Microsoft Australia have just announced a special Christmas package for the Xbox 36 Elite. The bundle comes with Lego Batman, Pure, the 120GB hard drive, headset and wireless controller.
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Blackrock Studios' 2008 racing game Pure found tremendous critical success. So much so, that it appears that there were plans, at least initially, for a sequel. However, according to a blog post by a former Blackrock Studios employee, Pure 2 was canceled by Disney some time in 2009.
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Nominations for Develop Industry Excellence Awards are unveiled, and two developers are likely to walk away with most of them.

Rockstar and Media Molecule will be contesting for the most category nominations. Rockstar snags six of them with GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned from Rockstar while Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet alone is nominated for another five.
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Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.
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Console Monster writes: "If you are unaware, its one week and six days until Christmas Day, that's thirteen days, and Microsoft are making sure we are aware of it. Six Christmas classics and a Hanukkah track are now available to download for Lips. There's also a Pure trailer and Vidzone content. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Friday 12th December 2008:

Name: Lips: "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Description: Purchase this Premium Song to add "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" as performed by Gene Autry to your Lips library. You'll get the song's track, chart, and lyrics. A Lips game disc is required to play this downloadable content. Once your purchase is complete, go to Get Music in the game, and then add this song to your library. Visit lips.com to check out all the songs you can get, song credits, news, and join the Lips community. (Note: No original video is available with this Premium Song offering.) There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Name: Lips: "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions
Description: Purchase this Premium Song to add "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" as performed by Brenda Lee to your Lips library. You'll get the song's track, chart, and lyrics. A Lips game disc is required to play this downloadable content. Once your purchase is complete, go to Get Music in the game, and then add this song to your library. Visit lips.com to check out all the songs you can get, song credits, news, and join the Lips community. (Note: No original video is available with this Premium Song offering.) There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."
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If you just loaded up PURE you may have noticed you need to update to version 1.01
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That Aussie Game Site recaps another important week of game news. Featuring their theories on Bungie's "Keep It Clean" trailer, the revelation of a familiar looking nemesis in Gears of War 2 and they discuss the disappointing mix-up that left no one playing the the much anticipated Mirror's Edge demo.
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Console Monster writes: "It's Wednesday and as we previously confirmed, Duke Nukem 3D is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace as of today, as well as a whole range of new trailers, themes and gamer pictures. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Wednesday 24th September 2008:

Name: Duke Nukem 3D
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany and Korea

Name: Pure Exhilaration Trailer HD
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Pure Launch Trailer HD
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions..."
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"Pure" is an off-road, trick-oriented ATV racer, but you wouldn't know it from the title.

Most racing games attempt to be descriptive about their content in the title, but "Pure" is the opposite. It tells you nothing about the game itself.

That sounds like a risk, so MTV Multiplayer asked "Pure" game designer Chris Bowles how they came up with the name.
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Black Rock director Jason Avent has stated a sequel to the highly welcomed off road racer 'Pure' is being considered along with downloadable content for the original.
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Black Rock director Jason Avent has told VG247 that the studio hopes to extend ATV racer Pure into another game, and that DLC may well be on the way for the game.
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Speaking to VG247 today, Pure director Jason Avent said that the differences between PS3 and 360 were comparable to the differences between LCD and Plasma TVs.
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Pure, the award-winning action sports video game, shipped today and will be available at all major retailers on September 23. Pure will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows based-PC.

Developed by Black Rock Studio, Disney Interactive Studios' award-winning development studio in Brighton, England, Pure delivers heart-pounding racing experiences unique to the genre by taking players over the edge with massive jumps and spectacular airborne tricks. Pure is set in seven real locations all over the globe and features more than 35 multiple-route tracks and 70 unbelievable tricks.
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Disney Interactive has released a dozen images of the cast of their upcoming off-road racing title, Pure, along with character descriptions and a list of Achievements for the Xbox 360 version.
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A 26 song tracklist has be released for Pure, such songs included are Pendulum -"Granite' and 'Showdown"
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Major Nelson writes: PURE is an action sports trick racing game that features vertigo-inducing massive aerial jumps and spectacular airborne tricks in photo-realistic real-world locations all over the globe.

Availability: Not available in Japan and Korea
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Xbox360Achievements have just unveiled the achievements for Disney's upcoming atv/quad bike, stunt, racing title.

The game has 50 achievements, totaling 1000 points.
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Cynamide:

"Pure is the first off-road racing game in which up to 16 drivers against each other. We could try in Leipzig, how much fun the whole. The conclusion: the game not only looks great, but unfolded in multiplayer mode all of its charm."
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Get your hands on a playable demo of the upcoming game, Pure, by pre-ordering the title.
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Console Monster writes: "The conferences may have come to an end, but new content is still being added to the Xbox Live Marketplace. Here is the full list for Thursday 17th July 2008:

Name: MS Briefing - Gears of War 2 Announcement
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany

Name: E3 MS Briefing - Resident Evil 5 Announcement
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany

Name: E3 2008 MS Briefing - LIPS Announcement
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions..."
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