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Rock Band Export Method and List Confirmed, Goes Live Today

Harmonix and MTV Games have confirmed which songs Rock Band players will be able to export from the original disc into Rock Band 2 as DLC. Until now, the companies have merely promised that we would be able to export “most of” the original disc library, and that much appears to be true; players will [...]

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Review: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

GameCyte reviews the most explosive geometry-themed game there is, and thoroughly enjoys the mathematical massacre.

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Bionic Commando Rearmed, Castles Crashed, XBLA Titles Dated

The wait(s) are nearly over! Microsoft has confirmed dates for five Xbox Live Arcade titles this morning, including two of the most eagerly anticipated titles that gamers have been waiting patiently for. Or, perhaps posting angrily in forums about. Some of you aren’t quite so patient. Well, to make it up to you, Microsoft is [...]

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Games for Windows LIVE Update: UI Revealed, Microsoft Offering Refunds, Considering Full Game Downloads

You might have heard GFW LIVE subscribers have been freed from financial bondage, but did you know that Microsoft is offering that freedom retroactively? Perhaps you knew that the updated GFW service sports a new UI — but have you seen it? While we wait for our own opportunity to interview Microsoft’s Kevin Unangst about the [...]

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Live Free: Games for Windows LIVE Offers Same Service For No Money

This just in: Games for Windows — LIVE is now free. Cross-platform multiplayer? Free. Matchmaking? Free. Voice chat? Free. Friends list? You betcha. And there’s more GFW functionality on the way.

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Microsoft Details User-Generated Revenue Through Community Games

We’ve known about Microsoft’s XNA and the Creators Club for a while now: Microsoft previewed the XNA suite of development tools and middleware back in 2006, and the game studio tools were released at the end of 2007. Today, however, at Microsoft’s Gamefest 2008 conference, the company detailed what it is now calling “Xbox Live [...]

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E3 2008: The Microsoft Experience

While Microsoft’s E3 2008 press conference revealed a veritable stockpile of bird dung exciting titles for core gamers and a few key partnerships that may make the Xbox 360 your media center of choice, vice president of Xbox LIVE John Schappert took time out to explain how Microsoft plans to enhance the social experience [...]

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E3 2008: Xbox Live Marketplace Adds Streaming Netflix, New Video Partnerships

Microsoft’s Don Mattrick was not pulling any punches this morning when he described Xbox Live’s growing marketplace business to E3 attendees. He cited a PricewaterhouseCoopers forecast, right off the bat, which declared games to be the top entertainment sales leader, predicted to do more business than movies, music, DVD sales, or anything else. Microsoft, he [...]

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E3 2008: Xbox Live Arcade Revelations

Roughly halfway through his excited explanation of the Xbox 360’s new community features and curious new system of user representation, a few game titles were unveiled. The head of the Live Services team, John Schappert, announced four new titles coming out for Xbox Live Arcade — some as soon as next month. I know two [...]

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E3 2008: Music Games on Xbox 360

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Media Briefing, beyond being scored with hard-rocking tunes for the entrances of its various executives, spent a lengthy period discussing the future of music-based games for the platform. Following the presentation’s overall theme of “something for everybody,” Microsoft’s Shane Kim introduced the music genre as the type of game that appeals to [...]

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