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Fight Night Champion and Shift 2 Unleashed are the first video games to incorporate QR codes. EA has teamed up with deodorant brand Lynx to introduce this unique form of in-game advertising to the Xbox 360 versions of its latest releases. Using a smartphone, gamers will be able to scan …
Read More »MS introduces new 360 dev kit
Microsoft has released a brand new Xbox Development Kit that promises to offer users increased efficiency and reduced costs. The revised XDK is to provide studios with additional RAM for development purposes, and features built-in flash memory and larger hard disk drives than its predecessor. Microsoft is known in the …
Read More »Microsoft debuts new 360 dev kit
New XDK to offer cost savings and flexibility, as well as special 'Sidecar' debugger
Read More »Burnout Crash unearthed by rating
EA could be preparing a surprise new entry in the popular Burnout racing series. GamerBytes spotted a new listing by the Australian games rating board for a game called ‘Burnout Crash’. Further details show that the listing, which was posted on April 1st, is for an EA game developed in …
Read More »Global PS3 sales overtake Xbox 360
New stats from from two separate sources have stated that Sony’s PS3 console has now passed Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in terms of total unit sales across the globe. Europe has always been a strong territory for Sony’s machines. Gamasutra reports that retailer GameStop – citing data from an IDG report …
Read More »Xbox 360 agrees product placement deal
Sky1 sports panel show A League of Their Own will from tomorrow feature an Xbox 360 as part of a product placement deal between Microsoft and the broadcaster. In December of last year Ofcom finally gave the nod to legal product placement on UK TV shows. The change came into …
Read More »US: Mafia II DLC bundles confirmed
Shooter gamers and wannabe gangsters will be delighted to hear that the Mafia II Director’s Cut has been confirmed by 2K. An image of the $29.99 SKU – which includes three expansions and four style packs, as well as the original game – appeared on Amazon.com last week before being …
Read More »Xbox Indies ratings ‘scam’ forces Microsoft probe
Accusations of false ratings to push games up and down the charts
Read More »New 360 discs get 1GB boost
Tech blog Digital Foundry claims to have word that the "updated disc format" being trailed on Xbox 360 adds around 1GB of extra capacity to DVD discs. It says the new standard is called XBG3. Current Xbox 360 discs have a capacity of 7.95GB, though 1.15GB of this is dedicated …
Read More »Microsoft ‘to update 360 disc format’
No specific mention of Blu-ray, yet the Xbox firm talks of its 'strive to improve product'
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