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Microsoft gears up for the launch of family-friendly Kinect this spring with the Xbox Live Gold Family subscription plan, delivering four Xbox Live Gold memberships for the price of two, plus a host of new features and family-exclusive content.
Ask the right questions, get the right answers. An internal marketing Q&A for Microsoft confirms that Kinect will be bundled with consoles, and a $US199 configuration of its new Xbox 360 will be available this fall.
Square Enix’s vague winter release date for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep has become a definite September release date, with a limited edition PSP bundle commemorating the next star-studded entry in the beloved Kingdom Hearts series.
It’s a Monster Hunter Tri information explosion, as Nintendo and Capcom reveal new information on the North American release of this eagerly anticipated title, including the release date, exclusive demos, pre-order incentives, and the freedom of online multiplayer.
While North American Final Fantasy XIII fans ponder forking out $US400 for a special Xbox 360 bundle, European fans are getting two different models to choose from – the Special Edition and the Elite Bundle. What’s the difference?
Save $US5 on nine multiplayer maps and three zombie wonderlands with the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle, available today on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Surely someone hasn’t bought these yet, right?
At Sony’s E3 2008 press conference, Jack Tretton announced a 80 GB PS3 “Core Pack” that’ll go for $US 400 — “the same functionality of the 40 GB… with twice the storage”, he said.
“This new 80 GB PS3 is perfectly suited for HD games, music, movies and more”. Full release below…
According to an interview with MeriStation.com, Europe Sony VP James Armstrong made a major announcement over a possible Sony/Konami bundle that just might have something to do with the most anticipated PS3 game in the short history of the platform. Here’s the quote from the Spanish site, autotranslated roughly: I am going to advance something to you; yes, we are working in pack of PlayStation 3 that includes Metal Gear 4 Solid and the new DualShock. We want that it is in the street before Easter and that is our fight at the moment.
An MGS4 bundle sounds like an absolutely wonderful and completely obvious way to sell some PS3s. But isn’t it an odd circumstance when we’ve heard so many differing viewpoints from so many differing Sony execs for so long that we don’t believe it until the information is on press release?
Ars Technica’s gaming site, Opposable Thumbs, has a mole. A somewhat reliable one, too, unlike ours, which just digs half-finished holes in the yard and drinks itself into a stupor every day. Its latest report: that there’ll be two new 360s for the Christmas holidays. The first is a somewhat uninspiring bundle, featuring Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance in a single box (like the old Jet Set/GT bundle on the first Xbox). Both the Premium and Elite will see this bundle. The second is a brand new Core model, which features HDMI, a wireless controller, 256MB memory card and five XBLA arcade games (Boom-Boom Rocket, Pac-man, Uno, Feeding Frenzy, and Luxor 2) on a disc. That second one sound familiar? That’s because we’ve heard the exact same thing. So keep a grain of salt or two handy for the first one, but the second, I’d say it’s inching very close to confirmation/announcement time. Mole report: Xbox 360 to get Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance pack-in [Opposable Thumbs]
