Xbox 360 gamers can pick up X Blades from Best Buy for free after a printable coupon.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. this week began offering up to $20 off select titles for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 2, PSP, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360, and Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Nintendo DS platforms in a new member promotion.
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Months after release, a demo for SouthPeak Games' X-Blades is now available for download.
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Official X-Blades demo now available for download.
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DLC in the form of a mission pack has been made available for SouthPeak's action adventure title X-Blades in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Though the game is multi-platform, it's unclear when the pack will arrive for PS3 and PC.
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SouthPeak Games announced today that X-Blades is out tomorrow across PAL territories, for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. In X-Blades, players assume the role of Ayumi, a stunningly seductive yet tenacious heroine who battles enemies with her pistol blades, acrobatic ability, and magic spells. With full anime cut scenes, the story unfolds revealing demonic powers and spectacular landscapes, all ripe for exploration and battles.
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To celebrate the launch of X-Blades in the UK tomorrow, SouthPeak Games has brought the game's leading character Ayumi to life with some rather cheeky images featuring the real life UK model Jodie Dart
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411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Retro Game Challenge, Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad/Bikini Zombie Slayers, X-Blades, and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection.

Retro Game Challenge (DS)
The challenges do not require you to finish each game. However, all of the games are complete, so you can if you want to. They can take up to eight hours or longer to beat and are not what I would consider shovelware - there is some depth to all of them. One of the action games, for example, has its own power-up screen where you can use certain items you've collected to improve your character. Abilities such as jumping higher and throwing more projectiles are essential for getting further in the game. Another example is how one of the racing games has a very cool drifting mechanic which makes it much more interesting than most of the others that I played in the 80s. So, at the very least, some of the games offered here rival those that were actually released back in the day.

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (360) / Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (Wii)
This week's releases of Bikini Samurai Squad and Bikini Zombie Slayers mark Onechanbara's first official appearance in the US. It originally started out as one of D3's Simple Series games in Japan. History lesson: The Simple Series is made up of mostly budget titles that rip off other successful games. The low-budgetness isn't always a bad thing though, as it gave the developers some freedom to experiment, which is probably how Onechanabara was born. I mean, where else would they have gotten the idea for zombie-hunting bikini-and-cowboy-hat-wearing girls with swords? Somehow, Onechanbara was popular enough to break away from its Simple Series roots and has spawned quite a few sequels.

X-Blades (PC, PS3, 360)
After playing the retail version I can safely say that this game is fun for a hack-and-slasher. There isn't anything new or...
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GamingShogun writes, "SouthPeak Games' hack 'n slash title, X-Blades, has now shipped off to North American retail locations. The game puts players in the boots of Ayumi, a treasure hunter who dual wields fast-slicing blades, who will fight various creatures and enemies on her quest to recover an ancient artifact..."
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It looks like a scary week in gaming; perfect for valentine's day!
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Today SouthPeak has an update from the upcoming anime-inspired, hack-n-slash adventure X-Blades, which happens to be on-hand at SouthPeak's booth (1349) this weekend at the New York Comic Con
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SouthPeak Games today announced its plans for the New York Comic Con show on February 6th-8th, 2009. Located at Booth 1349, SouthPeak will display some of their upcoming 2009 titles with both hands-on demos and producer-led demonstrations, along with special trailers featuring never before seen game footage.
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Apparently the Xbox 360 and PS3 X-Blades box art are different? NSFW, even, someone somewhere said. We can't tell, there's got to be something.

Please, please help Kotaku get to the bottom of this. We'd like to crack this case. Cheeky of us to ask, I know.
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PlayTheGamez.com writes, 'New details and screenshots have been released regarding the upcoming action-adventure game which will be released February 10 on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and on PC in North America.'
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X-Blades, with its sultry and scantily clad heroine Ayumi, is on the way to Xbox 360 soon. To give you a better idea of what you're in for, SouthPeak Games has sent out the list of achievements that will be included on the Xbox 360 version of the game. As always, there are a possible 1,000 points up for grabs. For X-Blades, it seems that you might have to work for them. Scroll down to see the list and take a gander at that last one. That's right; to get all 1,000 achievement points you'll have to collect 50,000,000 souls. That ought to take a while.
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SouthPeak Games has released some info on the X-Blades Collectors bundle which will be available from the 14th of January 2009. Not only will you get the gun toting sword wielding action game, but some cool goodies as well, including a 22cm hand-painted model.
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SuccesFull.fr has just revealed the 37 achivements for X-Blades.
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Top Three Winners Selected from Countless Submissions from Across the Globe.
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Neocrisis: Guide explains a few of the game's Spells and Beasts.
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GameVortex writes:
"What do you take when you mix anime-inspired visuals with intense hack-n-slash action, fun gun-play and awesomely graphical magical powers? Southpeak's X-Blades that's what.

When I picked up and started playing this promising action game, I couldn't help but think that this was what Heavenly Sword should have been (too bad it won't appear on the PS3, just the PC and Xbox 360)."
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