News: Microsoft patents online upselling
(via Game Industry) - Microsoft has patented a new system of purchasing downloadable content via an automatic prompt, which attempts to ensure all players in the game have the same updates. Discovered by website Broke My Controller, the "automated directed transaction and delivery system for digital content" (ATDDC) is designed to automatically detect if a player has not installed a particular component necessary to take part in an online game.  
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News: EEDAR: Are X360 Achievements too hard?
(via Eurogamer) - Less than a third earn half a game's rewards. New research has shown that nearly a quarter of Xbox 360 owners earn less than 10 per cent of a game's Achievements, and that only four per cent seek out every reward.  
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News: Moto GP 09/10 shots screech in
(via OXM) -- 10 fresh looks at the latest thing on two wheels. Capcom has released new screenshots for Moto GP 09/10.   
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Metro 2033
(via CVG) -- THQ reveals all about its big FPS hope for 2010... THQ's Metro 2033 has become one of the most talked about, highly-anticipated games of the year so far. Related StoriesAlan WakeBatman: Arkham Asylum 3DXbox's Stephen McGill  
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News: Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg responds to Sony's 'Move'
(via OXM) -- And he does it via the classic PR technique of completely ignoring it. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has responded to Sony's unveiling of its 'Move' controller.  
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Call of Duty 7: What OXM wants to see
(via CVG) - Multiplayer beta, saved replays, horde mode and more... OXM has come up with a list what it wants to see in Call of Duty 7.Related StoriesMS celebrates "biggest" February everMoto GP 09/10 screenshots releasedUK CHART: Final Fantasy XIII takes top spotFinal Fantasy XIII PS3 outsells 360 version in UKModern Warfare 2 DLC is £10.  
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News: Final Fantasy XIII breaks 2010 records in UK
(via Game Industry) - Final Fantasy XIII on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has entered straight in at number one in the UK all formats chart, becoming the fastest-selling title of the year so far. Despite a more mixed critical reception than normal for a mainline entry in the series the game broke the record for the fastest selling title of 2010, which was set only last week by EA's Battlefield: Bad Company 2.  
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Modern Warfare 2 DLC is £10.20
(via CVG) - Fans grumpy over map pack's 1200 MS Point cost. The Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack is to receive a plump 1200 Microsoft Point (£10.20) price point, it's been confirmed.Related StoriesMS celebrates "biggest" February everMoto GP 09/10 screenshots releasedUK CHART: Final Fantasy XIII takes top  
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Review: Way of the Samurai 3
(via Eurogamer) - Ronin on empty. Making rice cakes. Bribing a cat. Finding an old lady's knickers. Spanking a radish thief. These aren't the sort of things you expect in a samurai game, but you find yourself performing a lot of bizarrely inconsequential tasks in Acquire's disappointing third entry in its cult series of flexible feudal narratives.  
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News: KISS' Gene Simmons: 'I'm the voice of Guitar Hero 6'
(via OXM) -- First unofficial confirmation of the next Guitar Hero title on the way courtesy of old-skool rocker. Gene Simmons of KISS has 'unofficially' confirmed Guitar Hero 6 is on the way.  
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Video: Split/Second: Velocity - Downtown gameplay 2
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Video: Split/Second: Velocity - Downtown gameplay 1
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UK CHART: Final Fantasy XIII takes top spot
(via CVG) - Square Enix title topples Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to claim the weekly crown. Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII claimed the top spot on the UK all formats chart during the week ended March 13.Related StoriesMS celebrates "biggest" February everMoto GP 09/10 screenshots releasedFinal Fantasy XIII PS3 outsells 360 version in UKModern Warfare 2 DLC is £10.  
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News: Modern Warfare 2 map pack will cost 1200 MS Points
(via OXM) -- Ouch... Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling confirms the lofty pricetag for the DLC. The first map pack for Modern Warfare 2, Stimulus Package, will cost 1200 MS Points.  
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UK Chart: Final Fantasy XIII Topples Battlefield
(via Edge Online) - Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII jumped straight in at number one on the UK all formats chart during the week ended March 13.Sales monitor Chart-Track said that the standard PS3 version claimed 45 per cent of overall sales, versus 43 per cent for the Xbox 360 one. The PS3 special edition accounted for nine per cent of total sales and the 360 one for four per cent.  
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Rein: Epic owns Gears IP, can do what we want with it Gears of War
(via Game Radar) - VG247: Epic's Mark Rein has said that the developer owns the Gears of War IP, and can do with it what it pleases. Speaking with VG247 at GDC last week, we asked Rein to clarify for some of the more paranoid out there, whether or not Microsoft had some nefarious hand in the developer's cookie jar.  
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News: UK charts: Final Fantasy XIII is top
(via EuroGamer) - PS3 and 360 SKUs nearly neck and neck. Final Fantasy XIII has become this year's fastest selling game and has topped the UK All-Formats chart. PS3 marginally outperformed Xbox 360, with 54 per cent of the market.  
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A Real Xbox 360 Coffin Microsoft
(via Kotaku) -- When Xbox 360 conked out in the past, folks would send their Xbox 360s to Microsoft in cardboard boxes affectionately called "coffins". Here is a real honest-to-goodness Xbox coffin. More »   
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Final Fantasy XIII PS3 outsells 360 version in UK
(via CVG) - But it's a close one - as Sony's console takes 54% of share. The PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII outsold the Xbox 360 SKU in the UK last week, according to GFK-ChartTrack figures obtained by CVG.Related StoriesMS celebrates "biggest" February everMoto GP 09/10 screenshots releasedUK CHART: Final Fantasy XIII takes top spotModern Warfare 2 DLC is £10.  
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News: Mass Effect 3 will shift back towards RPG
(via OXM) -- BioWare acknowledges criticisms from fans that sequel is shooter-heavy. BioWare has dropped its clearest hint to date that it will be nudging Mass Effect 3 back towards RPG territory.  
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