Halo Week: Drop Shock starts with the new Castle Map Pack

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Halo Week: Drop Shock starts with the new Castle Map Pack

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Microsoft and 343 Industries today announced “Halo Week: Drop Shock”, a concentrated supply of new “Halo 4” content, giveaway opportunities, promotional pricing, DLC sales, and availability of Volume 2 of the original soundtrack. And for today its the new Castle Map Pack.

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Kicking off the week of Spartan festivities, the Castle Map Pack is launching worldwide on Monday 8th April. Developed by Certain Affinity in collaboration with 343 Industries, the Castle Map Pack brings players three medium-to-large, maps that emphasize vehicular combat and large battles over stunning open spaces, where team strategy is the key to successfully conquering the battlefield.

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Alongside the release of the Castle Map Pack, 343 Industries will introduce Competitive Skill Rank (CSR), a new 1-50 level ranking system which measures your performance in War Games, intelligently matches you against opponents of comparable skill, and displays your rank on your Halo Waypoint player profile. Starting 8th April at 10:00 a.m. GMT and ending 22nd April at 10:00 a.m. GMT, play the Castle Team DLC playlist and reach CSR level 35 or higher at any point on or between dates above, and receive an exclusive Avatar tee.

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Check back tomorrow to find out what Day Two brings.

Xbox 720 is Rumoured for May 21 Reveal with $500 Price Tag

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Xbox 720 is Rumoured for May 21 Reveal with $500 Price Tag

The Newest Rumour for the Xbox 720 will reportedly be unveiled at an event in May. The Xbox 720 unveiling, which was previously rumoured for 26th April, will now take place on 21st May, according to US blogger Paul Thurrott.

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Codenamed Durango, the machine will reportedly retail for $500 (£325), or $300 (£195) with a subscription, and will in fact require an always-on internet connection.

“Going back and looking at some of the stuff I got a long time ago, it actually says ‘must be internet connected to use’ – that’s in the notes. That’s all I have, but it does say that,” Thurrott explained on What the Tech (got to 54.43 mark on the video).

Paul Thurrott also claimed that Microsoft is planning to release a budget Xbox 360 later this year, codenamed ‘Stingray’.

Skyrim update 1.9 Brings Legendary Difficulty to Xbox 360

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Skyrim update 1.9 Brings Legendary Difficulty to Xbox 360

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has received a new patch on the Xbox 360.

Released on PC last month, version 1.9 adds the new Legendary difficulty level, while also removing the level cap by introducing legendary skills.

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When a skill reaches level 100, players will now have the option to make it a legendary skill. Doing so resets the skill to level 15 and return its perks, allowing users to level up the skill again.

There is also a wide range of bug fixes in version 1.9, including a number of quest-specific fixes, a reduction of random dragon encounters after the main quest and a “fixed rare instance of couriers who would appear only dressed in a hat”.

The update is likely to go live on the PS3 in the coming days.

Nokia Lumia 928 Design ousted in Leaked Photos?

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Nokia Lumia 928 Design ousted in Leaked Photos?

Nokia’s Lumia 928 smartphone has seemingly appeared online in a press photograph via evleaks.

The handset, rumoured to be the company’s next flagship Windows Phone 8 device, is said to be a lighter and thinner take on the existing Lumia 920.

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The leaked image, ousted on Twitter by evleaks, depicts a handset with Verizon Wireless US branding, which hints at possible US exclusivity.

Nokia’s Lumia 928 is expected to feature the same hardware specs as the Lumia 920, with the addition of a xenon flash to bolster the phone’s 8-megapixel camera.

Previous reports indicating that the handset will sport a svelte aluminium body have been denied.

Nokia is yet to announce an official release date or launch territories for the Lumia 928

Microsoft Outlook Coming to Windows RT ‘This Year’

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Microsoft Outlook Coming to Windows RT ‘This Year’

Microsoft’s Outlook service is reportedly coming to Windows RT-based hardware later this year, I think that will please a few people.

Win Supersite editor Paul Thurrott claims to have seen the software running on the Windows RT edition of the Surface tablet at one of the company’s offices.

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“I can at least verify that it’s real – that is the software has actually been created and is in shipping form,” he wrote.

Paul Thurrott also claimed that Outlook was not included in the Windows RT operating system at launch because of a bug in the software, and fuelled rumours that Microsoft Office is in the works for iOS devices.

The tech blogger said that Microsoft has delayed releasing the productivity package for Apple devices because it does not want Outlook to appear on third-party hardware before Windows RT users are able to receive it.

Nintendo eShop discounts this week

Andrew Edney
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Nintendo eShop discounts this week

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There are some really good discounts available this week from the Nintendo eShop.

Nintendo Wii U titles:

  • e 2: Director’s Cut – Was £13.99, now £6.99
  • The Cave – Was £9.99, now £7.99
  • Toki Tori 2 – Was £12.99, now £11.69
  • Little Inferno – Was £8.99, now £4.49
  • Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition – Was £8.99, now £6.75
  • Nano Assault Neo – Was £8.99, now £5.99
  • Puddle – Was £8.99, now £6.29

Nintendo 3DS titles:

  • Mutant Mudds – Was £8.09, now £5.39
  • Mighty Switch Force – Was £5.39, now £4.09
  • Art of Balance TOUCH! – Was £6.29, now £4.49
  • Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH! – Was £4.19, now £3.19
  • Gunman Clive – Was £1.99, now £1.49
  • Dress to Play: Cute Witches – Was £3.59, now £1.79

Are you going to buy any? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC – The Replacers video

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC – The Replacers video

The next Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC is called Uplrising and is coming later this month. Activision have released a new trailer called The Replacers, which is a sequel to its Replacer video for the Revolution DLC.

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Uprising includes four new Multiplayer maps (Magma, Encore, Vertigo, and Studio), as well as the frightening new Zombies adventure, “Mob of the Dead”.

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Here is the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MsQXQTYsMuo

Are you going to get it? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Microsoft sells Mediaroom to Ericsson

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Microsoft sells Mediaroom to Ericsson

Today, Microsoft and Ericsson announced a definitive agreement for Ericsson to acquire Mediaroom, the number one IPTV platform deployed by TV operators around the world.

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This is what Microsoft posted on their blog:

This acquisition is mutually beneficial and strategically aligned for both parties. Ericsson will continue to invest in the growth and success of Mediaroom to the benefit of customers, employees, and the industry. It allows Microsoft to commit 100 percent of its focus on consumer TV strategy with Xbox.

We are proud of the world-class engineering and business achievements within Mediaroom. They have a rich history of driving innovation in IPTV. As early pioneers, they built the infrastructure to stream video on limited bandwidth, and today they enable multiscreen entertainment experiences for pay TV subscribers. Mediaroom has contributed to the evolution of TV and powers 22 million set-top boxes today in 11 million subscriber households.

With the sale of Mediaroom, Microsoft is dedicating all TV resources to Xbox in a continued mission to make it the premium entertainment service that delivers all the games and entertainment consumers want – whether on a console, phone, PC or tablet. And with 76 million Xbox 360 consoles around the world with 46 million Xbox LIVE members, it is a mission that gets us out of bed in the morning.

It is not a mission that we can achieve alone. We want to partner with the industry to deliver the next wave of innovation in games and consumer entertainment. We will partner with content creators, studios, labels, networks, content aggregators, operators and distributors to make this happen. We believe the future of home entertainment is one where TV becomes more simple, tailored and intelligent. We believe the best is yet to come for this industry.

Our vision and energy for the future of entertainment is more focused than ever. Stay tuned.

New Pokémon Revealed for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y with Date

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New Pokémon Revealed for Pokémon X and Pokémon Y with Date

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Pokémon X and Pokémon Y launches worldwide in October. Today, the mysteries of the newest Pokémon titles continue to grow with the unveiling of a Pokémon that is strangely familiar to Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo!

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This new Pokémon shares many traits with Mewtwo and its suspected that the newly discovered Pokémon has a connection with Mewtwo —a powerful Pokémon that debuted in Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue.

Here is the new trailer:

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Are you going to catch it? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Far Cry 3 – Blood Dragon Revealed!

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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a new standalone title which will arrive for purchase on 1st May.

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Details of the game have appeared on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The only multiplayer feature listed is leader boards, so it sounds like this will be a single-player campaign or maybe even some sort of challenge mode.
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Here’s what the description says:
“Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter taking place on a bizarre open-world island crawling with evil. Welcome to an 80’s VHS vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando who’s fighting against a cyborg army gone rogue. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world. Experience every clich? of a VHS era vision of a nuclear future, where cyborgs, blood dragons, mutants, and Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens, Navy Seals) collide. Playing Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon doesn’t require a copy of Far Cry 3.”
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