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Virtua Fighter 5, FIFA Street 3 Join Xbox 360 Games On Demand
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | The Xbox 360 Games On Demand options expand by two, as Microsoft has added brawler Virtua Fighter 5 and footballer FIFA Street 3 to the downloadable games service, making it easier to be a game-buying sloth. More »
Some Xbox 360 Themes Not A ‘Beautiful’ As Promised With NXE
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Now that the New Xbox Experience has been globally launched, it’s time to brace for the impact. Outside of a few error reports, things appear to have gone smoothly. One of the minor bumps that we know of, thanks to OXM, is that some Xbox 360 themes don’t quite jibe with the NXE’s new layout. Microsoft touted that old themes would look “beautiful” with the new look and feel, but perhaps the better descriptor is “beautiful but largely obscured.” More »
Armoured Core, Virtua Fighter Get Platinum
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Xbox Japan has announced three more titles joining its budget “Platinum Collection” line: Armored Core for Answer, Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom and Virtua Fighter 5: Live Arena. Each game is priced at ¥2,940 ($50) and will be out next January. More »
Virtua Fighter 5 Patched, Now With Extra Perfect
3:40AM Mike Fahey | In case your copy of Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360 is just sitting on a shelf gathering dust, now would be a good time to snag that sucker and slip it into you ‘box for a little update action, courtesy of Sega. The newly available patch addresses one very major issue – being able to select costume-specific pants in alternate outfits. Aside from that, it’s really all gravy. You get gamer pics displayed during online battles, easier ranking navigation, one additional item per character, the ability to rematch people not on your friends list in online matches, and the ability to save online battles so you can replay them and try to find out exactly when you started sucking. Was it a slow, steady sucking or a massive burst of suck towards the end? Now you’ll know. Hit the jump for the patch press release, subtitled “Subtle Changes Improves the Perfect Fighting Game”. Even more perfect than before! More »
Virtua Fighter 5 360
1:20AM Mike Fahey | In the middle of the night while unsuspecting Americans were sleeping the sleep of the sleepy, Sega slipped quietly onto Xbox Live Marketplace and tucked the Virtua Fighter 5 demo under our pillows, pausing to reflect on how much we’ve grow and caressing our cheek only to disappear into the darkness at the first sign of our stirring. The demo features four playable characters – Akira, Sarah, El Blaze and Eileen – and three stages, which players able to battle in Versus mode and Arcade mode. Sadly the demo doesn’t feature online battles, but with only a few short weeks to release we’ll get our hands on some of that action soon enough. More »
