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Paul McCartney’s Live Album Comes to Rock Band DLC Store

ambridge, MA – December 28, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Paul McCartney’s latest live album will soon be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO® Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, [...]

SYNNEX Acquires Jack of All Games, Inc.

SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE:SNX), a leading business process services company, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the North American assets of Jack of All Games, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
The acquisition of Jack of All Games provides SYNNEX with an established distribution [...]

Get ready to ride! ZUSHI are proud to announce their first title for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft – Stoked.
Stoked is an open-world, backcountry snowboarding video game exclusively for the Xbox 360. Developed by BongFish and in conjunction with world-renowned snowboarding movie creator Absinthe Films, Stoked offers five huge, open-world [...]

UK Weekly Chart

Jul. 22, 2008 No Comments Posted under: Video Games News

All formats
Week ending 19 July 2008

POS. 
TITLE 
PUBLISHER
 LAST 
 WEEK 


 
LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES
LUCASARTS
2


 
WALL-E
PLAY THQ
16


 
WII FIT
NINTENDO
1


 
WII PLAY
NINTENDO
7


 
SUPER SMASH BROS: BRAWL
NINTENDO
3


 
MARIO KART WII
NINTENDO
12


 
MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
SEGA
10


 
BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY
EA GAMES
5


 
BIG BEACH SPORTS
PLAY THQ
6

10 
 
KUNG FU PANDA
ACTIVISION
9

11 
 
GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR
REDOCTANE
-

12 
 
TOP SPIN 3
2K SPORTS
4

13 
 
SPORTS PARTY
PLAY ZONE
-

14 
 
BEIJING 2008
SEGA
8

15 
 
GUITAR HERO III: LEGENDS OF ROCK
REDOCTANE
11

16 
 
DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
NINTENDO
14

17 
 
CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES
2KPLAY
15

18 
 
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
ROCKSTAR
13

19 
 
METAL GEAR [...]

Microsoft has responded to the growing rumblings of discontent among Halo gamers by explaining why they made the decision to snip the new Halo’s announcement.
 
Speaking with the L.A. Times Microsoft’s Don Mattrick said it was to cut the 2 1/2 hours to under 90 minutes for the benefit of reporters, presumably who can’t sit still.
 
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E3 Comes Home as Gamers Get an Early Look at Anticipated Xbox 360® Role-Playing Game
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (July 15, 2008) – NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that as a part of Microsoft’s E3 “Bringing it Home” campaign, a playable demo for the upcoming role-playing game Tales of Vesperia™ is now available for download [...]

60GB storage now included with Xbox 360; 20GB console will drop to $299.99 in U.S. and Canada.
REDMOND, Wash. — July 13, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360 console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price [...]

EA’s E3 Line Up 2008

Jul. 14, 2008 5 Comments Posted under: Video Games News

E3 Titles Showcase Quality, Innovation and Accessibility on New Properties and Popular Franchises

Redwood City, Calif., July 10, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today unveiled the games it will feature at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 15 – 17. The games — scheduled to ship on multiple [...]

Pre-order a copy of “Fable II,” and earn or gamble away in-game gold via Xbox LIVE® Arcade Fable® II Pub Games in preparation for the game’s full retail launch later this year.
Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios today announced that consumers who pre-order a copy of the Xbox 360™ exclusive, “Fable II,” at participating retailers [...]

Bungie Day

Jul. 7, 2008 No Comments Posted under: Video Games News

Bungie Day marks release of new Halo 3 map and other goodies on 7/7. Bungie celebrates fans and rewards players with a new free multiplayer map, gamer pics, dashboard theme, and Legendary Map Pack price drop.
July 7, or 7/7, has long been heralded as “Bungie Day” among “Halo” players and fans of the renowned developer. [...]