Compete with the Kinect Sports Facebook app
Compete with the Kinect Sports Facebook app

A new Kinect Sports Facebook app has been developed by Rare alongside Nzime and Microsoft Game Studios, which allows players to compete with one another by showing off minigames you’ve mastered or... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach level cap lifted
Halo: Reach level cap lifted

Bungie has raised the level cap on Halo: Reach after setting a target of 117 million completed daily and weekly challenges. Considering the popularity of the series, it’s not surprising to see the... Continue Reading »

Microsoft Beta Testing Xbox Live Episodic Full House Poker Game
Microsoft Beta Testing Xbox Live Episodic Full House Poker Game

According to Kotaku Microsoft is currently in the process of beta testing a new episodic game show; straight from the studio that brought us the now closed 1 VS 100 XBL game. You’ll have to make sure... Continue Reading »

New 250GB Xbox “Holiday” bundle announced
New 250GB Xbox “Holiday” bundle announced

Major Nelson has got the drop on a new official 250GB Xbox 360 “Holiday” bundle, which is due out in the next few weeks. Perfectly packaged in time for Christmas, the bundle will retail at... Continue Reading »

UK Chart: Fable 3 is crowned king
UK Chart: Fable 3 is crowned king

Shock! Horror!! Disbelief!!! Or not, depending on your level of gaming-based knowledge. We’re guessing you’re all console connoisseurs though, and that the fact that Fable 3 has gone straight... Continue Reading »

New Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack trailer flies in
New Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack trailer flies in

A new trailer for the Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack has arrived, courtesy of the XCN!! The 90-second clip gives us a tantalising glimpse of what to expect when the pack releases on the 30th of November, and... Continue Reading »

What’s new on Xbox 360 this week: New Releases
What’s new on Xbox 360 this week: New Releases

* The following is correct as of today’s date and is subject to change – please note that not all content may be available in all Xbox LIVE regions XBOX LIVE ARCADE PINBALL FX 2 Zen Studios This week’s... Continue Reading »

Call of Duty: Black Ops gets midnight launch at GAME
Call of Duty: Black Ops gets midnight launch at GAME

UK retailer GAME has announced that it will open a number of its stores at 11:45pm on the 7th of November 2010, so that eager gamers can get their hands on a copy Call of Duty: Black Ops. Although some... Continue Reading »

Free DLC card with new copies of Fable 3
Free DLC card with new copies of Fable 3

Lionhead has announced that a free DLC card will be packaged with brand new copies of Fable 3, clearly aimed at encouraging gamers to purchase the title at launch instead of waiting for it to hit the... Continue Reading »

Gears 2 hits Games on Demand, gets cut-price DLC
Gears 2 hits Games on Demand, gets cut-price DLC

Epic‘s amazing Gears of War 2 hit the Games on Demand priced at £19.99. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last few years, Gears 2 catches up with Marcus Fenix and Dominic... Continue Reading »

Gears 3 delayed until “Fall 2011″
Gears 3 delayed until “Fall 2011″

Eager Gears fans best adjust their countdown clocks, as Microsoft have announced that the highly-anticipated third installment in everyone’s favourite cover-based shooter franchise has had its release... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach second, not third in last week’s LIVE activity charts
Halo: Reach second, not third in last week’s LIVE activity charts

Okay, so we’re not entirely infallible. Turns out our post from yesterday which placed Halo: Reach third in the LIVE activity charts was slightly wrong, in that Bungie‘s latest actually made... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach takes Third place in last week’s LIVE activity chart
Halo: Reach takes Third place in last week’s LIVE activity chart

Rather surprisingly, Bungie‘s awesome Halo: Reach took third place to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in last week’s Xbox LIVE Activity charts, what’s more interesting is that secong place... Continue Reading »

Xbox LIVE Marketplace Release Schedule – 20th of September to 20th of October 2010
Xbox LIVE Marketplace Release Schedule – 20th of September to 20th of October 2010

Let’s hear a “woot” for Major Nelson, as he provides another tantalising glimpse into the future of Marketplace over the next few weeks. A few extra noteworthy bits and bobs added to... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach “nefarious deeds” on Bungie’s ban-hammer rader
Halo: Reach “nefarious deeds” on Bungie’s ban-hammer rader

Gotta love the online gaming community: Halo: Reach has only been out for just over 36 hours and is already experiencing the kind of multiplayer based Grinch-ery reserved for the most common titles on... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach Blue Carpet Launch Event
Halo: Reach Blue Carpet Launch Event

London’s Victoria House, situated in the heart of West Central, is not the place you’d first associate with 10 battle-hardened individuals facing off in a vicious ruck where only the strong... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach hits 1.6 million pre-orders
Halo: Reach hits 1.6 million pre-orders

With now less than seven days to go before Reach lands in the sweating palms of an eager public, US website VG Chartz has revealed that the game has currently amassed a staggering 1.691 million pre-orders,... Continue Reading »

Xbox Live Marketplace Release Schedule – 2nd September to 20th October 2010
Xbox Live Marketplace Release Schedule – 2nd September to 20th October 2010

Good old Major Nelson has dropped a list of what we’ve got to look forward to on a  download tip over the next couple of months. We’re especially stoked that Microsoft has chosen to kick off... Continue Reading »

Halo: Reach leaked on file sharing sites
Halo: Reach leaked on file sharing sites

Halo: Reach has been leaked onto public filesharing sites less than a month before its official release date. Cheeky hackers managed to crack into review copies hosted on Xbox Live Marketplace, and succesfully... Continue Reading »

Next Gears of War 2 XP event will have no cap
Next Gears of War 2 XP event will have no cap

GearsViking (aka Rod Fergusson, Executive Producer on the GoW franchise) has twittered that the next Gears 2 XP event will have no pre-set level cap, instead choosing to base it on the number of fans the... Continue Reading »