Xbox 360 News

Hot Pursuit Demo to Make Quick Getaway

Need for Speed fans should race to the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow as the demo for the series’ latest game will only be available for a limited time.

EA will make the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit demo available tomorrow, but will remove it from the marketplace on Nov. 9. The publisher has not given an explanation for the demo’s limited availability at this time, though it does include access to the “autolog” feature which acts similar to a social networking site, in that it lets you keep track of your friends’ performance in the game.

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Fable 3: Packed Full of DLC!

For those of you who have pre-ordered Fable 3, you’ll be happy to know that you’ll be getting some nice DLC. Everyone who buys the game new will be receiving a potion for summoning monsters, a “Slow Time” potion, a

unisex Scot outfit, a Highlander Tattoo Set, and a Red Setter dog skin.

New Mafia 2 DLC Hits November 23rd

The third DLC pack released for Mafia 2, titled “Joe’s Adventures” will hit Xbox Live, PSN, and PC on November 23^rd. The price will be, you guessed it, $10.

The new DLC focuses on Joe Barbaro who is the best friend of our protagonist Vito Scaletta. The DLC reportedly takes place while Vito is in prison and focuses almost exclusively on Joe.  The only downside is that you have to wait until November to get your paws on this Mafia goodness. Maybe the next DLC will take a cue from Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption and give us some zombie mobsters. One can only hope.

Activision to Pirates: “Stop. Pretty Please.”

What’s the best way to stop pirates? “Ask nicely,” according to Activision.

According to a story on Venture Beat, the video game publishing giant has been tracking down pirated copies of their highly-anticipated title Call of Duty: Black Ops. Instead of throwing the culprits in the clink, though, Activision has been simply asking the pirates to stop. These methods stand in contrast to the arrest last year of Christian Del Amo, an 18-year old caught raising money to buy and duplicate a pirated copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Rockstar Faces Trouble in a Brazilian Court

A Brazilian Court is calling for Rockstar Games’ popular title Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City to be pulled from shelves and for all sales to be halted. The Associated Press reports that the Expansion pack which includes The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony is under fire for using a song in the game without the consent of the composer.

Bethesda Promises New Vegas Patch

Fallout: New Vegas just launched this week and Bethesda has already promised a patch to fix the bugs reported by numerous players. Befuddled players have uploaded several YouTube videos of New Vegas containing moonwalking dogs, floating enemies, and characters with Exorcist-style spinning heads, all the result of glitches.

Bethesda’s Pete Hines announced that the company is currently working on patches for all versions of New Vegas and that additional information on the patch is “forthcoming.”

Super Meat Boy Launches with a Price Cut

By now you have probably read the Player Affinity review of Super Meat Boy. But what’s that? Still not convinced enough to buy Super Meat Boy this Wednesday? Well how about this… Team Meat has announced that when Super Meat Boy hits the Xbox Live Marketplace this week it will premiere at a discounted price of only $10.

Bethesda Developing Fallout New Vegas DLC

Fallout: New Vegas, releasing tomorrow, has already had DLC announced for it. I quite enjoyed Fallout 3 but so far have been very skeptical on New Vegas. The fact that they’re planning on releasing DLC for New Vegas (that is developed by Bethesda) shows a certain amount of confidence in their product which could mean it’s better than Obsidian’s (the developer of Fallout: New Vegas) last game, Alpha Protocol.

King of Fighters 2002 Announced for Live Arcade

Fighting game fans who were not whetted by last week’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 footage at Comic-Con will get the chance to throw down Nov. 3 when SNK releases King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match for Xbox Live Arcade.

An updated version of the arcade fighter King of Fighters 2002, Unlimited Match was originally released in Japan on the Playstation 2 in 2009. SNK, making the announcement via its Facebook page, has stated the Xbox Live version will include features from both the original arcade version and the PS2 update. Ultimate Match will cost 800 Microsoft points.