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Several Xbox Live hits including Street Fighter games will arrive in stores for the first time next year. The Capcom Digital Collection retail SKU for Xbox 360 consists of eight games: 1942: Joint Strike, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Final Fight Double Impact, Flock, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil and It Came …
Read More »Boxed Angry Birds smashes onto consoles
Boxed Angry Birds console games are landing at retail next year accompanied by a line of official accessories. The titles are due on Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo 3DS and could be here as soon as February.Impact Global Solutions has acquired the rights to produce and distribute over ten peripherals …
Read More »YouTube lands on Xbox Live
UK Xbox 360 owners will be able to access a host of new dashboard apps today including YouTube, Blinkbox, MSN and Muzu.TV. As well as being able to view content from internet video giant YouTube, gamers can now watch over 10,000 films using digital movie service Blinkbox via the Xbox …
Read More »Microsoft seeking TV exec for Xbox Live
Current and former NBC execs reportedly approached to take on new role
Read More »Dirt Showdown out next year
Codemasters is releasing a new boxed destruction-based entry in its popular Dirt driving franchise in May 2012, titled Dirt Showdown. The spin-off game mixes the arcade-style extreme sports elements of Dirt 2, the ‘Gymkhana’ stunt events from Dirt 3 and adds in some Destruction Derby-style action, according to GameSpot. It …
Read More »New Alan Wake revealed
XBLA game Alan Wake’s American Nightmare has been officially revealed. The game is not Alan Wake 2, says developer Remedy. Although, it does follow-on directly from the end of the last game. So it pretty much is Alan Wake 2. It is an Xbox Live Arcade title, so misses retail …
Read More »New Disney Pixar game named for Kinect
Microsoft has announced a brand new Kinect-only game featuring many of Disney Pixar’s most popular IPs. Formerly known as Rush, the freshly renamed Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure will include appearances from Toy Story, Cars, The Incredibles, Up! And Ratatouille. Little is known about the game other than it …
Read More »Xbox dash "designed for ads", users discover ad block workaround
One developer has labelled the new Xbox 360 ‘Metro’ dashboard an advertiser’s dream” and criticised it for effectively hiding away a user’s game content. "For me the truly disheartening news is that the ‘games’ tab on our game console is now several pages away from the start," Mommy’s Best Games …
Read More »Indie anger at new Xbox dash
Developers share their concern as software update throws all XBLIG games into single list
Read More »Kinect support ‘required’ for future Xbox 360 apps
Gesture and voice control 'to be integrated into all new content'
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