If you were interested in getting your hands on Capcom's  Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix  before it officially releases - you can!  Capcom is releasing a beta of the game, but there is a catch, you need to buy  Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, 800 Microsoft Points, which will grant you access to the beta for the much anticipated  Super Street Fighter II Turb... more.

I still wish I hadn't let someone borrow my copy of Soul Caliber for Dreamcast as it was one of my favorite games for the system... Oh well, later this year, more specifically July 29th, Namco will be releasing Soul Calibur via Xbox Live Arcade - 800MS points ($10.00US) the download will be large since the original was over 400mb in size, should make it the largest XBLA title and maybe a good r... more.

The free XBOX Live Arcade game promised by Microsoft as compensation for the issues Xbox LIVE service was experiencing over the past month has been announced. Undertow (normally 800 Microsoft Points) will be available to download by XBOX Live Gold and Silver members from Wednesday 23rd January at 10:00 2008 till Sunday 28th January 2008 at 08:00 (Pacific Standard Time Zone) for free. He... more.

Been waiting to grab a few new Arcade titles? This weekend is the perfect time as we're having our first ever LIVE Arcade price drop. For the 48 hour period beginning at 12:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, September 2 and continuing until 11: 59 p.m. GMT on Monday, September 3, the following Xbox LIVE Arcade games will be available for half their usual price: Small Arms - 400 Microsoft Points (norm... more.

Engadget reported this: That two year old rumor that the Xbox 360 was to get a qwerty keyboard attachment has been resurrected, with the appearance of another Gamespot article (leak?) referring to a 47 key keyboard which snaps onto the Xbox 360 controller and communicates through the headset jack. Gamespot says that the peripheral is to be used in conjunction with the cross-platform instant m... more.

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[audio:http://nwnetfx.com/videogame2play/vg2p/audio/Achievement-mp3-sound.mp3] Way back when we announced the videogame2play Xbox Live Leaderboard - October 9th, 2006 to be exact I asked the question, "Who will be the first to 20,000gp?" Well recently this question was answered by our gamerscore leader, PERRYLYZR 541. Currently weighing in at 20,080 points and leading by over 2,000 point... more.

It seems that the recent rumors about real world rewards for virtual world Xbox Live Achievements are true. Microsoft has just announced a cross-marketing promotion with Old Spice deodorant to give some freebies to American Xbox Live users who add at least 1,500 Achievement points to their gamerscore between Feb. 12 and April 12. Players have to be at least 13 years old and register at Xbox.c... more.

According to a news article on CVG, the latest issue of the UK's Edge Magazine contains mention of Microsoft-owned developer, Rare, working on a new and original Xbox Live Arcade title. Holding the reins of the mostly mysterious steed is one Nick Burton, who was previously involved with Starfox Adventures and the more recent Kameo: Elements of Power. Burton is collaborating with a team of ten othe... more.

To combat the growing size of Live Arcade games, Microsoft will debut a beefed-up memory card in March. Up till now, file sizes for Xbox Live Arcade titles have never exceeded 50MB. That's all about to change with the arrival of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in February. It also worries gamers who only own the Core System version of the 360. They know that the days of their plain old 64MB ... more.

Here's a thought: maybe there's a clever strategy behind tomorrow's Xbox Live Arcade release. With most gamers preoccupied with the new Gears of War maps, it's the perfect time to re-release Ms. Pac-Man (remember, this was Xbox Arcade's launch title). With the overused classic out of the way, and the Gears maps thoroughly romped, next week, we'll be ready for a major XBLA release. Enter: PopCap's ... more.

A few months back EB Games' website accidentally leaked information about an arcade stick for the Xbox 360. Due to some production hiccups we should finally have the Arcade GameStick next month. The joystick will include Xbox Live Arcade games Frogger, Time Pilot and Astropop. The joystick includes all the buttons found on the Xbox 360 controller, including the rumble feature and it can conne... more.

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Microsoft's X06 event started off in a thunderous explosion of news, with pieces of informative debris raining down upon the unshielded denizens of the internet since yesterday. If you're feeling clueless or overwhelmed, allow us to subject you to a helpful hail of bullet points: Peter Jackson reveals a new partnership with Microsoft Game Studios. The king of the rings and his newly established ... more.

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In case some of you have forgotten, Microsoft will make Texas Hold 'em available tonight for free on Xbox Live Arcade. The catch? You have to act fast because it will only be on the cheap for 48 hours. Once it's 1:01 a.m. Pacific Friday, the title will cost you 800 Microsoft Points if you don't take advantage of the offer.The game will feature a persistent online bankroll and XBLA tournaments. S... more.

Microsoft isn't bluffing: Log on to Xbox Live ® within the first 48 hours after launch and download Texas Hold 'em completely free of charge! This full-featured poker title for Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360 will launch on Wednesday, August 23, at 0800 GMT (1:00 A.M. Pacific Time).For 48 hours only - through 0800 GMT (1:00 A.M. Pacific Time) Friday, August 25 - as a special limited-time only p... more.

Kaz Hirai's triumphant warcry of "Riiiiiidge Racer" on the PSP led people to believe other key PSOne titles would soon be heading to the PSP via emulation. Apparently Konami missed the memo, as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is making its way to Xbox Live Arcade. The September issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (issue: 207) reports: Konami is resurrecting the cult PS1 game Castlevania: Symp... more.

Speaking to Godfree at Gamertag Radio, Xbox Live Arcade Manager Aaron Greenberg confirms that some of their current XBLA offerings will be updated to make them compatible with the Vision Camera, including Spades, Bankshot Billiards 2, and "other classic titles." The aforementioned games will be joined by UNO, which is already compatible with the camera. The games will be Vision-compatible via u... more.

We're so excited about the great Xbox Live Arcade titles coming out this summer that we're gonna party like it's ... um ... 1986! Yep, we're inviting our friends over, cranking the Top Gun soundtrack (come on, you KNOW you wanna go back to the "Danger Zone"), ordering pizza, and playing retro Xbox Live ® Arcade games.Want to get in on the action? Throw your own Wednesday Night Arcade party! We'll... more.