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Lord Bling's Top 10 Games of 2008 [by Lord Bling]I don't know about you, but I'm ready for 2008 to be OVER. However, that doesn't change the fact that there were some very good games released this year. Let's look at my favorites (platform-exclusives are noted in the titles):
TOP TEN CONSOLE GAMES OF 2008
10: PRINCE OF PERSIA. When I heard they were going the 'cel-shaded' route with the first next-gen game in the franchise, I was...
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  Columbia movies back on Netflix instant view (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News Keen-eyed observers (or at least one keen-eyed observer, anyway) over at 360Sync have noticed that movies from Sony's Columbia Pictures are once again available for Netflix streaming on Xbox 360. After the titles were first yanked from the service in November, we later reported that most of the Columbia movies had returned, but it seems that now all of them are available once again. | |
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 Xbox 360 install base surges to 28 million (via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - Filed under: News Late last night, Microsoft sent word that they've reached an Xbox 360 install base milestone, announcing that by 2008's end they have been able to sell 28 million consoles worldwide. That's an increase of around 10 million consoles since last January, don'tcha know. | |
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 Gears Of War 2 Patch Details Gears of War 2 (via Game Radar) - Since the release of Gears of War 2 the online play has been plagued with issues. The issues consist of bad matchmaking to many, many online exploits. Well I guess Cliffy B. has been putting his boot up some programmers asses over there at Epic in order to get the problems solved. | |
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 Microsoft Announces 2008 was our best-ever year (via Xboxer) - SALES WAR update! Microsoft's just sent out a fact-filled press release, claiming that 2008 was the best-ever year for sales in the history of the Xbox "brand." The total global userbase of Xbox 360 now stands at 28 million consoles, which MS says is 8 million ahead of Sony's figure for PlayStation3. | |
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 Skate 2 Demo This Week (via Team Xbox) -- Take to the streets and own the spots of New San Vanelona in Skate 2 with new tricks like onefoots, handplants, hippy jumps, and more. | |
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 This week's Xbox Live Arcade title is 'chaos' (via 360 Monster) - We revealed the achievements a few days ago and it's been confirmed by Major Nelson that Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos will become the first Xbox Live Arcade release of 2009. Releasing this Wednesday (9th January 2009), Interpol puts players into the role of an Interpol elite agent who is tracking down the evil Dr. | |
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 Microsoft CEO to Reveal 2009 360 Line-Up at CES Keynote (via Planet Xbox) -- The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Balmer, is set to talk up two key games that will be heading towards the Xbox 360 in 2009. As part of Microsoft's CES keynote, he will highlight two major games to show the strength of the companies lineup. | |
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 GameStop to Quit Accepting Original Xbox Game Trades? (via Planet Xbox) -- Gaming blog Kotaku received a tip today that major video game retailer, GameStop, will no longer accept original Xbox games, consoles, or accessories as trade-ins starting on February 9th, 2009. Hit the jump for more sad details. | |
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 News: Halo 3 'push to talk' being removed (via OXM) -- Well, almost being removed as Bungie finally moves to get rid of it. Bungie has taken another step towards pushing Halo 3's archaic 'push to talk' system out the game. | |
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Xbox 360 is Widening the Sales Gap Over the Playstation 3 (via Planet Xbox) -- Microsoft said today that it had sold more than 28 million Xbox 360s since introducing the game console in November 2005. That compares with more than 20 million PlayStation 3 console sold by Sony since it debuted in November 2006. | |
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EA bringing Hasbro to XBLA.or something else? (via XBLArcade) - EA just released a press release about how they are finally bringing some of the Hasbro properties that they licensed last year. Included in the list of titles announced are : BOGGLE, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, CONNECT FOUR, SORRY! and SORRY! Sliders. While I personally hope that this means that EA has realized that selling Monopoly as a retail disk was a bad idea, but there is something even more interesting about the PR. | |
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Microsoft Suing To Get Some 360s Back Britain (via Kotaku) - For American readers, know this: British retailer Woolworths are done for. They close up shop today. But out in Woolworths warehouses across Britain are tons of Xbox 360 consoles. And Microsoft want them back. To that effect, they're preparing to sue Deloitte, the administrators of Woolworths' rotting corpse. | |
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Do Consumers Need Govt. Protection From DRM? It's on the Agenda at FTC Conference (via Game Politics) - Last September's controversial release of Spore demonstrated the extent to which digital rights management (DRM) has become a wedge issue between game publishers and game consumers.Might the government step in on the side of consumers?That's difficult to say, but we note that the Federal Trade Commission will hold a town hall conference on DRM issues in Seattle on March 25th. | |
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Gears of War 2 getting a thorough refresh - major changes coming in January (via Xboxer) - Mark Rein, some bloke from Gears developer Epic, has just posted a whole heap of facts about what's changing in the forthcoming Gears of War 2 update on the Epic Games forum. He neglected to use the word "badass" but he did use plenty of other words - most notably "January" to describe when the Gears 2 title update will arrive. | |
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Download Dozens of Commercial PC Games Free (via Digg) -- Where do computer games go when they die? Nowhere, if you know where to look. | |
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Street Fighter IV character videos - Dan takes the spotlight (via QJ) - With comical, lackluster moves, a guido-like smirk on his face, and a Hadou-ken with a fingernail's range, Dan is perhaps the biggest joke on Street Fighter. But for Street Fighter IV (PS3, Xbox 360), it looks like Capcom turned the jester into a legit killer, although much of the Dan-antics we've come to love are still there. | |
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Used Game Prices Dropped 23.7% by End of 2008 (via 1Up) - In yet another indication of the myriad ways the recession is effecting the videogame industry, Video Game Price Charts reports (via Gamasutra) that the average price for a used game saw a significant drop in 2008, ending 23. | |
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Xbox 360 records best Christmas in Europe (via QJ) - Microsoft may be sacking 15,000 employees, but the Xbox 360 records its best Christmas in the brand's six-year history, almost doubling 2007's sales, with eight million consoles sold in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa up to the end of 2008.EMEA Interactive Entertainment Business Regional VP Chris Lewis was all too happy with this result. | |
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9 comic book characters to watch in 2009 (via Digg) -- The new year is wide open with comics firing on all cylinders — from the upper echelons of superhero comics to the vibrant field of modern comics. | |
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Buy Fitness Games, Get Free Ladies' Mags (via Cinema Blend Games) -- Fellas, feel free to skip this article and go to a strip club or shoot hoops or do whatever other activities us manly men do. This one's for all you ladies out there, specifically those of you who don't subscribe to enough advertisement-filled, perfume-stenched women's magazines. | |
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