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Next Week On Rock Band: How Much Grohl Would You Like?
8:00AM Mike Fahey | It doesn’t matter if you prefer your Dave Grohl with or without Kurt Cobain, next week’s Rock Band Music Store update has you covered. More »
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6:30PM AJ Glasser | What’s your preferred wartime headgear of choice? Scuba mask, combat helmet, gas mask or Mohawk? I like Mohawk myself, but if I stood that close to a helicopter, I might want a helmet. More »
Have Some Modern Warfare 2 Screens
6:30PM AJ Glasser | What’s your preferred wartime headgear of choice? Scuba mask, combat helmet, gas mask or Mohawk? I like Mohawk myself, but if I stood that close to a helicopter, I might want a helmet. More »
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Obama Namechecks Xbox Once Again In Speech To Kids
10:30AM Michael McWhertor | President Barack Obama is once again tossing the old Xbox under the bus, naming Microsoft’s console in a speech to schoolchildren today, implying it might interfere with their education. Or maybe this is just smart product placement… More »
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One-Inch Xbox Is, Yes, Slim
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | While the world waits impatiently for a PS3 Slim, this modder has gone ahead (well… backwards) and created an Xbox that’s even slimmer. More »
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High Voltage Traps Ghostbusters Engine
12:40AM Mike Fahey | High Voltage, the developers behind the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit, have signed up for a lifetime licence to the Ghostbusters-powering Infernal Engine, gearing up for some Xbox 360 and PC development. More »
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Section 8 Allows PC-Hosted Xbox 360 Servers
12:20AM Mike Fahey | The Xbox 360 version of Timegate’s Section 8 is getting a multiplayer boost, allowing players to create their own dedicated Xbox 360 server on their PC. More »
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So, What Was The World’s Very First Gamertag?
11:00PM Luke Plunkett | While there are millions and millions (and millions!) of gamertags out there now, in the beginning, there was but one. The alpha, the creator, Xbox Live’s Adam, before he lost a rib. So, who was it? More »
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Microsoft Patents Drop-In Co-Op In Shooters
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office assigned the maker of the Xbox 30 and publisher of Gears of War the feature to offer seamless switching from solo to co-op gaming. More »
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Ten Years Ago: “Halo Is The Name Of This Game.”
9:30AM Owen Good | In 1999, Bungie was probably the best-known studio developing specifically for Macintosh, having delivered titles like Marathon, Myth, and Pathways Into Darkness. At Macworld 1999, Steve Jobs introduced the studio’s next big Mac exclusive: Halo. More »
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