Xbox 360 Ειδήσεις {News Topic}

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Best Racing Game of 2007: Forza Motorsport 2 Beats PGR4

Yahoo Games:

 

Marking a double-whammy for Microsoft in the racing stakes, Forza 2 left the rest of the year's titles breathing its fumes. You've only got to look at the sheer variety of custom car designs created by the Xbox Live community to see how committed its fans are, and the racing's just as good as the tweaking.

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Huxley - 26 Minutes of All New Beta Footage

 

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-95025.aspx

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First ever Silverlight gamercards emerge

 

After some major programming hours Stonyarc is proud to announce that XLN now features silverlight based Gamercards.

 

Silverlight is a flash-like technology from microsoft.

 

The xln cards are rendered using our own API webservices and the dynamic data is generated by a php engine.

 

The overall architecture is quite complex but it works.

 

The cards can be seen in our forums.

 

This is in beta so please report any errors.

 

Cheers

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Rare: Banjo franchise possible on Xbox Live Arcade

 

Now hereʼs definitely an interesting rumor for you to sip your morning coffee on. With so many gamers crying out for the Banjo franchise on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console, some gamers are now starting to cry out for the Banjo franchise on the Xbox Live Arcade. In the last edition of the Rare Scribes (where gamers send in questions to Rare and they provide answers), one question asks Rare of the possibility of Banjo on the Xbox Live Arcade:

 

Iʼm absolutely SICK of people asking for Banjo-Kazooie on Virtual Console. Why the hell hasnʼt anyone thought of Banjo on Xbox Live Arcade!? But I ask you, is it even possible to release Banjo-Kazooie on the Arcade? I donʼt see why not, I mean you own the franchise, not Nintendo. You would just have to remove any and all references to Nintendo, which would probably be a pain in the – how you Brits say – “arse.” But wouldnʼt that be cool? Maybe release Banjo-Tooie along with it and call the whole thing Banjo-Kazooie-Tooie.

 

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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway new gameplay footage

Over 7 minutes long new gameplay footage from Gearbox's highly anticipated WWII shooter. It's all new footage showing of environments not yet seen in any other gameplay videos.

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Devil May Cry Bundle Coming to Japan

Take that, PS3!

 

 

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/843/843147p1.html

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DBZ: BURST LIMIT (360/PS3): New Official Trailer

 

http://vjump.shueisha.co.jp/info/info-03.html

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Microsoft allowed to ban Xbox 360 consoles which have fan modifications

 

According to one source, it is perfectly fine for Microsoft to ban you if you have a fan mod on your Xbox 360. A user of '360patches' was reportedly told directly from MS reps that his fan modification on the Xbox 360 is in violation of the terms of agreement so therefore MS can legally ban users from live for that very reason. His 12v fan mod wouldn't too hard to detect as voltage metering is something which should be easily detectable though bios settings.

 

Quote from Microsoft Xbox Live TOS "The Service may only be accessed with an original Xbox or Xbox 360 console or by logging into your account via Xbox.com.? If you are accessing the Service via an original Xbox or Xbox 360 console, you agree that? you are using authorized software and hardware, and that your software and hardware have not been modified in any unauthorized way"

 

You may be thinking well why is he quoting this?? Well because Microsoft have started banning xbox 360's with modded cooling. So if you've done the 12v mod your in risk of being banned for it.... How do I know this?? Because a friend of mine just had a nice chat with Microsoft About why he was banned and they explained it was because he had non-stock/modded fans.

 

Yes Microsoft Seem's to be going ban bad, Merry Xmas to you to Microsoft.

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'Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath' (X360/PC) Only Xbox Live Demo

The C&C series continues to thrive with Command & Conquer 3: Kaneʼs Wrath. As the expansion pack to Tiberium Wars, this RTS game returns to the Tiberium universe with Kane at the center of an epic new single player campaign. In a recent community Q&A with EALA, the C&C 3: Kane's Wrath developers revealed there will be no PC demo, only an X360 demo on Xbox Live.

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2008's Essential Xbox Games

 

Banjo-Kazooie

 

Too Human

 

Fallout 3

 

Grand Theft Auto IV

 

 

Ninja Gaiden 2

 

Splinter Cell Conviction

 

 

Fable 2

 

 

Devil May Cry 4

 

Halo Wars

 

 

Resident Evil 5

 

 

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=176358

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Alan Wake may outstrip Crysis next year

 

“Can the graphics of Alan wake set a new standard in gaming?

All fans of graphically impressive titles were indeed spoiled this year. But, what comes to Crysis, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Bioshock and Co after 2007, was that already the end of the flag bar, or will 2008 bring a whole new generation of gameplay, which will be bordering reality."

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Microsoft Plans Motion Sensing Controller

 

Motion Sensing technology RumorIf what weʼre hearing out of Saratoga, California is true, Xbox 360 owners can expect to be playing motion sensing games, much like that of the Wii or PS3, by the end of next year. The details are still sketchy, but it appears a first-party add-on to existing controllers may be the delivery method of the technology. More after the jump:

 

Hardcore gamers have known for sometime that itʼs not too difficult to add motion-sensing functionality to the 360. With homebrew add-ons being worked on for the last year or so like the Xilt mod , it seemed only a matter of time before MS decided to release their own peripheral.

 

It appears Microsoft has contracted the Saratoga, California firm, Gyration to handle the peripheral. If that name sounds familiar, itʼs for good reason. Gyration is the company responsible for the prototype designs of the Nintendo Wii-mote, which we all know has become a huge success. Most recently, the company was in the spotlight for creating a motion-sensing remote for Microsoftʼs Media Center.

 

While details are still a bit thin on when “exactly” weʼll see this technology, weʼre still excited at the prospect of new interactivity with our Xbox 360 games. There's also no word on whether or not the new add-on will incorporate the motion-sensing technology that MS successfully patented last year.

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Devil May Cry 4 Opening Cutscene

 

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Project Origin

 

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Halo Wars Dev: "I think we've got magic in the disc"

In a recent interview about the progress of Halo Wars - the real-time strategy game based on Bungieʼs Halo universe and developed by Ensemble Studios - Graeme Devine, the lead designer on the game, said people just canʼt stop playing it. When asked why he thinks Halo Wars will be one of the biggest games of 2008, Devine said:

 

“I think weʼve got magic in the disc. Weʼve worked on the controls, gameplay, and story for this game being very much aware of what has gone before us. I was down in playtest yesterday and actually did not get to sit down and play because folks were spending their lunches playing the game. I know weʼre doing well when that happens. More than that, I believe we will be huge not just because I believe, but because when we put the controller in your hands, you will believe too.”