Shoppers Fight At Wal-Mart

Thought I’d try and grace everyone with some good old “Holiday Spirit” with this touching holiday moment. Enjoy!
In the early morning rush at a Wal-Mart on Black Friday, customers fight over the last X-Box 360 console.”

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Red Ring of Death issues finaly adressed with Jasper-based Xbox 360 consoles

The long-awaited Jasper-based versions of the Xbox 360 have finally emerged on the market. These new consoles have a redesigned motherboard with the new 65-nanometer version of the ATI (now AMD) graphics chip that doesn’t run as hot as previous versions. There are other changes that improve the reliability and usability of the system [...]

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Burnout Paradise: Welcome to Big Surf Island

Criterion hasn’t released anything new on this awesome, (Now premium downloadable content) since way back in May, so it’s high time They gave you a little update.

This first shot shows your arrival point on the island.  From here, you can make out the awesome cylindrical tower referred to in this Crash TV Episode 15.  With [...]

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7 million units sold, the 360 is once again….Big In Japan!

Japan – In the same week that the Wii has crossed 7 million units sold, the 360 (long since written off in Japan by sales enthusiasts, and correctly, I might add) is once again playing as a potential spoiler against Sony’s PS3.

One look at the Weekly Console Sales Chart (line, 2nd chart down) will show [...]

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The Skinny: Everything we know about Halo 3 Recon

Halo 3: Recon could be one of the first games out of Microsoft that will be sold in retail and online at the same time. Planned also is the release of RockStar’s (anticipated) DLC for GTAIV.

Halo 3 Recon goes open-world
The first details on Bungie’s ambitious Halo 3 expansion Recon have finally emerged, detailing new equipment, [...]

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NXE: The Good, The Bad, and the ugly!

THE GOOD
Netflix: The biggest feature added onto the massive NXE update other than Avatars and the new look would have to be Netflix. Microsoft and Netflix are pushing this pretty hard, with Netflix prominently advertising it on their site and Microsoft advertising it on packaging of new Xbox 360 units and Xbox Live cards.
Every person [...]

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Xbox Live experiencing instability over the weekend

Users are reporting connection issues with their Xbox Live accounts. Apparently the accounts are being disconnected from the network. Microsoft has confirmed that there is an issue with Xbox Live at the moment. One would expect that Microsoft would have learned its lesson from last year’s spotty connection issues.

According to Major Nelson, the Xbox [...]

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Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Artwork Revealed

Criterion game posted new boxarts of Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will be released in February 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and, (for the first-time ever) the PC.

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box will be released in February 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and, (for the [...]

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“Using the Call of Duty 4 engine, Treyarch brings the franchise back to World War II,”

Treyarch has done a good job creating a single-player campaign in the best looking WW2 game to date.

Call of Duty 5: World at War Review
Using the Call of Duty 4 engine, Treyarch brings the franchise back to World War II, taking on Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific with flamethrowers, destructible environments, and four-player co-op.

After [...]

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Why Microsoft Should Stop Charging for Xbox Live

A few questions come to mind when hearing this complaint….one being “Should Sony charge for its currently gratis PlayStation Network? That’s the question some are apparently asking in a kind of fawning, anticipatory way, assuming for not entirely clear and maybe even slightly confused reasons that it would bolster Sony’s revenue models. Why? I guess [...]

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