XBOX 360 news

While it's clear that nothing is truly recession-proof, video games are doing a heck of a job trying to buck the trend.
that software and hardware combined reached $1.33 billion in revenue for the month, a 13 percent jump over $1.18 billion in January 2008. Nintendo continues to dominate with Xbox 360 making a very impressive showing.
1. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 777K
2. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 415K
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 292K
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TAMPA, Florida -- EA Sports' Madden NFL 09 has been a mainstay in Tampa throughout Super Bowl week. Madden Bowl XV, one of the biggest parties of the week, took place in Ybor City at The Honey Pot on Thursday night.
The annual videogame tournament pitted eight NFL pros, including a representative from the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals, in a single-elimination battle on Xbox 360 for the Madden Bowl trophy. Local Buccaneer wide receiver Continue reading »

Target Corp. stores this month began holding a new game clearance for Sony Corp.'s
and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360.
: World In Flames at $27.98, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows at $41.98, Tom Clancy's EndWar at $41.98, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway at $41.98, Far Cry 2 at $41.98, and
at $41.98.
Discounted 360 titles include Lego Batman at $34.98,
at $27.98,
at $27.98.
NPD Group Inc. this month reported that the
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Any movie, any time. Is that too much to ask?
It’s technically possible. It’s what the people want. It will make the movie companies rich. And yet not a single legal source of movies — hotel, plane, pay-per-view, video store,
TV, Vudu box, Internet downloads, nothing — offers instant delivery of any movie you want.
comes close. It’s got the “any movie” part covered, since it
virtually every movie ever Continue reading »

Retailer Amazon.com on Wed. price cut 2K Sports'
for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 to
in a new one-day sale.
On Wed., NHL 2K9 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 carried a sale price of
, down from a $39.99 MSRP.
promotion in its Video Games division.
The title was released in Sept. 2008.
Sony in Nov. released the 160GB PS3 SKU. The bundle includes a new 160GB PS3, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, PAIN downloadable game voucher, Continue reading »

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Getting PS3, Xbox 360 Game
Activision released a decent Transformers game when Michael Bay's first Transformers feature film released, so with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on its way to theaters in a few months, it's not all that surprising to learn that Activision is also hard at work on a PS3 and Xbox 360 version of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- The Video Game.
And yes, since it's Activision, Continue reading »

Mobile content provider Zumobi has announced the availability of an Xbox 360 news service for Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices.
Using an interface that mimics the "New Xbox Experience" dashboard on the Xbox 360 platform, Zumobi keeps gamers updated on a variety of topics related to Microsoft 's console.
The service provides Xbox 360 news and community updates, and allows users to download related audio and video clips. Zumobi also features Continue reading »

has led to the apprehension of a man accused of video game piracy offenses. A sting operation had been carried out, in which participants visited the unnamed Staffordshire man to have an
console chipped, and to purchase several illegally copied games.
After the games were taken for examination, there was enough evidence to get a search warrant. The raid turned up over 1,000 pirated video games, including over 700
games. Around 100
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The video game console wars have been kind of boring lately, with no hot rumors to talk about. But
has kicked off a new round of chatter about which chips are going to be in the PlayStation 4, the Wii 2 and the Xbox 3 (not the official names).
There isn’t any official information on this yet. And it’s pretty early for the console makers to lock down on contracts with chip makers. But Charlie has dragged me, kicking and screaming, into Continue reading »

Best Buy Co. Inc. this week discounted select new titles for Sony Corp.'s
and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 by $10 in a new one-week game sale.
Titles discounted to $49.99 include
,
, and
.
Additionally, it is selling Tom Clancy's EndWar for PS3 or Xbox 360 at $39.99, $20 off the MSRP.
sold 378,071 units in Nov.
Sony in Dec. launched Home, an online universe that allows PS3 owners to mingle and play games together.
Sony in Nov. released Continue reading »

, the world’s first pack-in video game, as proof that tank battles have been a game premise for some time. It’s a basic concept, but also something that lots of people have fantasized about—driving a large, lumbering hunk of metal that can motor over most anything and with a giant gun turret that can fire in any direction. Heck, some people even act on the fantasy: If you’re old enough to remember back to 1995, you might recall a guy “joyriding” Continue reading »

has posted the results for the top 10 most frequently rented video games of 2008. In
, which was compiled by Rentrak, seven of the ten games that were rented the most last year are for the Xbox 360. The remaining
three titles are for the Nintendo Wii, leaving the PlayStation 3 entirely absent from the top 10.
It shouldn't come as too much of a shock that Grand Theft Auto IV turned out to be the #1 most rented game of 2008, but there
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