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A New Marathon Trademark? What’s That Pfhor?

One week ago Bungie filed a new trademark application for Marathon, the FPS superstar of Mac gaming’s brief apogee during the mid- to late-1990s. There are few details beyond that but the paperwork’s enough to stoke fantasies of a reboot.


March 15, 2010
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Microsoft Seeks To Patent The DLC Upsell

A recent patent application describes a process in which an Xbox Live gamer, invited to a multiplayer session, but missing a critical piece to play (a map, a track, whatever), is offered and may buy it without dropping the invitation.


January 13, 2010
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Xbox Live Games On Demand Pricing Gets A Little Saner Today

Those downloadable versions of Xbox 360 games, wild and crazy in their Games On Demand pricing, have ventured closer to reasonable as of today, with a handful of titles getting slashed.


January 6, 2010
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Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts & On Demand

Rare’s 2008 platformer meets vehicle builder Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is the latest addition to the Xbox 360 Games on Demand library, a perfect opportunity to see what all the genre fuss was about by way of digital download.


October 16, 2009
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Buy Your Cheap Halloween Costume On Xbox Live Marketplace

It’s mid-October, which in my childhood was the time Dad would take me down to the TG&Y to buy a cheap, vinyl Spider-Man costume with flammable plastic mask.


July 25, 2009
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How Much Xbox 360 Avatar Clothes And Toys Cost

Earlier today we gave you a video tour of the new Xbox 360 dashboard update (aka the love-child of Home and Miis). Now have a look at the prices for all Avatar clothing and toys…


June 3, 2009
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Some XB360 Games May Be “Fixed” For Games On Demand Downloads

Microsoft will be offering full retail games like Assassin’s Creed and Mass Effect as downloadable games via Xbox Live Marketplace Games On Demand starting this August. They’ll boot straight from your hard drive, just like installable games.


March 20, 2009
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Xbox Marketplace Down For Aussie Users

Kotaku AU

Looks like Xbox Marketplace is experiencing a few technical issues at the moment. Issues like not being able to access the site or buy anything.


December 31, 2008
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Lara Croft Downloadable Wet Suit Alert!

Clearly, Eidos does not “get” the business of microtransactions, because it’s giving away a downloadable wet suit pack for Tomb Raider Underworld for free. Insanity! This won’t make investors happy.


December 11, 2008
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Free Holiday Xbox Theme

Shhh, don’t wake tiny virtual Crecente. He’s fast asleep, dreaming of sugarplums and waiting for Santa to arrive in the middle of Microsoft’s free holiday theme, now available on Xbox Live Marketplace.