Microsoft statistics show Xbox 360 games and downloads are popular

The game attachment rate rose to almost 5 games for every Xbox 360 console owner. Not bad considering the PSP & DS owners hover around 3 games per owner on average. Microsoft also announced that 80% of Xbox Live Silver & Gold users have downloaded content from Xbox Live Marketplace, a total number of over 46 million downloads!

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First Photos From Leipzig Hit The Web

It's time for Leipzig and the images are rolling in! We've posted a select few below, but feel free to check out the entire set here.
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Quake 2 on way to Xbox Live Arcade?

News that Quake 2 could well be on the way to Xbox 360 Live arcade. This is the first time this story has come to press as far as I'm aware and there is no media releases by Microsoft or Activision that Quake 2 was in the works.
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Halo 3 Release Date Listed On Best Buy

According to Best Buy, Halo 3's release date is listed as April 16th of next year. Any truth to this?
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Dish Network Inside Madden NFL 07

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List of Over 35 Upcoming Xbox Live Arcade Games

Release dates and prices for over 35 upcoming games. Check it out. Sonic the Hedgehog, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Paperboy, Ms. Pac-man and many more.

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Play burnt XBox game by faking an eject?

I'm sure of the validity of this video, and to all who watch this remember there are copyright laws. We do not endorse this video at GUG.
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Xbox live vision camera demonstration

Jeff Gerstmann of gamespot.com demonstrates some of the features of the xbox vision camera expected to come out later this year.
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Sony's Motion Sensing Still Lagging Behind?

"The developers told us that although we'd be using real PS3 controllers, they didn't yet have the motion-sensing functionality built in. And not only that, although they referred to the build as 'feature-complete,' they did admit that the one feature that was not yet included was (wait for it) motion-sensing, although they did 'have some cool ideas.' There was plenty of speculation after Sony's E3 conference that the motion-sensing functionality was jammed into the controller at the last minute as a reaction to Nintendo's strategy. This was backed up by the Warhawk developers' offhand remarks that they'd implemented motion sensing 'in just a couple weeks'."
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HD DVD outsells Blu-ray at lower revenues

HD DVD players posted a more successful launch than its Blu-ray rival, at least in terms of the number of players sold. Home Media Retailing quotes an NPD study that found that HD DVD player outsold Blu-ray players by 33% during their first six weeks after launch. HD DVD sales began in April, while Blu-ray players followed in June; the only Blu-ray play currently offered is Samsung's $1000 BD-P1000, while HD DVD players are offered from multiple vendors for prices as low as $450.
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New Chromehounds parts available for download on XBox Live's Marketplace

New in game content for 'Chromehounds' is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
There is a total of 10 various parts available at 100 Microsoft Points each.

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Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera - A Potential Wii-Beater?

New demos of the Xbox 360 camera show neat facemapping tech from Digimask, but most interestingly, gesture-based Xbox 360 software from GestureTek which can track controller-like objects and even has depth perception. Could X360 games use these to have Wii-style control methods?

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The Hilarity Strikes Back in Lego Star Wars II: In Pieces You Will Be

“With tongue-in-cheek humor everywhere you look (where else are you going to find stormtroopers lounging in a hot tub?) ‘you never know what you’re going to get’ is pretty much the best way to sum up LEGO Star Wars II as a whole.”

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EA Signs Deal To Use Unreal Engine 3 In Next-Gen Games!

The title says it all, click the link for the official press release!

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Call of Duty 3 Screenshots, Wallpapers and Pics

Through the eyes of four Allied soldiers, Call of Duty 3 brings players closer than ever to the fury of combat as they fight through the Normandy Breakout, the harrowing offensive that liberated Paris and changed the fate of the world.
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NHL 07 Producer Interview

The control scheme in NHL 07 is so cutting edge, you’ll pretty much have to erase the last twelve-plus years of hockey video gaming from your memory. NHL 07 is SO different, in fact, that we needed to ask an expert about everything from fighting, to one-timers, to tricks about mastering analog puck control.
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GI Podcast: Looking ahead to Leipzig and Edinburgh

The latest instalment in the regular series of GamesIndustry.biz podcasts is now available for download, with the focus this week on next week's European games industry events.
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Sega Debuts Online Coin-Op Network in US

Sega Amusements USA and Sega Entertainment are partnering up to bring a new online gaming platform to US arcades and amusements centers.
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Next Generation - Hirai: PS3 Not Yet in Production

Sony Computer Entertainment of America president Kaz Hirai reveals that Sony has yet to begin manufacturing the PS3; two million unit launch target still expected, but shortages anticipated.
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NBA 2K7 trailer - Xboxyde

2K Sports released this brand new trailer of NBA 2K7 showing some very nice animated dunks.
NBA 2K7 trailer - Xboxyde

10 Sonic the Hedgehog images

Sega released these 10 new images of Sonic the Hedgehog for 360 and PS3. As always now, these are "bullshots" with Sonic being rendered in higher resolution than the rest. Strange stuff.
10 Sonic the Hedgehog images - Xboxyde