2009.
Check it out: Halo 3: ODST
Amazon.com Product Description
Developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by developer Bungie, Halo 3: Recon is a stand-alone expansion that extends the Halo 3 experience with hours of new campaign and multiplayer gameplay*.
The new campaign chapter predates the events that unfold in Halo 3 and gives players a new perspective through the eyes of a new hero in the Halo universe. New multiplayer maps ensure that the Xbox LIVE experience of Halo 3 continues to thrive.
* Xbox LIVE Gold account required for online multiplayer gameplay
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- All-new campaign content: The Halo 3: Recon campaign is a side story that takes place during the events leading up to the Master Chief’s return to New Mombasa in Halo 3. Experience the fate of Earth from the brand-new perspective of a special forces ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), adding a unique outlook and new gameplay elements to the events that unfold in the trilogy’s finale. While the feel of this new chapter will greatly resemble that of previous Halo experiences, Halo 3: Recon will require players to employ more elements of stealth and cunning than ever before.
- A new hero: Known for their courage, valor and, at times, insanity, ODSTs are among the fiercest UNSC soldiers, priding themselves on being the first unit deployed into hostile situations. While not as large or supernaturally gifted as their Spartan comrades, these “Hell Jumpers” more than compensate with their ferocious attitudes and unwavering nerve.
- Expanded multiplayer collection: No Halo experience would be complete without multiplayer content. With exclusive new maps and expanded Forge options, players will find more multiplayer content than ever before with Halo 3: Recon.
- Ever-growing community options: Players will continue to enjoy all the Halo 3 technological innovations, including Saved Films, screenshots, Campaign Scoring and four-player co-op. All of the new multiplayer maps fully support the Forge editor, offering endless gameplay customization possibilities for fans.
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Xbox 360 Games of May!
Things are starting to look up this month after a very slowwwwww April for the Xbox 360.
Highlights for the month of May 2009 include Bionic Commando, Fallout 3 Operation Anchorage and Pitt Expansion, UFC 2009 Undisputed, and Rock Band: Classic Rock Track Pack.
What titles are you looking forward to?
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of May 2009 on Xbox 360! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable.
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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Get ready for a story so epic it could only unfold in the corridors of the world's largest museum - the Smithsonian Institution. Museum guard-turned entrepreneur Larry Daly discovers that his favorite exhibits, and some of his best friends, from New York's Natural History Museum are being shipped off to the archives at the Smithsonian. Larry gets a distress call from the miniature cowboy, Jedediah, reporting that Egyptian ruler Kahmunrah and a trio of heinous henchmen - namely Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon and Al Capone - are plotting to take over the museum, then the world. Speeding to the nation¿s capitol, Larry is clearly in over his head. But with some impressive new pals, including the irrepressible Amelia Earhart, along with familiar friends Teddy Roosevelt and Octavius, Larry will stop at nothing to restore the Smithsonian before dawn. |
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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel |
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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is an Action Role-playing Game (RPG) where the paths players choose and the decisions they make along the way, determine not only the destinies of their character, but also that of their chosen race as a whole, members of the other five other in-game races, and perhaps the game world of Ancaria itself. Set 2,000 years prior to the self-titled first game in the Sacred series, Fallen Angel is prequel to the events and quests of earlier RPG hit, that drops players in the midst of an epic struggle for control of elemental power on the grandest of scale. |
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Left 4 Dead: Game of the Year  |
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Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players. |
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Battlestations Pacific |
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As the sequel to the critically acclaimed Battlestations: Midway, Battlestations: Pacific for the Xbox 360 takes war-play to the next generation by introducing a new level of realism with more detailed graphics, a redesigned interface for better game play, and new features that will make you feel like you're part of the Pacific War. Eidos Interactive designed this epic action-strategy game to have 28 full-scale battles, with over 100 realistic war machines, all of which allows you to relive the historical battles of the Pacific during WWII. Play as the American forces, or go the "what if" route, and play as the Japanese to rewrite the history books. |
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Terminator: Salvation |
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In Terminator: Salvation, you are John Connor, a soldier in this post-apocalyptic world, and it's up to you to lead your squad of loyal fighters in a desperate battle for survival against the superior forces of Skynet and its deadly Terminators. Use the environment and objects in it to provide cover and protection as the T-600 and T-7T shoot relentlessly at you and your squad from all angles and the lethal Aerostat blasts you from above. |
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Bionic Commando |
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Bionic Commando is back, now on the Xbox 360, 20 years after the NES classic was initially released. And returning with it is the swinging bionic arm game mechanic that made it so popular and critically acclaimed. Bionic Commando makes the move to 3D, and gamers will be able to grapple, swing, and scale a giant environment filled with buildings, canyons, and more. |
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Raiden Fighters Aces |
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The legendary Raiden Fighters series was originally developed by Seibu as a coin-op. Now all three titles of this popular series have been authentically recreated for the Xbox 360®, with the original gameplay intact, and enhanced with full-screen scrolling action. Compete in a virtual world-wide high-score competition over Xbox LIVE®. Compare your skills with the best in the world, and trade gameplay clips to learn their secrets. |
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Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock |
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Rock Band Track Pack Classic Rock is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 to keep the party going with 20 seminal hits from the heyday of classic rock and beyond, hand-picked with care by Harmonix. This Track Pack is also compatible with most Guitar Hero and other instrument controllers. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia Free - All Right Now George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone James Gang - Funk #49 Jethro Tull - Hymn 43 Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot Police - Can't Stand Losing You Police - Truth Hits Everybody Rush - Closer to the Heart Rush - Red Barchetta Siouxie & the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me Steve Miller Band - Take the Money & Run Steve Miller Band - The Joker Stone Roses - Love Spreads The Who - Baba O'Riley The Who - Behind Blue Eyes |
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UFC Undisputed |
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UFC 2009 Undisputed is an explosive fighting game detailing the action, intensity and attitude of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Featuring an authentic and comprehensive UFC atmosphere, including an extensive roster of the best mixed martial arts fighters in the world, players will push the envelope with a powerful new game engine and put their best fighting disciplines to the test in the world famous Octagon. Take your best shot - UFC 2009 Undisputed is as real as it gets. Develop attributes, perfect moves and fights for entry into the UFC Hall of Fame through a series of dynamic storylines that build friendships and instigate intense rivalries. |
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Damnation |
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Bringing dramatic third-person shooter action to huge, steampunk-inspired environments, Damnation for Xbox 360 puts a range of unique weapons in your hands and lets you test the limits of the human body by performing acrobatic stunts to move through vertical levels. Set in an early 20th century world where the Civil War never ended, this game will have you climbing walls, commanding killer vehicles, and seeking out ways to stop industrialists with a thirst for totalitarian power. |
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Fallout 3 Expansion Pack: Operation Anchorage & The Pitt |
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The Pitt Description: The Pitt allows you to travel to the post-apocalyptic remains of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and become embroiled in a conflict between slaves and their Raider masters. Explore a sprawling settlement ravaged by time, neglect, nuclear radiation, and moral degradation. The Pitt is filled with morally grey choices, shady NPCs, new enemies, new weapons, and much more. Story: The Pitt opens with a desperate radio message, and a meeting with its sender, an escaped slave named Wernher. Wernher claims that the leader of "The Pitt" has created a cure for mutations... and he needs you to go in and retrieve it. From there, the player can proceed in a number of ways, in true Fallout 3 style. |
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UP |
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Based on the Disney - Pixar animated feature of the same name, Up The Video Game takes players on the Xbox 360 on an exotic adventure with Carl Fredricksen and his young sidekick, Wilderness Explorer Russell, as they set off on a wild journey through the undiscovered jungles of South America. Players will be able to experience all four main characters from the movie -- Carl, Russell, Dug the lovable dog or Kevin the prehistoric bird -- and will enjoy the action both in a single player campaign and with friends via the game's 2-4 player multiplayer support. |
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FUEL |
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In FUEL players race across and explore the world’s largest racing environment – over 5,000 square miles of spectacular wilderness. Set to revolutionize multi-terrain, multi-vehicle racing, FUEL is a fiercely competitive, open-world game without boundaries. On and off-road, two and four-wheeled vehicles race a massively diverse environment, from scaling the highest snowcapped mountain to racing the deepest arid canyon. |
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The rumored Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Halo 3 & Fable 2 Bundle is now available for pre-order at Amazon....
Nothing really new about this package except of course the inclusion of Halo 3 and Fable 2. The bundle is set to release on May 1, 2009.
Here are the product details via Amazon:
Check it out: Amazon - Xbox 360 Elite (Halo 3/Fable 2) Bundle
Product Features
Edition: Elite 120GB w/ Halo 3 and Fable 2
- Includes two full games: Fable 2 and Halo 3
- Premium black finish
- 120GB hard drive
- Black finish wireless controller
- HDMI lets you get HD video (up to 1080p)
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Amazon Begins Selling Xbox LIVE Arcade Games!
Online retailer Amazon has just launched the Xbox LIVE Section on their web site where you can purchase subscriptions, points cards, and for the first time ever, Xbox LIVE Arcade games.
Here is how it works:
You will be able to get your Xbox LIVE online game code immediately after purchase. Enter your code through either your Xbox 360 console or Xbox.com and enjoy. You can also gift your online game code after purchase via e-mail.
As you will see, you purchase the games based on a dollar value (versus Microsoft points). This is actually a nice way to browse some of the Xbox LIVE Arcade catelog, as you can see user reviews/etc... Looks like digital distribution is moving full speed ahead!
Check it out: Amazon Xbox LIVE Section
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Xbox 360 Games of April!
A fairly slim selection is available this month for the Xbox 360.
Highlights for the month of April 2009 include Ninja Blade, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and the often delayed release of The Godfather II..
What titles are you looking forward to?
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of April 2009 on Xbox 360! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable.
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Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust |
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The Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust video game gives gamers an all-access pass to the glitz, glamour and gorgeous women of Tinseltown. The original Larry is now a movie mogul, but he's got a problem ... the studio across the road always seem to know what he's making: there must be a mole in the studio! Uncle Larry turns to you, his nephew, Larry Lovage - to solve the mystery -- after all, no one would suspect a guy working in the mail room right? You must uncover the identity of the mole ... the very existence of the studio depends upon it! What could possibly go wrong? |
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Ninja Blade |
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Ken Ogawa and his team of skilled ninjas are deployed to destroy the infected monster horde and stop the disease from spreading as humanity hangs in the balance. Ogawa and his team are betrayed from within their own ranks, he is left to fight the daunting battle alone while also attempting to understand the motivations behind his father's betrayal. Armed with an extensive arsenal of specialized ninja weapons, tools and skills including the powerful forces of Ninja Vision and Todom Attack, you must fight insurmountable odds, and once again bring peace and order to Tokyo. |
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena |
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Return to the frenetic, edge-of-your-seat universe of the Chronicles of Riddick film series with The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. In the title role played in the films by Vin Diesel, you'll fight your way through an environment filled with malevolence and horror. Take part in both range and melee combat in your attempt to escape the dark fate that awaits you, and don't hesitate to execute stealth kills and counterattacks. Become fully immersed in Riddick's world, which is rendered with cinematic and atmospheric intensity. And for the first time in the Riddick franchise you can participate in a variety of multiplayer and online options that let you share the adrenaline-pumping excitement with friends. |
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The Godfather II |
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Inspired by the events of the classic film of the same name, in The Godfather II players take on the role of Dominic Corleone, a little-known member of the Corleone crime family tasked with rebuilding the once dominant, but now faltering mafia empire. Set in an open-world gameplay universe full of dangers and opportunities, players must maintain and develop the Corleone crime family's resources using every and all means available if they hope in the end to prevail in the ultimate challenge, to act like a mobster, but think like a Don. |
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Walt Disney Pictures Presents Hannah Montana The Movie |
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Hannah Montana The Movie, join Hannah Montana and live the rock star life while you get to know Miley Stewart and explore the world she left back in Tennessee. Perform as Hannah Montana to raise funds or play as Miley Stewart and explore Crowley Corners. Rock out at 6 different concert venues and perform to 12 Hannah hit-songs. Find spotlights that lead to special performance spots where Hannah can interact and jam with other band members on stage. Dance to the beat and trigger exciting dance moves for Hannah on stage, and plus create dance sequences to earn extra high scores. Unlock the Hannah Box and help Miley transform ordinary items into sensational outfits for Hannah Montana. Customize and accessorize Miley and Hannah with two different styles. |
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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 |
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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 combines the devastating power of the mobile suit, the rich legacy of the anime Gundam universe, and the furious tactical action gameplay of the Dynasty Warriors series. For the first time, engage in melee battles against colossal enemies such as the Psycho Gundam who can quickly reconfigure their bodies into titanic mobile fortresses. Prepare to head off into the furthest reaches of space and wage war against legions of enemy mobile suits. |
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Per Major Nelson, this weeks Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week is the PGR 4 Premium Challenge Pack. Gold member can grab it this week for a paltry 240 points (400 point list).
If you don't have a copy of PGR4, you can snag a copy with the Xbox LIVE Messenger Gold pack that is discounted to $59.99 (save $10) at Amazon.
The Xbox LIVE Messenger Gold Pack includes:
- 12 Month Xbox LIVE Gold Subscription (can be added to existing accounts)
- Project Gotham Racing 4
- Chatpad
- Wired Headset
Check it out: Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Messenger Gold Pack
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PRICE DROPS ARE GOOD...
With the rolling $29.99 12 Month Xbox LIVE card deals going on over the last few weeks, one had to wonder if an Xbox LIVE Gold account price drop was in the works...
While not officially announced by Microsoft, it appears that a drop to $39.99 (from $49.99) is apparently coming soon.
You can find the new price mentioned on the Xbox web site here...
Don't let your Xbox LIVE account auto-renew at the $49.99 price. If you are a Costco member, they are available in-store for $29.99. Otherwise, you can grab one from Amazon for $38.99 w/ free shipping.
Check it out: Amazon - Xbox 360 Live Subscription Gold Card
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Xbox 360 Games of March!
A decent selection in just about every game gender is available this month for the Xbox 360.
Highlights for the month of March 2009 include the just released Halo Wars, Tom Clancy's HAWX, Resident Evil 5, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and Guitar Hero Metallica.
What titles are you looking forward to?
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of March 2009 on Xbox 360! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable.
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Halo Wars |
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Get your hands dirty in the early stages of the epic battle between UNSC and Covenant. Developed by Ensemble Studios, Halo Wars for Xbox 360 brings all the drama of a real-time strategy game to the popular Halo Universe. Set in the year 2531, before the initial Halo first-person shooter game, this game lets you control the human armies of UNSC in a whole new way. |
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SBK Superbike World Championship |
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The Superbike World Championship is truly a global event. SBK Superbike World Championshio is a unique experience in motorsports featuring ultra-realistic close up shots of the riders hugging tight turns while their bodies hang inches away from the track. Closely fought battles are guaranteed and unlike MotoGP, Superbike promises these battles will have frequent lead changes. |
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Tom Clancy's HAWX |
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Tom Clancy's HAWX for Xbox 360 puts you behind the throttle, in the fighter pilot's seat. As a member of the elite HAWX squadron, you'll find yourself manning cutting-edge aircraft, training on all the newest weapons, and carrying out dangerous top-secret missions set against the backdrop of a chaotic future, where private military companies (PMCs) are constantly putting your skills to the test and forcing you to defend your reputation as one of the top military pilots on Earth. |
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Major League Baseball 2K9 |
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Get ready to get your uniform dirty as you play ball on the Xbox 360 with Major League Baseball 2K9 by Take-Two. You'll recognize your favorite players as MLB 2K9 captures such minute as each player's unique batting stances, different pitching windups and swings. With new commentary and gameplay enhancements to all facets of the experience, Major League Baseball 2K9 is a whole new ballgame. |
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Trivial Pursuit |
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The Trivial Pursuit video game from EA builds on the original gameplay with stunning visual presentation, new categories of questions, all-new never before seen questions, and the innovative Facts & Friends game mode. The quick-playing Facts & Friends mode adds a whole new social dynamic to the game that keeps everyone involved by encouraging players to guess whether their opponents will answer their questions correctly. The result is a new take on a tried and true classic that has found a home on the Xbox 360. |
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SkiDoo Snowmobile Challenge |
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In sub-zero temperates, surrounded by blinding white snow and hard blue ice, with engines screaming and skis scraping across the track, 100 miles per hour might just be fast enough to win. This is the pulse-pounding world of Ski-Doo Snowmobile Racing! |
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Resident Evil 5 |
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Experience the thrill and terror all over again with Resident Evil 5 for Xbox 360. Featuring Chris Redfield of the original Resident Evil and Sheva Alomar, a West African agent of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), this sci-fi survival game is staged in a remote desert colony packed with hordes of fast-moving, quick-thinking enemies that represent a whole new breed of evil. |
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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel |
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Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is an Action Role-playing Game (RPG) where the paths players choose and the decisions they make along the way, determine not only the destinies of their character, but also that of their chosen race as a whole, members of the other five other in-game races, and perhaps the game world of Ancaria itself. Set 2,000 years prior to the self-titled first game in the Sacred series, Fallen Angel is prequel to the events and quests of earlier RPG hit, that drops players in the midst of an epic struggle for control of elemental power on the grandest of scale. |
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Wanted: Weapons of Fate |
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In Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Warner Bros. brings the box office movie to the Xbox 360 platform. Like the movie, the game revolves around a centuries-old, secret fraternity of assassins that brutally executes people as dictated by the mysterious Loom of Fate. Your destiny is to become their ultimate weapon. |
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Raiden Fighter Aces |
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The legendary Raiden Fighters series was originally developed by Seibu as a coin-op. Now all three titles of this popular series have been authentically recreated for the Xbox 360®, with the original gameplay intact, and enhanced with full-screen scrolling action. Compete in a virtual world-wide high-score competition over Xbox LIVE®. Compare your skills with the best in the world, and trade gameplay clips to learn their secrets. |
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Monsters vs. Aliens |
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Based on the DreamWorks Animation 3D feature film, Monsters vs. Aliens video game puts the fate of the planet in your hands, along with Bash, skate, and ooze as the macho half-ape, half-fish, The Missing Link, the 49' 11" tall woman, Ginormica, and the gelatinous, indestructible, and brainless B.O.B, with the help of the monstrous 350' tall grub Insectosaurus. Plus, team up with the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. in co-op mode, to save the earth from the megalomaniacal alien Gallaxhar. |
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WWE Legends of WrestleMania |
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The leading sports entertainment video game experience embraces its colorful roots to deliver the definitive elements of WWE from the eighties and nineties. Featuring an impressive lineup of legendary superstars and managers, a new combo fighting system, an authentic presentation and more, WWE Legends of WrestleMania enables gamers to compete in classic feuds, create history of their own and secure a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 |
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DYNASTY WARRIORS: GUNDAM 2 combines the devastating power of the Mobile Suit, the rich legacy of the GUNDAM universe, and the furious Tactical Action game play of the DYNASTY WARRIORS series. For the first time, engage in melee battles against colossal enemies such as the Psycho Gundam who can quickly reconfigure their bodies into titanic mobile fortresses. Prepare to head off into the furthest reaches of space and wage war against legions of enemy Mobile Suits!
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Wheelman |
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Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs. |
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Stormrise |
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The first truly 3D real-time strategy (RTS) game, Stormrise puts players in the heart of the action with an all-new third-person camera perspective. No other RTS game combines the unprecedented level of immersion and emotional intensity with the scale and depth that The Creative Assembly (Total War series) has become famous for. Stormrise breaks tradition with the genre¿s typical top-down viewpoint, allowing players to explore and track enemies in multi-dimensional areas, including everything from high-rise rooftops to underground caverns. With revolutionary controls designed specifically for consoles, players will lead their troops from the front in the midst of explosive battles to put an end to years of bloody conflict between the Sai and the Echelon races.
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Pop Cap Arcade Hits Vol. 2 |
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Get three action-packed best sellers in one. PEGGLE was voted casual Game of the Year, Editors Choice (2007). Do you have what it takes to become a Peggle Master? Take your best shot! Conquer 55 levels with 10 mystical Magic Powers and rack up bonus points. Face off against friends in 4-player Xbox LIVE multiplayer play, and test your skills in 75 Grand Master Challenges. FEEDING FRENZY 2 was voted Casual Game of the Year (2006). Want a game you can really sink your teeth into? Swim through underwater worlds and chow down on smaller fish to eat your way to ocean supremacy. It features over 60 levels of chomping goodness, Story and Time Attack modes, nighttime levels, boss fish and more. HEAVY WEAPON was nominated for Downloadable Game of the | | |