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New Halo3 Map Pack ‘Heroic’ Released

Jordan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:34:58 +0000

The Heroic map pack contains three new maps, each presenting a totally different play style. Standoff, Rat’s Nest and Foundry– all for 800 MS Points.

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Halo 3 “Heroic Map Pack” available on Dec. 11

Jordan — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:24:15 +0000

December 11th, three maps, 800 MS Points ($10). The maps become free in Spring 2008.

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Halo 3 Heat Maps Now Available For All Levels at Bungie.Net

Jordan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:07:31 +0000

Really cool function to see where (NOT) to go while playing Halo 3. “Is carnage splattering the walls of Valhalla’s hot gates? Should you be adding camping stools into the top of Construct via Forge? Our stats radar is tracking every kill and death in Halo 3. The darker the red, the more frequent the carnage.”

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Xbox 360 to get downloadable original XBOX games

Jordan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:07:24 +0000

Next month, you’ll be able to download original Xbox games to play on your Xbox 360, including Halo.

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Halo Wars demo to hit Xbox Live in the next few days

Jordan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:08:03 +0000

“In an exclusive interview via Playtm and Gamespot during Games Conventions in Leipzig 2007, with Harter Ryan, Ensemble ’s executive producer, he revealed that a demo will be hitting Xbox Live within the few days.”

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Fall Dashboard Update List Leaked?

Jordan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:58:51 +0000

A poster at the Xbox.com forums claims to have posted a leaked list of all the updates that will be featured in this Fall’s Dashboard Update. Included in the update will be 3rd party wireless support, a new XBLA blade, new clan support, new XNA game launcher, Chatpad functionality, and DivX support, as well as many other features.

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Xbox360 Backwards Compatibility Updated

Jordan — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:28:28 +0000

The list of Xbox games that you can play on the Xbox360 keeps growing and growing. Here is a list of the new games that have been updated. The new games have a new tag next to them. Notice there are several Xbox games that have a next gen equivalent, but are still playable. Full list of new and updated games inside.

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Xbox 360 Laptop mk2

Jordan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:29:04 +0000

Behold, the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2! It may look a bit like its first generation sibling, but don’t be fooled. This Xbox laptop is a bit thinner, significantly lighter, and has some essential upgrades if you’re gonna build one yourself. You are going to build one, aren’t you? Because that’s the best part about it we’re going to show you how to make it

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Xbox 360: now with H.264, MPEG-4, PlaysForSure

Jordan — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:45:11 +0000

The new spring update will enable Windows Media Connect or Media Center streaming MPEG-4 up to 8Mbps, H.264 up to 15Mbps, and PlaysForSure WMV videos (and, as we understand it, PlaysForSure audio as well)

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Microsoft wants Halo’s matchmaking in all Xbox 360 games

Jordan — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:45:29 +0000

“Phil Spencer, the Head of Game Development for Microsoft Game Studios wonders why no one has equaled Halo 2′s matchmaking service yet.”

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Xbox 360 Achievement Rewards Confirmed

Jordan — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:36:14 +0000

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Rewards program that provides incentive for earning gamerscore. If gamers complete “Xbox Rewards Challenges”, they can win a variety of prizes, including t-shirts, Contra for XBLA, Fuzion Frenzy 2 and 200 Microsoft Points.

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IPTV Running on Xbox 360 – CES

Jordan — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:09:49 +0000

Demo is running on Xbox, using Xbox dashboard to toggle between live TV and games.

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ANNA: Microsoft’s Ace In The Hole

Jordan — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:31:20 +0000

What is ANNA? It’s Microsoft’s ace in the hole, their secret weapon that makes the Xbox 360 graphically look better today than Playstation 3. ANNA is a chip that does nothing but figure out how to display your game at top visual quality no matter what your dash display settings are or what your TV can do… she is a scaling chip.

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Battlestar Galactica Online for Xbox 360 confirmed by Vivendi games

Jordan — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:57:27 +0000

Vivendi Games has confirmed Battlestar Galactica Online, an exclusive video game for the Xbox 360.

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Sony is having a sweepstakes…Grand prize: an Xbox 360!

Jordan — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:41:01 +0000

Sony BMG Music Entertainment is giving away in Xbox 360 in a promotion for Jessica Simpson’s new CD. I guess PS3s are going to be in such short supply, not even Sony can get one.

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