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18.05.12

Modern Warfare 3 Free Face-Off Maps, Plus Collection 2 Coming!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players will want to be sure to grab the two free Face Off maps now available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Totally new to the franchise, Face Off distills all the fun and intensity of multiplayer into a new breed of 1 vs. 1 and 2 vs. 2 close combat.



18.05.12

Ghost Recon Future Soldier Launch Trailer

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be in stores on May 24, and Ubisoft has released a launch trailer that should get the excitement and anticipation levels up to 11.



16.05.12

Max Payne 3 Takes Third-Person Shooters to the Next Level

Max Payne 3 sets a new bar for third-person shooters, with stunning graphics and pulse-pounding audio, an engaging story full of unpredictable twists, and a refined next-generation version of the Bullet Time combat that put the series on the map.



16.05.12

First Gameplay Footage Revealed for Assassin's Creed III

Assassin’s Creed III is the opening chapter of two new stories: one of Connor, the newest Assassin, and one of a new nation full of hope, both in an epic fight for land and freedom.



10.05.12

Minecraft Arrives on Xbox 360

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition is now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 1600 points, and it’s even more dangerous to your productivity than the original. Minecraft + sitting back in a comfortable chair with a controller in your hand = hours that pass by in no time.



04.05.12

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Coming 13/11/12

Activision announced that the newest game in its enormously successful Call of Duty series will ship on November 13, 2012.



04.05.12

Brawl Through Albion in Fable Heroes

Puppets are on a rampage in Fable Heroes, a fun multiplayer beat-em-up featuring characters and lore from the world of Fable.



26.04.12

Enter the Bloodforge

Bloodforge is an interesting addition to the Arcade Next lineup. It’s a combination of an over-the-shoulder action title with a traditional fighting game, replete with all the usual battle combos and intense blood and gore.



25.04.12

Try the Demo for Dragon's Dogma

If you like role-playing games, you owe it to yourself to check out Dragon’s Dogma and give it a try. The demo is available now from Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and the full game will be available in May, 2012.



20.04.12

Blast Out of the Box in Trials: Evolution

Fast-forward 25 years and Trials: Evolution kicks off the Arcade NEXT promotion with a cool physics-based motorcycle game with a comprehensive level editor that races out of the gate and into contention as an early candidate for Arcade Game of the Year.



02.04.12

Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Unveiled in New Video

Max Payne 3 is coming to the Xbox 360 on May 18, 2012. Gritty, cinematic, and action-packed, the Max Payne series made "Bullet Time" a household name for gamers.



29.03.12

Gear of War 3: Forces of Nature Now Available

Forces of Nature adds five new multiplayer maps, each featuring unique weather conditions that will push your team to its limit.



21.03.12

Call of Duty MW3 Content Collection 1 Packs Maps, Special Op

Ready for some more Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 action? Activision has released Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection 1, its biggest add-on pack ever for the series, containing two new epic Special Ops missions and four new multiplayer maps.



24.02.12

Alan Wake Returns in American Nightmare

Alan Wake's American Nightmare anchors the big House Party lineup with a new entry in the critically acclaimed supernatural series. This is not a direct sequel, more of a stand-alone side story, so both dedicated Alan Wake fans and those new to the series can jump right in.



21.02.12

Hot New Max Payne 3 Trailer

Anyone who played the original Max Payne games has be excited for Max Payne 3, coming to the Xbox 360 on May 2012.



17.02.12

Experience the Power of Warp

The Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party for 2012 kicks off today with the release of Warp, an action puzzler from new game design studio Trapdoor. You play as Zero, a fuzzy little mysterious alien who has been captured by evil scientists for the purpose of experimentation.



20.12.11

5 Cool Things to Try in the New Xbox Update

To get you started, here are five of our favorite additions in the update for you to explore.



30.11.11

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update

In addition to all these great dashboard features, starting on December 6th and continuing on an ongoing basis through the holiday months, a wealth of new content will be coming to Xbox 360.



30.11.11

Xbox.com: Enhanced! New Social Section

Where did the “My Xbox” section of Xbox.com go? Fear not: It has been replaced with a significant update that makes it even easier to see what your friends are doing on Xbox LIVE.



13.09.11

The Gunstringer’s in Town, Totin’ a Free Add-On

The Gunstringer, Twisted Pixel’s new Kinect game, has moseyed into your local software store, bringing hilarious action shooting to Kinect and Xbox 360.



08.08.11

Call of Duty Black Ops Rezurrection Maps

The new map pack coming first to Xbox LIVE on August 23 takes your zombie battles to the moon!