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Xbox 360 Newswire 08/01

Andy Jackson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:58:50 +0000

Yes, the 360 newswire is back and here is the most important things concerning everyone’s favourite Microsoft made console.

WWE Legends of Wrestlemania Box Art Revealed
Skate 2 Demo lands on XBL today
Square-Enix Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Ubisoft
Fallout 3 DLC screenshots [1] [2] [3]
Release dates and pre-order bonuses for Godfather II announced
Xbox 360 Game Creator Kodu Coming This Spring
Behind the Scenes Trailer: Fable II DLC Knothole Island
SONY Pictures Confirms Ghostbusters Video Game Release for June 16th
New Prototype Media Including Screens and a Trailer

Xbox 360 Newswire – December 16th

William Saw — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:48:25 +0000

Step right up and see the mystical, magical, Xbox 360 Newswire – available only in limited quantites with a forecast of slight RRoD.

Here are the latest news and updates for today.

Last Remnant Director sez: 360 Easier to Work With Than PS3
EGM Rumors Square-Enix New MMO Reveal in E3 2009
New Star Ocean: The Last Hope Screenshots
Win a Trip to Hawaii — On Casual Gaming’s Dime
Your Tuesday Morning Layoff Report – Factor 5 and Midway to Ax Austin Studio
Could Microsoft Known That The Xbox 360 Could Damage Discs Before The Console Was Released?
Good Old Games Signs On Famed Studio Oddworld Inhabitants
Freshly Squeezed Halo Wars Screenshots
Hey look, its that awesomely awesome and weird Skate 2 Introduction Video!
Plan to put World of Warcraft on your resume? Think again!
Electronic Arts and Spore Coming to Steam? Quite possibly.
Mirrors Edge Demo Now Features Time Trial Mode
Rare Parodies Films with Viva Pinata 2 Wallpapers
Bomberman XBLA Drops 800 to 600 MS Points This Week

Xbox 360 Newswire – December 15th

William Saw — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:29:12 +0000

Here is your daily Xbox 360 news roundup or the post that has all the SpikeTV VGA media and information because I was too lazy to make individual posts on it thing.

Square-Enix announces The Last Remnant PC release for Spring 2009, added features
Beautiful Zerg Rush Screenshots from Starcraft II
Doritos Free XBLA Game, Dash of Destruction Coming Wednesday
Michael Phelps Video Games Announced
Free Mercenaries 2 DLC now on Xbox Live
Watchmen Trailer
Mafia II Trailer
Terminator Salvation Trailer
Fight Night Round 4 Trailer
What is going on the brain of Will Wright? Apparently he’s working on a new project.

Xbox 360 Newswire – December 9

William Saw — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:09:45 +0000

When you’re deeply entrenched in finals week but procrastinating badly, what is one to do? Post articles on MonsterVine that is!

All aboard for the Xbox 360 Newswire, last call!

Latest News and Updates

To begin with, what is wrong with this picture?

Giant Bomb at Skate 2 Event
IGN Removes Its 2/10 US Review of World Soccer Manager 09, Now If They Only Responded To Our Western Mechanic Editorial…
Confirmed: Gears of War 2 Sells 3 Million Units
LOTR Conquest Achievements Revealed
Ubisoft Awaiting ‘More Anticipation’ for Assassins Creed 2
EA Confirms Layoffs, Cites ‘Disappointing’ Holiday Sales
EA and Activision Veterans Form New Game Development Studio, Game Mechanic Studios
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Platforms Revealed
Atari Buys City of Heroes Developer Cryptic Studios

Top XBL Games for Week of December 1st
1 Halo 3
2 CoD: World at War
3 Gears of War 2
4 Call of Duty 4
5 GTA IV
6 Left 4 Dead
7 Madden NFL 09
8 Fable II
9 Fallout 3
10 FIFA 09

Top XBLA Games for Week of December 1st
1 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
2 Banjo-Kazooie
3 A Kingdom for Keflings
4 UNO
5 Castle Crashers
6 Worms
7 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
8 Aegis Wing
9 Bomberman Live
10 Portal: Still Alive

Top Community Games
1 Word Soup
2 Golden Royal Balckjack
3 Weapon of Choice
4 Colosseum
5 ZSX4 Guitarpocalypse
6 Sin(Surfing)
7 In the Pit
8 Head Banger
9 Snake360
10 Swords and Monsters

Collectors Edition of Street Fighter 4 Revealed for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 for $80, To Include:

* A Bonus Game Disc (Blu-ray for PS3) with HD 65-minute full-length Anime movie and promotional trailers.
* CD Soundtrack
* Collectible Figurine: C. Viper (X360), Ryu (PS3)
* Udon /Prima Hint book
* Downloadable Content

Gamestop is offering an “exclusive headband like the one worn by martial arts master Ryu” as an token for your preorder.

Xbox 360 Newswire – December 8

William Saw — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:44:50 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Xbox 360 Newswire for December 8. Stay tuned to this post for the latest news and updates as it occurs throughout today.

Latest News and Updates

DEAL OF THE DAY: Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 Version – $39
Lead Fable II Designer Joins Splash Damage for Unknown Bethseda Project
Grab Free The Last Remnant DLC Unlocks
Sonic Unleashed Demo Available on Marketplace
Halo Wars Releases March 3, To Include $80 Limited Edition Packaging w/ Early Access to Halo 3′s Mythic Map Pack
Crackdown II May Be Coming
Microsoft Looking to ‘Break the Bank’ for E3 09
PowerUp Forever and Meteos Wars Releases on Xbox Live This Week
Sega Unveils US Madworld Site
Arkham Asylum Trailer Released

SHAME OF THE DAY: Souljia Boy Getting Video Game, Xbox 360 in 2009

Xbox 360 Newswire for November 21st

William Saw — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:59:21 +0000

Thank god its Friday and we made it to the end of our launch week. I decided the What MonsterVine Means To Our Industry editorial will go up tommorrow in line with the writing content that is also going up. Have a great weekend and join our game night tonight if you have Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2! =]

Here’s the latest Microsoft and Xbox 360 news around the industry press today:

Eidos at it again, preventing scores under 80 percent for Tomb Raider: Underworld to not be posted until Monday [Shacknews] I’m glad they learned from that Kane and Lynch debacle!
RE: Jeff Gerstmann weighs into the hilarious state of events from Eidos [Giant Bomb]
Ziff Davis publication considering taking Electronic Gaming Monthly from print to into an online-only format [Gamasutra]
Grand Theft Auto IV Pre-Order Now Available on Steam, get free copy of Vice City as bonus [Shacknews]
First Details on GTA IV DLC for Xbox 360 Revealed [Giant Bomb]
Tabula Rasa Shutting Down Servers in February, Free to Play Servers Opening in January [Destructoid]
Black Friday Game Deals Thread 2008 [NeoGAF]

Prince of Persia Dev Diary Trailer
Mortal Kombat Video Review from GiantBomb

Xbox 360 Newswire – November 19th

Mark — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:56:14 +0000

Here’s todays Xbox 360 news.

-New Xbox Experience goes live
-DiRT 2 coming to Xbox 360
-5 not so helpfull lessons learnt from video games
-Small Arms gets small update
-Sony bans its movies from appearing on the NXE via Netflix

The big story is obviously the launch of NXE. If you haven’t updated to it yet, get on Xbox Live and check it out!

Check back later for more news updates.

Xbox 360 Newswire for November 18th

William Saw — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:05:00 +0000

Remember, remember, the 18th of November. The demented kracken called MonsterVine has been summoned to bring you today’s Microsoft news on a platter for your enjoyment. But don’t piss it off or it will eat you…it’s still a MonsterVine.

Infinite [Bomba] Undiscovery selling for $27 on Amazon [NeoGAF]
Xbox.com profile pages now display avatars, marketplace sorta live [X360 Fanboy]
Epic Games Explains Gears of War 2 Ranking System [Epic Gears of War 2 Blog]
NXE Netflix Streaming Service won’t stream movies from Sony Pictures/Columbia on your Xbox 360, UPDATE: Netflix has confirmed this as a licensing issue and is only expected to be a temporary situation. [MTV Multiplayer]
Shane Kim, Microsoft Games Corportate VP says the Xbox 360′s lifespan will be one day longer than PS3 [VentureBeat]
Unreal Engine 3 cited as source for Midway’s financial troubles [Shacknews]
Square-Enix now hiring in Los Angeles to develop an action game, one of the positions named requires an Xbox 360 programmer hinting it might be an 360 game. [Shacknews]
Tecmo and Koei finalize merger, becoming Tecmo Koei starting April 1, 2009. [Shacknews]

Xbox 360 Newswire – November 17th

Mark — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:51:27 +0000

Don’t you just hate Monday mornings? Here’s todays Xbox 360 related video game news.

-More Xbox Live issues over the holiday season?
-Star Wars: The Force Unleashed DLC
-10 video game characters that we all just hate
-Street Fighter IV gets a release date, hurrah!
-Clearly the critic in question has never spoken to the legions of FFVII fans out there (not really Xbox 360 stuff, but amusing anyway)
-More Burnout Paradise DLC coming
-Rare look to change perceptions of Xbox 360
-IGN.com: You’re in the Movies review “Six beers and three tequila shots later and this game still isn’t fun.”

Don’t forget, two days untill NXE. Don’t know what NXE is? Click here.

That’s all for now, check back later for updates.

Xbox 360 Newswire for November 16th

Mark — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:17:18 +0000

Sundays are always slow news days, but here’s some interesting stuff I found from around the ‘net.

8 cool ways to use Halo 3′s Forge mode
Xbox 360 dominating software sales
Changing business models in the video game industry
NXE: DVD or Hard Disk installation?

That’s it for now.