September 6, 2010

Xbox 360 Kinect price tag revealed

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Yesterday Microsoft revealed that the Microsoft Kinect set to launch this fall, which is cordless, controller-less motion-sensing hardware for Xbox 360. Kinect finally got an official price tag: $150 for the peripheral, and $299 for the Console Bundle, which includes the Xbox 360 4GB console and a game called Kinect Adventures. A gaming industry analyst, [...]

Walmart Offers Microsoft Kinect Pre-Order Bundle

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Walmart offers a limited-time $199 pre-order bundle for Xbox 360 owners, however it’s a bit early to pre-order the Kinect, because it will be launched at the beginning of November. Kinect is a color VGA motion and depth camera for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system. Kinect games require the full body movement and voice recognition [...]

Transformers: War For Cybertron launched today

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The legendary conflict between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS has come to a head, as Activision announced today that Transformers: War for Cybertron has landed in retail stores nationwide. Developed by award-winning High Moon Studios and based on Hasbro’s legendary TRANSFORMERS property, the game allows players to become the ultimate TRANSFORMERS weapon in the final, epic [...]

Connect Your Xbox 360 Without a Controller, use Kinect instead

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Get ready to Kinect to fun entertainment for everyone. Microsoft Corp. today capped off a two-day world premiere, complete with celebrities, stunning physical dexterity, and news from a galaxy far, far away, to reveal experiences that will transform living rooms in North America, beginning Nov. 4. Kinect will roll out to the rest of the [...]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence pack is now available

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack is now available, releasing first on the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. Today’s launch of the second map pack from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 follows the record-breaking release of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package, which established new Xbox LIVE launch records [...]

New song pack for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero

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Summer is here and it’s time for budding musicians to drop their school bags, pick up their axes, drum sticks and microphones and rock out to 18 hot new tracks for Activision’s Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. Featuring new music from Grammy Award winners the Stone Temple Pilots, a host of exclusive soccer themed [...]

Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero receives new song pack

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May rolls in and with it comes a new collection of shredable track pack additions for Activision’s Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero. From “America’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band” to the hottest new alternative rock acts to hit the airwaves, fans can look forward to further expanding their Guitar Hero® music libraries and shredding [...]

Call of Duty Black Ops launch date announced

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Prepare for the follow-up to the biggest entertainment launch in history: on November 9th Call of Duty: Black Ops will introduce fans to the elite world of Black Ops. Activision Publishing, Inc. and award-winning developer Treyarch will take players behind enemy lines in an entirely new chapter in the groundbreaking and record-setting, No. 1 first-person [...]

Square Enix releases action RPG NIER

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Square Enix announced that the highly-anticipated Action-RPG NIER is now available at North American retailers nationwide for the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. NIER presents the despairing story of a world afflicted by an apocalyptic plague and a father’s desperation to protect his daughter from [...]

Capcom announced Dead Rising 2 Prologue and other games for 2011

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Capcom announced today three blockbuster titles for 2011, including the long-awaited Marvel® vs. Capcom® 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Okamiden™ and Bionic Commando®  Rearmed 2.  Media from around the world converged in Hawaii to attend Capcom’s yearly showcase, dubbed Captivate 2010, to get an early look at all the new titles and new content, including: [...]