May 23, 2013

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Windows 8 OS: Will Feature Xbox 360 Games?

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Windows 8, the next gen Microsoft OS and Xbox 360, the seventh gen video game console are rumored to have one another’s hand giving more hype for the upcoming platform. Lately, we have been receiving various reports on the upcoming Microsoft’s Windows 8. We all have heard its possible look and feel down to its [...]

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo is now available for XBOX 360 Live Users

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo is now available for XBOX 360 Live Users

For Xbox 360 Live users, the Crysis 2 Multiplayer demo is available now, what differentiates crysis 2 from the multiplayer of other first-person shooters you might have played is the heft of the characters, the way they jump up buildings, tear through the scenery, and knock people to death. The free multiplayer demo hit the [...]

Crysis 2 Demo Hits XBox Live Today: Hands-on

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Xbox 360 users can get an advance on the shooter from Electronic Arts Crysis 2. The online multiplayer demo features a map called horizon and two match types: Team Instant Action (deathmatch) and Crash Site (capture and hold). The demo was unleashed in Microsoft’s console today – and, judging from our download queue, has been [...]

Bulletstorm Demo Released on Xbox Live, PSN Release on Tomorrow

Today January 25, Bulletstorm reached the date of the demo on Xbox Live. This gives the starting gun for a year that promises to be exciting for the FPS. In addition, PlayStation Network users are assured that tomorrow will receive the demo. I know none of you have played yet, but it was definitely one [...]

UbiSoft Fighters Uncaged for XBox Kinect – Review

UbiSoft Fighters Uncaged for XBox Kinect - Review

Charge head first into the vicious world of illegal free fighting tournaments, where you will use every muscle in your body to battle your way to the top. Forced into a secret tournament, Simon must use what he learnt from his father, an ex-boxing champ as he faces off against violent combatants who will brutally [...]

Kinect Sports Demo Released on Xbox Live

Major Nelson posted word a demo for Rare’s motion-controlled sports game, Kinect Sports, is now available on Xbox Live. Sports Kinect send you, your friends and family in the stadium to bring out your potential as a sporting legends. Experience the thrill of six major events: Soccer, Bowling, Track & Field, Boxing, beach volleyball and [...]

Xbox Live Marketplace to Start Holiday Sales Next Week

Xbox Live Marketplace to Start Holiday Sales Next Week

Microsoft is going to reward your fiscal responsibility with a sale on several titles next week. Larry Hyrb (aka Major Nelson) detailed the sale, which starts Tuesday, December 21 and runs through New Year’s Eve on December 31. The discounts range from bigger titles rolling out as games on demand, like Just Cause 2 and [...]

“Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime” Coming to XBLA, PSN and PC

Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime

Atari and Sony have announced a downloadable sequel to last year’s Ghostbusters: The Videogame. Assault Heroes developer Wanako Studios will be helming the game. USA Today reports that Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is set for release in spring of next year, but rather than a full-fledged follow-up, it’ll be a downloadable title released through Xbox [...]

XBLA “Games for the Holidays” Gets Dated: Keflings, Raskulls and ilomilo

XBLA Games for the Holidays

Microsoft Game Studios presents “Games for the Holidays,” a line-up of three Xbox LIVE Arcade games coming this holiday season: which will be headlined by A World of Keflings. The sequel to A Kingdom for Keflings will launch on December 22, for $10. This will start the “Games for the Holidays” promotion, which also includes [...]

XBOX “Live Reward Program” Opened for UK and US Users

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The Xbox Live Rewards program which will let users earn Microsoft Points for activity on the online gaming portal has now launched. The service was first tested a year ago and has now been available to all Members who are 18 and over in the UK and the US. The system works pretty much like [...]

“Dance Masters” for X360 Kinect Review

DanceMasters for X360

DanceMasters will offer users the ultimate dance club vibe. Kinect for Xbox 360 allows players to watch their actions in real time and also save two of their original routines for use as back-up dancers in the game, no controllers required. As players dance in tune to the game’s music, they can also take snapshots [...]

Xbox 360 to Celebrate its Fifth Birthday

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console now celebrates its 5th birthday, the first of the so-called “next-gen” consoles – turned five on November 22. It was on this day in 2005 that the Xbox hit the playing field of the new consoles; much before its rivals – Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. It’s somewhat strange to [...]