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All praise for XBLA Perfect Dark

Perfect Dark was one of the best classical shooter games coming out on the Nintendo 64 console. It was released in 2000, and developed by Rare, one of the best development companies back in the day. It received very strong positive reviews from magazines and websites, achieving nearly full scores. In 2002, Microsoft was wise enough to buy out Rare (for whooping US$377 million) and have it developing exclusively for the Xbox. Today, a revamped version of Perfect Dark was released on Xbox Live Arcade, showing updated graphics and HD texture, while sporting a silkier framerate than ever before.

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[DLC] Modern Warfare 2 maps overpriced? هل الخرائط الإضافية للعبة مودرن وورفير الثانية مبالغ في سعرها

The new downloadable map packs for Modern Warfare 2, aka the “Stimulus Package”, will be upon us on March 30th with five three brand new maps. Two additional maps are ported over from the original Modern Warfare, which are treated as classic re-releases of “Crash” and “Overgrown”.

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XBLA grants Microsoft over $100M in revenue شبكة اكس بوكس لايف أركيد تحقق أكثر من 100مليون $ أرباحاً لمايكروسوفت

According to a recent report released by Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE), a strategic market research and consulting firm focused on electronic entertainment and the emerging download and mobile game markets, Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade sales were up 34% year-on-year to $103.4 million (not including downloadable content, community games, or games on demand services). As per the report, the average price of XBLA games “increased rapidly” during 2009, from an average of $8.33 in 2008 to $9.12.

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[Semi-dated] After Burner Climax coming to XBLA/PSN لعبة أفتر بيرنر كلايماكس قادمة على شبكات

SEGA recently announced that they’ll be releasing the long awaited After Burner Climax arcade game onto Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this spring, so it’s definitely going to come out by April or even before it. The game is similar to the Ace Combat series, but feels completely arcadey; that is to say, more fun and less of a learning curve. There’s supposedly varying levels of difficulty for the casual and hardcore crowd. The Climax in the title comes from the ‘Climax mode’ which is used to go into bullet-time where everything slows down making it easier to dodge bullets rockets and aim with higher precision. Get ready to have some of the best dogfighting experience yet!

[Source: SEGA.blog]

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[XBL] Master Chief reigns supreme! لعبة هيلو تتصدر القائمة على شبكة اكس بوكس لايف

Xbox Live’s Director of Programming Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) posted the Xbox Live activity stats for 2009. This list includes most unique users who played multiplayer games on Xbox Live and Xbox Live Arcade. What shocked us the most were the Modern Warfare 2 (and 1) rankings.

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[CES 2010] MW2 DLC; Natal Date; Game Room; 39m served مرحلة إضافية من موديرن وارفير2، تاريخ إصدار ناتال، غرفة الألعاب الافتراضية و39 مليون مستخدم

The 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show – officially kicked off yesterday night in Las Vegas, and Microsoft delivered their annual keynote where they shared some interesting Xbox 360 news. Microsoft announced that the current global install base of Xbox 360’s has surpassed 39 million consoles, while over 500 million games have been sold since the console launched, generating $20 billion in sales.

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[XBL] Divinity II demo + Shadow Complex sale نسخة تجريبية من لعبة ديفينتي 2 وسعر خاص للعبة شادو كومبليكس

A quick and simple update on Xbox Live happenings this Christmas week. The demo for Divinity II: Ego Draconis is already on Xbox Live Marketplace. The game is an action-RPG with some decent reviews from various European publications.  I’m genuinely surprised the game is getting a demo on XBL before release. Should be a nice close-out of 2009 for those of you who’ve already finished Dragon Age: Origins.

The other bit of news is that Shadow Complex is the Deal of the Week on Xbox Live Arcade, going for just 800MS points. If you havent heard of this game before, you should just take our word for it, and download this brilliant side-scrolling shooter!

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