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Today the Arcade Wednesday games are: Fable 2 Pub Games and Bionic Commando Rearmed (Both 800mp)

• Battlefield Bad Company - Conquest Mode Trailer: Trailer for the new multiplayer Battlefield mode that you can download now for free. Free and available everywhere.
• Disruptive Art: Fracture Theme: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Disruptive Art: Think Pink Theme: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed Theme 1: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed Theme 2: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed Theme 3: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed Theme 4: 150 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed Evolution Trailer: Free and available everywhere.
• Bionic Commando Rearmed Gamer Pics: 100 MS Points and available everywhere.
• Fable II Pub Games Xbox LIVE Registration Gamer Picture: Free and available everywhere.
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Playable Hero/Villain Pack Combo Deal: 800 MS Points and available in Austria and Switzerland.
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Playable Hero Pack: 500 MS Points and available in Austria and Switzerland.
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Playable Villain Pack: 500 MS Points and available in Austria and Switzerland.
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance: Playable Character Teaser Pack: Free and available in Austria and Switzerland.
• Soul Calibur IV Customization Equipment 2: 200 MS Points and available everywhere. Apparently lets you turn your characters into a maid (?).

We have added a few screenshots of the NXE dashboard coming this autumn. We’re looking forward to the new avatars mostly but the installing games to hard drive function will be great! What are you mostly looking forward to? Hit the jump to view the screenshots of the New Xbox Experience dashboard.

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Midway have now confirmed that Unreal Tournament 3 will be hitting UK stores on 4th July. This will be great news for any Xbox360ers who have been waiting for this and felt let down by the PS3 getting it first.

BUT to console you when you buy the Xbox version you will be receiving a plethora of extra content giving you a new split screen mode, all the DLC so far released and 5 brand new levels.

My first video review of a game I present my review of the trial version of Aces of the Galaxy:

Ever wondered just how much those points we fritter away for games, themes, gamerpics, ETC?

Well wonder no more because by using this small web based calculator (link) you too can work out exactly how much your spending on the marketplace. Be prepared for a shock!

Which lets face it is a much easier title to remember then “on the rain slick precipice of darkness episode one” is the first instalment of Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik long awaited video game based on the characters Tycho Brahe (Jerry) and Jonathan Gabriel (”Gabe”)(Mike) from their Penny Arcade webcomic. So just how does this fair up in the long run well lets find out shall we. Continue Reading →

The new arcade game; Mr Driller: Online, is apparantly riddled with online bugs at the moment. Most players are complaining that the bugs are so bad they’re forced to play offline. Ouch. More news as we get it.

Mr Driller is available for purchase from the Marketplace as of today. Coming in at 800 MSPoints, Mr Driller looks to be a fun puzzler with some longevity in it. Online VS. play is also available.

Over christmas XBL was ‘problematic’ and Microsoft gifted us all with a free download of Undertow to say sorry. Conviniently, Heres comes the expansion too.. Named Path of the Elect and weighing in at 400 MSPoints, the pack promises five levels in the single player campaign, a new race (the elect) as well as more multiplayer maps. The original was reasonably fun, so this expansion may well be worth a whirl.

The pack will be available on March 5th via XBL.

Those of you checking the XBLA this morning will notice that REZ HD and Chessmaster Live have finally arrived!

REZ is a Hi-Def ‘Remix’ of the original classic, where firing to the beat and furiously dodging fire are the name of the game. Having downloaded it, I promise you that you’ll struggle to find anything as original and insanely fun as this for a long time; Although, you may want to keep this one away from all the epileptics, and granny.

Chessmaster is just what it says on the tin, A Live based Chess game. Not much else to say really, it looks pretty enough and the CPU oppenents are significantly better than, say, Spyglass for instance, but at the end of the day, this is still just Chess.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
1 Call of Duty 4
2 Halo 3
3 Guitar Hero III
4 Gears of War
5 Rock Band
6 Madden NFL 08
7 Assassin’s Creed
8 Mass Effect
9 FIFA 08
10 Forza Motorsport 2

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Metal Slug 3
2 Boogie Bunnies
3 Omega Five
4 TRON
5 UNO
6 Bomberman LIVE
7 TMNT 1989 Arcade
8 Sonic The Hedgehog 2
9 Worms
10 Marble Blast Ultra

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
1 Halo 2
2 Battlefield 2: MC
3 Madden NFL 08
4 Counter-Strike
5 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
6 Call of Duty 3
7 Burnout 3
8 Street Fighter Anniv.
9 Fable
10 Rainbow Six 3

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased that week

Many users have been experiencing various problems with Xbox Live over the past few weeks due to record breaking user totals, but users were issued a formal apology regarding the issue and promised a free arcade game. Well, News has surfaced that the game will be Undertow which, to be fair has recieved fairly good reviews. The title would usually set gamers back 800 Microsoft Points but will be available free of charge next Wednesday through to Sunday (PST). More details on how to download here. At least it isnt Bomberman….

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles ( based on UU’s)
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Guitar Hero III
4 Gears of War
5 Rock Band
6 Assassin’s Creed
7 Madden NFL 08
8 Mass Effect
9 Forza Motorsport 2
10 FIFA 08

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Omega Five
2 Metal Slug 3
3 TRON
4 Bomberman LIVE
5 UNO
6 Sonic The Hedgehog 2
7 TMNT 1989 Arcade
8 Worms
9 Arkadian Warriors
10 Marble Blast Ultra
The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1 Halo 2
2 Battlefield 2: MC
3 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
4 Counter-Strike
5 Fable
6 Madden NFL 08
7 Call of Duty 3
8 Rainbow Six 3
9 Crimson Skies
10 Street Fighter Anniv.

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased that week.

Burnout 3: Takedown is now available as part of the Xbox Originals on Xbox Live Marketplace.  Priced at a cool 1200 points and weighing in at 2.3gb makes this an essential game to download… Best of all you cant scratch the disc!

Well its been confirmed by Rare that Golden eye has been ported over to Live Arcade and is only 2 months away from being released but Microsoft hit a roadblock with Nintendo over licensing fee’s and may not even appear on Xbox.  When we get more news on this we will post it.

Here are the top games for 2007, based on Xbox Live connectivity.
The following rankings are based on data collected from 1/1/07 – 12/31/07:

UU’s (Unique Users) is the number of Gamertags that have played a game.
In the case of Arcade titles, the list is ranked by purchased games . 

As many of you know Xbox live was screwed over xmas.. heres the official responce:

Dear Xbox LIVE Members:                                                                                                    

During this past holiday season you helped us break a number of Xbox LIVE records.  This included our largest sign-up of new members to Xbox LIVE in our 5 year history and just yesterday you broke the record for the single biggest day of concurrent members ever on the service. 

As a result of this massive increase in usage we know that some of you experienced intermittent Xbox LIVE issues over the holiday break.  While the service was not completely offline at any given time, we are disappointed in our performance.  I would like to take this moment to thank you each and every one of you for your patience and understanding as our team has worked around the clock to return the service to a stable state. 

At the same time we would like to offer a token of our appreciation to all of you in celebration of record success for the service.  And as a thank you for your loyalty during this holiday period, we will be offering all of our Xbox LIVE members around the world access to a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game that will be available to download free of charge.  In the coming weeks we will be sharing the specific details of this offer with you. 

Thank you again for helping make Xbox LIVE everything that it is today! 

Sincerely,

Marc Whitten

General Manager, Xbox LIVE

Gamertag: Notwen

 

So it appears that we will be compensated! Woohoo!

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU’s)
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Gears of War
4 Assassin’s Creed
5 Guitar Hero III
6 Mass Effect
7 Madden NFL 08
8 Guitar Hero II
9 Forza Motorsport 2
10 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Marble Blast Ultra
2 Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3 Asteroids & Deluxe
4 Zuma
5 UNO
6 Bomberman LIVE
7 Small Arms
8 Bankshot Billiards 2
9 Worms
10 TMNT 1989 Arcade

The arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1 Halo 2
2 Fable
3 Battlefield 2: MC
4 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
5 Counter-Strike
6 Crimson Skies
7 Madden NFL 08
8 Call of Duty 3
9 Rainbow Six 3
10 ESPN NFL 2K5

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU’s)
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Assassin’s Creed
4 Gears of War
5 Guitar Hero III
6 Mass Effect
7 Madden NFL 08
8 MX vs. ATV: Untamed DEMO
9 Guitar Hero II
10 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Asteroids & Deluxe
2 Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3 UNO
4 Undertow
5 Bomberman LIVE
6 TMNT 1989 Arcade
7 Worms
8 Geometry Wars Evolved
9 Tetris Splash
10 Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting
The arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1 Halo 2
2 Battlefield 2: MC
3 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
4 Counter-Strike
5 Madden NFL 08
6 Call of Duty 3
7 ESPN NFL 2K5
8 Rainbow Six 3
9 Ghost Recon 2
10 Madden NFL 07

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week.