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Week in the Xbox 360: 3/17-3/23/08

by March 24th 2008 9:58 PM CDT1 Comments

Well wasn't that an exciting, fun time we had. It seems like every week in the month of March is a one game week for the console of choice, starting off with Condemned 2 and moving on to Army of Two, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and in just a few short days Dark Sector. Four big games from four big publishers in one month...who's got time to look at the news?

Here's the important stuff you missed that you'll need in that upcoming "Why Xbox wins at everything" fanboy argument:

Sonic Unleashed had a great big news leak, with pictures and a video that you can watch here. Brief warning though, it has the worst videogame music you may ever hear...ever. The 2D action is a welcome comeback considering Sonic never really did good in 3D except in, well, Sonic 3D on the Sega Genesis.

Midway's CEO David Zucker officially left the company who gave us Mortal Kombat and other more frivolous titles, which of course led to investigation and finding out that they haven't made money since...far too long. I guess this captain decided not to go down with the ship, but to quit while he was ahead.

We got our first look at Ubisoft's EndWar, and while the video is lame because these girls don't know how to taunt (or maybe they want to look attractive...if only they knew) and there's far too much side commentary, we did get a glimpse at how gameplay functions both through the controller and voice commands. Of course, all we saw with the voice commands are selecting specific units and giving the order to attack, and I'm guessing these Fragdolls have actually played a game prior to this one.

While most of you probably think either little about or think highly of the Xbox Live Arcade, not everyone does. So it was surprising to find out that the N+ developers were pretty steamed about using it entirely. After admitting to speaking quite poorly of it over XBL, investigations on the internet ensued and the truth was dug up. Today we found out that they were actually talking about royalties in particular, but it's safe to say if you're even semi-famous, or people may know who you are and care what you talk about, then watch what you say. That verbal diahrea will haunt you.

Remember last time we talked about the guy who's 360 got wrecked and Bungie came to the rescue? Well, the big MS feels bad about it too. So bad that they went crawling to Bill Gates for some help. He, a man of excessive strokes of genius, took a photo of his dashing self, signed it, and simply said, "mail it." Now all reparations have been made.

500 Grand Theft Auto IV 360's have been made, and you can't have one. Don't worry, we don't have any either. They supposedly went out as personal favors press kits, so you may seem them lurking around large sites or magazines. They're all the Elite models and they're all numbered, so don't expect to see too many of them going up on Ebay unless it's for some charity work. Which we've seen plenty of...OK, go check ebay.

That Bully patch we've been waiting for is up, so feel free to move about the cabin and pick up a copy. It's safe now. No radiation suits required.

You already know that Rainbow Six Vegas 2 came out this week, but chances are you didn't know that Comcast has a free map for you to download. Yeah, Comcast! Unbelievable, right? Anyways, don't question it. Just download it. Go to extras, select "Comcast gift and type "COMCAST FASTER". It's called advertising children. And while you're at it, get in the game and type in this code: (Hold RB) Down, Down, Up, Up, X, B, X, B, Y, Up, Up, Y. A free gun from Best Buy, should you have purchased the game from them OR have an internet connection.

Doom and Assault Heroes got cheaper, from 800 to 400 points on the XBLA, meaning if, for some odd reason, you don't have both these grade-A titles, now's the time to get them.

That about wraps up the important stuff. Tune in next week when we give you codes to Dark Sector, which will undoubtedly allow you to throw a boomerang shaped like a box!