X3F Week in Review: June 20. 2008 - July 26, 2008

Another busy week at X3F. We've got a new XBLA in Brief (try Ticket to Ride, seriously), new Points>Life and new ... news. We've got everything. Gears of War 2, Halo Wars, Fable 2, you name it. We also got a chance to check out Deer Hunter Tournament and Smash Court Tennis 3. Browse the links below and slake your Xbox 360 thirst. That's right, slake it.

Community Stuff:

• Xbox 360 Fancast 074 -- Mansplosions
  That doesn't mean what I think it means, right?

• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Happy Tree Friends and Ticket to Ride
  Building trains is fun!

• X3F TV -- Points>Life: It's About Timing
  How to kill people as Not Matt Damon in the Bourne Conspiracy

• Ask X3F: Solid rumors edition
  MGS4 on 360? Not anytime soon

• X3F Impressions: Deer Hunter Tournament
  Stay downwind

• X3F Impressions: Smash Court Tennis 3
  Truly smashing

News:

• Bungie serves up new Cold Storage screens
  There's a revenge joke here somewhere

• It's Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts official box art
  Fans complain about lack of platforming on box

• Fable 2 video diary 6 talks art, death and morphs
  Hints at Octover release

• Lionhead refuses to comment on Molyneux's Fable 2 Oct. release hint
  But also refuses to deny it

• New Halo Wars info: The UNSC Firebase and Warthog
  The Firebase makes Warthogs, Marines, and Awesome

• More Gears of War 2 beta footage: disrupted chainsaw duel
  Duelus Interruptus, as the beta testers call it