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  Call of Duty 5 Beta Key giveaway from Eurogamer (via N4G.com) - Activision has been in touch to tell Eurogamer that the Call of Duty 5 Xbox 360 multiplayer beta will begin early next week. Eurogamer will have thousands of keys to give out as soon as it does, but you will need to be a registered user to grab one. You can sign up elsewhere on Eurogamer - it costs nothing and you get lots of great benefits, like, well, access to stuff like this. | |
 News: Resident Evil 5 finally adds strafing (via OXM) -- Biggest complaint about Resident Evil 4's control scheme is addressed in sequel. Resident Evil 5 has had strafing added to its controls, confirming that the game will continue along the same action vein as its predecessor Resident Evil 4 did.Click here to read the full article | |
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For those who Missed the GOW 2 Live Stream (via N4G.com) -- For those who miseed the Gears of War 2 Live stream we have everything that was showed including campaign and multiplayer so don't settle with screenshots of it. | |
Batman: Arkham Asylum (via Computer And Video Games) - A serious game on a serious console... On paper, this can't fail. Arguably, the best comic book superhero ever. Certainly the best villains. Definitely the most compelling universe. A blueprint that marries Chronicles of Riddick, Manhunt and Splinter Cell. And all weaved together by the team behind Urban Chaos, an Xbox riot sim no one bought, but which was really, genuinely good. | |
Neocrisis: New Star Ocean 4 Scan (via N4G.com) -- Neocrisis: 2 new scans for Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope have surfaced. | |
Sarah Palin in Rock Band 2 (via N4G.com) -- Kotaku writes: Oh, you thought we were done with the Sarah Palin shit? Well think again, my friends. | |
PES creator would seriously consider FIFA engine (via Computer And Video Games) -- If EA offered it... PES creator Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka said he'd "seriously" think about using EA's FIFA engine, if the company offered Konami the chance to use.Click here to read the full article | |
First Look At Castlevania Now-Gen Is Shorter Than This Headline Tokyo Game Show 2008 (via Kotaku) - Moisten those eyeballs, kids. Give 'em a good soak, because blinking during the Castlevania Tokyo Game Show trailer is not recommended. You'll miss half! Formally announced by Konami and Koji "Mr. Castlevania" Igarashi at TGS 2008, all we know about the title is that it'll be appearing on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. | |
Prince of Persia TGS Trailer (via GiantBomb) -- Prince wrote this trailer this for you. Maybe...maybe you should just call him. | |
TGS 2008: New FFXIII and Versus XIII Trailers Detailed (via N4G.com) - NeoGAF user Autumn Thread was lucky enough to be one of the few who viewed the Final Fantasy XIII Live Premiere at the PlayStation Hall at 16:00 today. The user wrote his impressions on the various Square Enix trailers shown at the event, and especially on the new Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailers. | |
PGNX Saints Row 2 Review (via N4G.com) - The original Saints Row had the spotlight to itself when it was launched a little over two years ago. Since then many games, including Grand Theft Auto IV, have been released setting the bar even higher for Saints Row 2. The game is very much like its predecessor and once you realize how much fun you're having, that turns out to be a very good thing. | |
360 outsells PS3 in Japan for third week running (via 360 Monster) - The Xbox 360 is continuing to dominate the Japanese market at the moment as for the third week running it has outsold its nearest rival the PS3. Microsoft have always struggled in the Eastern market, but seem to be picking gamers up as Sony tries to woo them back in. 8,271 units for the 360 were shifted last week while the PS3 only managed 7,232 consoles. | |
Neocrisis: 2009 360 Exclusives (via N4G.com) -- Neocrisis: The 360 has a long list of known and possible games for 2009. | |
Review: Kudos 2 (via Cinema Blend Games) - Positechs brain-exercising social simulator, Kudos 2, is more than just an affordable casual game. The sequel to one of the most original, life-imitating social games is back on the scene with a better graphical interface, a few more options for the players avatar, and a new, awe-inspiring soundtrack. | |
Question of the Week: L33t SkillZorz in RL (via LazyGamer) - Question of the Week is back, which means it’s Monday! Last week we had to give it a skip because I was running around in the bush with the Far Cry 2 developers, so I do apologise. For those of you who don’t speak “Halo” or even “Counter-Strike”, the title is pretty simple. | |
Marketplace on the Web (via 360 Monster) - As we all know, the new Xbox experience is coming our way on November 19th. But there is also something else happening. As from the 19th November 2008 you can view all the marketplace content over at Xbox.com. What's even greater about this is that you'll be able to browse the Marketplace on Xbox. | |
Gears of War 2: Here Is Your Choppy Cam Quality Opening Cut Scene (via N4G.com) - GameXtract writes "You have to at least salute deamastah for not having the temptations to leak Gears of War 2 onto torrent databases. I can only imagine how many users must be taunting him with considerable peer pressure to upload it, but so far hes holding out to his word. | |
TGS08: Ruliweb SO4 videos (via Xboxyde) -- I've been asked by a few people to mirror the videos that the korean site Ruliweb somehow managed to make of Star Ocean 4 at the TGS. Enjoy! | |
Brother's In Arms Review Now Online (via Totally 360) -- Check out what we thought of the latest iteration.. | |
Greenberg Claims Japanese Devs Tremendous Shift to 360 (via Xbox 360 News) - Well, here we go again. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, talking to slightly-interest party Major Nelson, says he's never seen such a "tremendous shift" in developer loyalty, and he means from Sony and to Microsoft. Guess we couldn't expect him to keep from smack talking after the Tekken 6 news earlier. | |
Assassin's Creed 2 Info Revealed (via N4G.com) -- During a video interview with AusGamers, animation lead on Prince of Persia, David Wilkinson reveals he's seen animation tests of Altair swimming! | |
Agile Mirror's Edge achievements revealed (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News, Mirror's Edge The MGC crew just sent word that all 1000 Gamerscore worth of Mirror's Edge achievements have been revealed and most all are acrobatic in nature. The achievements (viewable after the jump) include the standard mission completion and combat mix, but also include a handful of "Speedrun" and movement string achievements. | |
TGS 2008: Ketsui Hands-On (via Gamespot) -- You can never have enough good old-fashioned shoot-em-ups. | |
Edge: The 20 Best Games at TGS (via N4G.com) -- Edge: "As Tokyo Games Show wraps up for another year, Edge looks at the 20 Japanese games that we feel represent what's best about Japanese development right now. Here are our favorite games of the show...?" | |
