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Achievement Unlocked – The Return

March 16, 2012 | Terri Kirk | Xbox 360 Features

Welcome back and it seems like it has been forever since Achievement Unlocked has brought the best and worst of the Gamerscore for the week. This week we see the release of the next installment of arguably the scariest game series of all time Silent Hill: Downpour. Coupled with this we find Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, which takes us through all of the big moments of the series, and FIFA Street. Birds of Steel rounds out the retail releases and Defenders of Ardania and Shoot Many Robots dropped onto the marketplace.

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Shoot Many Robots Review

March 14, 2012 | WilsonTaylor | Xbox 360 Reviews

It’s okay, guys! Mass Effect and Portal have finally concluded! We can stop pretending to be intellectuals! No more convincing old geezers like Roger Ebert thatFlower was a true masterpiece and labor of love! We can stop trying to tell Jack Thompson that Rockstar’s stellar writing in the Grand Theft Auto games makes all the sex and violence null and void as a cultural pollutant! We can stop lying to ourselves about Machinarium!

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Microsoft Increasing Max Gamerscore for XBLA Titles

March 13, 2012 | Spizz | Xbox 360 News

Are you tired of your downloadable titles from Xbox Live Arcade maxing out at 200 achievement points? Well good news everyone, Microsoft recently confirmed via Major Nelson that games releasing on XBLA starting next month will have the option of increasing their maximum Gamerscore from 200 to 400. Starting in June of this year, it will be mandatory for all XBLA games to have 30 achievements and a maximum Gamerscore of 400.

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Phil Harrison to Occupy Peter Molyneux’s Vacant Position

March 13, 2012 | Spizz | Xbox 360 News

A rumor that former Sony Europe Corporate Vice President Phil Harrison would be taking over Peter Molyneux’s vacated position as head of Microsoft Games in Europe has been confirmed. Microsoft made the official announcement this morning after several sources confirmed the rumor yesterday. Harrison will be responsible for overseeing Microsoft’s Lionhead, Soho, and Rare studios in the United Kingdom. He will also be joining the Interactive Entertainment Business team as a corporate vice president.

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Digital High Episode 30

March 13, 2012 | | Xbox 360 News

As I’m sure most of you are aware, GDC happened last week, which was surprisingly light on the news/announcements front. Not to worry though, as perhaps an even bigger thing happened last week, I am of course talking about Mass Effect 3 coming out. We hand it over to Vince for all the not-so-gory details as I’m sure we’ll be doing for several weeks to come because me and Donna will probably never play it, you’ll just have to get over that as best you can.

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Bloodforge: Blood-soaked Action

March 12, 2012 | Erik Chalhoub | Xbox 360 Features

What hardcore gamer doesn’t love a good, bloody massacre? Bloodforge, shown recently at GDC 2012, looks to live up to the “blood” in its name. Developed by Climax Studios, with a release date in April, Bloodforge puts you in the role of Crom, a bloodthirsty protagonist seeking revenge for the death of his wife, who he killed himself through deception from the gods. Set in a Celtic world, Crom must defeat demonic soldiers and gods in the bloodiest manner possible.

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Who Won GDC? KARA

March 9, 2012 | | Xbox 360 Features

There was a lot of news coming out of the Game Developers Conference this week, but most of it was easily predicted or unimpressive. There was one new project that took us by surprise, and it isn’t even a new game. It’s a tech demo called KARA by Quantic Dream.

Achievement Unlocked – The Return

Shoot Many Robots Review

Microsoft Increasing Max Gamerscore for XBLA Titles

Phil Harrison to Occupy Peter Molyneux’s Vacant Position

Digital High Episode 30

Bloodforge: Blood-soaked Action

Who Won GDC? KARA

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