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TANKApril 1, 2008

Since it's April Fools day and it seems like there's a LOT of nonsense out there in the news feeds, this stuff is for realz. Anything that sounded too good to be true like a Halo MMO being announced i've left off the list since it's most likely bullshit.

CRACKDOWN developer Realtime Worlds raise 50 million in financing
http://www.planetxbox360.com/index.php/articledetails/show/3691

RAINBOW 6 VEGAS 2 sells 2 million
www.planetxbox360.com/index.php/articledetails/show/3688

TiQal review
reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1494/TiQal/p1/

GTA 4 on 360 predicted to sell 2:1 vs the PS3 version
news.teamxbox.com/xbox/16091/Analyst-GTA-IV-for-Xbox-360-to-Outsell-PS3-Version-21/

XBOX LIVE down today for Maintenance
www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/04/01/reminder-xbox-live-is-down-for-maintenance/

WORST SUPERHERO GAMES ever
www.1up.com/do/feature

Check out Microsoft's Spring Catalog of upcoming Xbox360 goodness ... or is this something else :)
www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/default.htm

BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY BETA for EVERYONE
This was emailed to me prior to april 1st so it's not an aprils fool joke.

Subject: Re: BFBC Beta

You need to download this torrent:"http://www.mininova.org/tor/1267481" It will download as an image, open it with Nero and burn it to a DVD-R. Stick it in ur 360, it will appear under My Games ( your box doesnt need to be modded & no risk)

EDIT : I can confirm that this works. I downloaded the ISO, burned the ISO image to DVD-r and booted it up in my 360 just fine. It appears under my games and you just fire it up.

Comments (11)

JRock3x8·Jul 27, 2007, 4:27 PM

they are really hyping the hell out of that C&C3 DLC - any idea waht's going on there?

TANK·Jul 27, 2007, 5:07 PM

Nothing official. Patches for current issues and new maps are almost guaranteed. New units would be cool as well..

ekattan·Jan 8, 2008, 5:11 PM

Lets face it. HD-DVD is dead.

TANK·Jan 8, 2008, 5:21 PM

Ya it's looking like like CES is the beginning of the end for HDDVD. By holiday 08, everything will be BluRay.

ninja_dawg·Jan 10, 2008, 4:35 PM

Tron! I haven't seen good review yet, which is too bad. I love that arcade game (I used to have it in my house).

JPNor·Jan 10, 2008, 4:47 PM

\"BURNOUT 3 announced for Xbox Originals\" = HELL YES. I loaned this to a friend 2 years ago and still have yet to get it back.

TANK·Jan 10, 2008, 6:13 PM

Isn't burnout revenge basically the same game though?

jikado·Apr 1, 2008, 3:44 PM

no risk on the beta trick? are you sure? I can believe it works, I did the same thing for the Guitar Hero 3 demo.

imcndn·Apr 1, 2008, 3:52 PM

I'll download the beta... but I'll wait to see if anyone gets banned before I play it!

TANK·Apr 1, 2008, 4:15 PM

Why would you get banned for playing a beta?

TANK·Apr 1, 2008, 4:25 PM

I downloaded it and burned it do a disc, it looks authentic.\r \r The demo file name is\r 9704C39A1739D5F834B78604BA911BDF7EB07EFA45\r \r Which seems kind of odd, why would you name the file that? It could be a unique serial number which potentially could out you as having copied the demo. Whether or not that would have any ill effects is up to speculation.\r \r