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Back in February we broke the news that a Batman-based game could come to Xbox Live Arcade. Later we noted that Twitter user @superannuation found reserved web domains possibly …
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Atlus have released another trailer for ACE Team’s upcoming title Rock of Ages. The game itself is part tower defense, part Marble Blast. The trailer shows the five time …
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Kinect seems to be a hit. In the past three months 2.4 million units have been sold, bringing the total above 10 million. This may yet prove that the …
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THQ has dropped their XBLA side adventure for the Saints Row series, entitled Saints Row: Drive By. VG247 noticed that Scott Rogers’ (one of THQ’s Creative Directors) resume listed …
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Simply put, newsbits are things that might be important to know but that don’t necessarily have a lot to write about. We still think these things are …
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Although it’s a little late, we wanted to give a huge thank you to the Xbox Live community, and particularly our readers for coming out and throwing down against …
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The X-Wing series spans a total of four games and three expansion packs. Of the series, TIE Fighter is often mentioned in top 100 games lists, and in general the entire series has been commercially and critically well received. But if TIE Fighter was the most popular, why choose X-Wing Alliance? The answer is simple. All of the games in the series are powered by the same engine. X-Wing Alliance is the newest iteration of that engine, and has every feature of the previous games and more.

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Tonight is our Xbox Live Community Playdate. This isn’t a “let’s get together and play”, it’s an official, Xbox Sponsored playdate. We’ll be playing Hydro Thunder Hurricane, one of our many favorites around the XBLAFans offices. Jump online from 8-11PM Eastern Standard Time to game with our staff.

We probably won’t be playing the DLC maps as it requires money to play them, but we will be requiring the multiplayer Tempest Pack patch, available here for free. This compatibility patch (technically free DLC) will let those who like DLC-only boats and skins use them, and people who don’t own the paid DLC can see them. For those interested the full version of the DLC includes three new achievements two new boats, three new tracks, expert versions of the novice and pro boats, and new skins for every boat. It’s well worth the 400MSP, as indicated by our review of it. If you want to buy the full version of the Tempest Pack, you can do so here.

Hit the jump for a list of gamertags participating.

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Robot Entertainment just released this new spotlight video for their upcoming game, Orcs Must Die!. In it we see one of many deployables the player can use to defend …
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Hulu Plus will be coming to Xbox Live in less than 24 hours, and with its launch comes a temporary free trial of the service. Gold and …
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