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    Madden Bowl XVIII and Free Xbox LIVE Gold Weekend

    Posted 02-01-2012
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    The Madden Bowl, now in its eighteenth season, is one of the hottest things to happen in the week leading up to the Big Game. Madden Bowl XVIII, a 3-on-3 competition featuring NFL athletes and celebrities playing Madden NFL 12 , will be shown on ESPN...
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    The Darkness II Demo, Exclusive for Gold Members

    Posted 01-17-2012
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    The Darkness II demo is now available exclusively for Xbox LIVE Gold members from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The sequel to 2007’s critically acclaimed The Darkness (which is available for purchase and instant download on Marketplace ), The Darkness...
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    Can You Pull Off the Perfect Heist in Monaco?

    Posted 05-10-2013
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    After a short delay, the elegant crime caper game Monaco: What's Yours is Mine arrived on Xbox Live today. In this Grand Prize winner from the 2010 Independent Games Festival, assemble a team of crack thieves and use their different abilities to execute...
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    How to Race User-Made Tracks in Trials Evolution

    Posted 06-22-2012
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    Last spring, Trials Evolution kicked off the Arcade NEXT promotion with a fun and challenging physics-based motorcycle racing game. The Xbox 360 exclusive was an instant hit, quickly setting sales records and igniting fierce leaderboard competitions for...
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    Xbox 360 Console Buyer's Guide

    Posted 12-16-2011
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    It’s an awesome time to pick up a new Xbox 360. In addition to the usual selection of consoles with a variety of storage and Kinect options, while supplies last you can choose from a pair of awesome Holiday Bundles that include great games to get...
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    First Gameplay Footage Revealed for Assassin's Creed III

    Posted 05-14-2012
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    Assassin’s Creed III is the opening chapter of two new stories: one of Connor, the newest Assassin, and one of a new nation full of hope, both in an epic fight for land and freedom. Set during the American Revolution, you’ll experience both...
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    Take on the Tiki Gods in Zuma's Revenge

    Posted 07-12-2012
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    ZUMA! When the first Zuma was released around 2004, you would hear that baritone shout of “Zuma” resonating through work cubicles and offices (at least until the players turned the sound down). PopCap had a huge hit on their hands and folks...
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    Jump into the Wayback Machine with Retro City Rampage

    Posted 01-03-2013
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    Retro City Rampage is a delightful new adventure on Xbox LIVE Arcade that takes you back to the eighties with more pop-culture and gaming references than you can shake a flux capacitor at. If you can recite the Contra code from memory, then you'll...
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    It's BurgerTime!

    Posted 11-02-2011
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    If you haunted video game arcades back in the early 80s, you may have run across Data East/Bally Midway’s quirky platformer, BurgerTime . In line with 80s games, it had a very simple, and ridiculously strange, game mechanic. The Old Game: Simple...
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    EA Sports Season Ticket Gets You on the Field Early

    Posted 08-05-2011
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    Hey sports fans! EA has a new program that gives you access to the company's popular sports games before everyone else, offers discounts on add-ons, and gives you all-new premium web content that offers a whole new level of team and tournament customization...
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    The Gunstringer’s in Town, Totin’ a Free Add-On

    Posted 09-13-2011
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    The Gunstringer, Twisted Pixel’s new Kinect game, has moseyed into your local software store, bringing hilarious action shooting to Kinect and Xbox 360. A quick description if you haven’t already played the free demo of The Gunstringer : the...
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    Free Dreadnought Map for Gears of War: Judgment

    Posted 05-14-2013
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    A new map has been released today, May 14, for Gears of War: Judgment and it’s FREE for a limited time. Brought to you by the fine folks at MAXIM, the map will be free for only two weeks, so be sure to pick it up today! Download the Dreadnought...
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    Steel Battalion Heavy Armor Launch Trailer, Operations Manual

    Posted 06-19-2012
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    Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is out now for the Xbox 360 with Kinect. Check out the new launch trailer on YouTube! Watch the Steel Battalion launch trailer on YouTube To see how the Kinect sensor and your controller work together when you're waging...
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    Tomb Raider Crossroads Trailer

    Posted 06-01-2012
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    In the new Tomb Raider game, Lara Croft faces a situation that will change her life forever. Watch the new Tomb Raider trailer on YouTube.
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    Play Halo: Reach with 343 Industries Oct. 20

    Posted 10-20-2011
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    The team from 343 Industries will be on Xbox LIVE Thursday, October 20 from 8-11 PM ET to play Halo: Reach with Xbox LIVE Gold members. Check out their gamertags and send off a friend request to see if you can play with the team behind the Halo Waypoint...
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    And That Wraps Another E3!

    Posted 06-10-2011
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    Another Electronic Entertainment Expo has come to an end! It was an awesome show, packed with tons of exciting announcements from Microsoft and dozens of game publishers. Here's some of the hottest news, in case you missed any of it in the excitment...
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    Play Call of Duty: Black Ops with Treyarch

    Posted 06-30-2011
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    Treyarch, developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops, will be on Xbox LIVE Thursday, June 30, to play Xbox LIVE Gold members in a Game with Developers event. They'll be playing the Annihilation Map Pack starting at 4 PM ET, so be sure to have that installed...
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    Enter The Cave

    Posted 01-24-2013
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    The Cave is a new adventure game along the lines of the classic LucasArts titles like Maniac Mansion and the incomparable The Secret of Monkey Island --which only makes sense, since all three titles sprouted from the imagination of creator Ron Gilbert...
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    It's 'Splodin Time with Ms. Splosion Man

    Posted 07-14-2011
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    The Xbox LIVE Arcade games made by Twisted Pixel always have a few things in common. They are charming (who didn't fall in love with the toothsome alien in The Maw ?), have a quirky sense of humor (I still catch myself humming the Donuts song from...
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    New Xbox LIVE Arcade Titles Announced at E3

    Posted 06-04-2012
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    Among the exciting game announcements at E3 2012 were a trio of impressive titles coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade: Ascend: New Gods (Signal Studios, Microsoft Studios). Signal Studios, the developers behind the hit franchise Toy Soldiers, is pleased to announce...
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    Hulu Plus Arrives on Xbox LIVE

    Posted 05-13-2011
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    Hulu Plus is now available on Xbox LIVE in the US. If you haven't tried Hulu Plus yet, it's an awesome way to watch TV and movies on your own schedule, and to catch up on series you've missed. It offers unlimited instant streaming access to...
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    Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multiplayer Reveal Trailer

    Posted 08-08-2012
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    Call of Duty: Black Ops II takes the multiplayer experience into 2025! Check out the reveal trailer to see just what kinds of things you’ll be doing online when the game comes out November 13. Pre-order the game now and you’ll receive the...
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    Gears of War 3 Sweepstakes

    Posted 09-28-2011
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    Download Gears of War game items and you have a chance to win some very sweet Gears of War loot including a limited edition Gears of War 3 console, a $1000 gift card from American Airlines, and more. All you have to do to enter is be an Xbox LIVE Gold...
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    Mercury Hg is a Blast

    Posted 09-30-2011
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    For those of you who are not obsessed with killing Locust in Gears of War 3 , you might be pleasantly surprised by an intriguing little puzzle action game that sneaked onto Xbox LIVE Arcade this past week. I’m talking about Mercury Hg , a clever...
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    Play Halo: Reach with Xbox LIVE Ops

    Posted 05-20-2011
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    The Xbox LIVE Ops team will be on Xbox LIVE Friday, May 20, to play Halo: Reach with Xbox LIVE Gold members in a special Community Playdate. Check out their gamertags , log on from 8-11 PM ET, and meet the people who help make the Xbox LIVE service the...
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