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New Xbox Experience Causing HDMI Sound Loss Issues

November 21st, 2008

From gizmodo.com:
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According to a long thread at the AVForums, several Xbox 360 users are losing all sound after upgrading to the New Xbox Experience.
Fortunately, there seems to be a fix:
* Turn off the Xbox 360.
* Remove the hard drive.
* Turn on the Xbox 360.
* When the Dashboard loads, put the hard drive back.

Apparently, the fix is only temporary. If you turn of the Xbox, you will have to receive the process
[/QUOTE]

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Win an iPod with Jumpgate beta

November 21st, 2008

Every thousandth person to register wins new iPod.

Codemasters wants you all to try out its new "Elite-style" MMO, Jumpgate Evolution, and to lure you in it’s giving away iPods to applicants for the upcoming beta.

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GTA IV: More editor-made videos

November 21st, 2008

More machinima mayhem from Liberty City.

Rockstar’s chucked us two more videos made entirely using the GTA IV PC video editor, entitled Burgatory and Comrades.

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First Price of Persia review: 8/10

November 21st, 2008

OXM delivers its verdict in its world-first review.

Ubisoft’s gorgeous-looking new Prince of Persia game has scored 8/10 in the world-first review in the UK Official Xbox 360 Magazine.

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Xbox 360’s Xtival event detailed

November 21st, 2008

Game tourneys, music videos and free swag on Xbox Live.

Microsoft has detailed its next virtual Xtival event, which is going down on Xbox Live next weekend, November 28th to 30th.

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Killzone 2 out February 17?

November 21st, 2008

Internet and retailers pinpoint date for Sony’s seminal shooter.

Update: Sony has told CVG that the reported February 17 release for Killzone 2 still "hasn’t been confirmed", but went on to say: "We are still tracking a February release for the UK, though." Update Ends

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Hardware sales down in Japan

November 21st, 2008

Wii the only system to see a lift.

Hardware sales fell for the second week running in Japan, with Wii the only system to buck the trend.

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Four more for WiiWare

November 21st, 2008

First Art Style title and Strong Bad Episode 3 out now.

Nintendo’s launched four new WiiWare titles in its latest update.

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Valve “extremely pleased” with Left 4 Dead reception

November 21st, 2008

Gabe Newell dissects zombie shooter’s development stretch.

Valve boss Gabe Newell says he’s "extremely pleased" with the reception zombie shooter Left 4 Dead has received from the public and press.

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Latest Rise of the Argonauts media

November 21st, 2008

Honour the Gods video inside - these deities are demanding.

Here’s the latest batch of media for developer Liquid Entertainment’s action RPG Rise of the Argonauts. It’s an Honour the Gods video as well as a load of screens.

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Midway capitalising on beat-em-up “resurgence”

November 21st, 2008

Genre fighting back after FPS dominance, says Mortal Kombat brand manager.

Beat-’em-ups have somewhat lost the spotlight to adventure and, more recently, FPS games over the years, but the fighting genre is on its way back up, says Midway.

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Fight Night 4 set for public showing

November 21st, 2008

Round 4’s world premiere lined up for next month.

EA Sports’ Fight Night Round 4 will get its first public showing during the Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 14.

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Prince of Perisa gets Altair, SoT Prince

November 21st, 2008

Pre-orders rewarded with new character skins.

Ubisoft has revealed the cool character skins it’ll be rewarding players with in its revamped Prince of Persia.

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DJ Hero detailed, out summer 2009

November 21st, 2008

Special ‘Tiesto’ version in the works, confirms big-shot DJ.

Activision’s not-so-secret DJ Hero game has seemingly been name-dropped yet again, and dated for release in Summer 2009.

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Bethesda “working on” Fallout 3 fix

November 21st, 2008

All three platforms due for a patch soon.

Bethesda has confirmed that it’s "working on" patches to fix a number of issues discovered in all three versions of Fallout 3.

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PS3 Trophies mandatory from 2009

November 21st, 2008

Trophy support enforced in titles submitted after January 1, confirms Sony.

Sony has confirmed that Trophy support for PS3 games will be mandatory from January 2009.

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Bionic Commando dev does Terminator

November 21st, 2008

Swedish Studio working with Hollywood games firm Halcyon Games.

Bionic Commander developer Grin has been signed up to developer a new Terminator game.

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Google Shutting Down Lively

November 21st, 2008

Web search giant decides to end service so it can focus more on its core businesses.

Google has decided to put an end to its browser-based virtual community service Lively, effective from December 31.

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Ocarina of Time Turns 10

November 21st, 2008

Article: Celebrate the 10th anniversary of possibly the best game ever.

November 21, 1998 saw Nintendo release a game that, ten years later, many still consider to be one of the best games ever created. A decade on and we still bang on about our fond memories of playing the game for the first time, second time, those who never finished it, why they never finished it and how they MUST go back and finish it.

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Activision dodges Baja box art lawsuit

November 21st, 2008

THQ drops lawsuit as Activision changes box for its Baja game.

Having been threatened with court action by THQ over box art similarities between rival Baja titles, Activision will now change the box cover for its SCORE International Baja 1000.

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