Console Monster writes: The 9th September has arrived, along with the first downloadable content for the newly-released: The Beatles: Rock Band. Only one Arcade title releases today, after an error with Wallace and Gromit in Last Resort and there's some Game Add-ons for Texas Hold 'em and Buku Sudoku. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Wednesday 9th September 2009: Sonic & Knuckles Price: 400 Microsoft Points (Free Trial available) Size: 29 MB The blue hedgehog and the red echidna were sworn adversaries in Sonic 3, but in this platform adventure, Knuckles realises that he's been just a pawn in the schemes of Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik). Knuckles, the former adversary now supports Sonic to chase the common enemy, and each must use their strengths in order to acquire the priceless Master Emerald and save Angel Island. This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage...
For those of you headed to PAX, here's a fun way to win some serious goodies: Poker fans that are planning on attending PAX should register for the Xbox LIVE Indie Games Texas Hold 'em Tournament, taking place at booth #141 on Saturday at Noon. Everyone selected to participate in the contest will receive a Zune Digital Media Player. The Grand Prize winner will receive an Xbox 360, a Zune, and other swag like a t-shirt, soccer jersey and assorted Xbox 360 games.
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A new Play and Win giveaway has started over at Xbox.com featuring everyone's favorite once free XBLA game Texas Hold 'Em.
Xbox 360 Fanboy just got word that new fansite Xbox Live Connection is holding a Texas Hold 'Em tournament via Xbox Live. Anyone who has the XBLA game Texas Hold 'Em and is at least 18 years old can join in on the fun. Qualifying rounds started last night, but will run until February 18th. All the nightly winners will be invited back to square off on the championship table on February 19th with first place receiving a $40 Best Buy gift card and second place a $10 Best Buy gift card. For complete rules, tournament dates, and to sign up please click the 'read' link below. Good luck card players, the $40 gift card would be a nice down payment on a Xbox 360 game.
Major Nelson just released on his blog the top Xbox Live games of 2006 Here are the top games for 2006, based on Xbox Live connectivity. The following rankings are based on data collected from 1/1/06 ¿ 12/29/06: 2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU's) 1 Gears of War 2 Hexic HD 3 Call of Duty 2 4 Ghost Recon 3 5 Oblivion 6 PGR3 7 Perfect Dark Zero 8 Call Of Duty 3 9 UNO 10 EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 11 Saints Row 12 Geometry Wars Evolved 13 DEAD OR ALIVE 4 14 Texas Hold 'em 15 Madden NFL 07 16 DEAD RISING 17 Need for Speed Most Wanted 18 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 19 BFMC 20 Splinter Cell Double Agent Arcade titles and Xbox 1 rankings after the jump
Ubisoft has confirmed today via a press release that the upcoming first person shooter, Rainbow 6: Vegas will include support for the Xbox Live Vision camera. You'll be able to use the Xbox Live Vision camera to scan your face into the game and take your custom character online. This isn't the end of the customisation however, you'll also be able to choose weapons, clothing and camouflage to really personalise your character. The Xbox Live Vision camera launches in two weeks in Australia and the camera is already available in the UK. Other games to support the camera include the two Xbox Live Arcade titles, Uno and Texas Hold 'Em. We'll have a preview of Rainbow 6: Vegas up shortly, so stay tuned to PALGN for the latest news regarding the game. Rainbow 6 Vegas will also be coming to the PSP and the PlayStation 3
When Texas Hold 'em debuted on XBLA, it broke the one day record with over 100 downloads per minute. Now Microsoft says that the poker freebie was a thank you to the community, and but they don't have any plans to do it again in the future.
Like an MVP rushing for 1900 yards, Xbox Live, the first and only unified online games and entertainment network, celebrates record heights surpassing 50 million downloads from Xbox Live Marketplace, doubling the 25 million mark hit just three months ago. Gamers are swarming to Xbox Live at a breakneck pace - logging more than 2 billion hours online - to experience online multiplayer gaming, addictive Xbox Live Arcade titles, the latest game demos, movie trailers and music videos.
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