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August 16th, 2007, 11:08 Posted By: wraggster
via gibiz
The top-performing Xbox Live Arcade games have been revealed in a talk at GameFest by platform manager Mark Coates, following on from a lecture by Chris Satchell, who spoke about some of the latest Xbox Live numbers.
According to a report on Gamasutra, Microsoft is predicting 45 million downloads and over 100 games on XBLA by the end of 2007, with a 156 per cent return on those published so far.
What's more interesting are the statistics on which titles have been performing the best so far this year, with TMNT 1989 Arcade gathering the most users, followed by Worms and UNO.
Jewel Quest wins out on average session length, while UNO has been played for the most minutes overall.
Across the financial year running from June 2006 to July 2007 Streetfighter II HF is top of both the volume and revenue lists, with UNO and TMNT following up on volume, and Worms and Doom runners-up for revenue.
One particularly interesting statistic revealed was that the first two months after a game's release only accounted for 35 per cent of its revenue on average, something very different to most full release titles.
Finally, the average user apparently has 23 people on their friends list, although there's no information on whether or not all of those would be considered active.
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August 15th, 2007, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster
via engadget
Well it appears that despite all of our wishing, hoping, and positive-thinking exercises, Microsoft has failed to deliver on a small dream of ours, namely, 65nm chips for the new HDMI-rocking Xbox 360 Premiums. Despite signs pointing otherwise, new photos show that this batch of systems continue to carry the Zephyr motherboard layout, which uses the older, hotter 90nm chips, though the boys in Redmond have addressed the heat issue a little bit with the addition of a second "daughter" heatsink attached to the CPU by heatpipe. The new 65nm "Falcon" boards -- which chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) confirmed are in production -- are still on their way according to the rumor mill, slated for release sometime this Fall. Interestingly, Microsoft and TSMC have just laid plans to produce the Xbox's graphics-memory subsystem using the chip manufacturer's 90nm embedded DRAM spec. We won't speculate on when we'll start seeing that addition appear, however.
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August 15th, 2007, 17:06 Posted By: wraggster
New from Play Asia
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All-New Read and React System: New player skill icons identify on-field strengths and weaknesses, providing an immediate read on what your opponent is giving you. Quickly react, create mismatches, and exploit opponent weaknesses before every play.
All-New Skill Drills: Take on an army of tackling dummies in an all-new skill drills mini-game designed to teach you the game of football. A progressive learning system teaches you how to use game controls under pressure, while advanced and multiplayer modes allow you to fine-tune your skills or challenge a friend to a head-to-head competition.
New Fantasy Challenge Mode: Leverage your fantasy football knowledge by drafting the ultimate NFL dream team. Play through four competition levels with your fantasy squad in hope of winning challenges, increasing your salary cap, and adding new superstars to your team.
Madden Unmatched: All-new player moves, including auto-motion and low-hitting tackles, plus ultra-smooth gameplay provide the most realistic NFL gaming experience ever.
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Feel what it's like to be a field general making key personnel decisions on both sides of the ball during the game's biggest moments in Madden NFL 08. Quickly identify your strongest players on the field before every snap then move them into position to make game-changing momentum-altering plays. Play to your team's strengths by immediately reading your opponent's schemes and reacting to the action as soon as the ball is snapped. Create mismatches and exploit weaknesses as you read and react with Madden NFL 08.
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August 15th, 2007, 16:42 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo China
A 5 in 1 video selector: 4 HDMI and 1 DVI input with 1 HDMI and 1 DVI output. Also features a unique extra audio plug and socket to connect to a loudspeaker.
Specifications & extra information
Play any HDMI or DVI source at 1080p on your compatible TV or PC with this plug and play selector with unique features like being able to connect to an amplifier and extra speakers for perfect sound matching the quality of the image, or the included DVI-HDMI converter.
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August 15th, 2007, 15:16 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Codemasters have revealed, with the new free downloadable content for Overlord, gamers will be able to go head to head with an all-new split screen multiplayer mode. The mode is soon to be available as a free content download for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Marketplace.
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August 15th, 2007, 14:36 Posted By: Darksaviour69
NAMCO BANDAI Games America announced that they have released the first official Beautiful Katamari demo on the Xbox LIVE, today. The fun and totally addictive demo is available starting today for download and will have Katamari fans spinning with delight as it gives them a sneak peak at what’s to come in Beautiful Katamari when it releases later this Fall on Xbox 360.
Unfortunately it's only available in north America (USA, Canada and Mexico)
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August 15th, 2007, 07:37 Posted By: wraggster
They may have had to wait a bit longer, but Australian gamers can now save a considerable chunk of change on a new Xbox 360 just like the rest of us, with the Core model now even able to boast the same price tag as the Wii. That puts it at A$399.95 (down from A$429), while the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro drops all the way from A$649 to A$579.95 (or $486US at the current exchange rate). According to Gamespot, Xbox regional director for Australia and New Zealand David McLean also confirmed that the HDMI-equipped Xboxes would be making their way down under as well, as would the Elite and Halo 3 Special Edition varieties of Xboxen, although he's apparently not quite ready to get specific about prices or release dates for those just yet.
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August 14th, 2007, 17:44 Posted By: wraggster
via joystiq
EA debuted its "Command & Conquer TV: Battlecast" today, and they helped to make up for its unsettling hosts and production values with a fairly important announcement for Tiberium fiends: The first expansion to Command & Conquer 3 will be called Kane's Wrath, and will appear in early 2008.
The campaign will follow Kane's rise back to power after the second Tiberium War, played partially through a "Global Domination" meta-game, described as "Risk on steroids." New units, upgrades and powers for each of the factions are also included. The expansion will launch simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PC, but console owners will also be receiving a new radial interface in the expansion (as seen above).
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August 14th, 2007, 17:42 Posted By: wraggster
via joystiq
Microsoft confirmed at Gamefest 2007 that developers working on server-based MMOs for Xbox 360 are allowed to request use of the hard drive. This is one of those "duh," but not explicitly ever stated things. Microsoft will bend the rules for these HDD required games on a "case-by-case" basis, but now with more ground rules compared to the Final Fantasy XI days.
The way it will work is developers will have to say how much space they expect their game to take and it will have to be explicitly stated on the box. Even if they don't think they're going to require all the space in the beginning, they're supposed to give the expected upper limit they'll need. As Ian Lewis, software design engineer at Microsoft said, "Feel free to require 30GB for your game; that's just going to make your potential audience a lot smaller."
Microsoft says designers can get around the console space issues by offering up lower resolution models and textures, make areas off-limits and stream assets from their server. Silver Xbox Live users will not be required to purchase a gold membership, however everyone will have to pay for the MMO's subscription fee separately from the Live membership. An MMO with a separate subscription fee still sounds like a tough sell on a console, but for the right game, anything is possible.
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August 14th, 2007, 17:32 Posted By: wraggster
The target for the new game is USD 155 million, which would smash the box office record of USD 151 million held by Spider-Man 3.
Comments were made by Microsoft marketing boss Chris Di Cesare, who was convinced the film-like approach to marketing would help make the new game an order of magnitude more successful than Halo 2.
"When we opened to USD 125 million [last time], that really caught a lot of people's attention. It showed that videogames were no longer that thing that kids play in their basement," Chris Di Cesare told Variety. "We're confident we can do better."
And although he realises the comparison isn't entirely fair - as games cost considerably more than a ticket to the cinema - the numbers involved are simply too big to be ignored.
"I recognize it's not apples to apples. But it's big business any way you cut it," continued Di Cesare.
Halo 3 recently broke over one million pre-orders in the US, prompting many observers to say they would be unsurprised if one-day sales climbed as high as USD 170 million.
The marketing push to launch has called on help from some of America's biggest brands, with Pontiac, Burger King, Mountain Dew, 7-Eleven and Comcast all offering various forms of cross-branding.
Halo 3 is due for release in Europe on 26th September, a day later than in the US.
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August 14th, 2007, 15:51 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Activision today announced details surrounding new downloadable content for Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360 . Guitar Hero fans now have the opportunity to download three original recordings from The Black Parade album from My Chemical Romance, beginning today, costing 500 Microsoft Points.
My Chemical Romance track pack includes the following master recordings:
· Teenagers
· Famous Last Words
· This is How I Disappear
The three My Chemical Romance tracks available for download can be found on their latest platinum-selling album, The Black Parade.
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August 13th, 2007, 22:17 Posted By: Darksaviour69
At Gamefest 2007, the annual Microsoft Game Technology Conference, MS today announced winners of its Dream-Build-Play game development contest.
Tied for first place were David Flook of Ontario, Canada, and James Silva of New York with their respective games: “Blazing Birds,” an action-packed, robotic sports game modeled after the game of badminton, and “The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai,” a highly stylized game of mayhem and revenge. For their accomplishments, Flook and Silva were offered publishing contracts with Xbox LIVE Arcade, $10,000 each and several other prizes.
"The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai"
"Blazing Birds"
Steve Olofsson of Sweden and Daniel McGuire of the United Kingdom received honors as runners-up for their games: “Gravitron Ultra” and “Yo Ho Kablammo!” respectively. Because of the amazing creativity demonstrated by these top four winners, the Xbox LIVE Arcade team also extended invitations to publish on Xbox LIVE Arcade to Olofsson and McGuire, along with $5,000 and other prizes.
A total of 16 others were recognized with third-place honors. More than 4,500 members of the gaming community from more than 100 countries enrolled in the Dream-Build-Play challenge. Final results have been posted on the Dream-Build-Play Web site
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August 13th, 2007, 21:16 Posted By: Shrygue
via Xbox 360 Fanboy
It's another week which means we've got another batch of fresh HD DVD releases for HD movie buffs to consume. This mid August week brings a variety of releases, everything from the cartoon series Dragon's Lair to the hilarious Meet the Fockers to the visually twisted What Dreams May Come. The movie offerings are so diverse this week we couldn't even come up with a proper "edition" name. Trust us, that doesn't happen too often. Check out tomorrow's HD DVD movie releases below and carefully select which classics you'll be purchasing.
HD DVD Movie Releases: August 14th
- Bell Witch: The Movie
- Dragon's Lair
- Erin Brockovich
- Meet the Fockers
- Mercury Rising
- What Dreams May Come
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August 13th, 2007, 20:47 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Starbreeze's Xbox 360 and PS3 Riddick 'remake' Assault on Dark Athena has slipped and will miss its planned 2007 release. Publisher, Sierra, told us that the title has now been moved to 2008.
A Sierra spokesperson was unable to give a reason for the delay, however we reckon it may have something to do with the minor ruckus that erupted over Dark Athena's content - i.e. the fact that a good portion of the content consists of the original title Escape from Butcher Bay - when the game was first announced in May.
It could well be that Sierra and Starbreeze have taken the moans to heart and are now planning additional new content beyond the Dark Athena expansion with its new story and new gameplay features, and multiplayer. But we'll have to wait and see.
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August 13th, 2007, 20:46 Posted By: Shrygue
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Despite the ugly legal battle between Silicon Knights and Unreal Engine 3 studio Epic Games, Too Human publisher Microsoft says there's no change to its current release plans.
In an e-mail statement to CVG sister site (but just as manly) Next-Gen.biz, MS said, "regarding development of Too Human, we are still on track for a 2008 release date, as we announced most recently at E3 2007."
Then again, it's rather easy to say a game is "on track" when it doesn't have a confirmed release date, isn't it? The "2008" release window gives Epic and SK about a year and half to sort out their licensing row.
The ruckus kicked off last month when Silicon Knights served Epic with a lawsuit, claiming it was "mislead" over how complete Unreal Engine 3 code actually was. According to Silicon Knights it was forced to re-write parts of Too Human's game engine, pushing the release back significantly.
Epic has since filled a countersuit, accusing the Too Human dev of among other things, breach of contract.
We're hoping Too Human's in better shape the next time we see it, because after all this ruckus it'd be a terrible shame if it turned out to be pants. As always, we recommend keeping the popcorn at arm's reach.
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August 13th, 2007, 20:44 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
Microsoft has remained quiet on rumours that another Halo 3 beta test is currently getting under way.
Word spread after keen-eyed Live gamers spotted others playing something called Halo 3 Epsilon, supposedly later confirmed as a new build of the title by an unhelpfully anonymous email.
According to the mysterious note, Epsilon will let you battle across six multiplayer maps, play custom games, enjoy a single co-operative campaign level, use the Forge feature and get to tinker with the full Saved Film functionality.
Unfortunately it looks as though this will be a closed affair for a select few, but with the game a little over a month away, we can quite happily wait.
Halo 3 recently became the fastest-selling pre-ordered game ever, soaring past the huge one million mark last Thursday.
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August 13th, 2007, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster
via engadget
There's a couple of developments in Xbox land today, one official and one decidedly less so. On the latter front are some rumored new Xbox 360 bundles that French website Gamick.fr claims to have caught sight of on a Microsoft marketing site. As you can see above, the bundle (in this case for the Elite model) supposedly includes Forza 2 and Marvel Ulitmate Alliance for "free." A Premium bundle with the same games was also spotted, but there's no indication of one for the Core model. According to Gamick, the only other information about the bundles is that they were labeled as "Holiday Value Bundles." In more official Xbox news, attendees at Microsoft's Gamefest 2007 got a chance to check out Torpex Games' "Schizoid," which is the first Xbox Live Arcade game to be created with XNA Game Studio (it'll be available later this year). What's more, Microsoft also announced that the top four winners of its XNA-centered Dream-Build-Play contest will be able to have their games published on Xbox Live, although there doesn't appear to be any word on exactly when they'll be available.
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August 13th, 2007, 20:03 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Whether you’re feeling competitive this summer or just want to take a break and unwind, you can do both this week with the latest additions to Xbox LIVE Arcade : “Hexic 2” and “Ecco the Dolphin.” Both games will be available to download this Wednesday 15th August 2007 at 9:00 GMT.
 
Building upon the addictive gameplay of its predecessor, “Hexic 2” offers new special pieces, challenges, additional formations and an innovative head-to-head battle mode!
Gamers can also travel through time this Wednesday with “Ecco the Dolphin”, update of the classic undersea exploration game featuring an online leaderboard that tracks “Best Time,” and includes enhanced graphics and sound.
Hexic 2 wiil be 800 Microsoft Points and Ecco the Dolphin will be 400 Microsoft Points
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August 13th, 2007, 18:13 Posted By: wraggster
via xbox scene
FuseX is a Xbox port of FUSE, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, and will allow you to play ZX Spectrum software on your Xbox games console.
What's new/fixed:
* NEW: Zip support.
* NEW: Enabled graphics filters.
* NEW: Emulator settings loading/saving.
* NEW: Settings now saved per game (joystick setting and joypad config).
* NEW: Tape fast-fwd loading option.
* NEW: Tape control menu.
* NEW: Subdirectory browsing in file list menu.
* NEW: Re-Mappable buttons for emulator actions.
* NEW: Nice splashscreen and dashboard icon. [Thanks Antiriad!]
* NEW: Savestate slots now have an info panel to tell you what is in each slot.
* NEW: Snaps can be stored anywhere on the HD instead of just within FuseX dir.
* NEW: Wrote some proper documentation.
* NEW: Added more user-tweakable settings for RZX demo mode.
* CHANGED: UI is a bit nicer and more user friendly.
* CHANGED: Virtual keyboard looks nicer and can be moved with the analog stick.
* CHANGED: General optimizations. Should be less sluggish now.
* CHANGED: Joypad mappings menu is more user-friendly.
* FIXED: RZX loading _much_ faster.
* FIXED: RZX memory leak.
* FIXED: Big RZX files should now load.
* FIXED: RZX compatibility improved.
* FIXED: Sound stuttering (note: fix only works on PAL compatible boxes).
* FIXED: Vertical and horizontal line running through centre of the screen.
* FIXED: Lots of bugs.
Official Site: http://fusex.sourceforge.net/
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August 13th, 2007, 17:04 Posted By: wraggster
Newly released at Play Asia:
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This is the Asian version console. Only suitable to play Japanese/Asian NTSC/J encoded or Region Free games (see list below under "Useful Links").
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Introducing Xbox 360™ Elite, the premier Xbox 360 console package that includes a massive 120GB hard drive, a HDMI port, and HDMI cable, all wrapped up with a premium black finish. Xbox 360 Elite also includes a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE® headset. Xbox 360 Elite has enough space for a whole library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games as well as downloadable high-definition TV shows, movies, music, and all the other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
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