Archive for November 2009

Nowadays, if you want to rip it up in a driving/racing simulator on a console, you really only have two different series: Gran Turismo on the PlayStation consoles and Forza Motorsport on the Xbox consoles. While Gran Turismo is about to hit its 5th iteration next year sometime, Forza Motorsport 3 released today in North [...]

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When it was announced that The Beatles: Rock Band would be getting full albums for DLC, one of the questions on everyone’s mind was – “will they support it the way that they do for the on-disc songs?”.  On the eve of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band DLC, a new trailer was released [...]

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I think it’s obvious by now that we here at 360Sync are HUGE Left 4 Dead fans, with the vast majority of our staff playing it quite extensively and often.  Seeing as the next installment in the series is set to release tomorrow, or maybe even tonight if you’re fortunate enough, we need to give [...]

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Let me go ahead and get this out of the way; I never actually got around to playing Grand Theft Auto IV. Between school, work, and copious amounts of other new video game releases, Rockstar’s newest opus managed to slip through my thumb pad blistered fingers and sank into obscurity. With the HUGE amount of [...]

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On November 15, 2001, Microsoft released the original Xbox, before launching Xbox Live on the same date a year later. Today marks the 7th and 8th anniversaries of both birthdays. I remember the night Xbox came out, standing at Best Buy, and having to make a decision between a Nintendo Gamecube or a Microsoft Xbox. [...]

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Square Enix announced today the highly anticipated street date for FINAL FANTASY® XIII. This latest project in the multi-platinum FINAL FANTASY series promises to be intensely compelling and will be available on the Xbox 360 on March 9, 2010. “We know that our fans have been eagerly awaiting the next installation of the franchise – [...]

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Are you interested in aching forearms, blown-out vocal cords, and the early onset of Carpal Tunnel? No? Well, Jimmy Twinkle and the BAD is. Jimmy Twinkle and the BAD is a Rock Band group that won a contest to perform a 20-hour marathon in Times Square.  They launched a Facebook page and gained the most [...]

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Xbox Live’s General Manager, Marc Whitten, confirmed that the new update would be released on Tuesday, November 17.  Among the new features, which has already been made available to Beta testers, include Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM and Zune support. “We’re delivering some truly exciting social entertainment experiences to our members,” said Whitten. “Xbox LIVE’s differentiator has [...]

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THQ today announced the first DLC for Saints Row 2, titled Ultor Exposed, is currently the Xbox Live Deal of the Week and is available for 30% off the normal price.  Ultor Exposed features an all-new mission arc starring adult film star Tera Patrick, as well as new vehicles, multiplayer maps, customization options and co-op [...]

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If pictures are worth a thousand words, videos are probably worth a whole lot more. This is why it’s incredible that all words escape us after watching the new Tony Hawk: Ride promo.  So maybe the best route would be to tell you how the video made us feel.  First, we were confused, followed by [...]

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