Christmas in July

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Bungie’s Weekly Update came a day early with some exciting news. On July 7th, the new Halo3 map “Cold Storage” will be available as a free download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Bungie has their customer appreciation day 7/7, and will have one day only exclusive themes and gamer pics, alongside the new map, a […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - July 3rd, 2008 - 1 Comment

Xbox Live Arcade Dominates

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With a size limit increase to 350MB - Xbox Live Arcade is flexing some digital muscle, and clearly at the head of the pack. With the XNA development kits having gone out Dec 2007, we are about to see a flood of independent titles on top of some real AAA games. When asked about the […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - May 21st, 2008 - No Comments

Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer Missing_In_Action

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As of midnight tonight(5am GMT) logging into multiplayer you are greeted with a blackscreenfreeze and an error message. So glad I rented the game this week. I would appreciate it if all the people responsible would commit suicide immediately, as they have shamed the honor of Xbox Live and have lost their right to breath […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - March 13th, 2008 - 1 Comment

Devil May Cry 4 Demo Hits One Millionth XBL Download

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Capcom has proudly reported that as of this past Saturday, the Devil May Cry 4 demo on Xbox Live has hit the one million download milestone, making it the first demo in 2008 to reach one million downloads and one of the fastest demos to accomplish the feat in the service’s history.
How fast you ask? […]

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BleemPosted by Bleem - February 12th, 2008 - 1 Comment

Rare has rebuilt Baradur

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“Xbox Evolved has many sources indicating that the classic N64 Rareware title “Goldeneye 007” will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year, as well as many others.” Rumors indicate that Microsoft brokered a deal with MGM and Activision to get ahold of the Bond license, and from there I’m sure it was all […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - January 9th, 2008 - No Comments

Fear the Softness - Snuggle Squad Tryouts

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A Teddy Bear is huggably soft (or scratchy & awkward), but your rotting corpse is also endowed with a high degree of softness, and a hero has arrived to remind you of this. Captain Snuggles is that hero, hugs and kisses xoxoxo. Captain Snuggles desires the blood of the innocent, and a healthy dose of […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - December 18th, 2007 - No Comments

Xbox 360 Multiplayer Mayhem

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Had a nice holiday weekend in New Hampshire, Thursday to Sunday with very little family interaction. A few friends purchased an Elite and had 2 new black controllers, so they came over for a little split-screen on my 50′’. Now, with my brother letting me borrow The Orange Box and a rental of Call of […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - November 26th, 2007 - No Comments

Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack

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December 11th Bungie is releasing new maps for Halo 3, and they will cost you 800 MSpoints. Standoff, Rat’s Nest, and Foundry are the map names, and they should be implemented into matchmaking as they are launched.

“When Halo 2’s downloadable content joined the Internet, it effectively split the Matchmaking population into the “haves” and the […]

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ErickPosted by Erick - November 20th, 2007 - 10 Comments