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FanPoll'08 voting is now closed!
Update: Voting is now closed for the reader Game of the Year poll. Results will be revealed on December 30 in the afternoon.Have you voted? You haven't?! C'mon, you don't even need to register for this vote! By now you've already seen our top games of the year and tomorrow we'll reveal your picks. Voting ends at 12:01am EST on December 30 -- which is really soon (according to our watches).As a quick recap here are our picks for Game of the Year:RichardXBLA Game of the Year -- BraidXbox 360 Game of the Year -- Left 4 DeadDustinXBLA Game of the Year -- Geometry Wars 2Xbox 360 Game of the Year -- Gears of War 2XavXBLA Game of the Year -- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD RemixXbox 360 Game of the Year -- Fallout 3 Now, you go vote for your Game of the Year in our 2008 FanPoll.
X3F Awards 2008: Xav's Picks
Another year has come and gone bringing with it a pile of quality titles. Instead of throwing the three staffers here at X3F into a room without food or water until we agreed on one absolute game of the year winner, we've opted to pick our own individual favorites. What stood out to the staff of X3F? Here are our picks for best (and even some of the worst) of 2008. Jump to X3F AWARDS 2008: XAV'S PICKS [Image: Richard Elliot]
X3F Awards 2008: Richard's Picks
Another year has come and gone bringing with it a pile of quality titles. Instead of throwing the three staffers here at X3F into a room without food or water until we agreed on one absolute game of the year winner, we've opted to pick our own individual favorites. What stood out to the staff of X3F? Here are our picks for best (and even some of the worst) of 2008. Jump to X3F AWARDS 2008: RICHARD'S PICKS [Image: Richard Elliot]
X3F Awards 2008: Dustin's Picks
Another year has come and gone bringing with it a pile of quality titles. Instead of throwing the three staffers here at X3F into a room without food or water until we agreed on one absolute game of the year winner, we've opted to pick our own individual favorites. What stood out to the staff of X3F? Here are our picks for best (and even some of the worst) of 2008. Jump to X3F AWARDS 2008: DUSTIN'S PICKS [Image: Richard Elliot]
It's the big brown Domo themed Xbox 360
Looky! It's the ever popular Japanese Domo Kun making an appearance on an Xbox 360 Arcade console. It's so brown, so angry, and ... well, so Domo! Sadly, this 360 isn't available for purchase at retail (though, Target stores might be interested), because it's a custom creation that was painted as a gift. That said, maybe Microsoft should borrow this Domo 360 branding idea. It'd probably help their Japanese console sales.[Thanks, Ricepuppet]
Happy Holidays from X3F
Hey X3F Nation, we here at Xbox 360 Fanboy would like to wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday season. Take a load off, kick back and game on. We hope all your holiday wishes come true and are already thinking about a good New Year's resolution. Our suggestion is to dial down all the hate toward your non-Xbox console owning bretheren. We only suggest this because, according to a stat we made up for the sake of this joke, 88% of all resolutions die out within the first two weeks of the new year. Peace out, kids!
Boxing Week Sale Extravaganzas: Non-Canadians need not apply
The United States has Black Friday, Canada has Boxing Day. The biggest shopping day across Canada happens on December 26, retailers mark down their wares in hopes to reduce inventory on items that have flooded stockrooms throughout the year. Doesn't sound so glamorous but retailers often reduce big ticket items in hopes to lure in customers -- items like televisions and video game consoles.Best Buy Canada is offering the 60GB Xbox 360 package (complete with games) for $239.99, $60 off the regular price. Future Shop is offering the same bundle along with Halo 3 and Stranglehold for $259.99, a savings of $127. Walmart has the Xbox 360 Pro priced at $237.63 and the Xbox 360 Elite for $337.63 both a savings of just over $60. Toys R Us has reduced the Pro model bundle to $249.99 and the Elite model bundle to $349.99 both a savings of $50. Jump in for a big list of games you can find on the cheap during Boxing Day/Week promotions.
Puzzle Arcade jigsaws the XBLA
Keeping to their release schedule, Microsoft just lovingly placed Puzzle Arcade onto the Marketplace for your purchasing pleasure. This 800 Microsoft point jigsaw puzzle type game is guaranteed to make your inner jigsaw puzzle putting together fanboy cheer with joy, that is if you have an inner jigsaw puzzle putting together fanboy. If not, we have a hunch you'll completely ignore this week's XBLA release and pocket your 800 points for another rainy day. %Gallery-40046%
One legendary Legendary demo now on the XBLM
Today, Spark Unlimited figured they'd gift us with a surprising, out of nowhere gift that has left us in the awkward position of not having anything to give back. The gift, a 748MB Legendary demo that can be downloaded via the Xbox Live Marketplace. And seeing that this demo was sprung on us so suddenly, the only holiday gift we can give in return would be our actual downloading of the demo. So, that'll have to do. You've been gifted a Legendary demo, now gift back by actually playing it. It's only right.[Via Major Nelson]
Xbox.com: Horde for the Holidays, a Gears 2 contest so big it ends a year!
If you're anything like us you've already ninjaed (it's a verb) to your holiday gift pile and tried to find out what Saint Nick brought you. If you didn't spot an Xbox 360 console-sized present in that stack and are looking for a new console to call home, Epic and Microsoft are giving away an amazing comic book themed Xbox 360 to one lucky gamer ... but that isn't all.Xbox.com's Horde for the Holidays contest is also giving away thousands of Xbox Live Marketplace points, one Gears of War 2-themed Zune, Limited Edition red Xbox 360 controller and charge kit and more. All of these prizes, in three huge prize packs. Now that is a holiday giveaway, kids.To enter, players must register online at Xbox.com or download the Horde for the Holidays gamerpic -- sorry internationals, this contest is US residents only. Once entered, in order to qualify all gamers need to do is play Gears of War 2 online between December 30 at 12:01am EST and January 1 and 12:01am EST. For all the deets check out Xbox.com.
Upgrade to Live gold, get free XBLA game or DLC
'Tis the season for giving and Microsoft refuses to be labeled as a "scrooge" this holiday, so they're giving away free downloadable goodies. That is, if you're currently an Xbox Live silver member who is willing to pay to upgrade to gold. Both U.S. and some European countries can score either a free Xbox Live Arcade game or downloadable content for upgrading to gold Live. Each offer requires silver Live members to upgrade to a gold 12 month subscription prior to January 5th and the account upgrade must be done online. Then, once the subscription is paid in full, you'll get to select from a variety of free XBLA games and DLC that's specific to each offer. Free goodies including N+, Zuma, Marble Blast, H3 Legendary Map Pack and more. Click the offers below to get all the details and get learned about the specifics.[Via Joystiq, Thanks Jonathan]Source - Free gift for U.S. Xbox LiveSource - Free gift for European Xbox Live
No joke, Castle Crashers patch has released! [update]
Update: The Castle Crashers patch has now been released. Original post below.It's so very true! The long awaited, long demanded and long delayed online co-op fixing Castle Crashers patch is but a few hours away from being released. Developer The Behemoth just informed the masses via their official forums that the Castle Crashers patch has passed Microsoft certification and will release as a title update later this morning at 5:00AM eastern (2:00AM pacific). We're speechless! After chatting with The Behemoth a few weeks back, we were told that the patch was still being worked on and not through Microsoft cert. So, their recent announcement about its release has sort of caught us by surprise. No matter, Castle Crashers patch countdown is GO! Pinch us, we must be dreaming.[Thanks, to everyone who sent this in]
The provocative outfits of Velvet Assassin
Replay Studios' Velvet Assassin will be making its way to retail sometime in 2009 and to tide us over the holidays, were were just sent a rather revealing set of pictures. Umm, very revealing. Viewable in the gallery below are pictures and descriptions of four different outfits Violet will strategically wear during her Nazi busting adventures in Velvet Assassin. And before you question the need for having four different outfits, ask yourself a few simple questions: When isn't leather a good thing? How much do you enjoy night dresses?%Gallery-40002%
Bungie treats us with Orbital screenshot goodies
Last week, Bungie teased us with a single screenshot of Halo 3's upcoming Orbital multiplayer map (one third of the Mythic Map Pack), and now today we're treated to much, much more. Bungie just posted a Spartan sized bundle of Orbital screenshots (some new Assembly screens as well) that give us a pretty good taste of what multiplayer goodness Bungie has in store for us come the Mythic Map Pack's release. We've added the new Orbital screens to the gallery below, so feel free to browse and speculate about the awesomeness to come.%Gallery-39797%[Thanks, Ibrahim H.]
Video: Santa gets Gears chainsawdomized
What are the holidays without some bloody chainsaw Gears of War fun? Answer: nothing worth your time. So, we bring you XYBA Podcast's short and bloody good Gears of War X-mas video that comes complete with a creepy-innocent girl, some very delicious looking Gears of War cookies and a gift giving Santa pleading not to get ... well, chainsawed. The vid is probably NSFW, but is totally worth the click. Maybe Santa will think twice about eating the cookies.
Holiday Deal of the Week: Halo: Combat Evolved
Continuing the ho, ho holiday tradition of discounting a piece of Xbox Live Marketplace content every seven days, Major Nelson just informed us that Halo: Combat Evolved is this week's Holiday Deal of the Week! Starting tomorrow, the Halo: Combat Evolved Xbox Originals title will be 50% off and only cost you 600 Microsoft points. Usually we'd put up a fuss about Xbox Originals, their lack of achievements and overpriced nature, but 600 points for a gaming classic? We just don't have the heart to fuss about that. Enjoy teh dizcounted Haloz.
Twitter's fake Cliffy B gets shut down
If ever there was non-news, this is it but recent tips have forced our hand. Emails have flooded our inbox (and my Xbox Live messages) regarding comments made by Cliffy_B on Twitter. "After much testing, it looks like matchmaking is permanently broken ... There are new maps though, only 800 Microsoft Points!" read a recent update enraging gamers that the designer would mock issues plaguing the multiplayer of Gears of War 2. However, as most of the internet is aware, Cliffy_B on Twitter isn't the real Cliff Bleszinski and now the account has been suspended from activation.The trend of creating obvious fake Twitter accounts isn't a new phenomenon. Recently, a fake Kanye West account was shut down after comments were made about Stephen Colbert in his quest to top the iTunes sales charts, currently topped by the award-winning rapper. Shaquille O'Neal has also been in the middle of his own Twitter-versy (that's like if controversy made it with Twitter) which forced the champion NBA baller to create his own account in retaliation -- which by the way is fantastic reading material.So, it wasn't really Cliff and he wasn't really laughing about broken multiplayer and charging for maps. All cleared up, now? Great. Moving on...[Image]
Chew on these successful XBLA stats and figures
Feeling a bit reflective, today Microsoft put out a press release with the sole reason of gloating about the success of the Xbox Live Arcade over the years and especially in 2008. Read over the bulleted list and try to guesstimate how many Microsoft points have been spent on XBLA titles over the years. 1.25 billion Gamerscore unlocked to date. 100 million achievements earned to date. 60+ XBLA titles score 75 or higher on metacritic. Braid is highest rated XBLA game of all time. 110 million trial XBLA games have been downloaded to date. The Summer of Arcade saw a 58% increase in unique members purchasing game titles. August broke revenue record by 67%.
This week, Puzzle Arcade jiggies up the XBLA
Today, we have a proud moment to celebrate at X3F headquarters, because we're pleased to tell you that we came out victorious at competing in "guess which XBLA game will release prior to its official Microsoft announcement." This week, just as speculated, the Xbox Live Arcade receives Puzzle Arcade. On Wednesday, December 24th for 800 Microsoft points (ouch!), you'll be able to download Ctxm/Say Design's Puzzle Arcade. Complete with 35 jigsaw puzzles, a few different modes, and lots of promised DLC, Puzzle Arcade lets you enjoy the excitement that is putting together a jigsaw puzzle, but on your Xbox 360. 'Nuff said.
MotoGP 08 demo shifts onto the XBLM
Racing onto the Xbox Live Marketplace this morning is a new 377MB MotoGP 08 demo. And we wish we could tell you some information about the demo or what's included prior to your download, but Capcom has only given us "Download this demo" descriptor text. No matter, we figure MotoGP fanboys will insta-download the demo and those who aren't interested will turn their nose up in demo disgust.
